Author Archives: richard.taylor

Lucy has just had a successful weekend at the u17 Milton Keynes Gold, winning the girls doubles with partner Matilda Franklin (Notts). The girls were seeded 2 and comfortably won their group, which put them in the semi finals. After … Continue reading →

Buoyed up by her recent international selection, Lucy Dodd travelled down to Milton Keynes last weekend for the Under 15 Nationals and came back home with three bronze medals.  What a great performance! In the girls’ singles, Lucy outperformed her … Continue reading →

Sport Newcastle held its 2021 Awards Evening at the Eagles Basketball Arena this week and our own Karen Davison was one of the guests of honour to receive an Unsung Heroes award. Karen was very embarrassed as the host, broadcaster … Continue reading →

At the weekend we saw the return of the Junior County Restricted Tournament after Covid restrictions meant that we had been unable to hold any competitive play for our Juniors over the last 18 months.  “Restricted” means that only players … Continue reading →

JUNIOR SUCCESSSeveral of our PC players were competing last weekend.  Congratulations to them all. Lucy Dodd  made her England debut in the U15 Quadrangular in Scotland where England won the team event then Lucy also won the Girls’ Doubles (with … Continue reading →

After battling through a series of Silver and Gold tournaments, our Under 15 Lucy Dodd made it through to junior international recognition this weekend, having been selected for England in the Quadrangular tournament against Scotland, Wales and Ireland held on … Continue reading →

After a 16 month gap, the Badminton England junior tournaments have finally restarted, with a series of Gold events played during June 2021. Lucy Dodd travelled down to the National Badminton Centre at Milton Keynes over the weekend of 12 … Continue reading →