Displaying a high quality of play, Haile Selassie High took both the boys and girls trophies in last week’s finals of the LIME Schools Knockout Badminton Competition at the Constant Spring Golf Club’s Racquet Complex.

The girls, who were the defending champions, had an easy day, blanking each of their opponents, St Andrew High in the semis and a depleted St Hugh’s High in the final, by 5-0. St Andrew came away with third place.

The Haile Selassie boys meanwhile, cruised by Wolmer’s 5-0 in the semi-finals, but had a fight on their hands before getting by St Anne’s High 3-1 in the final. With the tie already decided, the fifth match was not played. The boys third place play-off saw Calabar High putting away Wolmer’s 3-0.

The Haile Selassie girls had earlier in the year won the All Island Schools Badminton Championship, but the boys’ winners of that event, DeCarteret College, were unfortunately absent from the Knockout.

Scores in each match of the finals were: Haile Selassie defeated St Hugh’s 5-0 — Shana-Kay Bailey defeated Monique Silvera 21-9, 21-9; Nicole Smith defeated Ashley Chambers 21-4, 21-5; Stacy-Ann Blake and Sheinell Hyatt beat Monique Silvera and Roxanne Williams 21-4, 21-8, Shakira Bailey and Sheinell Hyatt beat Ashley Chambers and Roxanne Williams 21-4, 21-4, Shana-Kay Bailey and Stacy-Ann Blake won by walk-over.

Haile Selassie boys defeated St Anne’s 3-1 — (Haile Selassie players named first) Jamarey Gordon defeated Jamari Rose 18-21, 22-20, 23-21; Lenroy Grant lost to Dennis Coke 21-15, 21-2; Ackeem Maxfill defeated Jermaine Vassell 21-5, 21-14; Jamarey Gordon and Lenroy Grant defeated Dennis Coke and Omar Bravo 17-21, 21-18, 21-13.