Badminton

Liverpool Bonanza

A fantastic opportunity for those playing badminton to take part in the 2010 Yehlex Liverpool Badminton Bonanza on Sunday 9th May 2010. For details and an entry form please click here

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Individual - Manchester 2010

Manchester Evening News Arena 14-18 April 2010

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1^st February 2010

Center Parcs National Schools Championships

The aim of the Center Parcs National Schools Championships is to create a ‘best in class’ tournament that provides a high-level competitive badminton opportunity for schools across England.Last years Championships saw a record entry of over 1,000 schools and 15,000 children; the 2009/10 tournament has smashed that record with the number of schools entering topping 1,400 and over 19,000 children taking part.

The Cheshire round of the Championships saw 36 teams, from 16 different schools competing across the two age groups last week. Sandbach Girls School and Rudheath High School kindly hosted the two events which provided an excellent opportunity for pupils to play competitive badminton against opposition from schools across the County.

The under 14 boy’s teams to make the semi finals were Weaverham, Malbank, Congleton and Poynton.  With Weaverham and Congleton both producing convincing wins they went on to face each other in the final. Both teams won two games so it was all down to the final doubles match, that Congleton went on to win 15 points to 5.

The under 14 girl’s semi finals saw Wilmslow play Congleton, while Brine Leas faced Rudheath. Convincing wins by Wilmslow and Brine Leas meant they progressed to face each other in the final. Similarly to the boys, the last doubles match was to decide the winner, sadly one of the Wilmslow players suffered an injury and could not continue, meaning they had to forfeit the game making Brine Leas the winners.

The under16’s competition saw Weaverham face Christleton, while Middlewich faced Ellesmere Port Catholic High in the semi final stage. With strong performances from Weaverham and Middlewich they went on to play each other in the final. Weaverham continued their winning run and won the match 4 games to 1.

The girl’s semi finals saw group winners Queens play against Ellesmere Port Catholic High and Weaverham play group B winners Congleton. With Queens and Congleton winning their matches 5 games to nil they went on to battle against each other for the championship. A determined performance from the Queens team provided them with a 4:1 victory over their opponents, making them U16 girls Champions.

All four group winners will now go on to represent Cheshire in the Regional round of the competition on the 1^st March at Leigh Sports Village in Wigan We wish them all the best of luck.

Quote from Colin Whaley, Sales & Marketing Director at Center Parcs:

 “Center Parcs is proud to be the main sponsor of the National Schools Championships. We are very excited to be hosting the Finals for the second time and look forward to welcoming some of the most promising young badminton players in the country to Center Parcs Sherwood Forest. Congratulations to all those who have made it to the next round and I look forward to watching some keenly contested matches on our courts in April."