Northumberland Badminton Association
How did a badminton club get started in the 1950’s? What were playing conditions like? Did it cost much? What were match suppers? Do you know any of the people who made things happen? If you want the answers, read the following history of Whitley Chapel Badminton Club. (more…)
And so, another year has gone already and it’s off to Nottingham for the 53rd running of the Under 18 Inter County Tournament. With a mainly young and inexperienced team, and lacking really strong singles players, we had no great expectations other than not finishing in the bottom group. Unfortunately, the number of competing counties was down by three to 32 and several of our closer competitors from recent years were missing. It was clearly going to be tough but two good wins saw us into 27th place, the same as last year. Our new County Coach Martin Fagan was pretty pleased with the overall level of performances, as were his assistants Alison Thompson and Jamie Tinnion. (more…)
The latest North Tyneside Social Badminton Tournament, held in the sports hall at John Spence Community High School in North Shields, attracted a record entry of 75 players, who play for fun. The ages of the players ranged from 14 to 74! It was again extremely pleasing to see over 20 new faces, including a good contingent of very friendly and polite Chinese players from Northumbria University. (more…)
Success in the regional round has meant that the boys from Gosforth Academy and the girls from Emmanuel College, Gateshead, have made it through to the Finals weekend of the…
There was success for two of our girls in the recent Northumberland Under 17 Silver tournament. This had been due to take place at the start of March but unfortunately had to be cancelled because of the “Beast from the East”. A small window in the calendar enabled it to be rescheduled a fortnight later. Although some of the original entrants could not make the new date and the girls’ entries were lower than we would have liked, there were a few additional players to take some of the vacated places. (more…)
Information on Senior Tournaments and County Team matches from December 2017 to March 7th 2018. (more…)
Information on Senior Tournaments and County Team matches up to the end of November 2017. (more…)
Badminton England are currently advertising for a vacant position which is to cover either Yorkshire or the North East [= Durham & Northumberland CBA areas]. If you are interested click…