Badminton: Champs' double trouble.Byline: By Nick Pullen REIGNING champions Broadway were upstaged this week in the Birmingham Badminton League. The Mixed Division One title holders took a hammering from both Birmingham University Birmingham University, at Birmingham, England; founded 1900. It has faculties of arts, science, engineering, medicine and dentistry, commerce and social science, law, and education and continuing studies. and arch-rivals Hotshots. Broadway were given a lesson by the students, who stormed to an 8-1 victory. Ivor Griffiths, Penny Reynolds, John Reynolds, John: see Rainolds, John. Forde and Kate Lester were unbeaten while Tim Warriner and Alice Walters added two more wins to the tally. Broadway were handed a double blow when they were beaten 6-3 by Barnt Green Barnt Green is a village in Worcestershire, England, located immediately south of Birmingham. Origins Rooted from the development of the railway, Barnt Green has always been a commuter settlement. side Hotshots, who had Sagir Hussain and Debbie Beeston-Smith in unbeatable form. Trevor Hamson and Tracy Baker Trace Lee (Tracy) Baker (November 7, 1891 - March 14, 1975) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox. Baker batted and threw right handed. He was born in Pendleton, Oregon, and studied at the University of Washington. bagged two more wins while Handal Suryaputra and Alison Franks picked up two games for Broadway. Birmingham University pair John Forde and Ivor Griffiths continued their impressive form in Men's Division One as the students secured a 7-2 success over promoted side Aston Villa. Solihull and Shirley snatched victory at the death in a 5-4 thriller with Bidgley Power. John Hudson and Tom Whitehouse proved the star turn for Solihull, while the pairings of Imran Bashir and Robin Rashid, plus Alfa Mia and Haroon Raza, won two games apiece for the Powermen. Central Ladies produced a classy 6-0 success over Solihull and Shirley in Division One thanks to Jayne Page, Linzi Kernick, Denise Perry and Sue Turner. Sisters Lindsay Dibble and Debra Padgington played a key role for Warwickshire's Over-40 veterans side, who recorded their third straight win with a 9-3 verdict over Staffordshire. "John Forde and Ivor Griffiths continued their impressive form in Men's Division One |
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