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Squad / Team News Items

U14 Warwick Rising Stars Success

Congratulations to Sophie Brealey for winning silver medal in Warwick U14 rising stars girls doubles with partner Devon Minnis.

Posted by Web Site Administrator - 16/05/2011

U14 Yorkshire Open Success

Congratulations to Joshua Hong who won a bronze medal in the boys singles event, losing in the semi finals to Shailen Patel of Surrey.
Congratulations to Sophie Brealey who in the girls singles event won a silver medal losing in the final to Julie MacPherson of Scotland.

Posted by Web Site Administrator - 10/05/2011

U14 Hampshire Open Success

Congratulations to Sophie Brealey who was a finalist in both the girls & mixed doubles at the Hampshire U14 open and also reached the semi finals of the girls singles.
The girls doubles was a thrilling match with Sophie and Devon Minnis of Norfolk just being edged out 29-27 in the third game. In the mixed Sophie partnered Luke Pearce of Surrey losing to Devon and Kyle Cherry.

Posted by Web Site Administrator - 02/05/2011

U14 Cheshire Open Success

Tiara Samuel (U14) was the girls' singles winner in the U14 Cheshire Open in Macclesfield on Sat 30 April. Ragnar Mularczyk (U13) was runner-up in the boys' doubles event with partner Ed Thorpe (Notts U13). Both Ragnar and Ed also reached the semi-finals in the boys' singles event. 

Well done to all!

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 02/05/2011

National U13 Championships Success

Well done to all U13 players taking part in the National U13 Championships in Bristol this weekend - James Ashcroft, Hannah Bailey, Ragnar Mularczyk, James Pinder and Ciara Shaw!

Congratulations to Ragnar Mularczyk for winning a Bronze medal in the Doubles with partner Ed Thorpe (Notts). Ragi and Ed were only points away from reaching the Final, losing a very exciting match 18-21, 21-18, 17-21 to Alex Mitchell and Max Flynn. Reaching the Quarter Finals in the Singles, Ragi lost the place in the Semis to Max Flynn in 3 games. Well played, Ragnar, you'll beat him next time!  
Special Thanks to James Boxall for supporting and coaching the players whenever possible!

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 20/03/2011

Northumberland U15 Bronze Success

Congratulations to Sophie Robinson, who won the Gold medal in the singles at the U15 Bronze tournament in Northumberland, as well as the doubles Gold medal, with her partner, Alisha Israni (Northumberland).

Posted by U15 Team Manager - 12/03/2011

U13 Team Challenge Success

Well done U13s! You're the 3rd best U13 team in the country!

The Derbyshire U13 team won Bronze in the Badminton England U13 County Team Challenge Final.
With great team spirit and fantastic performances all around, the team took on talented badminton players from all over the country and finished 3rd after winners Surrey and runners-up Buckinghamshire. It was a tough final between the 12 best counties in the country with lots of high-class badminton and many very close games, Derbys only losing 2-4 in the matches against both Surrey and Bucks. A fantastic achievement! Well done team!
Posted by U13 Team Manager - 08/03/2011

Tees Valley U15 Silver/Durham U15 Team Event Success

Durham U15 Team Event
The following players represented Derbyshire at the Durham U15 Team Event.
Boys - Ragnar Mularczyk,Luke Rowbottom,James Pinder,Brandon Carr, Charles Hainsworth
Girls - Sophie Brealey, Sophie Robinson, Hannah Bailey, Ciara Shaw

Due to several U15 players attending the recent Durham U17 event this was a very young team with 4 U14 & 4 U13 players taking part. The whole team played some fantastic badminton and surpassed all our expectations finishing second to Cheshire

Tees Valley U15 Silver Tournament
Quite a lot of the team also played the U15 Silver event on the Saturday and put in some very good performances in a high standard event at an older age group. Well done to all.
In the doubles both Hannah Bailey/Sophie Brealey & Ragnar Mularczyk/George Priestman both narrowly missed out on reaching the respective finals each losing just one game.
Hannah Bailey was unlucky not to win her singles group missing out in a 3 way tie
C
ongratulations to Sophie Brealey for winning the Girls Singles.

Posted by Gary Brealey - 02/03/2011

Milton Keynes U15 Gold Success

Congratulations to Daniel Hong who won Gold in the singles at the U15 Gold Tournament in Milton Keynes. Well done Daniel!

Posted by U15 Team Manager - 02/03/2011

York U13 Silver Success

Ciara Shaw won a Silver medal in the doubles event at the U13 Silver tournament in York. Well done!

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 28/02/2011

Notts U17 Silver Success

Well done to Ben Wheatley and Tiara Samuel who won Bronze in the Mixed event at the U17 Silver in Nottinghamshire.

Posted by U15 Assistant Team Manager - 28/02/2011

Hatfield U17 Bronze Success

Congratulations to Hannah Bailey for winning a Bronze medal in the Singles Event at the U17 Bronze Tournament in Hatfield. What an amaizing achievement considering Hannah was playing well outside of her age bracket.

Posted by U15 Assistant Team Manager - 28/02/2011

Durham U17 Silver Success

Well done to the Derbyshire players who competed in the U17 Silver Tournament in Durham on Saturday.

