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Strong entry for the Open

2010-03-09

There was a strong entry for the Norfolk Open Championships played at the UEA Sportspark, with the county's top three players, Katherine Cooper, ...

From Lands End to John O'Groats

2010-03-04

Phil Davies is seeking sponsorship for cycling over 1,000 miles from Lands End to John O'Groats this summer in aid of Park House, the Leonard Che...

The Norfolk Open

2010-03-03

There has been a very good entry for the Norfolk Open Championships, a tournament in the Badminton England Satellite Circuit, to be played at the...

County Badminton Report

2010-02-25

Having already qualified for the Premiership play-offs, Norfolk maintained their dominance of division 1B of the Yehlex Inter-County Championships ...

Norfolk pair too strong in Cambs

2010-02-04

Norfolk's top two, Ian Murphy and Katherine Cooper, brushed aside all the opposition in winning the mixed doubles title at the Cambridgeshire Open,...

Senior Moderates Tournament

2010-01-28

The 2010 Norfolk senior monderates tournament has been announced.

Date: Sunday 21st March 2010

Venue: UEA Sportspark, Earlham Rd, N...

New Coaching Courses

2010-01-19

BADMINTON ENGLAND, UKCC LEVEL 1 BADMINTON ASSISTANT COACH COURSE

Venue: College of West Anglia, King's Lynn

Time: Sunday 11...

County Badminton Report

2010-01-19

The county first team clinched its place in the Premiership play offs by maintaining their unbeaten run with a storming 14-1 victory over Northam...

County Badminton Report

2009-12-11

The Under 13 County Championships played at Sewell Park Sports Centre attracted an entry of twenty two youngsters.The boys singles was played in t...

County Badminton Report

2009-12-02

The county band wagon continues to roll on with two more convincing three point victories in the Victor Sports Inter County Championships, with t...

The Norfolk Open 2010

2009-12-02

Entries are now open for the 2010 Norfolk Open. Singles events are to be held on the 5th March 2010 and Doubles on the 6th and ...

Norfolk teams keep up the winning form

2009-11-25

The county's first and second teams have continued their unbeaten run in the Victor Sports Inter County Championships with convincing home victor...

County Badminton Report

2009-11-17

Northamptonshire are very pleased to see the back of Norfolk in this season's Junior Shires League. The county Under 13s team beat them 13-7 earl...

County Badminton Report

2009-11-03

The Norfolk first team travelled to Northamptonshire for their second match in Division 1of the Victor Sports Inter County Championships followin...

Senior Moderates Tournament

2009-10-26

The first senior moderates tournament of the season attracted a very good entry from across Norfolk. There was strong competition in the Ladies D...

Louise wins two at Under 17s Championships

2009-10-19

Louise Thacker won two titles at the County Under 17s Restricted Championships played at the Sewell Park Sports Centre, with the remainder being we...

County Badminton Report

2009-10-14

The county first team, returning to the first division of the Victor Sports Inter County Championships after just one year in Division 2, got the...

Murphy retains the Restricted Treble

2009-09-29

Ian Murphy, the county's no. 1, once again demonstrated his superiority with a superlative performance at the Norfolk Restricted Championships played ...

Devon off to a flying start

2009-09-24

Norfolk's Under 13 badminton star, Devon Minnis, got her season off to a flying start by winning the girls singles silver medal at Badminton England's...

New Website!

2009-09-23

After some delay, the new Norfolk Badminton Website is now here! The aim is to make the website easier to use and give you more access to useful info...

U15s perform well in Shires League

2009-06-18

The Norfolk Under 15 Badminton team has played extremely well all season and won their group in the Shires League. This qualified them to play in the...

County Badminton Report

2009-04-17

The county first team completed its season with two more resounding victories, beating Notts III 14-1 and Warwickshire III 13-2 to take a maximum 24 p...

Suffolk Open 2009

2009-04-16

Eighteen members from the Norfolk County Squad entered the Suffolk Satellite Open Championships, which, as always, were very well supported. Ian Murph...

