SSBU Event – 25/04/26

The 2012 Age Group Event was held at Wishaw on Saturday 25^th April.

27 boys were in the singles so there were 7 pools. All 7 seeded players went through to the A knock-out, but top seed Kavin Raman lost in the pool to Fraser Hogg so only qualified 2^nd in the pool. Fraser went on to beat Isaac Voag in the top quarter final before losing 21-13, 21-8 to Sumanth Prakash in the semi-final. Kavin meantime found himself with a much harder draw in the knockout beating Chris Agnew 16-21, 21-19, 23-21 in the first round and then beating Cyril Chim 21-18, 22-20 in the quarter final. Second seed Saathvik Saravanan was next in the semi-final and another close result with Kavin winning 21-16, 21-18. The final against Sumanth was another 3 setter with Kavin finally winning 10-21, 21-19, 21-16.

13 girls had entered the girl’s singles, but unfortunately top seeded Anvita Awasthi was unable to attend. The remaining seeded players safely proceeded to the knock-out. In the top half Bhanu Duvvuri beat Tin Nam Lai in the semi-final 21-17, 21-17 while in the bottom half Sophia Gajri beat Arisha Murkute 21-16, 21-13. The final was very close with Sophia winning 21-11, 18-21, 21-13.

10 pairs were in the boy’s doubles, so this was played as 2 pools. The 2 seeded pairs got safely through to the A knock-out which as time was short was played as best of three to 15 points. Top seeds Sumanth Prakash & Saathavik Saravanan lost to Fraser Hogg and Ruben du Plessis 15-9, 15-13 but Fraser & Ruben could not quite manage to beat the other seeded pair Chris Agnew & Kavin Raman losing the final 15-12, 17-15.

The girl’s doubles were played as a single pool of 5 pairs. The winners were top seeded Sophia Gajri & Bhanu Duvvuri with runners up Amie Roger and Josie Smith.

The SSBU season finishes with the primary championships next Saturday and the primary quaich on the following Wednesday.