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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.

Cambridge U15 Bronze Results

The Cambridgeshire Bronze was held on 10th November 2012.  The results were as follows:

Girls Singles

Semi finals:

Noura Mohtadi (Bucks) bt Millie Limrick (essex) 21-18

Briony Whitfield (Beds) bt Kezia Lawson (Oxon) 21-11

Final:

Briony Whitfield bt Noura Mohtadi 21-17

Girls Doubles (Round Robin)

Winners: Noura Mohtadi (Bucks) & Briony Whitfield (Beds)

Runners up: Emily Fearnley (Yorks) & Millie Limrick (Essex)

Third place: Emily Clarke (Herts) & Victoria Clayton (Herts)

Boys Singles

Semi finals:

Guy Jones (Kent) bt Morrison Ayley (Kent) 23-21

Christopher Adey (Herts) bt Tom Phillips (Bucks) 21-13

Final:

Guy Jones bt Christopher Adey 21-15

Boys Doubles

Semi finals:

Morrison Ayley (Kent) & Guy Jones (Kent) bt Charlie Hersant (Bucks) & Tom Phillips (Bucks) 22-20

Oliver Stevenson (Leics) & Eugene Stokes (Cambs) bt Christopher Adey (Herts) & Brett Masey (Herts) 21-19

Final:

Morrison Ayley & Guy Jones bt Oliver Stevenson & Eugene Stokes 21-8

For the full draw and further details see BE Tournament Software.

Cambs U15 Restricted Results

Girls Singles

Eve Lauder beat Chanumi Gamage - 21-7

Girls Doubles

Hannah Duval / Chanumi Gamage beat Eve Lauder / Tiahane World - 21-13 / 21-13

Boys Singles

Jordan Huynh beat Eugene Stokes - 21-12

Boys Doubles

Oliver Stenson  / Eugene Stokes  beat Adam Walker / Nathan May - 24 - 22

Cambs Restricted Doubles Results

Sunday saw a long, exhausting, gritty day of tournament badminton, with the Cambs Seniors Players (Restricted) tournament stretching everyone involved to their limits.​

Mixed: Early in the competition, first seeds Olga Bryant and Mindaugas Dabasinskas signalled their intent​ with commanding wins over Tom Frearson/Alyson Savill and Paul Heads/Jacquie Dennis.  Third seeds Simon Woodhouse and Natalie Taylor also eased themselves into gear with straight-sets wins over Martyn Clark/Dianne Baker and Joe Pickering/Amanda Godfrey.  The other half of the draw was more surprising.  While fourth seeds Neil Place and Jen Hewitt booked their semi final slot early, the unseeded pair of Sam Scharf and Louise Tarbit were rampaging through the bottom of the table, defeating first Daniel Bates/Jess Sharman, and then overpowering second seeds Sara Mason/James Wilson.

​In the semi finals, the seeding finally caught up with Sam and Louise, and Min and Olga triumphed over Simon and Natalie.  Both games stretching to three ends.  In the final, Min's movement and Olga's control proved too much for Neil and Jen.  The first end slipped away 21-4, but they re-grouped and although losing the second end, had made the eventual victors work much harder for their 21-15 win.

​Mindaugas Dabasinskas and Olga Bryant: Mixed winners

In the mixed plate competition, the calm head of Sharon Chandler, and the power of Martin Harvey, proved too much for the rest of the competitors, and they won the final 21-18 against Martyn Clark and Dianne Baker.

Ladies Doubles​: With a relatively small draw, the ladies doubles competition was quite compact.  First seeds Sara Mason and Natalie Taylor cruised to the finals with two straight-sets victories over Emma Brewster/Angela Sharman, and then Katie Morton/Jess Sharman.  Second seeds Olga Bryant/Jen Hewitt took the same route, with similar wins over Dianne Baker/Stacy Knoop and Jacquie Dennis/Holly Gayle.

In the final, Sara and Natalie proved simply too powerful and consistent for the new pairing of Olga and Jen, and they won comfortably 21-11, 21-8.​

​Natalie Taylor and Sara Mason: Ladies doubles winners

​In the ladies plate competition, Louise Tarbit and Laurel Bennett defeated Alla Akselrod and Dan Tan 21-16.

Mens doubles: ​This saw a very strong draw, with the County welcoming a number of new or returning players this season, as well as many existing players having improved significantly.  Title holders Neil Place and Simon Woodhouse had an extremely long and arduous path to the final, which required them to grind out results against many strong pairs.  Nonetheless they survived nail-biting three-enders against Graham Barr/Will Hodgkinson, and again against Daniel Bates/Sam Scharf.

In the other half of the draw, new pairings Paul Heads/James Wilson and Tom Li/Mindaugas Dabasinskas were both working their way up the table, albeit with more comfortable victories.​  Once the seeds met, Min and Tom proved too powerful, and beat Paul and James 21-17, 21-15.

The final proved to be a superb testament to the days badminton.  Powerful and fast, all four players gave everything of themselves on the court.  In the end, Simon and Neil finally fell foul of the three-ender.  Having ​stretched every sinew to drive to victory 21-19 in the first, they then found Min and Tom too strong, and the younger pair eventually prevailed 21-11, 21-18.

​Mindaugas Dabasinskas and Tom Li: Mens doubles winners

In the mens doubles plate, there was the unusual occurrence of the final being played twice.  Last year's final was never played, so it was completed before the competition began!  In an extremely unusual turn of events, Joe and Stephen Pickering ended up winning the same title twice, as they triumphed in the 2011 final against Owen Green/Martin Harvey, and in the 2012 final against ​Tom Frearson/Geoff Green.

​Stephen and Joe Pickering: Mens doubles plate winners (both years)

The full results are available in the Tournaments section.​

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.