BADMINTON: A THURROCK team has secured promotion from Division Two of the Basildon and Thurrock badminton league Springhouse B team were elevated following a convincing win.

They won all four matches and just pipped the East Thurrock B team to promotion.

The match between Springhouse’s Tom Cottingham and Ken Slaughter and East Thurrock’s Mark Smith and Mark Downey was the crunch game.

But the home team won 31/15.

East Thurrock B won three games, but this total was not enough.

And the East Thurrock C team won two matches and finished fourth in the leaque. The Badminton teams of the area have some spare capacity in the summer if any teams are interested.

Contact Dave Luff on 01375 643292.