Anglo-Scottish Under 12 Weekend

The Under 12 round in the series of Anglo-Scottish team tournaments was hosted this weekend by Northumberland at the Tyneside Badminton Centre. It proved to be a difficult baptism to the world of county team events for the home team, most of whom had come from the recently-inaugurated Futures session run by the county on Friday evenings. (more…)

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Success for Gyan and Emily in BE Under 17 Bronze event

The second day of Northumberland’s Badminton England Junior tournament weekend saw several local players in among the major medals. Emily Harrison won medals in all three disciplines but pride of place must go to Gyan Chadda, who won the Under 17 boys singles, adding this to his silver medal with Harrison in the mixed doubles. (more…)

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Anglo-Scottish Under 19 Team Tournament

This season’s Under 19 Anglo Scottish team event took place over the new-year weekend at the Tyneside Badminton Centre. There were three teams from north of the border (Lothian, Lanarkshire and West of Scotland), together with Cheshire, Cumbria, Yorkshire and ourselves. At the end of the two days’ play, Yorkshire emerged triumphant to take the trophy with Northumberland finishing sixth. (more…)

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