Today is Earth Day 2024. Its mission since its inception in 1970, has been to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide. Every Earth Day can drive a year of energy, enthusiasm, and commitment to create a new plan of action for our planet. And at Badminton England, in collaboration with UK Sport and Street Games, we proudly launched BE Green last year – an equipment recycling pilot project for badminton. BE Green’s vision is using sustainable action to enhance the wellbeing of young people through badminton and, for the last six months, we have been encouraging th ..read more

21 April, 2024 Reading School and Wilson’s School soared to gold in the boys’ competition at the National Schools Championships. Reading triumphed in the Key Stage 4 age group as Wilson’s took the spoils in Key Stage 3 to tie up a brilliant weekend at the National Badminton Centre, including a signed shirt session from Badminton England’s Annie Lado. In the Key Stage 4 round robin, Reading eased past Loughborough Grammar School 5-0 before an edgy contest with Wilson’s School saw them narrowly win 3-2. The quartet of James Song, Sahil Cherukuru, Neerav Soni and Nived Neelakandan then storme ..read more

21 April 2024 Rachel Choong and Jack Shephard struck gold at the Spanish Para Badminton International in Vitoria.  The SH6 mixed doubles second seeds won comfortably in the final while Choong also reached the semi-finals in the SH6 women’s singles. Shephard and Choong began their campaign with a simple 21-3 21-2 win over Maxime Greboval and Anastasiia Zavalii. Tougher tests were to come as they fought back from a game down to defeat Hong Kong’s Chu Man Kai and Choi Wing Kei 18-21 22-20 21-8. An ugly win today against a tricky pair, but glad to come through it 18-21 22-20 21-8 ..read more

21 April, 2024 Ethan Rose shone in Slovakia to win the men’s singles KAWASAKI Slovak Open in a thrilling 64-minute final against Karan Rajan Rajarajan. The 21-year-old battled through four rounds before coming up against the Dane in the final-day showpiece, coming out on top with a 13-21 21-18 21-17 triumph. Rose opened with a convincing 21-18 21-14 win against Dominik Kopriva but was made to work for his round of 16 victory against sixth seed Brian Holtschke. He went a game down against the German before booking his quarter-final spot with an 18-21 21-12 21-14 win. The nine-time junior ch ..read more

20 April, 2024 Kendrick School claimed a double crown with victory in Key Stage 3 and 4 girl’s competitions at the 2024 National Schools Championships. The South Central team, based in Reading, took the spoils in both age categories on the opening day of competition, with all eight girls winning gold. The National Schools Championships returned in 2024 for the first time in five years, with 700 teams entered across the four events, spanning 38 counties. The final, sponsored by Babolat, is being held at the National Badminton Centre between the 20 and 21 April, with 32 teams competing over ..read more

. The very first piece of All England silverware is home. The All England Mixed Doubles Championship Challenge Cup has recently been acquired by the National Badminton Museum and now sits in pride of place at the heart of the National Badminton Centre, Badminton England’s headquarters in Milton Keynes. The cup was first presented at the very first All England Badminton Championships in 1899. The first winners were English pair D.M. Oakes and Miss Daisey St. John. In 1921, the cup was won outright by Sir George Thomas and Hazel Hogarth after they won it at three consecutive Championships – i ..read more

18 April, 2024 Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Bolton are enjoying an influx of badminton fever after support from the Badminton England Development Fund. Sports coordinator Parth Pindoria set up weekly community-based badminton sessions at the temple in 2023 and now has over 40 players in attendance each week. The Wednesday night badminton rush has become a key part of the mandir’s new sports programme which is in place to develop the wider community and to promote a more active, healthy and social lifestyle. From learning key skills and just having fun as a group, Pindoria was thrilled to see ..read more

England claimed 20 titles at the 106th YONEX All England Seniors (Masters) Championships 2024. Hosted in Hatfield, the event saw competitors challenge across 44 events over three days. Debbie Miller and Julie Bradbury triumphed in an all-English final to claim their second Women’s Doubles title in the 55 and over category. Up against the second seeds Jane Ashford and Sara Foster, Bradbury and Miller won 21-19 21-15 in the final. All smiles at the 106th edition of the Yonex All England Seniors Championships pic.twitter.com/JMUtRQRmpF — Badminton England (@BadmintonEnglnd) April 13, 2024 ..read more

Youngsters were given a day to remember during the YONEX All England as the annual Racket Pack Festival finals took place. Alex Lane, one of Badminton England’s Regional Managers, said: “On Tuesday 12 March, we worked in partnership with Sport Birmingham to bring 10 local schools to take part in our yearly YAE Racket Pack Festival finals. “Preliminary rounds were run by local SGO’s, and 10 lucky schools were invited to attend the YONEX All England Championship in the morning and watch the best badminton players in the world, before heading over to Nechells Wellbeing Centre in the afternoon to ..read more

14 April, 2024 Ben Lane and Sean Vendy were foiled by first seeds Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in the semi-finals of the European Championships in Saarbrücken. Fresh from their Swiss Open victory last month, the third seeds went down to the 2018 European Champions from Denmark 21-19 21-7. Lane and Vendy had earlier seen off Irish pair Joshua Magee and Paul Reynolds 21-15 21-14 before a thrilling 21-19 21-18 quarter-final victory over France’s Eloi Adam and Leo Rossi. But the Danish pair currently ranked fourth in the world showed their class, progressing to a third European fina ..read more