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Warwick dominate on all fronts

Photograph by Blaire SimmonsReturn shot: Finn Moseley, of Warwick Academy, shows concentration during his 11-9 win over Nick Kempe, of Somersfield Academy, in the Bermuda School Sports Federation Middle School Boys' Badminton tournament at Warwick Academy on Tuesday

Warwick Academy swept all four divisions in the Bermuda School Sports Federation Middle School Boys’ Badminton tournament on Tuesday.

The first medals awarded were in the under-13 singles division, with Noel Johnston finishing the day undefeated after having little trouble beating Mount Saint Agnes top seed Jacob Roberts in straight sets 11-1, 11-4

Roberts defeated Warwick second seed Mathew Brookes 11-5 in the semi-finals, while Roberts defeated team-mate Jake Roberts 11-5 in the other semi.

In the quarter-finals Johnston defeated MSA’s Drake Kucharik 11-4, while runner-up Roberts got by Xavi Lee 11-7.

Brookes defeated Antoine Warner 11-9 in an all-Warwick quarter-final, with Jake Roberts defeating Warwick’s Charles Boisvert 12-10 in the final quarter-final pairing.

Johnston and Boisvert teamed up to win the doubles tournament over MSA pair Jacob Roberts and Kucharik. The champions were tested winning in straight sets 11-9, 16-14

The champions got past MSA pair Mataeo Holder and Jake Roberts 11-4 in the semi-final, while the runners-up from MSA edged past Brookes and Warner from Warwick 11-8.

In the quarter-finals Johnston and Boisvert knocked out Somersfield Academy pair Charles Lightower and Aiden Wells.

Roberts and Holder defeated Saltus pair Martin Grant and Jonah Faria 11-7, while Brookes and Warner defeated the other Saltus team of Cole Packwood and Moses Johnson 11-2.

Kucharik and Roberts then ended the quarter-finals with an 11-7 win over Xavi Lee and Andrew Tobin.

All four Warwick students made the semi-finals in the over-13 division, but it was No 1 seed James Lockham who won the gold after an 11-3, 11-3 win over Ryan Daniel.

Lockham defeated Finn Moseley, of Warwick, while Daniel defeated David Goonewaedene 11-6 in the semis.

All four Warwick players won with relative ease in the quarter-finals, with Lockham getting past Nick Kempe from Somersfield Academy 11-7.

Moseley also had a 11-7 win over MSA’s Jacob Hodder. Goonewaedene easily beat Somersfield Academy’s Mackai Whitter 11-1, with Daniel winning 11-3 against Saltus’ Max Derios. It came as no surprise that Lockham and Moseley would join forces and face Warwick pair Daniel and Ben Floyd In the doubles final.

This was the tightest match of the day, with Lockham and Moseley winning 12-10, 11-8, 14-12. The champions defeated Saltus’ Sam Ferson and Ben Osset 11-5 in the semis, while Daniel and Floyd defeated MSA’s Owen Botelho and Jacob Hodder 11-5.

In the quarters Lockham and Moseley defeated Whitter and Daniel Ringer, of Somersfield, 11-8, while Osset and Ferson beat the other Somersfield team of Kemp and Mikey Costello 11-5. Botelho and Hodder defeated Saltus’ Derios and George Kerr 11-9, with Floyd and Daniel defeating MSA’s Rico Cabral and Caleb Cook 11-8.