Local lad Craig Brown became the first winner of Milton Keynes’ Racquet Championships, racking up an impressive 339 points from a possible 386, across two weekends of racquet sporting action.

Brown was lying in fourth position after the badminton on weekend one, some 18 points behind leader Dylan Smith. However, storming to victory in each of his nine table tennis matches, he was able to overtake Smith to win the championships by 28 points.

Father and son duo, Dush and Josha Mital, both started well to consolidate their impressive outing of joint second at the badminton. Late entrant to the championships, Alan Cherry, provided stiff competition by winning his first eight table tennis matches, only to be undone 21-17 by Brown in the last match of the tournament.

Proceeds from this tournament went to MacMillan Cancer Support, a charity very close to the heart of the Tournament Organiser, Dave Gilbert from Leighton Buzzard. Special thanks to him for envisaging this tournament and helping to support a wonderful cause.

Final Standings MK Racquet Championships 2014

	BADMINTON	TABLE TENNIS	TOTAL
Craig Brown (W)	150	189	339
Dylan Smith	168	143	311
Dush Mital	158	137	295
Sam Cartwright	128	161	289
Josha Mital	158	110	268
Alan Cherry	0	185	185
Henry Liu	0	157	157
Andy Clark	98	65	156
Jamie Gibbons	72	56	128
Mat Clark	65	44	109

Neil McGuigan
December 17, 2014