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County Badminton Report

The county second team returned to winning ways in the Inter County Regional Championships with a 9-6 home victory over Northamptonshire.

Posted: January 30th, 2012 by

Calling all Norfolk Coaches!

As part of Active Norfolk’s Coach Education week in April, a coaching workshop has been arranged with Steve Bish, former international player and now coach. Places are limited, so book early. Contact Ian Grange at Active Norfolk – ian.grange@activenorfolk.org for more details or to book your place Badminton CPD; Movement Skills and Footwork Patterns –…Read more >

Posted: January 21st, 2012 by

Junior Moderates Tournament

Under 9, 11, 13 and 15 Moderates entry forms are now available. Held at Sewel Park College, the tournaments are open for any player who is not in the county squad.

Posted: January 18th, 2012 by

County Badminton Report

West Norfolk Junior Badminton hosted the country junior moderates tournament for the U11′s and U13′s age groups.

Posted: January 8th, 2012 by

Norfolk Open Entry Forms

Entry forms for the Norfolk Open are now available!

Posted: January 8th, 2012 by

U13′s Dominate Suffolk

The U13 county team took part in the County team challenge at Mildenhall. They had a tough start
against Essex and Hertfordshire being defeated in both. However there were some good scores in
the singles and girls doubles where we narrowly lost some close games.

Posted: December 5th, 2011 by

U15 Regional Team Challenge

The county under 15 team travelled to Brandon Leisure Centre to play in the Regional Team Challenge against five other counties.

Posted: December 5th, 2011 by

County badminton Report

The Norfolk badminton teams have always found Notts a tough nut to crack and that experience continued at the week-end when the senior county second team lost to Notts third 5-10 in the Inter County Regional Championships, whilst the Under 17s suffered a close 9-11 defeat in the Shires League The senior team were 1-3 down after the opening singles games with Mike Philpott gaining Norfolk’s only win.

Posted: November 29th, 2011 by

County Badminton Report

Norfolk’s Under 15 and 17 teams took on their Cambridgeshire counterparts in Shires League matches which saw the county debut of some of the Norfolk players.

Posted: November 22nd, 2011 by

Tough Weekend for Norfolk

Norfolk had their first taste of Premiership action at the weekend, when they came face to face with Surrey, Lancashire and Derbyshire in the first round of Premier B, played at the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes.

Posted: November 15th, 2011 by

Moderates 2011

Moderates Tournament forms have now been released! To be held on Sunday 11th December, 2011 at Sewell Park College (Blyth Jex Sch), the tournament is open to everyone who hasn’t played more than one match for a senior county team this season. This is always a great day with plenty of games to be played! Closing date is 5th December, Good luck to eveyone who enters!

Posted: November 11th, 2011 by

Second team starts well

The county second team got their Inter-County Championship season off to a cracking start with 10-5 victories over Northamptonshire and Worcestershire.

Posted: November 7th, 2011 by

Hat-trick for Ely in U15 Champs

Dominic Ely came away from the County Under 15 Championships with a hat-trick of titles and trophies in his sports bag.

Posted: November 6th, 2011 by

Salter claims Hatrick

James Salter scored a convincing hat trick of victories at the County Under 13 Championships

Posted: November 4th, 2011 by

Junior Moderates tournaments

Entry forms are now available for the U11 and U13 junior moderates tournaments are now available!

Posted: November 4th, 2011 by

Under 17 Championships

The Under 17 County Championship was held at Sewell Park College. In the boys singles, top seed and reigning champion Tom Hinks made it through to the semi-finals alongwith second seed, Sam Dismore, where they met Olivier Widdowson and Ben Tozer, who had both beaten seeded opponents. But it was the two top seeds who…Read more >

Posted: October 18th, 2011 by

Norfolk Championships 2011

The Norfolk County Championships took place at Easton College over the hottest October weekend for many years. Both singles events attracted a diverse entry of players, such that both age and experience, and youth and enthusiasm were on show. The Men’s Singles event went with seeding through to the semi-final stage, matching up defending champion…Read more >

Posted: October 14th, 2011 by

Active Norfolk Sports Awards

Nominations are now open for the 2011 Active Norfolk EDP Sports Awards. The awards are to celebrate outstanding sporting achievement by teams, individuals and communities throughout Norfolk.  The awards will be held at an invitation only ceremony at the Forum, Norwich, on Wednesday 30 November 2011. We would like to invite you to nominate possible…Read more >

Posted: October 13th, 2011 by

Junior County Championships

The Junior County Championships entry form is now available! VENUE: Sewell Park College Constitution Hill Norwich NR3 4BX. Telephone: 01603 411721. Under 17 (Born on or after 1st Jan 1995), held on Sat 8th Oct 2011. Under 15 (Born on or after 1st Jan 1997), held on  Sun 16th Oct 2011 Under 13 (Born on or after 1st…Read more >

Posted: September 25th, 2011 by

Devon starts the season on a high

Devon Minnis got  her season off to a great start at the Under 15s Nottingham Gold Championships when she reached the semi-finals in all three events, partnering Sophie Brealey (Derby) in the girls doubles and Kyle Cherry (Northants) in the mixed. In the singles Devon was up against Englands no 1, Jessica Pugh and just…Read more >

Posted: September 18th, 2011 by