Junior County Restricted U15 & U19 Results

The second round of the junior county restricted championships, for under 19s and under 15s, took place at the end of November at the County’s base in Slatyford. Unfortunately, there were insufficient entries to justify the girls and mixed events for the under 19s but there was some good, competitive play for the boys singles and doubles. (more…)

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Under 17 Shires v Yorkshire 1

Northumberland’s Under 17 team faced the first team from Yorkshire, habitually strong, at the Tyneside Badminton Centre recently and suffered a 6-14 defeat. That said, this was really quite an encouraging performance for the County’s coaches to build on, with several of the matches being lost after hard-fought, close encounters. (more…)

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Senior County Championship – Strong Comebacks But Not Enough

Last Saturday saw the inaugural matches in the new Senior County Championships format where counties play each other at centralised venues over three weekends throughout the season rather than travel home and away for individual fixtures.  North’s first team travelled to Harrogate to play Yorkshire 4 and Ulster in their opening Division 2 North fixtures, playing over the best of 11 rubbers with 2 of each discipline except for men’s singles where a third is played. (more…)

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