Northumberland’s Under 15 Junior County team were involved in the Anglo-Scottish Tournament over the weekend at the Tyneside Badminton Centre.  The event, supported as usual by Yehlex, brings together teams from north and south of the border each year to play off for the trophy.  For some of the team it was the first time they had represented their County and the team were all proudly wearing their new Northumberland team tops.

The team, under the experienced management of Karen Davison and Joel Dodd was –
Amy Ward, Charlotte Graham, Ellen Davison, Eve Beechinor-Collins, Lucy Dodd, Merin Cherian, Dominic Wilson-Baker, Jack Tilbury, James Dodd, Kaleb Cannon, Matthew Short and Mark Walker.  Most unfortunately, we had lost our top boy, Tim Bodani, due to illness shortly before the weekend: this will definitely have affected our overall results. (more…)

Our Under 16s staged a really good recovery from their 5-15 loss to Cheshire back in October when the return took place on Sunday at Garforth.  Full details will be posted in due course but they came away with a 10-all draw.

And here is Team Manager Andrea Bogan’s report:- (more…)

Jamie Tinnion and Matty Jerdan went down to Teesside for the Durham U19 Silver and came back with a bronze medal in the men's doubles.  A significant entry from four…

There was success at York on Saturday for Charlotte Graham and Tim Bodani.  The mixed doubles event was played as a knock-out and our pair scored two fine wins to…

Sunday afternoon saw our Under 18 team record an excellent 17-3 win against Lancashire's 2nds.  The visitors were unfortunately short of a girl, which meant that they had to concede…

The second round of junior age-group county championships took place in early December at Tyneside Badminton Centre.  Many thanks to county treasurer Julie Brown for giving up her time to…

The first two age group events in Northumberland’s junior restricted county championships took place recently at the Tyneside Badminton Centre.  A shortage of available girls at the Under 19 level…

The Anglo-Scottish team tournament for the youngest age group took place last weekend at the TBC.  Putting out a team of 6 girls and 6 boys seems to get ever-harder but we made it this year – just.  But what a good weekend they all seem to have had.  And for many of them, it was the very first experience of a team event like this.  An experience which, we hope, will leave them wanting more. (more…)

The last few weeks have seen several of our young players spreading their wings to play in a number of the age group events run for Cumbria and Tees Valley. …