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.
The entry form for the Cambridgeshire Senior Silver Tournament 2012 is now available to download via the Tournament Entry Forms link.
The tournament will be held on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th January 2012 at Cambridge Regional College, entries close 7th January.
The Cambridgeshire Restricted Tournament produced a scintillating weekend of badminton over Saturday and Sunday, tinged with a little disappointment.
Most notable was the superb results for Olga Bryant - winning the ladies singles on Saturday, and then following up with the mixed title on Sunday with Stephen Pickering (against James Wilson and Sara Mason in the final), and also teaming up with Natalie Taylor to win the ladies doubles (against Sara Mason and Hannah Sharman).
Having been beaten in the first round by Olga and Stephen, Jess Sharman and Daniel Bates won through to take the mixed plate.
Joe
Pickering also fought a long and hard competition in the mens singles,
ending with success in the final in a showdown against brother Stephen.
The plate went to Tom Li with a very classy showing against a strong
draw.
The disappointment came in the mens doubles, where a succession of hard and close games in both the mixed and levels draw resulted in the day running long. With CRC unable to stay open, the final rounds of the mens doubles and plate could not be played. Strenuous efforts will be made to get the appropriate people together to finish the competition as soon as possible.
In all, a superb weekend of badminton. There were lots of excellent games, a large and strong draw (with the exception of ladies singles, where more need to get involved), and vocal and enthusiastic support all around. Thanks to everyone involved in organising and running the event, to everyone who supported, and to CRC for hosting.
Entry forms for the Cambridgeshire Players Tournament and the Cambridgeshire Under-15 Restricted Tournament are now available to download via the Tournament Entry Forms link.
The Players Tournament will be held on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th September 2011 at Cambridge Regional College, entries close 10th September.
The Under-15 Restricted Tournament will be held on Saturday 15th October 2011 at Burwell, entries close 8th October.
Girls Under 11
Singles: Nicole Stefanelli
Doubles: Katie Heyes / Alice Bates
Girls Under 13
Singles: Sarah Cooper
Doubles: Gemma McGuire / Lucy Botting
Boys Under 11
Singles: Sam Phelps
Doubles: Sam Phelps / Ben Conway-Smith
Boys Under 13
Singles: Ashley James
Doubles: Ashley James / James Veitch
43rd Cambridgeshire Senior Tournament 2010
Mens Singles (Semi Finals)
Richard Wrigley (Worcs)btTim Cope (Lancs)21-18, 21-15Toby Penty (Surrey)btJack Molyneux (Surrey)16-21, 21-12, 21-15
Final
Toby PentybtRichard Wrigley21-17, 21-15
Ladies Singles (Semi Finals)
Elena Johnson (Middx)btGemma Whiting (Kent)21-12, 16-21, 21-16Jo Dix (Hants)btMiriam Beales (Herts)21-9, 15-21, 21-11
Final
Elena Johnson (Middx)btJo Dix (Hants)25-23, 21-15
Mens Doubles (Semi Finals)
Andrew Brunning
Chris Dakin (Essex)
btBarry FrancisDaniel Plant (Essex)
21-16, 23-25, 21-16Mike CooperLewis Halsey (Surrey)
btPhilip Manners (Leics)Steven Stobart (Surrey)
21-19, 21-17FinalChris Dakin (Essex)
btMike CooperLewis Halsey (Surrey)
21-18, 9-21, 21-8Ladies Doubles (Semi Finals)Julie Pike (Norfolk)
btLydia Henderson-Boyle (Kent)Julie Russell (Wilts)
21-11, 21-10Jo Dix (Hants)Gemma Whiting (Kent)
btElena JohnsonKate Lester (Middx)
18-21, 22-20, 21-16FinalGemma Whiting (Kent)
btKatherine CooperJulie Pike (Norfolk)
21-16, 21-13Mixed Doubles (Semi Finals)Gemma Whiting (Kent)
btSteven Stobart (Surrey)Kate Lester (Middx)
24-26, 21-17, 21-13Ian MurphyKatherine Cooper (Norfolk)
btJohn Hepworth (Dorset)Julie Pike (Norfolk)
21-18, 21-10FinalKatherine Cooper (Norfolk)
btJack Molyneux (Surrey)Gemma Whiting (Kent)
21-14, 21-12The competitive badminton season got underway with the Cambridgeshire Players Tournament at Littleport when the outstanding performance came from Olga Bryant who won three trophies. She won the Ladies Singles for the 9th successive year when she defeated Jaclyn Lai 21-12, 21-12.
Olga then partnered with Katie Balls took the Ladies Doubles title defeating Jaclyn Lai and Liz Salmon 21-9, 21-12.
Finally in the Mixed Doubles Olga completed the treble with Nick Pratt as a partner. In a tight final match they overcame Stephen Pickering and Sharon Chandler 21-10, 15-21, 21-17.
Over the years the Mens Singles final has often been between Kevin Barron and Mohammed Mustafa. This year they met in the semi-final with Mustafa being successful by 21-15, 21-11. In the final Mustafa defeated Stephen Pickering 21-19, 21-17.
The Mens Doubles final provided the outstanding and closely fought match of the entire tournament. Jason Bryant and Nick Pratt just edging home against Paul Martell and James Wilson 24-22, 20-22, 21-19.
In the plate competition for the first round losers the most promising performance came in the ladies doubles which saw 14 year old Molly Carter and 15 year old Hannah Sharman being successful.
Results
Mens Singles
Mohammed Mustafa beat Stephen Pickering 21/19 21/17
Ladies Singles
Olga Bryant beat Jaclyn Lai 21/12 21/12
Mens Doubles
Nick Pratt & Jason Bryant beat
Paul Martell & James Wilson
24/22 20/2221/19
Ladies DoublesKatie Balls & Olga Bryant beat
Jaclyn Lai & Liz Salmon
21/9 21/12Mixed Doubles
Nick Pratt & Olga Bryant beat
Stephen Pickering & Sharon Chandler
21/10 15/21 21/17Plate Competition
Mens Singles - J. Pickering
Mens Doubles - D. Dugmore & O. Poyser
Ladies Doubles - M. Carter & H. Sharman
Mixed Doubles - J. Wilson & S. Ashcroft
For further information contact Ken Verney
The Cambridgeshire Under 19 Junior Restricted Tournament was held at Burwell Sports Centre attracting over 40 entries.
The tournament provided success for the Lai family. In the Girls Singles Jaclyn Lai retained her title by defeating Hannah Sharman 21-17. Then in the doubles she was successful in partnership with Carolyn Key. They met stern opposition from Rachael Farrington and Hannah Sharman before running out winners 21-18.
There was a major upset in the Boys Singles when the holder and favourite James Watkins went out in the semi-finals to Samuel Pickup 21-15. The other semi-final saw Jaclyn younger brother Jason cruise to victory against Jack Boyns by 21-9. In the final Jason added to the Lai family success by beating Samuel Pickup 21-11.
In the semi-final of the doubles Jack Boyns and James Watkins defeated the under 15 champions Thomas Li and Joshua Males 21-10. Jason Lai and Samual Pickup then teamed up to beat Imran Ashraf and Matthew Price 21-17. However in the final Jason Lai was not able to make it a clean sweep for the Lai family as he and Samuel Pickup lost out to Jack Boyns and James Watkins who won 21-19