U11 Championships

2009-04-04

The Under 11 County Championships took place on Saturday 21st March at Sewell Park Sports Centre having been postponed from December due to lack of en...

Norfolk Moderates Tournament

2009-04-04

A bumper entry descended upon Easton College for the last badminton tournament of the season for non county players. With many new faces entering a to...

U15s Guarentee Shires Final place

2009-03-18

The county Under 15 side pulled off a great victory in a tight match against Bedfordshire, to guarantee a place in the Shires League finals to be play...

County Match Round up

2009-03-03

Having suffered their first defeat of the season at the hands of Surrey, the county second team has bounced back to winning ways with 12-3 victories o...

Luke wins Ipswich Gold

2009-02-19

Norfolk County Junior, Luke Cox, won the boys singles title at the Badminton England Suffolk Under 17s Challenger Tournament, held in Ipswich. After o...

Serena wins Challenger Gold

2009-02-05

Several members of the county Under 17 squad were in Luton at the weekend, competing in the Bedfordshire National Challenger Tournament, which attract...

1st team starts well after Christmas break

2009-01-14

The county first team started 2009 as they finished 2008 with another emphatic victory, this time over Cambridgeshire by 13 games to 2. This win makes...

Plane takes singles crown in Vets clash

2008-12-18

Those two Norfolk perennials, Eric Plane and Tim Hudson-Church, joined 250 other players at Milton Keynes to compete in the Yehlex Veterans English Na...

Norfolk narrowly miss 2nd Anglian U16 tournament

2008-12-04

Five counties entered the Anglia Under 16s team tournament held in Norwich. The Essex first team ran out comfortable winners, leaving Norfolk and Bedf...

Strong entry for Under 14s Moderates

2008-11-27

There was a good entry for the Under 14s moderates tournament, open to non-county squad players. The boys singles, attracting players as young as ten ...

Norfolk win four in a row

2008-11-04

The county first team chalked up their fourth consecutive victory in the Victor Sports Inter County Championships with a 15-0 whitewash over an outcla...

U15 Championships round up

2008-11-03

There was plenty of good quality badminton on display at the Under 15s County Championships, held at Sewell Park College. The boys singles was played ...

Norfolk Restricted 2008

2008-09-24

For the fourth year running Ian Murphy took a hat trick of titles in the Ashaway sponsored Norfolk Restricted Championships.

The defe...

Disappointment for County Teams

2008-04-09

Norfolk suffered a double disaster in their final two matches of the season with both teams losing heavily and being relegated to Divisions 2 & 5 of t...

County match round up

2008-04-02

With one week of the season to go, the battle to avoid relegation from Divisions 1 & 4 of the Victor Sports Inter County Championships just couldnt be...

Taverham qualify for Schools Final

2008-03-13

Two girls teams from Thorpe St Andrew High and two boys teams from Taverham High entered the Eastern Region Finals of the Center Parcs National School...

Norfolk still hoping of survival

2008-03-03

Norfolk completed the double over the Buckinghamshire second string with a hard fought, but well deserved 8-7 victory, but, nevertheless, still find t...

U16 Moderates report

2008-02-26

The medals were well spread amongst the players entering the Under 16s Moderates Tournament held at the Blyth Jex Sports Centre. Playing in the semi-f...

Atu wins two at the Open

2008-02-20

Indonesian star, Atu Rosalina Sagita, added a touch of oriental magic to win two titles at the Ashaway Norfolk Open Championships played at the UEA Sp...

The Norfolk Open Championships 2008

2008-02-13

A touch of oriental spice has been added to the Norfolk Open Championships with the entry of Atu Rosalina Sagita from Indonesia. Currently ranked 50 i...

Cambs Open Report

2008-02-05

A good number of Norfolk players entered the Cambridgeshire Open, a tournament in the Badminton England Satellite Circuit, but it was only the countys...

U15s Performing well in Shires

2008-01-29

The Shires League was formed in 1983 to give junior players the opportunity to play youngsters from other counties in a friendly, yet competitive atm...

