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

10 April 2024 ​Leinster defended their Under-18 Inter-County Trophy as they beat out 28 other teams in Nottingham. Berkshire claimed second place for just the second time in the history of the tournament as top seeds Yorkshire settled for bronze. The winning Leinster team were made up of Senan O’Rourke, Chloe Mcgrane, Aman Kothiyal, Laura Heery, Pranav Erukattil, Praneel Reddy Vallapureddy, Michelle Shochan, Nicole Joy, Orlaith Evans and Paddy Nolan. The tournament at David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham saw teams compete in an initial round-robin stage over the first two days. U18 ICT ..read more

To mark a renewed partnership between Babolat and Badminton England, we were thrilled to launch an exciting new competition open to all our regional finalists in this year’s National Schools Championships. Badminton England were delighted to see the return of the National Schools Championships last year and it has been very rewarding to see so many secondary school pupils compete at a sport which has placed youth at the centre of its long-term strategy. To celebrate the success of the schools who reached their regional Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 finals, Badminton England and Babolat invit ..read more

What an end it was to this year’s return of the National Badminton League! This was a pilot season for the NBL and congratulations to Team Skyfall who win all three of their fixtures during what was a very closely-fought competition that reached its climax in March. First launching in October 2014, the National Badminton League initially included six franchise teams before expanding to seven by the time it reached its final year in 2017. Then as part of Badminton England’s new 2023-2033 strategy (‘Badminton – A Sport For Everyone’) was an ambition to create more opportunities to watch play ..read more

Badminton England Performance Director Morten Frost has tipped Ben Lane and Sean Vendy to challenge for more silverware at the upcoming European Badminton Championships. Lane and Vendy enter the competition, which runs from the April 8-14 in Saarbrücken, Germany, as third seeds following an impressive victory at the Swiss Open in March. The men’s doubles pairing currently sit 20th in the world rankings and are in the midst of chasing qualification to their second Olympic Games, meaning every point will count. Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen of Denmark have been named as top seeds c ..read more

Robin Harper and Harry Wakefield earned a bronze medal at the Malta International 2024 as they reached the last four. The men’s doubles duo lost out to the top seeds Torjus Flaatten and Begard Rikheim of Norway in the semi-finals after an impressive week in Cospicua. Cholan Kayan, Leona Lee and Nadeem Dalvi all made their respective singles quarter-finals before losing to higher ranked players with Lee, Dalvi and Harper and Wakefield all losing to the eventual champions. Harper and Wakefield did not drop a set en route to the last four, beating Norwegian qualifiers Andreas Roksvaag and Jo ..read more

Badminton England is pleased to announce the first cohort of coaches accepted onto the Performance Coach Programme, designed to support the development of coaches working with players within the junior pathway network. The programme is designed to support the development of influential and up-and-coming leaders within coaching, ready to act as role models to inspire a generation of future athletes and coaches throughout the junior pathway network. As an integral element of the ‘Badminton – A Sport for Everyone’ strategy, Badminton England aims to develop a diverse and inclusive delivery wo ..read more