Welcome to the Cambridgeshire Badminton Association (Cambs BA), a County association affiliated to Badminton England.
Cambridgeshire Badminton Association is dedicated to the development and promotion of badminton throughout the whole of Cambridgeshire. The county consists of around 30 affiliated clubs as well as hosting Junior, Senior and Masters teams playing in the Inter-County Championships.
This web site is designed to enable Cambridgeshire Badminton Association to promote badminton through providing news and information on local, County and national badminton. Please visit this web site regularly to keep abreast of all the latest developments.
Entries are now open for the Cambridgeshire U19 Junior Restricted Tournament which is due to take place on Sunday 23 March 2014 at Burwell Sports Centre, Buntings Path, Burwell.
Entries close on 15 March 2014.
If you are a junior player, then please consider entering. If you're a coach, get your athletes along!
Applications are now open for the Cambridgeshire U11 & U13 Fun Badminton Tournament, to be held on Saturday 1 March at Bushfield Leisure Centre, Peterborough.
Any juniors keen on trying competitive badminton (even if you are a beginner), or wanting to get more experience of tournament play, are extremely welcome.
If you are a coach with children U11 and U13, please do encourage them to participate.
You can download the entry form from the Tournaments Page.
For the 5th year the Cambridgeshire Under 15 Bronze Tournament on the Badminton England Junior Circuit was successfully held at the One Leisure St Ivo Centre on Saturday 16 November.
The Boys Singles was won by Matthew Cross (Suffolk) who beat Nathan Wooster (Herts) 21-17. The best performance by a Cambridgeshire player was a brave showing from Leo Huang, who lost to Matthew in the quarter final.
The Girls Singles provided the closest match of the tournament, with Claudia Crowther just managing to overcome fellow Herts player Laura Anderson 21-19.
Matthew Cross completed the double by winning the Boys Doubles in partnership with Levi Hoang. The defeated Matthew Harden and Nathan Wooster 21-11.
The Girls Doubles title went to Kate Garnham and Megan Hassall (Lincs). In the final they overcame Laura Anderson and Monique Maisey 21-13.
Nathan Wooster (Herts) bt Ethan Sheard (Leics) 21-8
Mathew Cross (Suffolk) bt Thomas Joy (Bucks) 21-9
Matthew Cross bt Nathan Wooster 21-17
Claudia Crowther (Herts) bt Pamela Reyes (Bucks) 21-17
Laura Anderson (Herts) bt Kate Garnham (Lincs) 21-16
Claudia Crowther bt Laura Anderson 21-19
Mark Amer/Brendan Ho (both Herts)
Joe Prakash (Kent)/Raymon Ramakrishnan (Essex)
Matthew Cross/Levi Hoang (both Suffolk) bt Matthew Harden/Nathan Wooster (both Herts) 21-11
Laura Anderson/Monique Maisey (both Herts) bt Amy Heyhoe (Norfolk)/Katie Scott (Suffolk) 21-17
Kate Garnham/Megan Hassall (both Lincs) bt Maeve McKinnell/Pamela Reyes (both Bucks) 21-1
Kate Garnham/Megan Hassall bt Laura Anderson/Monique Maisey 21-13
Cambridgeshire's annual U15 Restricted Tournament was held at Buwell Sports Centre on Sunday 27th October, and saw hotly contested games between some of Cambridgeshire's up-and-coming new stars.
The results were as follows:
Jordon Huynah (Bye)
Leo Huang beat Harry Zhao
James Xu beat Eugene Stokes
Oliver Stevenson (Bye)
Jordon beat Leo
James beat Oliver
Jordon Huynah beat James Xu 21-7
Amy Zhang beat Hannah Milton 21-18
There were only two girls pairs so a final was played as best of 3 games:
Chanumi Gamage and Hannah Milton beat Sophia Abbott and Zoe Clayton 21-9, 21-8
Leo Huang and James Xu were the eventual winners (125 points) after Eugene Stokes and Oliver Stevenson (Runners up 120 points) beat Jordon Huynah and Harry Zhao (117 points) in a crunch game at the end of the round robin format. Points count back was required to announce the winners.
The results tables are all available to view in the gallery section.
The Cambs Senior IIIrd team kicked off the season with a roller-coaster ride away match against Middlesex IV.
With the match coming so early in the season, there was a rush to populate the team and a number of faces were new to the County, which owes a debt of gratitude to a high number of debutantes who turned out.
Middlesex IV fielded a strong team, and after hard-fought games, all the singles were lost, even though every single one had a game which ended in 18 or 19 points. Particularly impressive were Gemma McGuire and Yoong-Eun Kwon - both playing their first senior County singles matches.
It was in the level doubles where the rubber really hit the road, with some of the toughest battles being contested. All four mens doubles games went to a third game decider. Skipper Paul Martell and County returnee James Watkins beat the Middlesex first pair, but lost to the second including a 25-27 defeat in the second end. Geoff Green and University debutante Ben Aldred overcame the second pair, but were agonisingly pipped at the end against the first in an epic 29-30 final end!
The ladies also fought hard. Yoong-Eun teamed with another debutante and junior Klaudia Otoka, and won one game, but sadly lost their second in the third end. Gemma partnered the final debutante - Hurst's Leticia Mendez - but they found the Middlesex ladies too strong.
Finally in the mixed, Ben and Yoong-Eun demonstrated Cambs' usual strength in the discipline, and secured a comfortable win in straight sets. The scratch partnerships of Paul & Leticia and James and Klaudia however were overcome.
So the final score was a 4-11 loss, but the team can be proud of an epic performance, having never competed together before.
The team: Geoff Green, James Watkins, Yoong-Eun Kwon, Gemma McGuire, Ben Aldred, Paul Martell, Klaudia Otoka (j), Leticia Mendez.
More information about results of the Cambs III team is available on the Team Page.
Applications are now open for the Cambridgeshire U11 & U13 Fun Badminton Tournament, to be held on Saturday 23rd November at Burwell Sports Centre, Buntings Path, Burwell.
Any juniors keen on trying competitive badminton (even if you are a beginner), or wanting to get more experience of tournament play, are extremely welcome.
If you are a coach with children U11 and U13, please do encourage them to participate.
You can download the entry form from the Tournaments Page.
Applications are now open for the Cambridgeshire U15 Restricted Tournament, to be held on Sunday 27th October at Burwell Sports Centre, Buntings Path, Burwell.
Any juniors keen on showing their development along their performance pathways should enter. If you are a coach with children U15, please do encourage them to participate.
You can download the entry form from the Tournaments Page.