Robinson wins 14s Hatrick

2008-01-14

This seasons Under 14s schools tournament was highly successful and attracted almost 50 youngsters.The standard in the girls events was encouragingly ...

Norfolks relagation battle steps up a pace

2008-01-07

Norfolks battle to avoid relegation in the Victor Sports Inter-County Championships stepped up a gear with two home matches against high-flying Hertfo...

Double delight for Sharman and Minnis

2007-12-12

It was a double delight for top-seeded Ben Sharman and Devon Minnis who both won two titles at the Ashaway County Restricted Under 11s Championships p...

County Matches 2/12

2007-12-04

The two county teams are finding it tough going in the Victor Sports Inter-County Championships so far winning just one match out of six played. At th...

County Match Round Up

2007-12-03

Norfolks first home games in the Victor Sports Inter-County Championships were close run affairs, with the first team beating Bucks II 9-6 and the sec...

Hinks as Hatrick Hero

2007-11-19

Tom Hinks was the hat trick hero at the Ashaway Under 13s County Championships played at the Blyth Jex Sports Centre. He won the first of his three ti...

Mixed fortunes for Norfolk

2007-11-08

The Victor Sports Inter County Championships got off to a somewhat gloomy start for the two county teams, with the first team losing 10-5 to the ...

Robinson and Bowen take all U15 honors

2007-10-30

There was a very high standard of play at the Ashaway Under 15s County Championships with Mark Robinson and Holly Bowen eventually emerging as tr...

Norfolk make flying start to season

2007-10-23

The county first team has made a flying start to this seasons campaign in the Victor Sports Inter County Championships by following up last weeks impr...

Murphy retains treble

2007-10-02

Ian Murphy and Katherine Cooper reinforced their position as the countys top players at the Ashaway Norfolk Restricted Badminton Championships played ...

Crosby takes U17 Hatrick

2007-10-01

Charlotte Crosby was the hat trick champion at the Ashaway Under 17s County Championships. She was the clear winner of the singles event, leaving...

ICT 2007

2007-05-04

Often described as the "Jewel in the Crown" of junior badminton, the Inter County Tournament, played at Nottinghamshire University, brought together t...

2007 Finishes with a flurry for Murphy and Cooper

2007-05-04

As the curtain fell on yet another busy season for the county squad, a good number of Norfolk players enjoyed a weekend playing in the Guernsey Open. ...

Moderates Round Up

2007-04-11

Over 50 players took part in a doubles tournament for non-county players held at Easton College Sports Centre using the new rally points scoring syste...

Dispointing End to Norfolks Season

2007-04-08

The county first team had a somewhat disappointing end to the season, losing their final match 11-4 away to the Nottinghamshire second string, having ...

Warwicks beat Norfolk to promotion

2007-03-26

Norfolks faint hopes of promotion to the Premiership completely disappeared when they were defeated by table toppers, Warwickshire, at Easton Sports C...

Sharman gets double at U12 Championships

2007-03-12

There were lots of worn out young badminton players by the time the Norfolk Schools Under 12s Championships had finished. Many of the competitors had ...

Comforatble Victory for Norfolk 1sts

2007-02-27

Norfolk scored a comfortable 11-4 away victory over Lincolnshire, which moved them up into second place in Division 1b of the Inter County Championshi...

Captains performance sets the tone against Bucks

2007-02-20

The county first team completed the double over the Bucks second string with a 9-6 away victory at High Wycombe. Norfolk picked up three of the four s...

Players raise their game at U16 Champs

2007-02-12

The Norfolk Under 16s Schools Championships proved to be one of the most exciting and unpredictable events of recent years. It was also very competiti...

Tough time for Norfolk Competitors at Cambs Open

2007-02-06

There were a good number of quality players at the Cambridgeshire Open, which made it feel more like a Challenger than a Satellite event. The mens sin...

Dix triumphs through large entry in U14 Moderates

2007-01-31

An entry of 50 players kept the organisers busy at the Under 14 Moderates Tournament.

32 entered the boys singles, which was played in ...

