Seeds all set for success

The annual Ashaway junior Christmas badminton tournament gets underway at Meadowbank tomorrow with events at under-17 and under-13 level.

Royal High student Heather MacPherson is favourite to lift all three under-17 titles while Fraser Whillans (Preston Lodge) is expected to be heavily involved in the boys' and mixed events.

Full seedings:

Under-17 events: Boys' Singles: 1, Fraser Whillans (Longniddry; Preston Lodge HS); 2, Graham Pettigrew (Linlithgow; Stewart's-Melville College). Girls' Singles: 1, Heather MacPherson (Davidson's Mains; The Royal HIgh School); 2, Hannah Wade (Bathgate; St Kentigern's Academy). Boys' Doubles: 1, Tommy Reynolds (Bruntsfield; Boroughmuir HS) and Fraser Whillans (Preston Lodge); 2, Euan Cameron (Longniddry; Preston Lodge HS) and Graham Pettigrew (Linlithgow; Stewart's-Melville College). Girls' Doubles: 1, Heather and Julie MacPherson (both Davidson's Mains; The Royal High School); 2, Sofia Cogliano (Bruntsield; Boroughmuir HS) and Hannah Wade (Bathgate; St Kentigern's Academy). Mixed Doubles: 1, Fraser Whillans and Heather Macpherson; 2 Euan Cameron and Anna Devine (both Longniddry; Preston Lodge HS).

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Under-13 events: Boys' Singles: 1, Calum Atterbury (Trinity; Stewart's-Melville Junior); 2, Glen Lewington (Corstorphine; Corstorphine PS). Girls' Singles: 1, Gemma Wright (Blackhall; The Royal HIgh School); 2, Shona Whillans (Longniddry PS). Boys' Doubles: 1, Calum Atterbury and Glen Lewington; 2, Cameron Law (North Berwick HS) and Hamish Wilson (Longniddry; George Watson's). Girls' Doubles: 1, Shona Whillans and Gemma Wright; 2, Sarah Brogan (Long- niddry; GeorgeHeriot's) and Eloise Morris (Longniddry PS). Mixed Doubles: 1, Glen Lewington and Shona Whillans; 2,Calum Atterbury and Gemma Wright.