School sports: Clean sweep for Dunn and Newall

BADMINTON: Alex Dunn (Dalziel High School) and Holly Newall (Glasgow School of Sport) both won a hat-trick of trophies at the Under-15 York Gold Championships.

Alex, the Scottish Under-15 singles Champion, and Holly both won their respective Gold Star singles and doubles events before teaming up to take the mixed, whilst Beith High School’s Eleanor O’Donnell (Glasgow School of Sport) took the girls’ singles B-event.

In the Gold Star boys’ singles, Alex was the top seed and won through a tough semi-final, coming from behind to beat Johnnie Torjussen 17-21, 21-9, 21-7 and set up a final showdown against second seed Adam Lam, which he won 21-17 21-8. Alex then teamed up with Matthew Duguid (Mackie Academy) to win the boys’ doubles with a 21-19, 21-17 win over Andrew Heinemann and Sam Lyle. In the girls’ events, Holly won the Gold Star singles with a 21-11, 21-9 final win over Cici Lu and Eleanor took the B event. In the girls’ doubles, Holly and Eleanor beat Joshmyn Bong and Ciara Lindsay in the final. Dunn and Newall topped won the mixed with a 21-10, 21-19 win over Adam Lam and Evie Burbidge.