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.
There were 35 entries in the U11/U13 Fun Tournament held at the Bushfield Leisure Centre on Saturday 1st March.
Achira Waduge
Achira Waduge & Harikishna Elakoochy
Anna Saunders
Anna Saunders & Robyn Watson
Benjamin Stevens
Zak Aldous & Benjamin Stevens
Imogen Leivers
Imogen Leivers & Chloe Smith
When :- Tuesday 25th March 2014 7.30 - 9.00pm
Where :- Cambridge Regional College Leisure Facility, Meeting Room adjacent to Sports Hall
Cambridgeshire Badminton Association would like to invite all interested parties to a consultation meeting to discuss future structure and organisation for Junior Badminton under the Badminton England umbrella in Cambridgeshire.
The meeting will be Chaired by The present Senior Committee Chair - Sharon Chandler
Items needing to be discussed
1. Volunteers - if junior teams representing Cambridgeshire are to continue we need more volunteers to act as committee members, team managers, fund raisers, mentors, selectors and organisers +/- helpers for tournaments.
2. Chairperson for Junior Committee - this key role is currently unfilled - the Chair of the Senior Committee has been 'filing in' this year but this is unsustainable for next season.
3. Committee members - people with knowledge of junior players and a willingness to liaise with other junior club organisers to promote good relations and support of the county committee activities are urgently needed in order to sustain a healthy county junior badminton structure.
4. Regular activities Cambridgeshire Badminton Association organise for juniors each season
5. What other opportunities are open to junior county squads that we have been unable engage with, and why.
6. What are peoples perception of the Role of the Junior County Committee and how could that role be fulfilled effectively.
7. Any ideas on how we can promote sustainable and healthy relationships amongst junior cells /clubs/groups in the county to help facilitate a more cohesive junior county scene.
The meeting is open to anyone with an interest in junior badminton - you do not necessarily need to be involved with a junior club at present or desire to be involved in the future - if you have ideas we'd like to hear them, if you have suggestions please feel free to present them, if you want to be involved you will be very welcome, if you just want to come and hear what others have to say we will be glad to have you attend.
Hope to see you there.
Sharon Chandler - Chair Cambridgeshire Badminton Association
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.
