Under 15 Shires v Cumbria

The Under 15s postponed match against Cumbria took place on a miserable and snowy day.  Very many thanks to Ian Bambrick, Jack Xu and the Alams for braving the weather to take the team over to Penrith: the weather was probably worse than on the originally-planned day.  Thanks also to Ian, who managed the team for the first time and whose report follows. (more…)

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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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