Now open for entries is the Cambridgeshire Junior Fun Tournament to be held on 14th November at Cambridge Regional College 10am-2pm.
There will be U11/U13/U15 age categories. For more information and an entry form, see the tournaments page.
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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.
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Cambs Restricted Weekend 2015: Results
Thomas Li: 2015 Mens Singles Winner
After a very long and very hard weekend of competitive badminton, Cambridgeshire Badminton Association has again hosted an extremely successful County Restricted competition.
In all, seventy three players competed across five disciplines, with plate competitions in four. After some immense on-court battles, the winners were
- Mens Singles: Thomas Li
- Mens Singles Plate: Stephen Pickering
- Ladies Singles: Jenny Crump
- Mens Doubles: Abu Kaher & Neil Place
- Mens Doubles Plate: James Wilson & Thasprakash Annamale
- Ladies Doubles: Jenny Crump & Katie Morton
- Ladies Doubles Plate: Lily Matthews & Stacey Knoop
- Mixed Doubles: Thomas Li & Natalie Taylor
Photographs of the winners are available in the Gallery.
Complete details of the results can be found on Tournament Software.
Many thanks to everyone who made it such an excellent competition. Special thanks must go to Neil Place, who managed to compete in all three disciplines as well as performing the Tournament Secretary role and keeping everything running smoothly!
Cambs Players Representing England in Sweden
Olga Bryant: Bronze medalist, Turkey 2013
Cambridgeshire players Daniel Bates and Olga Bryant have been selected again to represent England at the BWF World Senior Championships in Helsingborg, Sweden from 20-26 September.
This is the second World Championships for the pair, who represented England in Turkey in 2013, and also in the European Senior Championships in Portugal last year.
This year Olga is entering all three disciplines: Singles O45, doubles O40 with Karina Bye, and mixed O40 with Steve Hulbert. Daniel is playing doubles O35 with Mark Trebble, and mixed O35 with Sara Hall.
The pair can be followed via Tournament Software, and games from the tournament will be streamed online live from the Quarter Final stages.
Cambridgeshire Badminton wishes them every success!
Senior County Team Trials
All-comers County team trials will be held at CRC on 20th September, 2-4pm.
The purpose of the session is to provide an opportunity for people to put themselves forward for potential county selection and provide a chance to identify potential for the future.
There are 3 courts booked for 2 hours, shuttles provided by the county; there will be a small contribution to the courts needed depending on numbers.
As we are constrained to only 6 court hours, numbers must be limited to around 20 to avoid long periods of sitting off. Priority will be given to those who RSVP first.
Anyone interested should email the selection committee to let them know: selection@cambridgeshirebadminton.org
St Ives Badminton Looking for Fresh Talent
St Ives Badminton Club is one of the oldest clubs in the County, and celebrates it's 80th Birthday next year. They are looking to encourage new members from in and around St Ives.
They play at the One Leisure Centre in St Ives, and are starting the season with a 'pay & play' session on Wednesday 2nd September from 8-10pm, which costs £7.50.
The Club Nights start on the 8th September and will be every Tuesday 8-11pm. Club nights allow a good standard of badminton, but are also played with a sense of fun.
Visitors can pay a visitor fee of £7.50 per night, and are welcome to come up to three times before making a decision to join.
St Ives fields a number of teams in the local South Cambs League, as well as running their own club tournaments.
A junior coaching session is also available on Tuesday nights 7-8pm before the adult club for youngsters in the area seeking to take up the sport, or improve their abilities.
Cambridgeshire Players (Restricted) Tournament Entries Open
Cambridgeshire Badminton Association are pleased to announce that entries for the Cambridgeshire Players (Restricted) Tournament for 2015 are now open for submission.
Entries are online via the Badminton England Tournament Software:
This keenly anticipated tournament is the official opening of the County season around the Country. Players from all over Cambridgeshire are encouraged to participate.
If you are on Facebook and planning on playing the Tournament, then there are two events to register with:
Play well everyone, and have a great time!
Cambridgeshire Juniors Meet Travelling Chinese Squad
On 6th and 7th August, seventeen of the County's junior badminton players met with a travelling contingent of Chinese players, lead by one of the world's top coaches Qinghua Song.
The visit, organised by the Chinese Students & Scholar Association in Cambridge (CSSA) in conjunction with Daniel Bates, a junior coach based in Cambridge, comprised a fun play session on Thursday afternoon, followed by competitive matches on Friday evening.
Coach Song is a former coach of the Chinese National badminton team, having coached the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Ladies Singles badminton champion Zhang Ning and also the 2008 Olympic champions Du Jing and Yu Lang. Now coaching at a Beijing club, she was accompanied by sixteen of her junior players and coaches on a week's visit to Cambridgeshire to form new badminton relationships, share her experience, and to facilitate competition between players from China and Cambridgeshire.
The local players aged 12-16 and coming from clubs in Cambridge, Littleport and Little Shelford enjoyed playing with and learning from the Chinese squad. The standard was obviously high, and there were many strong and exciting games. The competition evening also saw members of the Cambridge University Badminton Club in attendance.
All players of both teams were awarded certificates signed by Ken Verney (President of Cambridgeshire Badminton Association) and Gan Xu (Sports Director of the Chinese Students & Scholar Association in Cambridge) as well as custom medals to recognise their efforts in the exchange programme, and the British players were given gifts of cards bearing the signature of Lin Dan, the Chinese Olympic and World gold medallist.
Cambridgeshire coach and England Masters player Daniel Bates said: "We are very grateful to Coach Song and her players for visiting Cambridgeshire and spending their time with us. All the players involved have had a really great time playing together and learning so much from each other".
While in Cambridge, the Chinese players also enjoyed spending time touring the City, and also spent a day in London.