Auckland Dominate National Junior Titles

Auckland has made a clean sweep of the under15 and under17 teams badminton titles at the completion of play in Palmerston North. The wins sit nicely with their under19 teams titles won in Dunedin last month.

North Harbour finished second in both age groups with Wellington North third in the under15’s and Auckland(3) third in the under17’s. Counties Manukau won U15 division II with Auckland(3)I winning division II in the under17’s.

All players now compete in their respective individual championships, at the same venue, Arena Manawatu in Palmerston North.


Under 15 Inter-association Badminton Team Championships
Division 1:
Auckland(1) bt North Harbour(1) 10-6, Wellington North bt Auckland(2) 12-4,
Waitakere bt Manawatu(1) 11-5, Waikato bt Auckland(3) 10-6, Hawkes Bay bt Manawatu(2) 16-0 ..

Division 2:
Counties Manukau bt Hutt Valley 8 matches all, 18 – 17 games, Bay of Plenty bt North Harbour(2) 9-7, Wellington bt Wanganui 12-4.
Taranaki bt Marlborough 11-5.

Final Placings:
Division 1: Auckland(1) 1, Nth Harbour(1) 2, Wellington North 3, Auckland(2) 4, Waitakere 5, Manawatu(1) 6, Waikato 7, Auckland(3) 8, Hawkes Bay 9, Manawatu(2) 10.
Division 2: Counties Manukau 1, Hutt Valley 2, BOP 3, North Harbour(2) 4, Wellington 5, Wanganui 6, Taranaki 7, Marlborough 8, Nelson 9.

Under 17 Inter-association Badminton Team Championships
Final Results:
Division 1:
Auckland(1) bt North Harbour(1) 13-3, Auckland(2) bt Waikato 13-3, Wellington North bt Manawatu 9-7,
North Harbour(2) bt Nelson 12-4, Canterbury bt Marlborough 11-5.

Division 2:
Auckland(3) bt Hawkes Bay 9-7, Bay of Plenty bt Wanganui 8 matches all, 17 games all, 607-540 points,
Wellington bt Hutt Valley 9-7,
Counties Manukau bt Taranaki 12-4.

Final Placings:
Division 1: Auckland 1, Nth Harbour(1) 2, Auckland(2) 3, Waikato 4, Wellington North 5, Manawatu 6, Nth Harbour 7, Nelson 8, Canterbury 9, Marlborough 10.

Dvision 2: Auckland(3) 1, Hawkes Bay 2, Wellington 3, BOP 4, Counties Manukau 5, Hutt Valley 6, Taranaki 7, Wanganui 8.