Tabitha Mauro – U14 Essex Open

U14 Essex Open – 21 May 2018 – Tabitha Mauro Tabby competed in the U14 Essex Open at Redbridge Sports and Leisure Centre.  She competed in the Girls Singles and Girls Doubles (partnered by Maddison Griffin).  Tabby was unseeded in the singles competition and won both her group matches 15-7, 15-4 and 15-5, 15-8.  This helped her progress to the knockout phase of the singles competition as group winner.  In the last 16 round she fought back from a game [...]

Toby Beckett – Warwickshire U17B

Warwickshire U17B  November 2018 – Toby Beckett In the Warwickshire U17B Badminton England tournament early November 2018, I played very well and managed to get a bronze medal. I got out of my box comfortably with scores such as 21-9 21-10 21-15 and 21-11. Then I got to the quarter final and won comfortably against an opponent I had lost to before (Jason Arya) 21-13 this was the game I was particularly pleased with. In the Semi-Final I played the [...]

Webber U15 Silver September 2018 – Luke Hall

Webber U15 Silver 29th Sept 2018 – Luke Hall Late start, but tough box 3,  G grade players (inc No1 seed) and me. First game was against Asish Chittamuru  the No.1 seed, I lost in hard fought 3 setter. I had to regroup after that disappointment to play Rishabh Bharadwaj I won in two. Third game in my box was against Vlad Lewis, we had a good game, every point was a battle. I won the first, Vlad got the second and I managed to gain the upper hand in the [...]

DK Way U19 September 2018 – Luke Davies

Luke Davies – DK Way U19 On the 1st of September I took part in the DK Way U19 Badminton England tournament. I decided to only play the Mens doubles so i could put all of my energy and focus into one discipline. For this tournament I partnered Cameron Bannister of Hertfordshire and despite us being 2nd seeds we felt confident within ourselves that if we played well enough that this was our tournament to lose. Our first round consisted [...]

Gloucester Senior Bronze – Caroline Cooper

Gloucester Senior Bronze September 2018 September 2018  I entered the Gloucester Senior Bronze and played women’s doubles with Pernille Woods (Worcestershire and West Midlands Performance Centre). Having never played together in a tournament and only ever having one practice game together we were very surprised to be number one seeds for the tournament. We had a bit of a slow start but managed to get through and win our first two matches. We had one more pair to play in [...]

Spanish International 2018 – Rosemary Allan

Rosemary Allan at the Spanish International 2018 I have been in Madrid (Iberdrola) for the past few days (June 14-17) competing in the Spanish International 2018. I was in the qualifications for singles. I had a bye in the first round & so was straight into the second round, where I faced Laura Muir from Scotland. I won this match 21-11, 21-15. Due to a withdrawal, I had a walkover in the last round of the qualifications, which meant I [...]

Luke Hall – West Midlands PC U15B April 2018

West Midlands PC – U15B April 2018 – .8/04/18 This tournament had been postponed due to heavy snow back in Nov 17 and re-scheduled for the Easter holidays. It was a local event,so not a really early get-up. I was entered in the singles and the boys doubles. I was in a box of four in the singles.First game was against a younger player Alexander Lamb (Bedfordshire) he was skilful but I won 21-11.Next was Fahad Shaikh (Buckinghamshire) 21-11 to me.The last game in the [...]

Hertfordshire U18 Open – Luke Davies

Hertfordshire U18 Open – Luke Davies At the Hertfordshire U18 Open I came away with a respectable bronze medal in the doubles despite 2 new scratch partnerships on the day. In the mixed I partnered Anoushka McIntosh, and we found ourselves draw into group which was compromised of First Seeds Ryan Curtis (who ended up bagging himself 2 golds on the day) & Megan Hassell and Charlie Wakefield & Caitlin Parfait; a box that can only be described as anyone’s to [...]

Rosemary Allan – English 17-20 County Champs 2018

English 17-20 County Champs 2018 – Rosemary Allan I have just got home from the English 17-20 County Champs 2018. Below is a write up on how it went. I have attached a photo (I am the one in the bright pink Forza top). However it is not very good quality & cannot see the ForzaWM logo on my shirt because of the quality. I’ve asked the other players if they have better photo & will send you one if I [...]

Luke Davies – Warwickshire U18 – May 2018

Warwickshire U18 Open – Luke Davies Won 2 bronze medals. In the mixed I partnered my regular partner Safia Khimji from Oxfordshire, and in our first round we came up against Ethan Dalley and Mia Kirk. In the first game we found ourselves 14-11 but Ethan and Mia couldn’t quite finish it and Safia and we held our nerve to comeback and win 17-15 and in the second we got off to a better start and held on to win 15-13. Next [...]