The Dumfries and Galloway Regional Primary School Badminton Finals for children aged Primary 6 and 7 was held at The David Keswick Centre on Sunday 22 March.
The competition which is organised by Active Schools and Community Sport for Dumfries and Galloway Council brought together the best eight players from Annandale and Eskdale, Nithsdale, Stewartry and Wigtownshire. The finals which were supported by a number of local coaches and volunteers included a round robin and finals with the first two placed players in each group progressing to the national finals in Perth later in the year.
After a morning of high quality badminton the four category results were as follows: –
Results 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Primary 6 Boys James Little, Calside Primary Jack Chalmers, Hardgate Primary Ryan Henderson, Heathhall Primary Ollie Pagan
Lockerbie Primary
Primary 6 Girls Jade Stewart, Wigtown Primary Chloe Munro, Sandhead Primary Amelia Martin
Gretna Primary Grace Montgomery
Gretna Primary
Primary 7 Boys Alasdair Little, St Andrew’s Primary Christopher Stewart, Loreburn Primary Callum Jeffrey
Langholm Primary Fraser Sullivan, Glenluce Primary
Primary 7 Girls Lois Geddes, Sanquhar Primary Kiera Graham
Eastriggs Primary Fiona Logan
Newington Primary Freya Bathgate, Leswalt Primary
Councillor Tom McAughtrie, Chair of the Council’s Community and Customer Services Committee said;
“It is great to see a revival in the sport of badminton in Dumfries and Galloway and the number of young people playing and competing is very encouraging. There are now so many opportunities for children at every level from participation through to competition and it’s is great to see our region represented at national events”
Main photo Primary 6 boys
