Author Archives: richard.taylor
Gold Success for Lucy Dodd
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
3 Bronzes for Lucy at U15 Nationals
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
Unsung Heroes Award for Karen Davison
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
JUNIOR COUNTY RESTRICTED RESULTS
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 Successes
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
Congratulations to Lucy Dodd
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
U15 Gold Success for Lucy at Milton Keynes
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
Coronavirus Update
A number of emails have gone out to our junior players and clubs in the last couple of days. It will come as no surprise to you that all official badminton activity is stopping as of now, although the Tyneside … Continue reading
U18 Shires v Derby
Our Under 18 team travelled to Pontefract, a neutral venue, for this fixture against Derbyshire. The team was Sonny Ho, Matty Grant, Ollie Edmundson, Kaleb Canon, Ellen Davison, Charlotte Graham, Natalie Ho and Teeda Prapunwong. They were managed by Karen … Continue reading
U16s in Close Shires Loss v Yorks2
Our Under 16 Shires team played Yorkshire 2 today at Pontefract. This is team manager Joel Dodd’s report:- The team was Ollie Edmondson, Jack Tilbury, Hugh Twelves, Xuehan Zhang, Lucy Dodd, Amy Ward and Eve Beechinor-Collins. A late drop out … Continue reading