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 weekend of badminton kicks off at noon today with the Singles at CRC. Even if you're not playing, why not come along and join us to have a great time supporting and watching Cambridgeshire's badminton community slogging their guts out on court?!
Don't forget too that the mixed starts at 9:30am tomorrow. Again, if you're playing levels why not come early and contribute to the carnival atmosphere?
If you really want to whet your appetite for the weekend of badminton ahead, you can now view or download the draw for the various competitions to be held this weekend (29th/30th September) at CRC.
Check out the Tournaments/Entry Forms page for all the details.
Cambridgeshire's Olga Bryant is returning home from the European Masters Badminton Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, with a hard-won silver medal, after competing in the final on Saturday.
In the final, Olga and her partner Tracy Hutchinson faced number one seeds and fellow England pair Tracy Middleton and Jo Muggeridge. After a slow start, the middle game resulted in a 23-21 nail-biter, setting up a third-end decider which was won by Middleton/Muggeridge.
On behalf of all at Cambs BA, congratulations to Olga, to all three of the other ladies, and to the whole England team which scooped an amazing haul of 58 medals - including 16 golds. For more information, see the BE website. We're so proud of your achievement Olga!
The Cambridgeshire Badminton Association U11/U13 Fun Tournament was held this Sunday, 22nd September. A great fun day of badminton was enjoyed by all the participants, and the results were:
Doubles: Olivia Chan / Eloise Wakefield
Singles: Olivia Chan
Doubles: Sophia Abbott / Hannah Lin
Singles: Chanumi Gamage
Doubles Sabastian Abbott / Callum Stokes
Singles Callum Stokes
Doubles: James Xu / Keir Lauder beat Alex Chan / Eugene Stokes
Singles: Eugene Stokes beat Harry Zhao 21/17
Many congratulations to all involved!
After being eliminated in very close games in the singles and mixed in the European Senior Championships 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria, Cambridgeshire's Olga Brant has found her form in the ladies doubles, where she has won her way to the finals on Saturday 22nd September.
After vanquishing Germany's Anja Dietz and Kerstin Wenk, and France's Karline Gesrel and Thérèse Jerome, Bryant and her partner Tracy Hutchinson will face fellow England pair Tracy Middleton and Jo Muggeridge for the title of European O40 Champions.
Everyone at Cambs BA will be wishing Olga success in the final at 11:20am on Saturday morning. You can follow her progress when the results are posted on Tournament Software.
One of the Eastern Regions Coordinators has kindly compiled a spreadsheet of the various juniors events in all age groups which are being held in the six Eastern Region Counties for the 2012-13 season.
If you are a junior interested in playing, or a parent keen on getting your child involved in County competitions in the local area, you can check out the spreadsheet for more information.
Further details are also available on the Badminton England website.
Cambridgeshire's own Olga Bryant starts competition today in the 2012 European Senior Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria, as part of the 92-strong English contingent.
For more information about the England team, see the Badminton England Website.
You can follow Olga's progress on the Tournament Software website.
Everyone in Cambridgeshire wishes Olga great success!