Tough Weekend for Norfolk Juniors

2007-01-23

Two of Norfolks junior teams were in Shires League action against Suffolk with the Under 17s earning a hard fought 10 all draw and the Under 15s B tea...

Venier wins 12s Moderates title

2007-01-22

James Smith and Emma Venier each won two titles at the Norfolk Under 12s moderates tournament for non-county players. In the first semi-final of the b...

Hat Trick for Lefevre

2006-12-30

Kurtis Lefevre from Notre Dame was the star performer at the Under 14s County Schools Tournament picking up a hat trick of titles. The tournament attr...

Hat Trick for Parrott at U15 Champs

2006-12-04

Christopher Parrott was the hat trick hero of the County Under 13s Restricted Championships, winning the singles, level and mixed doubles titles. Fif...

First win for Norfolk 1sts

2006-11-20

The county first team produced an excellent all round team performance to beat Notts II 12-3 in their second ICC match of the season. The home side go...

Murphy and Wells Triumph

2006-11-20

Having been runners-up at five open tournaments, it was sixth time lucky for Norfolks Ian Murphy and Grahame Wells when they won the mens doubles titl...

Mixed Fortunes for Veterans

2006-11-05

It was a day of mixed fortunes for the two county veterans teams in their opening matches of the season at home to Lincolnshire. The Over 40s had an e...

County Restricted Round Up

2006-10-04

Ian Murphy reinforced his position as the countys top player by retaining his triple crown of titles at the Norfolk Restricted Championships played at...

Tough time for ICT Norfolk Team

2006-04-25

The Under 17s Inter Counties Tournament, played at Nottingham University, is the most prestigious event in the junior calendar and this year attracted...

Moderates round up

2006-04-11

The County moderates tournament, played at Easton College Sports Centre, was well supported with players coming from all over Norfolk. The mixed doubl...

Top seeds dominate Under 12s Champs

2006-03-26

Norfolks Under 12s stars, Mark Robinson and Holly Bowen scored a double top at the County Schools Championships, both comfortably winning the singles ...

Farewell to Plane and Hudson

2006-03-18

It was not just any old county match. It was the match at which those two badminton legends, Eric Plane and Tim Hudson-Church said their farewells to ...

1st Team finish 3rd in Div 1

2006-03-18

The county first team brought their season to a close with a 9-6 home victory over Oxfordshire, leaving them in a comfortable mid-table position in Di...

Murphy takes Suffolk Open title

2006-03-07

It was eight years ago when Ian Murphy came runner up in the Cambridgeshire Open only to go on and win the Suffolk Championship. History has now repea...

Norfolk stay safe in division 1

2006-02-28

Norfolk produced one of their best all round team performances of the season to beat Bedfordshire 11-4 and send them crashing down to Division 2 of t...

Good results in local junior derby

2006-02-21

The County Under 13 & 15 teams secured a double victory over old rivals Suffolk in the Shires League. The Under 13s won an exciting and closely fought...

Notts too strong for Norfolk

2006-02-14

Nottinghamshire are heading back to the Premiership after recording their sixth successive victory by beating Norfolk 12-3 at Easton Sports Centre. No...

Tough weekend for the County Teams

2006-01-31

With Ian Murphy pulling out of the side after his exertions at the Cambridgeshire Open the previous day and all four men carrying injuries of one sort...

Badminton Bonanza!

2006-01-25

The Yehlex Badminton Bonanza, first launched at the NIA, Birmingham a few years ago, is gaining in popularity and is coming to the recently opened Fak...

Surprise result for Carrier

2006-01-16

The Shires is the top league competition for county junior players, growing from fairly humble beginnings in 1983, with just 6 counties competing, to ...

Lefevre and Crosby combine to complete hatrick

2006-01-05

A popular feature of the County Schools Tournaments is to give all the competitors as many games as possible. A good entry for the Under 14s event mea...

Another good weekend for both Norfolk Teams

2005-12-15

The county first and second teams fought hard to achieve two excellent away wins against Oxfordshire and Staffs III in the Inter-County Regional Champ...

