Badminton Wales Senior Nationals Finals.
The weekend saw players from all over the country travel to Cardiff to compete in the Senior National Championships at the Sport Wales National Centre. Up first was the mixed doubles final which was won by Saffron Morris and Andy Oates who picked up the win over Devi Permatasari and Will Kitching 21-17, 15-21, 21-13.
Masters County Challenge Weekend – Report by Simon Pill
On the weekend of 14th & 15th January 2023, a Welsh Masters Team, comprising of players from the age categories 40+, 45+ and 50+, and various areas of Wales, travelled to Bournemouth to contest the over 40s event in the Masters' County Challenge. The team consisted of Kristian Wood, Lee Williams, Simon Pill (Captain), Paul…
Badminton Wales – South Wales Graded Tournament Report
Sunday 15th Jan saw more of the Christmas cobwebs being brushed off with the 3rd in the Graded Series of events. Following events in Deeside and Ebbw Vale, SWNC hosted 80 players across the five events, and what a day of play was had. Huw John and Chris Rees kept the courts moving and Court…
7th Great Orme Senior Open Tournament report by Joe Hill
43 players contesting 4979 with no aggravation between any player, to this as the tournament secretary I thank you all for. It is this attitude that makes running the tournaments all worth while. In the Ladies Double we lost the top seeded pair due to illness but this did not detract from the quality of…
Ebbw Vale Graded – Tournament Report.
The Seconded Graded Event took place in Ebbw Vale on Saturday 12th November and what a great event it turned out to be. The venue looked magnificent and the pre-event work by Louise Crump and the Facilities staff needs to be acknowledged and thanked. Nearly 60 participants took to the courts and battled it out…
Great Orme Junior Even Age Tournament – Report by Joe Hill
Wow, Wow and even a triple Wow! WHAT A TOURNAMENT.53 players from 9 Counties contested the Great Orme Junior Even Age Tournament, the first of the Great Orme Series. Some players were playing in a tournament for the first time whilst it was also the return of other players but they all contested the event…
Non-Perfect Parent Series set to continue for 2022-2023
Badminton Wales are delighted to confirm that the widely acclaimed parent-expert Richard Shorter, is to embark on a new series of workshops within the junior pathway over the next year. Since the programme started back in 2019/20, its provision has grown through collaboration to include and benefit parents from, Cricket Wales, Welsh Gymnastics, Welsh Athletics,…



