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 [...]

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 [...]

DK Way U18 – Sunday 13 May 2018 – Charlie Wakefield

Sunday 13 May – DK Way U18 Open On 13/05/18, myself (Charlie Wakefield) and Luke traveled to Ware in Hertfordshire for the DK Way U18 Open tournament. With the mixed doubles first, I paired up with my regular mixed partner Caitlin Parfitt from Norfolk and Luke paired with Anoushka Mcintosh from Berkshire. Unfortunately, we met in the group stage in a really tough box including the No.1 seeds from Lincolnshire, Ryan Curtis and Meghan Hasall. Myself and Caitlin played the [...]

Rosemary Allen – Dorset 2018 Senior Silver

Dorset 2018 – Senior Silver (10/03/18) Saturday 10th March, Dorset 2018 in the Senior Silver, In singles, I faced Emily Beach. I had lost to her last month when I was not playing my best, so we determined to win this time. I managed to put in a much better performance and win 21-17, 21-18. Next up was Emma Goddard who I beat 21-9, 21-14. In the semi finals I faced Chloe Hunt from Warwickshire. I had lost to her [...]

Rosemary Allan – Nottingham 2018 Senior Gold

Nottingham 2018 – Senior Gold (24/02/18) In singles I had to play Maya Kateli from Middlesex in the first round, which I won 21-15, 21-14. In the next round I played Serena Midha who is an A grade grade & has been ranked as high as 11th for seniors. I lost the first 21-11. The next set was much closer, but lost 21-19. In the doubles, I played with Amy Hayhoe. In the first round we had to play Kimberley Clague [...]

Derby U15 Gold – Jasmine Owen

Jasmine Owen at the Derby U15 Gold – 09.09.2018 Jasmine kicked off the singles in impressive style winning her group games in style, beating Aarthy Aravind 21-10, 21-14 and Sofia Bao 21-9, 21-13. This led to a QF match against the 3/4 seed Natasha Morris. This was a tough, tense match which Jasmine lost 19-21, 18-21. Natasha went on to win the tournament. The doubles started well with Katie Reilly as Jasmines partner, winning twice before losing a three-set match to the [...]

Liverpool U15 Silver – Jasmine Owen

Jasmine Owen – Liverpool U15 Silver – 14.10.2017 Jasmine arrived at Liverpool in good spirits hoping to carry on from the previous week in good form. First up was the singles. Jasmine started very well beating Aarthy Aravind 15-5, 15-8 and Asmi Shembekar 15-6, 15-6. The final group game was a different proposition. Jasmine was up against the No. 1 seed Aditi Bhat. Jasmine started well before Aditi upped the pressure to win in three sets 15-11, 9-15, 15-10. Aditi went [...]

U15Bronze Warwick – Toby Beckett

3 March 2018 – U15Bronze Warwick Young Toby Beckett had a fabulous weekend in the U15Bronze Warwickshire tournament on Saturday 3rd March 2018 Taking home a couple of medals. They needed a plough to get through the snow to the U15Bronze Warwickshire tournament at St Nicolas’s Park in Warwick. After getting out of his box by winning the two games to 3 and 10, he took on Pranav Somarjan in the first round of the knock-out and won 21-5. Through to [...]

Charlie Wakefield – Lynn News write-up

Three titles for Charlie Wakefield Charlie Wakefield manages to get a write up in his local paper after the Norfolk Under 18 county championships and three titles. The ‘Lynn news’ article  can be found following the link. http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/sport/more-sport/west-norfolk-ace-charlie-15-completes-county-treble-1-8238122 Well done Charlie Wakefield

Cheltenham U17 Gold

Medals at the Cheltenham U17 Gold ForzaWM was well represented at the Cheltenham U17 Gold. With Asmita Chaudhari, Victoria Liang, Zack Schofield. Here is what they have to say about their experience. Victoria Liang was seeded 1st in mixed with partner Jack Taylor in the Cheltenham U17 gold.  They did not disappoint and went through to semi-final where they beat 3/4 seed in 2.  The final saw Victoria and Jack take the 2nd seeds Asmita Chaudhari and Ethan Rose to best of [...]