In the badminton finals, our players, who had qualified, by finishing in the top two pairs in their age group heats, met the other top pairs from the other pool of Island secondary schools. Our Year 11 girls pair, Ellie and Sherine, lost their first game, before gaining some revenge in their next game, by beating Carisbrooke, who had beaten them last week.
They went into their final game against the Free School looking to build on that success but narrowly missed out on the win. However, their progress in a week has been excellent and they made Medina proud!
The Year 8/9 girls pair of Kaitlyn and Mylea were also unlucky, winning two games and only losing one, meaning they were tied for first place with Ryde Academy as the Ryde team went into their last game against The Free School. Unfortunately the Ryde team won that game and took first place but our girls, who had played really well, finished a highly credible second.
Our final pair in the tournament was our Year 9 boys pair of Aaron and Fergus. They went unbeaten all evening, playing superbly, winning the event as clear winners! Congratulations to them. They now move onto the Hampshire round, representing the island in February.
The whole team were outstanding throughout and a real reminder of the amazing students we have at Medina!
