MARTIN McVeigh and Angela Horner played up for Phoenix in Division IV of the Huddersfield Badminton League and helped their club to a 6-3 win over Fartown B.
McVeigh won two rubbers played and Horner one, but there wasn’t enough time for them to shine in the Mixed because of three very close matches extending the action.
The 6-3 scoreline matches Phoenix A’s win over the same opposition earlier in the season.
Phoenix A 6 Fartown B 3
Results (Phoenix names first):
Men – MartinTidbury and Richard Kane lost to John Holmes and Steve Bell 20-22,12-21; Tidbury and Martin McVeigh beat Holmes and Mike Woodward 23-21, 17-21, 21-13; Kane and McVeigh beat Bell and Woodward 13-21, 21-15, 21-18.
Ladies – Judy Vickerman and Carole Moir beat Melanie Hartley and Val Smith 21-14, 18-21, 21-19; Vickerman and Angela Horner beat Hartley and Merilyn Cato Bedeau 21-10 21-9; Moir and Horner lost to Smith and Cato Bedeau 20-22, 16-21.
Mixed – First not completed; Kane and Vickerman beat Bell and Smith 21-19 21-17; Third not completed.
In Division V, leaders Shepley scored a 7-2 home win over second-place Flying Feathers B.
The Shepley team, who were relegated last season, was James Austerberry, Jonathan Robinson, Chris Hooton, Sarah Hewitt, Kim Summers and Bev Cashin.
The Flying Feathers line-up was Richard Irons, Neil Coombes, Richard Irons, Christine Ford, Elaine Richardson and Cheryl Green.
Having completed five matches against Holmfirth E, Kirkburton E, Phoenix B, Holmfirth F and Flying Feathers B, Shepley’s ladies are still undefeated, having won all their games so far.
Ford and Green narrowly lost to Hewitt and Cashin 26-24 in their first game, with the second not far behind with a final score of 22-20 to the Shepley pair.
Although Shepley won all of the level doubles, Flying Feathers fought back in the Mixed, winning two and only narrowly missing out on the third with Robinson and Summers from Shepley winning the first end, then losing the second 22-24 before eventually coming back to win the third end 21-14.
