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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.

Over 50's home v Essex Match Report

Team - Martin Smith, Wilfred Janssen, John Pickering, John Harvey, Angela Sharman, Dianne Baker, Carol Salmon, Xin Cheng.

All games were played in good spirit, with the team giving it their best shot in what was always going to be a tough fixture with Essex, who had already beaten Herts 12-0.

We gave our all but the result was unfortunately a 12-0 defeat to strong Essex team. I think it is safe to say we all had some good games, but were beaten by the stronger team on the day.

Many thanks to the team.

Martin Smith.

Cambs Restricted Weekend 2015: Results

Thomas Li: 2015 Mens Singles Winner

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!