Pillai follows promotion by taking title crown - The Worcester Observer

Pillai follows promotion by taking title crown

Worcester Editorial 23rd Apr, 2017   0

GANESH Pillai regained the Worcester League Division One title in the seventh season of the league.

He last won the title in the fourth season but had since suffered relegation to Division Two, which he won last season.

Pillai achieved 3-0 victories against Craig Burns, Neil Darwell, Sinoj Sebastian and Santi Rajaraman and 2-1 wins over Chris Alexander and Hassan Javed.

Alexander was level on points with Pillai but finished second, losing 3-0 to Rajaraman, beating Burns, Javed, Darwell and Jeremy Swift all 3-0 and Sebastian 2-1.




Javed came third, beating Burns, Darwell and Swift. He was defeated by Sebastian and Rajaraman.

Division Two was won by Kashif Ali. Ali lost just once, 3-0 to Stu Taylor, and managed 3-0 wins against Dean Hardie, Steve Wilson and Jack Davies.


A 2-1 win in his match with Robert Appleby sealed the title and kept Appleby in second place, although level on points.

Appleby beat Hardie, Wilson and Davies too but suffered further defeats to Taylor and Carl Fordham.

Taylor came third, also beating Hardie.

Tom Clement finished unbeaten at the top of Division Three, dropping just one game in the process. He won 3-0 against Laura Leach, Neil Harding, Maria Harrison and Peter Eden.

The only game he lost was 24-22 in his 2-1 win over Beth Brown.

Harding came second by beating Peter Eden and Reuben Brunt, but he lost 2-1 to Harrison and Brown and 3-0 to Leach.

Brown took the third and final promotion spot, also beating Harrison and Eden.

Ali retained the Superleague title, taking the crown for the third time overall. He beat Swift and Javed 2-1 and Harding and Andrew Radford 3-0 but Alexander beat him 3-0.

Alexander finished on the same number of points but won a game less to take second place. He lost 2-1 to Przemek Iwachow.

Javed was third, thanks to 3-0 wins over Brown and Clement.

The league welcomes players of all standards and new members can begin playing matches immediately.

Visit www.badmintonworcester.org.uk/league for more information.

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