CORNWALL Youth Badminton with the continued support of Dairy Crest Davidstow finally achieved their long awaited ambition of fielding an Under-11 County Team against South West opposition on Sunday January 25 at Brixham.

The Duchy youngsters took on the seasoned players of Devon who have developed their own squad over the past five years and 48-2. To put this match in perspective four Cornish players have only been playing since Sept 2008, the majority for 12 months and one player two years.

Danny Warne (St Catherine's CP School, Launceston) was in the Cornwall team and all players performed magnificently and wore their county shirts with pride supporting their team-mates continually throughout the match. It is planned that CYB will now enter the South West Counties Under-11 league in 2009/10 season