Badminton: Grace is the County ace.

WARWICKSHIRE Warwickshire (wŏ`rĭkshĭr), county (1991 pop. 477,000), 975 sq mi (2,525 sq km), central England. The county seat is Warwick. The terrain is gently rolling, with outcroppings of the Cotswold Hills in the south. 4ths rounded off their season with an excellent 10-5 success over Cheshire 3rds - Grace Ollivent leading the way by winning all four of her matches.

She overcame Alex Chambers 21-13, 21-19 in the singles, teamed up with Coventry's Farah Moolabhai to take her doubles 23-21, 21-16 and 21-12, 21-11, and added a mixed verdict with Ben Keighley.

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and Claire Rotherham 21-19, 21-17 to punish pun·ish
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2. To inflict a penalty for (an offense).

3. the County into second spot behind Worcestershire in Division 4C, Moolabhai contributed a 21-11, 21-10 decision against Toni Kenwright while Sharon McGuire chipped in three doubles wins - two with Rose Winship and one with Ryan Parsons.

The final over-50 veterans' match of the season took place at Nottingham but the side completed a disappointing season with a fifth consecutive defeat, losing 10-2.

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Title Annotation:	Sport
Publication:	Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Geographic Code:	4EUUK
Date:	Mar 18, 2009
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