BADMINTON
Led by the inspirational Derek Lam, Bedford School badminton defied all expectations this year. The team remained unbeaten all season, enjoying matches against Stamford and Oundle. All squad members were enthusiastic and reliable; I felt privileged to watch such high-quality badminton and excellent sportsmanship. Colours were awarded to Andrew Zhu, James Zhang, Jonathan Cheung, Joseph Jacob and Ruben Sharma. Philip Barnes was captain in the autumn term, with Sachin Patel, Avi Patel, Curtis Fung, Ramius Yan, Emilio Llanaj, Kevin Ching and Archie YoungLee regularly playing for the team. We had our best-ever performance in the Centre Parcs National Badminton Tournament. We entered three teams in the years 10 and 11 category, with the A team (Andrew Zhu, Jack Dalton, George Hayward and George Andrew) beating the B team (Sachin Patel, Archie Young-Lee, Bhavik Talsania and Avi Patel) in the final. The A team won the county final convincingly and came fourth in the eastern region round, playing some quality badminton along the way. Within school, Saturday afternoon badminton club was introduced in the autumn term and has proved to be popular with the boys. Anyone who is free can come along and enjoy some games from 1 to 2.30 pm. C.M. Medley
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THE OUSEL 2014–2015