Essex U17 Silver – Oct 2018

Elliot Roberts Reviews the Essex U17 Silver On the 21st of October I played in the Essex U17 Silver where I entered the boy’s singles and level doubles. In was in a group of 5 in my singles and had some tough opponents.  I first played a younger player from Kent and I won that game comfortably 15-4 15-4. In my 2nd and 3rd games I played opponents with a bit more skill and still won both in 2 games [...]

Surrey U15 Singles – Elliot Roberts

ELLIOTT ROBERTS – Reviews his tournaments, starting with the Surrey U15 Singles restricted in September 2018 Earlier this year in September I participated in the Surrey U15 Singles restricted tournament. In this tournament I won my group with ease and progressed straight through to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals I played a good game and won 21-14 against a decent player as they had also done well in their group. In the final I played my fellow 1st team mate Arya Admane who is graded higher on BE Grading but I knew it would be a close [...]

Solihull and Shirley Senior Silver Nov 2018

Victoria Liang at the Solihull Senior Silver Nov 2018 Solihull and Shirley Senior Silver Nov 2018Victoria Liang and Lydia Ip SILVER in the Ladies Doubles I played in the local Solihull and Shirley Senior Silver Nov 2018 over the 24 and 25th. On the Saturday, I played singles and doubles with Lydia Ip. In the singles, I played Lowri Hart from Wales and struggled to find my rhythm in the match, and lost 21-18 and 21-12. Later on in the day, myself [...]

Worcester Senior Bronze – 3 Nov 2018

Worcester Senior Bronze – 3 Nov 2018 and a Silver for Victoria Liang Worcester Senior Bronze – 2 Nov 2018GOLD – Evie Hamar/Adam BowaterSILVER – Victoria Liang/Will Kitching I competed in the Worcester Senior Bronze – 3 Nov 2018. Having never played together before, my partner Will Kitching and I got off to a good start in our box matches, winning comfortably and in straight sets. Onto the quarter finals, where we played Adam Hill and Zoe Siu where, we won [...]

2018 School Badminton – Charlie Wakefield

Charlie’s Triple win at the 2018 School Championships in Norfolk Saturday I played the U16 Norfolk 2018 school badminton championships and won the singles, doubles and mixed for the second year in a row. This means that now that I’ve finished schools badminton, I have won all 3 titles twice (in my age group and the year group above) in all age groups since under 12 (u14 and u16). On Saturday, I breezed through the group and got the final [...]

Rosemary Allan – English 17-20 County Champs 2018

English 17-20 County Champs 2018 – Rosemary Allan I have just got home from the English 17-20 County Champs 2018. Below is a write up on how it went. I have attached a photo (I am the one in the bright pink Forza top). However it is not very good quality & cannot see the ForzaWM logo on my shirt because of the quality. I’ve asked the other players if they have better photo & will send you one if I [...]

Rosemary Allen – Dorset 2018 Senior Silver

Dorset 2018 – Senior Silver (10/03/18) Saturday 10th March, Dorset 2018 in the Senior Silver, In singles, I faced Emily Beach. I had lost to her last month when I was not playing my best, so we determined to win this time. I managed to put in a much better performance and win 21-17, 21-18. Next up was Emma Goddard who I beat 21-9, 21-14. In the semi finals I faced Chloe Hunt from Warwickshire. I had lost to her [...]

U17 Championships – Welsh Nationals 2018

Welsh Nationals 2018 – Under 17 Championship (17 March 2018) Archie Bult and Jonathan Ewins – Welsh National 2018 After a promising start to 2018 winning a Hertfordshire U17 doubles event in January, Jonathan and Archie really starting to gel as a double pair. So, after a long and hard fought weekend in the National sports centre in Cardiff, Archie and Jonathan became Welsh National Champions in the U17 doubles.  Their Championship success did not come [...]

Rosemary Allan – Nottingham 2018 Senior Gold

Nottingham 2018 – Senior Gold (24/02/18) In singles I had to play Maya Kateli from Middlesex in the first round, which I won 21-15, 21-14. In the next round I played Serena Midha who is an A grade grade & has been ranked as high as 11th for seniors. I lost the first 21-11. The next set was much closer, but lost 21-19. In the doubles, I played with Amy Hayhoe. In the first round we had to play Kimberley Clague [...]

Derby U15 Gold – Jasmine Owen

Jasmine Owen at the Derby U15 Gold – 09.09.2018 Jasmine kicked off the singles in impressive style winning her group games in style, beating Aarthy Aravind 21-10, 21-14 and Sofia Bao 21-9, 21-13. This led to a QF match against the 3/4 seed Natasha Morris. This was a tough, tense match which Jasmine lost 19-21, 18-21. Natasha went on to win the tournament. The doubles started well with Katie Reilly as Jasmines partner, winning twice before losing a three-set match to the [...]