The tournament is open to all Grade 2 and Grade 3 players and the 16-year old won the gold medal in the under-17 boys singles following a busy day playing nine matches, two in the doubles and the remainder in the singles.
The Jersey born player won a tense best of three games final, 18-16, 17-15 against Middlesex’s Richard Sims.
Sixteen-year-old Hutchings said: ‘It was a tough weekend and the final was very hard; both games went to setting which means you have to win by two points.
‘It was up and down throughout and in the second game I came from 15-14 down to win.
I was very happy to have won; it was a long hard game of around 30 minutes and I was still recovering in midweek.
I think my game in the final was probably the best I’ve ever played.’
Hutchings, who won the Guernsey Open singles and doubles and was runner-up in the mixed section last November, has high ambition in his chosen sport.
‘I’m working hard on my fitness and my range of shots and hopefully I can break into the England team by the time I am 20.
It’s something I’m determined to do and hopefully I can maybe go on and became England’s number one.’
The teenager trains with the Carlton Junior Club Elite Squad, the Jersey Badminton Association’s Credit Suisse junior academy and senior county squads and former England singles champion Mark Constable.
He previously trained with Kim Jespersen.
JBA president and junior academy coach Steve Watson said: ‘Alex has improved a great deal of late and this is a fine achievement and I’m really pleased for him.
He takes his badminton seriously; he trains hard and puts in a great deal of effort and thoroughly deserves the reward.’
Capped for the Jersey senior team at 15, Hutchings is a regular on the Badminton England junior tournament circuit.
Hutchings played an excellent controlled game on his way to winning his group at High Wycombe.
After claiming a three-set victory in the quarter-finals and a more comfortable two-set semi-final win against Buckinghamshire’s Jamie Kilgariff, he rose to the occasion to play even better in the final.
The youngster’s previous achievements include an U15 Oxford Open doubles title; runner-up in the U16 boys doubles at the Kent Open and last month runner-up in the U17 Stevenage Silver Tournament.
Hutchings’ sister Natasha is also an up-and-coming player in the U15s, having reached the quarter-finals of the Sheffield Open last month.







