The annual Anglo-Scottish team tournament for Under 14s took place just before Christmas.  It is always difficult facing the might of Yorkshire and Lothian but the combined Northumberland & Durham team performed very creditably, scoring two good wins and finishing fourth overall.  The team was managed by Andrea Bogan and Ian Bambrick: many thanks to them and also to Julie Brown and Foong Tham who organised the whole event.  The combined report from Andrea and Ian follows: (more…)

The much-delayed "Presentation Evening" for our juniors for season 2014/15 finally took place just before Christmas at the Badminton Centre.  The perpetual trophies for that season's junior restricted championships were…

Congratulations to Ashraf Alam for producing a superb performance in the recent Under 17 Gold held at York.  Playing in much the tightest of the eight groups, where all matches…

The first of our two Under 13 Bronze events on BE's Junior Circuit was held recently.  The entry was a little disappointing in terms of numbers but still produced some…

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…)

Entries for our Under 15 Silver tournament on the BE Junior Circuit are now open.  For online entry go to - http://be.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=6ABD6471-0F23-4F08-819D-352F5551E1B9 If you want to use an entry form,…

Entries for our Under 17 Bronze tournament on the BE Junior Circuit are now open.  For online entry go to - http://be.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=DDAD49CB-C46C-40B1-A98A-7499760C783C If you want to use an entry form,…

Entries for our second Under 13 tournament on the BE Junior Circuit are now open.  For online entry go to - http://be.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=CFDCD701-8FB2-4B49-9559-16012DE337FD If you want to use an entry form,…

Entries for our Under 11 tournament on the BE Junior Circuit are now open.  For online entry, go to - http://be.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=F0D8E298-C233-4FCD-8D37-B58E06BF57A3 If you want to use an entry form, this…

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…)