South Glamorgan’s Adil Khan won an under-15 title double during the Yonex Welsh National Junior Badminton Championships at  Sport Wales National Centre in Cardiff.

The first day of the championships started and ended with the under-15 events and there was a lot of outstanding badminton played.

Khan and Kite were seeded in the boys singles and they both qualified for the final.

Kite had a long semi-final battle against Archie Bult before winning 21-14, 16-21, 21-18, while Khan overcame Thomas Morgan.

In a competitive final Khan managed to hold off Kite’s comeback in the second set to win the title 21-9, 21-18.

The two singles finalists linked up for the doubles and came out on top.

Daniel Clarke is back competing and after success in England last week he carried the performance through to Cardiff. He partnered  Bult they caused Khan and Kite some concern in the final.

The experience of the Khan/Kite combination paid off and they won 17-21, 21-17, 21-16.

Lowri Hart was first seed in the girls singles with Jasmine Owen number two. They justified their seeding by reaching the final.

Both girls have been earning great success on the English Circuit this year, however, Hart dominated and won in straight sets 21-9, 21-11.

The singles finalists joined forces in the doubles and they proved unstoppable, winning 21-6, 21-12 against Jessica Ding and Saffron Morris.

There were five pairs battling it out in the mixed doubles. Kite and Owen, Khan and Morris plus Clarke and Hart were the pairs tipped to do well.

It came down to a final featuring Kite and Owen against Clarke and Hart. All four are from West Wales, had featured in all finals and continued their good form. Clarke and Kite proved too strong and took gold, 21-14, 21-9.

Andrew Oates won singles, doubles and mixed titles at under-19 level.

Tom Sudder caused an upset in the under-19 boys singles, beating Oliver Stansfield 21-19, 17-21, 21-15 in a semi-final. But Oates’ determination overcame Sudder as he won the title 21-16, 21-11.

Saffron Morris also caused upset by beating Ellie Roberts 22-20 in the third set, however Abi Cottrill was determined to win her first under-19 title and won in straight sets.

Established pair Joe Cottrill and Oates remained focused and won their group as expected. They didn’t drop a set and beat the runners-up Sudder and Jamie Noble 21-13, 21-10.

The mixed doubles followed and the Cottrill siblings, Joe and Abi, had their eyes on a second title, as did Andrew Oates. He teamed up with Gean Sou Mo and they managed to secure his hat-trick 21-12, 21-17.

The under-11 event featured only boys singles and boys doubles events.

Amay Patil performed well to beat second seed Eli Owen in a semi-final to secure a place against reigning champion, Llwyd Crump, in the final. Llwyd  retained his title by winning 21-11, 21-10.

The boys doubles was an exciting event and it was great to see such tenacity from the young players. Brothers Amay and Eshaan Patil took the first set 22-20, but failed to convert the second and lost to Llwyd Crump and Eli Owen 21-14 in the third set.