Hampshire duo finally get to No. 1

Monday 25th April 2011, 2:29PM BST.

Jo Dix claimed the singles title and went on to add the women’s doubles championship. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 1127556)

IT WAS the visitors who dominated the Guernsey Easter badminton Open, with two first-time winners taking the singles honours.

Ben Muir and Jo Dix, both from Hampshire, were worthy winners of the men’s and women’s individual events at the Sports Guernsey-supported tournament as both lived up to their number one seeding.

It was the men’s final that was the closer and more entertaining of the two.

Muir was up against Adam Rickenbach, who had pulled off something of an upset in the semi-final, beating the defending champion Martin Ventham in straight sets.