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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.

Cambs Restricted Singles Results

​In the Ladies Singles competition, the limited entry resulted in Natalie Taylor and Olga Bryant competing the final at the very start of the day.  The game swung wildly, with Natalie taking a commanding first game, while Olga retorted in the second.  The third end was a nail-biter, with both players stretching themselves to complete long, powerful rallies.  It was only when the score reach 23-21 that a winner emerged, with Natalie holding her nerve to recover the championship.

​Natalie Taylor: Ladies singles winner

In the Mens Singles, by the semi-finals, the only upset to the seeding had been victory by Paul Heads over Stephen Pickering.  In the first semi, Joe Pickering took an early lead, but as Tom Li built up a head of steam, he won the second and third ends to go into the final.  Having survived a hard quarter, Paul certainly went into his semi against Mindaugas Dabasinskas ​warm.  Both players worked hard in a thrilling game, but Min edged the result in straight - albeit close - games.

In the final, Tom met doubles and training partner Min.  It was another good game, but with Tom suffering from cramp and Min easing into top gear, he eventually won comfortably.​​

​Mindaugas Dabasinskas: Mens singles winner

In the Mens Plate final, having won through a long plate draw, Owen Mugridge beat Kaylan Sutton-Ziaian to take the trophy.​

Owen Mugridge: Mens singles plate winner

Detailed results to follow.

Restricted Starts Today!

​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?​

Bryant Returns Home with Silver Medal

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!

​England take gold and Sofia in 2012 European Masters O40 Ladies.

Cambs U11/U13 Fun Tournament Results

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:

Girls

Under 11

Doubles: Olivia Chan / Eloise Wakefield

Singles: Olivia Chan

Under 13

Doubles: Sophia Abbott / Hannah Lin

Singles: Chanumi Gamage

Boys

Under 11

Doubles Sabastian Abbott / Callum Stokes

Singles Callum Stokes

Under 13

Doubles: James Xu / Keir Lauder beat Alex Chan / Eugene Stokes

Singles: Eugene Stokes beat Harry Zhao 21/17

Many congratulations to all involved!​

Cambs' Bryant an International Masters Finalist

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.

Eastern Region Junior Competition Matrix

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.​