Sports Program

This is the story of our intermediate girl’s badminton team. Abbey Morrow, Jess Hawkey, Tahlia Morley, and Tamzin Forge played five games very competitively and showed outstanding sportsmanship, landing them second place before heading into the final, playing Mt. Beauty who they had previously lost to earlier that day. In high spirits and with a determined attitude these young women entered the Final to achieve a different result. Tahlia won outright reaching 21 points; Jess, and Abbey both flipped the tables, turning the results in favour for Rutherglen. Tamzin had fierce competition and lost 13-15 which was closer than the previous game played.

Going into doubles, the girls knew they just needed one of them to win to make it through into the Regional Finals. Jess and Talhia started strong with a 3-0 lead but halfway through they were losing 13-7. Tamzin and Abbey were however playing a much closer game with the scores fluctuating between only a 2-point lead. Everyone could feel the tension in the air with the timer ticking down. Jess and Tahlia made a comeback, hitting point after point, with both teams leading in the points as the timer buzzed.

We here at Rutherglen High School are extremely proud of this team and wish them the best of luck going into region finals.