Emily Trebert, who, with Chloe Le Tissier enjoyed success along with their siblings. (Picture by Brian Green, 0544221)

THE Junior Island badminton championships were a tale of two families. Emily Trebert and brother Jordan reached six finals each, as did Luke Le Tissier, whose brother and sister, Glenn and Chloe, qualified for three apiece.

In all, the two families won 14 titles between them of the 24 available. The youngest member of the Trebert family, David, very nearly reached the final of the U-10 boys’ singles.

He came second in his group in the earlier round, losing in three close games to the eventual winner of the title, Andrew Jensen. Jensen is relatively new to badminton and showed great promise in beating the number one seed Chris Girauld in the final 21-13, 21-15.

The same two players met again in the doubles final when Jensen, partnered by Nazri Rouillard, beat Girauld and Matt Wakeford.