North Midway Under 16

An Under 16 team travelled down to Sheffield recently.  They were young and inexperienced and knew it would be a difficult day: but manager Christine Railton kept them battling together as a team and they will all have learnt from the experience.  This is Christine’s report on the day.  Thanks to Christine and to Deb Rodda for their support. (more…)

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Anglo-Scottish Under 16 Team Tournament

This was the first competitive event of the season and came very early this year, putting all the players under quite a bit of pressure to perform, with several of them fresh from the summer break. Overall it was a very enjoyable but challenging weekend, for players and managers alike. Northumberland had a young and relatively inexperienced team but they produced some excellent badminton in some very tough games. All the players were very competitive, worked hard for every point and had a fantastic team spirit: as always, they were a credit to Northumberland. County coaches Rob Wetherell and Martin Fagan were very positive about the performances that they saw. (more…)

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Under 17 Inter-County Tournament

21st place out of 35 entrants may not sound so good but for Northumberland, given its location and relatively limited playing resources, it was quite an achievement. This is also put into perspective by our results in recent years which, after the 20th place in 2003, have almost always been 30th or lower and even down to a sad 41st eight years ago. (more…)

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Anglo-Scottish Under 16 Team Tournament

The annual round of the Under 16 event in the Anglo-Scottish tournament series took place recently at the Tyneside Badminton Centre. Eight counties from either side of the border took part over the two days. The Northumberland team was augmented by reinforcements from Durham but also had to bring in a couple of overage players, which meant that some matches had to be conceded. (more…)

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