The second North Tyneside Social Badminton tournament of the season took place recently in the sports hall at John Spence Community High School, North Shields. It attracted 40 players, some of whom travelled from Morpeth and south of the River Tyne to take part. The tournament was once again organised and run by the excellent volunteers from Bewicke BC, which plays in the school sports hall on Tuesday and Friday evenings during the season, and also runs a summer club, assisted by volunteer helpers from North Tyneside Badminton Partnership. Whilst there were a number of participants who have ta ..read more

GIRLS The County round of the girls competition was held at Tyneside Badminton Centre. 9 teams took part in the KS3 Girls and 8 in the KS4 Girls.  Results below – KS3 Event  Royal Grammar School Ponteland High School Newcastle High School for Girls KS4 Event Royal Grammar School Newcastle High School for Girls Longridge Towers RGS won both KS3 and KS4 events; they progressed  to the Regional round at Thornaby on 19th March, playing the winners from the Durham and Yorkshire rounds. BOYS The County round of the boys competition was held at Tyneside Badminton Centre. 7 teams to ..read more

The 17-21 English County Challenge (ECC) took part the weekend of 6th & 7th of April at York RI. Northumberland entered a team into this event which consisted of players not eligible to play at ICT.  So we were able to call on former junior players and a couple of players who now are students either at Northumbria or Newcastle Universities to take part in this event. .  Team:  Ellen Davison  (Captain), Sian Phillips, Charlotte Graham, Lucy Dearing, Alex Dalton (Captain), Tim Bodani, Finlay Smith and Tom Hunt. See photo below Teams were seeded using the latest individua ..read more

Team Northumberland travelled to Nottingham University to compete in the ICT event. Team consisted of: Lucy Dodd/Sophie Cockett/Chalida Prapunwong/Tanida Prapunwong/Jasmine Osborn Ryan Cockett/Matthew Jefferson/Adam Secker/Stephen Glennie/Matthew Duffy Manager/Coaching Support:  Martin Fagan/Karen Davison Team Support:  Alison Thompson Results below: Thursday Cheshire – Won 8-2;  Cornwall – Won 8-2 Friday Kent – Lost 8-2;  Essex – Lost 7-3;  York  – Lost 8-2 Saturday Derbyshire  – Won 6-4;  Warwickshire – draw 5-5 (won on games);  Hertf ..read more

The annual Northumberland Championships, part of the Badminton England Senior Gold Circuit, saw some 80 of the best players on the circuit congregate at the Tyneside Badminton Centre, with 41 entries in the Open Singles the most for some time. The strong Open Singles field featured 8 ‘A’ graded players, 4 of the top 20 in England and two former winners in Dinuka Karunaratne (2022) and Jamie Pearcey (2023).   The highlight for the locals was the mixed doubles where Northumberland’s top pairing of Josh Young and Lucy Dodd, the latter recently crowned U17 National Mixed Champion, retained th ..read more

Parabadminton star Will Smith, who recently won medals competing in Europe, picked up more medals at the recent UK National Parabadminton Championships. He took the Men’s Doubles title for the third time, and also was runner-up in both the Men’s Singles and Mixed Doubles. Well done Will!!!  ..read more

Congratulations to Northumberland’s Lucy Dodd who today became U17 mixed doubles national champion with Dan Kemp from Cumbria. Lucy was also runner up in the girls doubles with Grace Sachdeva from Yorkshire only losing out 21-19 in the third set. Dan was also boys doubles champion. Well done Lucy ..read more

Northumberland’s Para badminton star Will Smith, who is a member of St Gabriels BC, recently travelled to Rotterdam, where he took part in the Para European Games, a multi-sport event.  Badminton was one of the featured sports.  Will had a very successful trip, winning a bronze medal in Men’s Singles and a silver medal in Men’s Doubles. Will has won numerous awards, medals and trophies both in the UK and abroad since his teenage years, and he carried the Olympic Torch in 2012. He has twice been the UK Para badminton Men’s Doubles champion, and hopes to achieve further success in Gla ..read more

Northumberland’s Para badminton star Will Smith, who is a member of St Gabriels BC, recently travelled to Rotterdam, where he took part in the Para European Games, a multi-sport event.  Badminton was one of the featured sports.  Will had a very successful trip, winning a bronze medal in Men’s Singles and a silver medal in Men’s Doubles. Will has won numerous awards, medals and trophies both in the UK and abroad since his teenage years, and he carried the Olympic Torch in 2012. He has twice been the UK Para badminton Men’s Doubles champion, and hopes to achieve further success in Gl ..read more

The first North Tyneside Social Badminton tournament of the season took place recently in the sports hall at John Spence Community High School, North Shields. It attracted 41 players, with ages ranging from 16 up to 79!! The tournament was organised and run by volunteers from Bewicke BC, which plays in the school sports hall on Tuesday and Friday evenings, and volunteer helpers from North Tyneside Badminton Partnership. Jessica Dyson was a well deserved double champion, winning both the Ladies Doubles and Mixed Doubles events. It was good to see regular competitors Mark Henderson and Simon Ent ..read more