06/02/2010 - A/B Graded Singles and Doubles Tournament - Entries Closed

The entries are now closed for the Northumberland County A/B-graded tournament taking place at Benfield Centre for Sporting Excellence, Newcastle.

This event includes Singles, Level and Mixed doubles. The singles will take place on Friday 5th of February from 6pm, whilst the mixed and level doubles will be on Sunday 7th of February from 10am.

For further information, please contact Steve Abbott via Tournaments

28/01/2010 - C and E Graded Singles Tournament - Entries Open

The entries are now open for the Northumberland County C and E- graded singles only tournament taking place at Benfield Centre for Sporting Excellence, Newcastle, on Sunday 21st of February.

Men's Singles will start first from 09:30am, followed by Ladies' Singles in the afternoon. Final start times will be confirmed on this page on Friday 15th of February.

The E-graded singles are open to all players graded E or UG.

The C-graded singles are targetted at players graded C, but also open to players graded D, E and UG. If this event is over subscribed, priority will be given to C-graded players, then D-Graded, then finally E.

To submit your entry form, simply go to the calendar view. Closing date is Wednesday 17th  of February!

For further information, please contact Aram Dedeyan via Tournaments

16/12/2009 - New Grading and Ranking Database

At long last, the new grading and ranking database is now fully accessible to all players. All tournament results since the start of the season have been uploaded in the database.

Simply click on the menu bar above to access both player and club specific information, as well as the rankings. Note: In order to view these pages, you will need to have Adobe Flash Player installed on your computer.

So, what's new with this database? Below are some of the new features that are available:

1) Dynamic Navigation: you can view the information the way you want to. For example click on the header of a column to sort the information the way you want to. You can even move the columns around if it makes it easier for you!

2) Always up to date: the rankings pull the information directly from the online league tables. So as soon as a league match has been submitted and approved, your results and rankings will be updated automatically. As of now, all league matches submitted online will be approved at most within 7 days.

3) New Player profile layout: you can view any player's profile and results by double-clicking on their name. We've also added a link called "what do these numbers mean" in every profile to help explain what all the points, matches and averages actually mean. And of course, you also benefit from the same Dynamic Navigation feature to sort your results by date, points, event, etc by clicking on the column headers.

4) New Rankings diplay:the rankings list now will only display players that are active, i.e. that have played at least one match in a given discipline (Singles, level doubles or mixed doubles). So if you want to have a ranking, then take part in one of the many graded tournaments available during the season. Also to note that all players with the same average will have an equal ranking (as it should be!).

Can't wait to get started? Find out for yourself!

If you have any technical issues, please send an e-mail to Webmaster

Or if your query is to do with your grade, personal details or results, please write to Grading System

Finally, we'd love to hear from you! It's been a lot of hard work by only a few (volunteer) people to get it up and running, so we'd appreciate any positive and/or negative feedback you may have. We also have a wish list going, so if you've got some ideas on how to further improve it, we'll add your suggestions to the list and look at them next year. So, to tell us what you think, send a note to: Webmaster.

Thanks for your patience, we hope it was worth it :)

22/11/2009 - B/C and D/E Graded Singles Tournament - Results Published

The results from the above tournament can now be viewed from the results menu above.

07/10/2009 - Contacting us - Important Changes

From Monday 12th of October please refer to the contact details below:

• Grading System: for any query to do with the grading system itself. For example to request a new grade, to enquire about an existing grade, rules, calculations, etc.

• Tournaments: for any query to do with the graded tournaments. For example, when do they take place, who can organise them, who qualifies, results, etc.

• Webmaster: for any query to do with the website itself. For example, if the information published is incorrect, problems displaying, etc.

Please update your address books accordingly.

Register for upcoming events

If you wish to be on the mailing list to receive news on the upcoming events, please send an e-mail to Tournaments with "Subscribe" in the subject.

Have your details changed?

Are your players' details correct? Is your name spelt incorrectly? Have you changed clubs? Please let us know by writing to Tournaments with "New Player Details" in the subject.

Would you like to organise a graded tournament for season 2009/2010?

We are looking for clubs willing to organise a graded tournament at their own venue. Please get in touch to discuss the possibilities for your club. It's a great opportunity to advertise your club, your venue... and it really is a very rewarding experience!

If you're not sure if this is for you, maybe because you've never done this before, don't worry: full training and support will be given! Contact Aram Dedeyan to discuss this further.

06/10/2009 - Rankings Database update

The database that manages the rankings and grades is getting a major facelift! The work started 4 months ago and will take a further 2 months to complete. This means that there will be no rankings update until December 1st 2009.

This is to give us enough time to check that the system is ready and robust enough to handle all your requests.

The good news however is that Phase 1 of the project, the online submission of league matches has just been completed. This means that all (home) teams are now able to submit their league matches online. (For further information on this, please talk to your match secretary)

We will keep you posted on as the project progresses.

14/09/2009 - Northumberland County Restricted Tournament - Entries now Open!

The entries for the Northumberland County Restricted Tournament, taking place at Benfield Centre for Sporting Excellence on Friday 25th and Sunday 27th of September, are now open.

To find out if you qualify, the event details with start times and to submit your entry, please go to the online form by clicking here (also available from the Calendar view).

Please submit your entry before Wednesday 23rd of September.

If you have any questions, simply contact Steve Abbott via e-mail to countyrestricted@northumberlandbadminton.org .

04/09/2009 - Elmfield Cup on the 13th of September - Entries open!

The entries are now open for the one-day Elmfield Cup on the 13th of September. This is a Mixed Doubles only Handicap tournament, welcoming partnerships of all grades, with starting scores depending on the grades of the players.

Given the results from this event are NOT taken into account in the rankings, it's a great way to warm up for the start of the season.

Submit your entry prior to Thursday the 10th of September by clicking here.