VALLEY St James E gained revenge over Shepley in Division IV of the Huddersfield Badminton League.

After losing 5-4 at home to Shepley earlier in the season, Valley went away and won 7-2 – being triumphant in all the men’s matches and all the mixed.

Kim Summers was Shepley’s most successful player, picking up points alongside Helen Pearman and Sarah Hewitt in the second and third ladies matches.

Pearman and Hewitt teamed up in the first ladies, but they lost a see-saw battle against Valley’s Bethany Coles and Jess Stone 22-24 13-21.

In the mixed, the final match between Jimmy Sheehan and Summers of Shepley and the visiting pairing of Oliver Platt and Bernadette Ruttle was particularly exciting and nail-biting.

After sharing the first two games, the Valley duo took the decider 24-22.

Shepley 2 Valley St James E 7

Men – (Shepley names first): Chris Hooton and James Austerberry lost to Ian Holness and Jonathan Clerehugh 11-21 15-21, Hooton and Jimmy Sheehan lost to Holness and Oliver Platt 10-21 14-21, Austerberry and Sheehan lost to Clerehugh and Platt 12-21 6-21.

Ladies – Helen Pearman and Sarah Hewitt lost to Bethany Coles and Jess Stone 22-24 13-21, Pearman and Kim Summers beat Coles and Bernadette Ruttle 21-17 21-11, Hewitt and Summers beat Jess Stone and Ruttle 21-15 19-21 21-18.

Mixed – Hooton and Pearman lost to Holness and Coles 17-21 12-21, Austerberry and Hewitt lost to Clerehugh and Stone 15-21 21-14 13-21, Sheehan and Summers lost to Platt and Ruttle 13-21 21-15 22-24.

FLYING Feathers C completed a double over Fartown B, also in Division IV.

Feathers won 6-3 at home, with the outcome determined by three victories in the mixed.

Young Oliver Shaw gave a good account of himself for Fartown.

Flying Feathers C 6 Fartown B 3

Men – (Flying Feathers names first): Mark Carroll and Richard Irons lost to Phil Taylor and John Holmes 16-21 21-13 15-21, Carroll and Neil Coombes beat Taylor and Oliver Shaw 21-13 21-10, Irons and Coombes beat Holmes and Shaw 18-21 21-18 21-19.

Ladies – Marie Whitehouse and Chris Ford beat Nicola Donnelly and Mel Hartley 21-19 21-15, Whitehouse and Elaine Richardson lost to Donnelly and Val Smith 21-15 17-21 14-21, Ford and Richardson lost to Hartley and Smith 17-21 13-21.

Mixed – Carroll and Whitehouse beat Taylor and Donnelly 14-21 21-16 22-20, Irons and Ford beat Holmes and Hartley 21-11 21-11, Coombes and Richardson beat Shaw and Smith 21-16 21-11.