Welcome to the Cambridgeshire Badminton Association (Cambs BA), a County association affiliated to Badminton England.
Cambridgeshire Badminton Association is dedicated to the development and promotion of badminton throughout the whole of Cambridgeshire. The county consists of around 30 affiliated clubs as well as hosting Junior, Senior and Masters teams playing in the Inter-County Championships.
This web site is designed to enable Cambridgeshire Badminton Association to promote badminton through providing news and information on local, County and national badminton. Please visit this web site regularly to keep abreast of all the latest developments.
Open to all juniors in the age groups U11, U13, and U15.
All abilities welcome (excluding county/BE players)
Level Doubles & Singles
Venue: One Leisure St Ives Indoor
Time: 9am - 3pm
Closing Date: Wednesday 19th March
Enter by completing the attached entry form and returning to Sandra Dennis (details on the form)
For more information, please see the form or contact Sandra.
In January, the Masters County Challenge took place, with four Cambridgeshire Teams taking part.
In the Over 40s Premier, held at Milton Keynes, we had our Over 40s first team, whilst our Over 40s second team travelled to Eastleigh to play in Division 1B. Also in Milton Keynes, in the Over 50s Premier, our Over 50s first team took part, whilst our Over 60s team were in Worcester, playing in Division 1A.
The Over 40s first team were victorious in their division, winning 6 out of 6 matches, with a maximum of 12 points scored, meaning they retained the title from 2024!
Neil Place, Simon Woodhouse, Ben Gardner, Daniel Bates and Sam Scharf.
Sara Cunnington, Alison Meijers, Natalie Taylor and Jen Hewitt.
The Over 40s second team, made up of Tom Legerton, Paul Martell, Chris Parker, Mark Albertella, Emma Best, Stacy Knoop, Danielle Pont, Swata Sinha and Yafei Wang, played well but unfortunately placed 7th in their division.
The Over 50s, also playing in Milton Keynes, drew in two of their matches, but also placed 7th in their division. The team representing Cambridgeshire was Kevin Barron, Peter Coleman, John Foo, Paul Hubbard, Nick Pratt, Sandra Ashcroft, Sharon Chandler, Olga Chernysheva and Amanda Godfrey.
The Over 60s placed 2nd in their division in Worcester, with some close results from the teams. The Cambridgeshire players were Martyn Clark, John Harvey, Duncan Mcrobbie, Martin Smith, Dianne Baker, Angela Sharman, Janine Speechley and Helen Taylor.
Well done to all players representing Cambridgeshire!
Last Saturday saw the second weekend of the Senior County Champs matches, with all four Cambridgeshire teams in action.
Cambs 1, in Division 2 central, started off with a strong 10-1 win against Warwickshire 3s in the morning, but met tough Staffordshire opponents in the afternoon, coming out with a 2-9 scoreline. They are now sitting 2nd in the league table, equal on rubbers with Staffordshire, ahead of the final matches on 22nd and 23rd March.
Cambs 1
Back row: Sara Cunnington, Amber Ngo, Zoe Foote (C) & Alison Meijers.
Front row: Manobhiram Vaddi, Chris Tustian, Charlie Wakefield, Chris Lim, Finlay Smith and & Oscar Keys.
Cambs 2, also in Division 2 central, faced a strong Leicestershire 3 team in their morning match, and came away with a 2-9 scoreline. However, after some nail-biting matches in their afternoon match, they finished the day off with an 8-3 win against Avon 4s. They are now sitting 5th in the league table heading into the final weekend.
Cambs 2
Back row: Ben Gardner, Campbell Wilson (C), Scott Carter & Martin Crossley.
Front row: Gem Leiw, Helen Yan, Michaela Anthony, Polly Thisdell, Sara Moore & Frank Xie.
Not pictured: Matt Harris.
Cambs 3, playing in Division 3 central, had a successful day, with two 7-4 wins for the team. They faced Shropshire in their morning match, and followed this up with a matching scoreline against Worcestershire 2s in the afternoon. They are currently sitting third in the league table.
Cambs 3
Back row: Ahmad Khalid Fansa, Ollie Norris (C), Simon Parker & Luke Bennett.
Front row: Eleonore Engel, Amelia Martell, Hannah Robertshaw, Becky Donaldson & Nicole Wong.
Not pictured: Alex Wilson.
And finally, Cambs 4, playing in Division 4 central, faced some tough opposition. They played Worcestershire 3s in the morning and came away with a 3-8 scoreline, and in the afternoon, faced Staffordshire 3s, narrowly losing out with a 5-6 scoreline. Cambs 4 are sitting 4th in the league table ahead of the final weekend of matches.
Cambs 4
Back row: Rosie Kern, Hannah Catton, Lauren Carey-Love & Sophia Li.
Front row: Aidan Ip, Tech Onn Ding, Chris Parker (C), Damien Dugmore & Jack Curtis.
Well done to everyone who represented Cambridgeshire. Good luck to everyone for the final round of matches on 22nd and 23rd March!
All results can be found on Tournament Software: https://be.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/league?id=95C93C22-E60E-4CE1-A179-CE8180AD9484
Last Saturday saw the first weekend of the Senior County Champs matches, with Cambridgeshire having four teams taking part this season.
