Davenant boys celebrate badminton success (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)

Davenant boys celebrate badminton success

5:43pm Thursday 6th March 2008 in

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BADMINTON

DAVENANT School's Year Eight badminton team have secured the County Team Championship after a 3-2 victory over favourites Colchester boys, writes James Randall.

The team consisting of Tristan Taylor, Samuel Murray, Thomas Phillips, all 13, and Luke Pascoe, 14, (pictured) came from behind to claim the title.

Team coach and former world champion Nora Perry said: "We have a lot going on here at the school where Badminton in concerned.

"So this is a very important victory, and shows we have a very good batch of young boys coming through.

"They are very keen and very competitive, they have done better than I expected them too."

At two games to one down and tied at 20 points, the Davenant boys looked defeated, with Colchester needing just one point to claim the title.

However, the team won the next two games on the bounce to complete a massive upset.

In reaching the final the team beat ten other teams from around the district.