FORZA Futures Junior 1* Badminton Tournament: Cambourne

Boys and girls’ singles and doubles in age groups: Yrs 5/6, Yr 7, Yrs 8/9 and Yrs 10/11

The Cambs Badminton Academy, in association with Forza, is holding a tournament aimed at school level badminton players. This tournament is aimed at players who are yet to represent their county and have limited experience of competitive play.

Tournament Details:

Date: 19th April, 2015, start time: 12pm, finish time: approximately 6.30pm

Venue: Cambourne Village College, Sheepfold Lane, Cambourne, Cambridgeshire, CB23 3PH.

Tournament Secretary: Helen Critchell, email here, Tel: 0774 898 4536

Forza Futures 1* Entry Form

Why take part?

Badminton Junior Tournaments offer a fun environment that will give children the opportunity to experience competitive play without the worry of meeting County/England level players. These tournaments will allow players to represent their school/club and for the winners of the competition to go forward to a National Final on Saturday 13th June 2015.

For more information, please take a look at the Cambs Academy website.

New Junior Opportunities at Burwell Smashers

A new junior badminton club aimed at children aged 5-11 will be launching in Burwell in the new year.

Held at the Burwell Community Sports Centre, and run by Badminton England Qualified coach Paul Martell, Burwell Smashers will give children in the Burwell and surrounding villages the chance to get a taste for the sport, or to develop their skills further.

The sessions are weekly on Tuesdays, from 5-5:55pm in term time, and begin on 6 January 2015.

For more information and a booking form, please visit the BCSC website.

Parents or children looking for other coaching opportunities around Cambridgeshire should refer to the map and lists on the Juniors Page.

Results from The Cambs U15 Restricted Tournament 2014/15

This years Tournament at Burwell Community Sports Centre proved to be rather unique in that the Girls entry was larger than the Boys, this has not occurred in many years and was good to see. 

There was a range of ability in both Singles and Doubles competition but all enjoyed participating and a number of matches had close final scores.

Girls Singles

Winner: Chanumi Gamage (Chanumi won all her matches)
Runner Up: Hannah Milton (Lost only to Chanumi!)

Boys Singles 

Winner: Harry Zhao (Harry won all his matches)
Runner Up: Cameron Foo (Lost only to Harry!)

Girls Doubles

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Chanumi Gamage and Hannah Milton

Winners: Cambs U15 Restricted Girls Doubles

The winner and runner up in the singles joined forces in the doubles and beat all the other pairs to win the title, the runners up place was more hotly contended with the eventual stronger pair winning a crucial tie.

Winners: Chanumi Gamage and Hannah Milton 
Runners up: Ghazal Seidi and Tianne World 

Boys Doubles

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Cameron Foo and Harry Zhao

Winners: Cambs U15 Restricted Boys Doubles

Likewise in the Boys event the two new singles medal holders became a pair and proved to be too strong for any of the opposition. The runners up only met each other on the day and played well together.

Winners: Harry Zhao and Cameron Foo
Runners up: Benedict Taylor and Alex Chan

Well done to all the winners and thanks to all who entered and made the day so enjoyable for all.

Medal Rush for Cambs U15 Players in Local Bronze

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Cameron Foo and Harry Zhao

Winners: Cambs U15 Bronze Boys Doubles

Cambridgeshire Badminton Association was proud to host the Badminton England U15 Bronze Circuit tournament at the One Leisure Centre in St Ives last Saturday, 25 October.  

Forty-six U15 players from around the country converged on the County to compete for the honours.  After a day's play, some of the top honours went to home grown players.

In the boys doubles, the gold medals were secured by the Cambs pairing Cameron Foo and Harry Zhao, who took the final match in a commanding 21-16 victory against the scratch pairing of Tommy Corteen and Daniel Hughes.

In the girls doubles, a close and hard-fought final was eventually also won by Cambridgeshire pair Chanumi Gamage and Hannah Milton, triumphing 21-18 against Rebekah Easy and Katie Scott.