Norfolk back to winning ways

2005-11-28

After a disappointing start to the season, Norfolk bounced back with two good 11-4 victories over Bedfordshire and Staffs III in the Inter-County Cham...

The Norfolk Open 2005

2005-11-22

The problems of entering all three events in a major championship came home to haunt Ian Murphy at the Norfolk Open, held at the UEA Sportspark over t...

County Veterens Championship

2005-11-08

Norma Bowen, the countys development officer, and Eddie Simmons were the stars of this seasons Veterans Tournament, each picking up two titles. The mi...

Disapointing start for Norfolk

2005-11-01

Norfolks Inter County Championship season got off to a disappointing start, with the first team losing 9-6 to Warwickshire II and the seconds going do...

U15 Championships!

2005-10-25

Lucas Lefevre, Chris Piff and Stephanie Rowland each won two titles at the County Restricted Under 15s Championships played at the Norwich Heartsease ...

Murphy takes all three titles

2005-10-01

Ian Murphy reinforced his position as the Countys No.1 by winning all three titles at the Norfolk Restricted Championships played at the UEA Sportspar...

ICT Round Up

2005-04-04

It was a tired but, nonetheless, happy Under 17s squad who returned to Norfolk after four days of gruelling and intense competition in the prestigious...

Under 12s County Restricted

2005-04-01

Rebecca Heeles and Kurtis Lefevre were the stars of the Under 12s Norfolk Schools Championships both winning the singles and level doubles titles. The...

First team end on a high!

2005-03-07

Norfolk faced their last match of the season, a vital relegation battle against fellow strugglers Middlesex II, without four of their regular players,...

Second teams relegation success!

2005-03-01

The county second team travelled to Coventry to take on fellow relegation strugglers, Warwickshire 3rds, knowing that nothing less than victory would ...

Norfolk battling to stay up

2005-02-22

The battle to avoid relegation to Division 2 of the Inter County Championship swung slightly in Norfolks favour at the weekend as they came face to fa...

Cambridgeshire Open Report

2005-02-14

Eight senior county players made their presence felt in the well supported Cambridgeshire Open, with Ian Murphy and Sharn Crane bringing...

Three titles for Evans

2005-02-07

Daniel Evans, a pupil at Lynn Grove High School, took all three titles at the Norfolk Schools Under 16s Championships, with Stephanie Buttle (Hellesdo...

Weekend Match Roundup

2005-02-02

The two county teams continued their fight against relegation in matches against Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire at the UEA Sportspark over the wee...

Superstar Smurf

2005-01-24

Norfolks number one, Ian Murphy, had a very tiring, but very successful weekend playing, firstly, in the Berkshire Open and then leading the county fi...

Under 14s Schools Tournament

2005-01-04

Ryan Minns (Smithdon High) and Stephanie Rowland (Caister) both picked up a hat trick of titles at the Norfolk Schools Under 14s Championships. The bo...

Under 11s County Restricted

2004-12-14

There was a disappointing entry for the County Under 11s Championships, with only six boys and six girls entering the events, which were played on a "...

Weekend Roundup

2004-12-03

It was another weekend of mixed fortune and frustration for the county senior squad, with the first team crashing to their third successive defeat, th...

Under 13s County Restricted

2004-11-23

Lucas Lefevre and Chris Piff shared the spotlight at the County Under 13s Restricted Championship, winning two titles apiece. There were 19 competitor...

Tough weekend for Norfolks teams

2004-11-08

Norfolks continued lack of strength in depth, particularly in the ladies events, is always most cruelly exposed when they are up against strong teams ...

Under 15s County Restricted

2004-11-02

Sarah Lewin became Norfolks second triple champion of the season when she won all three titles at the County Under 15s Restricted Championships. In th...

Mixed fortunes in opening matches

2004-10-26

It was a day of mixed fortunes for the senior county teams playing their opening ICC matches of the season. The first team lost 6-9 to Surrey 2 while ...

Plane and Hudson recapture their crown

2004-10-08

What a fortnight it has been for Eric Plane and his mens doubles partner, Tim Hudson-Church. Two weeks ago they were competing in the European Veteran...