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Laurent Bernet (left) won the gold medal in the U13 doubles for Trogen-speicher together with his partner Anh Le Nhuyen (St. Gallen). (Images: zVg)
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The five medalists from BC Trogen-speicher.
In addition, Zeno Baldegger in the U19 singles and together with Lian Ubieto in the U19 doubles, as well as Yara Ubieto in the U15 doubles, also gave the Appenzell badminton club three bronze medals. Title candidate Anic Metzger was missing due to injury.
In the U19, U17, U15 and U13 categories, the country’s best players fought for the laurels in five disciplines each. However, only the 16 strongest young people in singles and 12 best pairs in doubles who qualified through the national junior tournaments of the current year are eligible for these title fights. This included a total of 10 players from BC Trogen-speicher.
In the youngest category, Laurent Bernet and Anh Le Nguyen shone in their flagship doubles discipline. After a thrilling final against Geneva’s Berger/Najem, they were able to celebrate their first Swiss championship title. There was great celebration as they showed the best performance of the season in the most important tournament of the year.
Zeno Baldegger and Lian Ubieto from BC Trogen-speicher also had a strong performance in their last U19 year. Baldegger defeated Zhi Lun Ong (Zurich), the No. 3 seed in the tournament, in the individual quarterfinals and brought eventual winner Nolan Chanthakesone (Lausanne) to the brink of defeat in the semifinals. In the U19 doubles, Ubieto and Baldegger also made it into the top four and ended their junior years with well-deserved bronze medals.
Yara Ubieto won the third bronze award with Anna Zumstein (Brig) in the women’s doubles U15. She was only slowed down in the semi-finals by the eventual winners Krishna/Var (Basel/Geneva).
