Jamie Gunn – Jan 2019

A good start to the new year, and a step up in age group to U18 so I’ll be playing U19 circuit and some senior tournaments. The first event of 2019 was the Midlothian U19 Grade A tournament. I made it to the quarter finals unseeded and lost 10-21 22-20 18-21 to number 2 seed and national champion Callum Smith. In level doubles with Joshua Apiliga we reached the final however due to injury Joshua had to pull [...]

U17 Silver – July 2018

Archie Bult wins Gold at Milton Keynes U17 Silver – July 2018 A strong draw for the first U17 silver in Milton Keynes with many players expected to be competing in Gold competitions this season.  Archie Bult, unseeded drew Zack Wooton in his box as the 3/4 seed, beating Zach to 15-11 and 15-9 and was otherwise relatively untroubled through the group.  In the Quarter final he played George Railton in what turned out to be the toughest match of [...]

Suffolk U17 – Oct 2018

Elliot Roberts reviews the Suffolk U17 – Oct 2018 tournament.On the 28th of October I played in the Suffolk u17 Silver where I also entered the boy’s singles and level doubles. In was in a group of 3 where I won my first game comfortably 15-5 15-12 against Mirzanoor Ali. I had to play Hayden Rolph the no.6 seed who won the last silver tournament and it was a very tight game. I narrowly lost 13-15 12-15 but I [...]

Essex U17 Silver – Oct 2018

Elliot Roberts Reviews the Essex U17 SilverOn the 21st of October I played in the Essex U17 Silver where I entered the boy’s singles and level doubles. In was in a group of 5 in my singles and had some tough opponents.  I first played a younger player from Kent and I won that game comfortably 15-4 15-4. In my 2nd and 3rd games I played opponents with a bit more skill and still won both in 2 games [...]

Surrey U15 Singles – Elliot Roberts

ELLIOTT ROBERTS – Reviews his tournaments, starting with the Surrey U15 Singles restricted in September 2018Earlier this year in September I participated in the Surrey U15 Singles restricted tournament. In this tournament I won my group with ease and progressed straight through to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals I played a good game and won 21-14 against a decent player as they had also done well in their group. In the final I played my fellow 1st team mate Arya Admane who is graded higher on BE Grading but I knew it would be a close [...]

Worcester Senior Bronze – 3 Nov 2018

Worcester Senior Bronze – 3 Nov 2018 and a Silver for Victoria LiangWorcester Senior Bronze – 2 Nov 2018GOLD – Evie Hamar/Adam BowaterSILVER – Victoria Liang/Will KitchingI competed in the Worcester Senior Bronze – 3 Nov 2018. Having never played together before, my partner Will Kitching and I got off to a good start in our box matches, winning comfortably and in straight sets. Onto the quarter finals, where we played Adam Hill and Zoe Siu where, we won [...]

Hertfordshire U17B – December 2018

Zak Malik – Hertfordshire U17B – 1 December 2018 Hertfordshire U17B – Zak MalikTwo Bronze medals On the 1st December, I played in the Hertfordshire U17B Badminton England tournament. I played quite well, getting out of my box in singles and doubles, however mixed was a different story. Despite being the 3/4 seed, me and my partner (Emily Goode) failed to convert all of our games, losing to the gold medal winners 21-18. However, in singles I was seeded 9/16 and [...]

U17B Devon – December 2018

Jonathan Ewins at the U17B Devon – Won two Silvers “Played my first tournament (U17B Devon) this season and proved a testing time ” I came through my box beating the 3/4 seed on the way, next the Quarter finals and won that 21-13. Then on to the semi finals where I played the number 1 seed for the tournament , kept my head and won that 21-11.  Onto the final where it was another seed, this time although I [...]

Rosemary Allan – Irish Open 2018

Irish Open 2018 – Rosemary Allan I competed in the Irish Open 2018 mid November. I had some very close and enjoyable matches, where I gained valuable experience. I started out in the qualifiers of the singles, where there was 2 rounds before qualifying for the main draw. I had a bye into the second round, where I faced Moya Ryan from Ireland. I came out strong with a 11-5 lead at the midway point and eventually winning the first set [...]

University of Southampton – BUCS 24 October

Results – University Of Southampton BUCS 24 October University of Southampton BUCS 24 October, was our first full club home matches of the year, with all 3 of our teams playing at home. Our men’s first team were up against UWE (University of the West of England) 1sts, and took an excellent 6-2 victory, dropping one singles and one doubles. The women played against UCL (University College London), a very strong team also in the south premiership division. Again we took [...]