It looks like Buckley will no doubt be challenging for top honours in Division 2 again next season!

The tables for the Chester and Flintshire Leagues as of the end of February have been added to the website.

The good news is that Buckley’s Chester team has finally won a match – and not just one but three in a row!

It is no doubt just a coincidence that this happened while the club’s #1 lady (Caren Price – bottom right in the photo) is having a trial run out in ‘the reserves’ while recuperating from her operation!

Following the very successful results of the previous event we had teams in Divisions 5, 4, 3 and 1. Unfortunately we were without some key players as Calum and Iwan chose to go ski-ing instead of playng badminton (how dare they!). This meant that Team Manager, Cliff, had to play up some players and enabled him to give others a chance.

Division 5 saw the D Team (Scott Davies, Calum Artell and Sara Jones) minus a player lose to Llanferres B and also to Deeside B.  Charlotte Ince stood in as the missing player just to give the others a game but her points didn’t count.

The C Team (Charlotte, Ann-Louise Barron, Calum Beck and Jamie Cooper) in Division 4, tried hard and managed to draw with Castell Alun C but lost on points, 63 to 70 – hard luck!. They then lost to Llanferres A who were much tougher opposition.

Then the B Team (Jaegan Fuller, Daniel Cooper, Luke Williams and Gareth Ellis) played Mold C and Castell Alun B in Division 3. This was much stiffer competition and they lost both matches though with some close scores against the Mold side.

Finally it was the turn of the A Team (Matthew Jones, Eithan Johnson, Cerys Brackenbury and Jack Southall) who with two of their regular members away faced a formidable task in Division 1 being drawn against Mold B and Mold A. They played incredibly well and although winning only 1 game (the Doubles game by Matthew and Eithan against Mold B) this was enough to give them the edge over the other team in the Division (Castell Alun A) and meant they stay up for the next event. So very well done them!!

Considering everyone had to play in a higher position than they normally would they should all be congratulated for their efforts and well deserved Cliff’s lollipops.

The next match is on Saturday, 5 February at Flint Leisure Centre – see you there!

Gill
Junior Match Secretary

The tables for the Chester and Flintshire Leagues as of the end of January have been added to the website.

Our second-string team has been drawn against Rossett in the second round of the NEWBA cup, and will play them at home on Friday January 7th at 7pm prompt

Despite the loss of Caren, our own team is hanging on to a decent place in the table following promotion as champions from Division 2 last year.

Meanwhile, our second-string team had an excellent win over Llanferres in the first round of the NEWBA cup and is now awaiting the second round draw with some trepidation!

Our own team has made a good start to the season following promotion from Division 2 last year, but the loss of Caren following her operation is a big blow.

Buckley only just managed to hang on to top spot in Division 2, despite an incredibly strong challenge from Holywell A in the second half of the season. The two teams ended up level on Points, and level on Events for & against. It was only Buckley’s better difference of Games won & lost which made them Champions!

Buckley continues to hang on to top spot in Division 2, despite drawing with Holywell A away (and, just this week, at home also).

With just over half the season gone, it still looks as if any of the current top four could win the league though!

Like last year, our own team has made a good start to the season, with 2 wins and a draw placing them at the top of Division 2.