CBA Tournaments and Boot Camps

The Cambs Badminton Academy have a number of tournaments before and after the start of the season, and also an opportunity to participate in badminton 'boot camps'.

The CBA Open Tournament for Seniors and Juniors, is on 14/15th September 2013. Seniors' tournament on Saturday 14th and Juniors on Sunday 15th. To be held at CRC Sports Centre, Kings Hedges Road, Cambridge. Entries to be in by 31st August 2013. £8 for singles and £7 for doubles.

Two ability categories for both seniors and juniors: County/League and Social/Club. Singles, doubles and mixed doubles (two competitions per player) for seniors and singles and level doubles for juniors. U11 (combined playing ability), U13, U15 and U17 age groups in juniors. Enter online at either:

http://webcollect.org.uk/cba/category/tournaments

http://be.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=9FC43C38-F067-47B4-B306-255914491E8D

Cambridgeshire Junior Ladder for all age groups from U11 - U17. Three day long competitions to be held at CRC Sports Centre, Kings Hedges Road, Cambridge. Dates of competitions: 9th November 2013, 7th December 2013 and 18th January 2014. Players are expected to play at all three matches and cost of the ladder is £30 for all three matches.

Online entry http://webcollect.org.uk/cba/event/cambs-2013-14-junior-ladder-entry

CBA Badminton Boot Camps are open to anyone. There are 3 different levels of training camps run over 5 days from 19 - 23rd August, with beginners/young players training for 90 minutes from 2 - 3.30pm each day; intermediate, more experienced young players training for 2 hours a day from 12 - 2pm and high level training for adult and very competent juniors for 3 hours a day from 9am - 12pm. There will be a professional strength and conditioning consultant giving between 30 minutes and an hour of training each day for all levels of ability, shuttle launching machine for accurate practising of shots, footwork drills, agility, balance and co-ordination exercises and much more.

£20 for beginners/young players (7yrs up) for the week

£35 for intermediate players for the week

£50 for higher level players for the week

Free refreshments for all throughout the week.

There will be a match play day at CRC, all day on Saturday 24th August for all those attending the intermediate and high level boot camps and anyone else who plays to a reasonably good - high level. That will run from 9am - 3pm and players are able to stay for as long as they choose throughtout the day. £8 per player however long they choose to stay. Open to all.

New Affiliation Fees for 2013-14

Cambridgeshire Badminton Association has posted details of the affiliation fees for the upcoming 2013-14 season, as agreed at the annual AGM.

The structure of affiliation fees has changed this year for junior members, so junior clubs and anyone with junior players should review the new arrangements.

You can find the affiliation fees on the About Us page. 

Cambs Trio Win England Selection for Ankara

Cambridgeshire players Daniel Bates, Olga Bryant and Neil Place have all been selected to represent England in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Senior Championships in Ankara, Turkey, in September.

​Held every two years, the World Senior Championship is the pinnacle event in the badminton Masters tournament calendar, and the best players from every country have been invited to compete. Positions to represent England are highly sought after.

Olga has represented England before, travelling to Sofia in Bulgaria last year where she won a silver medal in the O40 ladies doubles.  In Ankara, she will compete in the O40 ladies singles and doubles competitions.​

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​Olga Bryant representing England

Neil and Daniel have been selected for the first time, after coming runners up in the English National Masters Championships in December, and reaching the semi-finals of the All England Masters in April.  The will be competing in the O35 mens doubles.

County AGM: 16th May 2013

The Annual General Meeting of Cambridgeshire Badminton Association will be held at Comberton Leisure Centre (Gallery Room), on Thursday 16th May 2013, at 7:30pm.

The following documents are available:​

• Agenda;
• ​Minutes of 2012 AGM;
• ​Chair's Report 2012/13;
• ​Association Final Accounts;
• ​Registration Secretary's Report;
• ​Tournament Secretary's Report.

Hopefully as many members of Cambridgeshire Badminton will be able to attend - see you there!​

Adult Beginners/Developers Course at Chesterton

Any players who want to start the sport, or develop their basic badminton skills (ideally up to a level where you might be able to participate in a club) might be interested in a new course which is starting at Chesterton Community College.

This course will run for 10 weeks from ​Monday 29th April (not including Bank Holidays) at 6:00-7:00pm, coached by Sandra Dennis.

CCC Sports Centre is at ​Gilbert Road, Cambridge, CB4 3NY.  Anyone interested should phone 01223 576 110 for more details or to book a place.

Laurie Finch: Funeral Arrangements

​Laurie Finch's funeral will be held on Monday 22nd April at 2:15pm, at St Peter's and St Paul's Church in Chatteris.  An event will follow the funeral at the Conservative Club in Chatteris.

​The family are happy for people to either bring flowers, or to make a donation to Macmillan Cancer Support at the Church.

Anyone who wishes to come will be warmly welcome.​

Laurie Finch

After a brief battle with cancer, Head Coach of Cambridgeshire Schools Badminton Association (CSBA) Laurie Finch died peacefully in his sleep last night.​

​Laurie will be remembered by countless players in the County and beyond as a tireless advocate for the sport who has coached for nearly forty years and inspired several generations of players.

​Laurie Finch, CSBA