Yonex MCFM East of Scotland U13 & UI7 Junior Gold Championships 2026
Five weeks on from our Under 15 and Under 19 players demonstrating their skills at the Jack Kane Centre, it was the turn of the Under 13 and Under 17 age groups to take centre stage at the Yonex MCFM East of Scotland Junior Gold Championships.
It was great to see a much larger entry than in previous years in the under 13 age group and to see some of the emerging talent in the younger age group. There were lots of competitive matches throughout the weekend culminating in several closely contested finals on Sunday afternoon.
In the under 13 age group, Aarav Sinha was a triple winner with Sharanya Dharerao winning two titles (both the level and mixed doubles. Ivy Yu had a very successful tournament reaching 3 finals but unfortunately coming out on the losing side in each of them.
In the under 17 age group, we had three double winners. Josie Columbine won the girls’ singles and doubles (with Annika Sinha), Calum Tsang won the boys’ singles and doubles with Murray Hogg and Murray also won the double, winning the mixed with Lothian girl, Amy Hunter.
We were delighted to welcome Martin Campbell to watch the finals and then present the prizes. We really appreciate the support that we receive from Martin Campbell Financial Management as well as the longstanding support from Yonex. We cannot stress enough how important our sponsors are in order to enable these tournaments to take place,
We are greatly indebted to members of the Lothian Badminton Group for all their hard work throughout the weekend and we also appreciate the help throughout from the staff at the Jack Kane Centre who go out of their way to help us. We are also grateful for the help from the Badminton Scotland Court Officials group who provided umpires for the finals.
It should also be mentioned that this year represents 45 years since Ian Campbell took on the organisation of this event. Ian’s commitment to this tournament for so many years has been remarkable and one which has benefitted so many players for such a long time. A huge thanks to Ian for all his efforts.
Prize winners at the Yonex MCFM East of Scotland Junior Gold U13 & U17 Championships
Final Results:
Under 13:
Boys’ Singles – Aarav Sinha bt Sumanth Prakash 21-14 21-18
Girls’ Singles – Hanvikha Mannem bt Ivy Yu 20-22 21-15 21-12
Boys’ Doubles – Sumanth Prakash & Aarav Sinha bt Joshua Gajri & Matthew Gajri 21-14 18-21 21-11
Girls’ Doubles – Sharanya Dharerao & Reeya Kukreja bt Mia Juo & Ivy Li 22-20 10-21 21-19
Mixed Doubles – Aarav Sinha & Sharanya Dharerao bt Matthew Gajri & Ivy Yu 21-19 21-11
Under 17:
Boys’ Singles – Calum Tsang bt Yuanxi Cui 21-16 21-17
Girls’ Singles –Josie Columbine bt Sophie MacKay 21-12 14-21 21-13
Boys’ Doubles –Murray Hogg & Calum Tsang bt Leo Gaunt & Dylan Jia 21-15 21-18
Girls’ Doubles – Josie Columbine & Annika Sinha bt Ava Li & Sophie MacKay 21-16 21-12
Mixed Doubles – Murray Hogg & Amy Hunter bt Calum Tsang & Zoe Tait 21-15 20-22 21-17
A complete set of results for the event can be found at Yonex MCFM East of Scotland U13 & U17 Junior Gold Championships
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