Complete results

Boys Singles

Winner: Pranav Santhosh

Runner Up: Raymon Ramakrishnan

Bronze Medal: Amrit Brar

Bronze Medal: Luke Meehan

Boys Doubles

Winners: Cameron Foo & Harry Zhao

Runners Up: Tommy Corteen & Daniel Hughes

Girls Singles

Winner: Laura Anderson

Runner Up: Rebekah Easy

Bronze Medal: Katie Scott

Bronze Medal: Katelyn Harrington

Girls Doubles

Winners: Chanumi Gamage & Hannah Milton

Runners Up: Rebekah Easy & Katie Scott

Bronze Medals: Vinisha Agrawal & Atulya Singh

For the complete results and other information, please see the entry on Tournament Software.

U15 County Junior Restricted

Cambridgeshire Badminton Association are pleased to invite entries to their U15 Restricted Tournament to be held on Saturday 22 November 2104, at Burwell Sports Centre.

To enter, download the entry form and submit it before 15 November.

Cambs Juniors Give Excellent Showing at Eastern Region Tournament

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Cambs U13 Teams

Cambridgeshire Badminton fielded a good range of teams in the Eastern Region Single Sex Tournament held at the Sportsdock at the University of East London on 26th April.

The teams were:

U15: Boys A
Leo Huang & Peter Du

U15: Boys B
Cameron Harris & Murray Reid

U15: Girls
Amy Zhang & Hannah Milton

U13: Boys A
James Xu & Harry Zhao

U13: Girls A
Chanumi Gamage & Sophia Abbott

U13: Girls B
Rachel Owen & Alice Bates

It was a long and gruelling, but extremely fun day of badminton, with teams playing a match consisting of a doubles, and two singles against each of their opponents.  This took a toll on a number of players, with some Cambs players feeling cramp or injuries as the day went on.

Despite their difficulties, the overall results were extremely creditable.  The U13 boys James and Harry enjoyed commanding victories over all but one of the other teams in their competition, and the tournament came down to a thrilling match against a very strong Essex pair.  All four boys plenty excellently, but eventually James and Harry walked away with a well-deserved silver medal.

In the U13 girls tournament, Hertfordshire and Suffolk had also fielded two teams each, and had strong players.  The Cambs girls showed a real desire to win though, and the day came to an end with an exciting crunch match between the Cambs A and B teams.  Played in excellent spirits, the game eventually went to Sophia and Chanumi who beat Alice and Rachel 2-1.  This meant that Cambs A had secured the silver medals overall, and Cambs B took the bronze spot.

In the U15 tournaments, the Cambs A won 4/6 matches and came 3rd (Leo won 6/6 singles and 4/6 doubles; Peter won 2/6 singles and 4/6 doubles) and the Cambs B team unfortunately came in last position.

The U15 girls team also came 3rd, even though Amy suffered an injury part-way through and had to pull out, and Chanumi stood in for the remaining games.

Congratulations to all the players, who put on a great show.

Smash Up Activators Course: Camborne, 3rd May

Badminton England have organised a Smash Up Activator Course at Camborne Sports Centre on 3rd May from 10am to 2pm.  

Cost=£99 per candidate payable by card/cheque/invoice this fee covers: Training costs, DBS check, Safeguarding, Insurance.

Please note the following reduced fees are available:

• Candidate has a DBS from BADMINTON England – revised cost is £57.50
• Candidate has a valid safeguarding qualification – revised cost is £94.50
• Candidate has a DBS from BADMINTON England and a valid safeguarding qualification – revised cost is £42.50

SmashUp! is BADMINTON England’s perception changing, innovative youth badminton initiative, aimed at inspiring 13-16 year olds of all sporting ability to swing a racket for fun. With a modern ‘mashed up’ mix of big hitting badminton challenges, mates, music playlists and bold court branding, sociable SmashUp! sessions are ready to go in over 180 secondary schools and leisure centres across the region.

We have numerous opportunities to deliver SmashUp! in schools or leisure centres across Cambridgeshire immediately

Benefits of becoming a SmashUp! Activator:

• Paid work opportunities in local secondary schools – (weekly 1-hour sessions, paid at £15 per session)
• Access to SmashUp! branded pack and kit
• Access to discounted Adidas kit (dependent on demand)

Please note – you must be available to work at lunchtimes (12-2pm) and/or after school times and have a means of travelling to and from schools or leisure centres. Min age 17 yrs.

LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE. If you would like to attend this training day please complete the attached booking form (course code not required) and return to coaching@badmintonengland.co.uk as soon as possible!