Cambs 1 and Cambs 2 are both in Division 2 central this season, and started off with a head to head match. Despite close scorelines within the match, the overall score was 10-1 in favour of the first team. Cambs 1 then faced Norfolk in the afternoon, coming out on top with a 9-2 win. Cambs 2 went on to play Lincs 1 in the afternoon match and finished with a scoreline in their favour of 8-3.
Cambs 1
Back row: Natalie Taylor, Amber Ngo, Alison Meijers, Zoe Foote (C) & Gem Leiw.
Front row: Abu Kaher, Finlay Smith, Chris Lim, Charlie Wakefield.
Not pictured: Manobhiram Vaddi
Cambs 2
Back row: Michaela Anthony, Helen Yan, Ben Gardner, Matt Harris, Sara Moore, Polly Thisdell.
Front row: Scott Carter, Campbell Wilson (C), Frank Xie & Martin Crossley.
Cambs 3 are in Division 3 Central, and their first match saw them face Norfolk 2, where they were successful with a 7-4 win. For the afternoon match, they took on Bedfordshire 2s, and improved on their morning match score, finishing with an 8-3 win.
Cambs 3
Back row: Luke Bennett, Ollie Norris (C), Simon Parker, Alex Wilson, Josh Males.
Front row: David Nuzzo, Steph French, Adele Woodhams, Hannah Robertshaw & Amelia Martell.
Our newly introduced Cambs 4 team are in Division 4 Central, starting off their entry in the SCC with a 9-2 win against Northamptonshire 3s. Their afternoon match also saw them face a team from Norfolk, this time the Norfolk 3s. Unfortunately the team came out the wrong side of a 6-5 scoreline, with it coming down to the final rubber which went Norfolk's way 21-19 in the third end, but a great start for our new team!
Cambs 4.
Pictured: Aidan Ip, Rosie Kern, Hannah Catton, Jack Curtis, Chris Parker (C) & Yafei Wang.
Not pictured: Damien Dugmore, Thomas Wade, Olivia Wilkins.
The current standings after the first weekend are:
- 1st Team - 1st in Division 2
- 2nd Team - 7th in Division 2 (but only 3 rubbers behind 2nd place!)
- 3rd Team - 3rd in Division 3
- 4th Team - 4th in Division 4
A fantastic first set of matches for Cambridgeshire, with the next set on Saturday 18th January. Good luck to everyone for the remainder of the season!
All results can be found on Tournament Software: https://be.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/league?id=95C93C22-E60E-4CE1-A179-CE8180AD9484
After over 100 matches, the Cambridgeshire Senior Restricted tournament for 2024 concluded on Sunday 29th October. Over 75 players took part across the five events, a record number of entries for the county, with the tournament having the fifth highest number of entries for all county restricted tournaments nationally.
It was fantastic to see the quality and depth of players available this year, particularly the amount of junior players being competitive with some of our top county players.
The full results can be found here.
The winners and runners-up for each event are as follows:
Open Singles - Oscar Keys (winner), Maurice Frijns (runner-up)
Women’s Singles - Alison Meijers (winner), Polly Thisdell (runner-up)
Mixed Doubles - Chris Lim & Alison Meijers (winners), Campbell Wilson & Zoe Foote (runners-up)
Open Doubles - Abu Kaher & Chris Tustian (winners), Chris Lim & Matthew Harris (runners-up)
Women’s Doubles - Amber Ngo & Zoe Foote (winners), Sara Cunnington & Alison Meijers (runners-up)
Thank you to everyone who took part. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists, and a huge thank you to our Tournament Organiser, Zoe Foote, as well as Louise Short for your support on the day.
Campbell Wilson
Chairman
Cambridgeshire Badminton
The 2024 Senior European Championships took place from 25th - 31st August in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. We were proud to have 8 players representing Cambridgeshire.
Daniel Bates
Olga Chernysheva
Martin Crossley
Alison Meijers
Sara Moore
John Pickering
Neil Place
Natalie Taylor
For three of our Cambridgeshire players, they were making their international debut - Alison, Martin and Sara.
We were delighted that Olga brought home a bronze medal in the Womens Doubles 50+ category with partner Tracey Hutchinson from Surrey.
A big congratulations to all players. The full results can be found on Tournament Software.
The County annual AGM sees the award of the Eric Raynor Trophy. This award is made annually to the junior player who has been voted as having contributed most to the County this season - who has made excellent progress in the sport, enjoyed competitive success, and is considered to have set a good example both on and off court. Players can be nominated to the committee by the county’s coaches.
The Eric Raynor Trophy for 2023-24 was awarded to Amelia Martell with the following citation:
Amelia has been a committed and integral member of the County junior squad this year. She has regularly attended county training and has represented the county in all of the U19 Shires league matches this year.
Amelia has demonstrated a real commitment to improve and has made great progress this year; with success at competitive levels.
She has won and placed in several Bronze and Silver U17 BE tournaments. At the beginning of the year she joined Ely club and has enjoyed playing in both their levels and mixed teams. Recently she represented the East of England Colleges regional team at the AOC national colleges event at Nottingham University and contributed to the team's overall finishing position of 4th out of 9.
Amelia has completed her Level 1 Foundation coaching award and is looking forward to helping out with junior coaching sessions, where she has already contributed by leading warmups and helping with younger players.
Amelia always conducts herself with excellent sportsmanship and an irrepressible smile, and is a great role model for her younger peers. She is a deserved winner of the trophy this year.
