Category Archives: Junior Competition

In 2003, while he was Chair of North Tyneside Council, Councillor John Carter became an avid fan of badminton, attending a number of events which were staged in North Tyneside.  He decided that he would like to set up an … Continue reading →

Many of our juniors and ex-juniors will have lovely memories from earlier years of the weekend spent at Largs in late May.  This has not happened for the last couple of years, while extensive works were carried out at the … Continue reading →

Northumberland’s Under 14 team travelled north of the border on Easter Sunday to play in the annual Lothian team event.  The team, most of whom were at least one year younger than the U14 limit, was: Charlotte Graham, Ellen Davison, … Continue reading →

And so, another year gone already and it’s off to Nottingham for the 52nd running of the Under 18 Inter County Tournament.  With a young team and lacking several of the stronger players of recent years, we had no great … Continue reading →

Our Under 18 team have just returned from Nottingham where the 52nd Inter County Tournament took place in the run-up to Easter.  The team travelled back, buoyed by their success in the second half of the competition, having notched up … Continue reading →

The Anglo-Scottish League event for Under 15s took place this weekend at Tyneside Badminton Centre, with six teams from north and south of the border competing.  Yorkshire brought a strong team and took the honours with their 12-3 win over … Continue reading →

Northumberland’s U17 team has just been down to Sheffield for the second round of the North Midway.  As there was a late team withdrawal from this round, the format of the day was set to be a round robin of … Continue reading →

Buoyed by their success in Durham the previous weekend, Emily Harrison and Ashraf Alam skipped a day’s school to compete in the U19 Nationals in Milton Keynes. Emily was unlucky to draw the 1st seed in her first round singles … Continue reading →

Emily Harrison and Ashraf Alam came home from the Durham U19 Silver tournament on 4th February laden with three trophies between them. Emily partnered with Beth Speechley of Yorkshire, and Ashraf with Niall Wagstaff of Notts to win both Level … Continue reading →

This tournament, which is often the first team event for our young players, was held last weekend at TBC.  Northumberland’s team, which was relatively inexperienced in comparison to the strong counties of Lothian and Yorkshire, fought hard but found the … Continue reading →