Matthew Olney won Gold in the Boys singles.
Sarah Ashcroft won Silver in the Girls singles
Ben Wheatley won Bronze in the Boys singles
Ben Wheatley and Alex Smith won Silver in the Boys doubles
Ben Wheatley and Tiara Samuel won Gold in the Mixed doubles

Ben will automatically be upgraded to a Grade 2 after beating a Silver player in his group. Matthew will probably be promoted to Grade 1 at the end of the season.

Posted by U17 Team Manager - 14/02/2011

Warwickshire U15 Silver Success

Well done to the Derbyshire players who competed in the U15 Silver Tournament in Warwick on Saturday.

Sophie Brealey won Silver in the Girls Singles event losing a close match to Neelam Kaur in the final.
Sophie Brealey
also won Silver in the girls doubles with Neelam Kaur of Bedfordshire,

Posted by U15 Team Manager - 14/02/2011

NMBL U14 Success

Derbyshire U14’s today competed in the second round of the U14 NMBL, winning all their matches to add to the success in the first round and win the event overall. Match results are as below:
Cheshire W 9-1, Yorks 2 W 10-0, Lancashire W 7-3, Northumberland W 9-1, Yorks 1 W 6-4

Great performances from all the players.

Posted by U14 Team Manager - 06/02/2011

Cheshire U13 Silver Tournament Success

Ciara Shaw won Gold with her doubles partner Grace Taylor (Wk) in the Cheshire U13 Silver tournament today. Congratulations Ciara!

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 06/02/2011

Tees Valley U13 Silver Tournament Success

Ciara Shaw won Gold with her mixed partner Kyle Jones (Yo) in the Tees Valley U13 Silver tournament today. Great result, Ciara!

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 22/01/2011

Worcester U13 Bronze Tournament Success

Jordan Carr (U11) and Jonathan Shaw (U12) won Silver in doubles at the U13 Bronze tournament in Worcester today. Well played lads!

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 22/01/2011

Leigh U15 Silver Tournament Success

Congratulations to the following Derbyshire players for their successses in the Leigh U17 Silver tournament:

Katie Wright - Silver for singles. She only lost the final by a couple of points, which would have made her a Gold / Grade 1 player!
Emily Bitton got through her singles group, was then given a bye due to group changes (?) and had to play Katie in the quarters.

Sophie Brealey - Bronze for singles. Sophie had to play Katie in the semis. It went to 3 games and was a hard battle.

Adam Milner
and Emily Bitton - Bronze for mixed. They won the group and then went on to beat a Scottish pair.
Adam Milner
won his group in the singles, containing at least one Silver player, so we are hoping that he will be upgraded to Silver in February.

Posted by U15 Team Manager - 16/01/2011

Derbyshire U13 Bronze Tournament Success

Congratulations to Jordan Carr and Daniel Hong for winning a Bronze medal in the boys doubles at the Derbyshire U13 Bronze tournament. This achievement was all the greater since both boys are still under 11! Well done boys!

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 15/01/2011

Cheltenham U13 Gold Tournament Success

Congratulations to Ragnar Mularczyk for winning a Bronze medal in the boys doubles at the Cheltenham U13 Gold tournament. Ragnar also reached the quarter finals in the boys singles event.

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 09/01/2011

High Wycombe U13 Gold Tournament Success

Congratulations to Hannah Bailey for winning a Bronze medal in the girls doubles at the High Wycombe U13 Gold tournament.

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 12/12/2010

Warwick U11 Silver Tournament Success

Congratulations to Grace King for winning a Silver medal in the girls doubles at the Warwick U11 Silver tournament. Well done Grace!

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 12/12/2010

Warwick U13 Silver Tournament Success

Congratulations to Sarah Ashcroft for winning the Gold medal in the girls singles at the Leigh U17 Bronze tournament.
Also congratulation to Sarah Ashcroft and Emma Bailey for winning the Gold medal in the girls doubles event.

Posted by U17 Assistant Team Manager - 11/12/2010

Warwick U13 Silver Tournament Success

Congratulations to Ciara Shaw for winning a Bronze medal in the girls singles and a Silver medal in the girls doubles in the Warwick U13 Silver tournament today! 

A fantastic achievement so soon after being upgraded to Silver! Well done Ciara
Posted by U13 Team Manager - 11/12/2010

Leicester U15 Silver Tournament Success

Congratulations to Dan Hong for winning a Gold medal in the boys singles at the Leicester U15 Silver tournament.
Well done to Daniel Hong and Joshua Hong for winning a bronze medal in the boys doubles event.

Posted by U15 Team Manager - 05/12/2010

Leicester U15 Bronze Tournament Success

Congratulations to Matthew Burman for winning a Gold medal in the boys doubles at the Leicester U15 Bronze tournament.

Posted by U15 Team Manager - 04/12/2010

Worcester U17 Silver Tournament Success

Congratulations to Sarah Ashcroft and Emma Bailey for winning silver in the doubles in Worcester

Posted by U17 Assistant Team Manager - 28/11/2010

Dronfield Tournament Success

Congratulations to all Derbyshire players competing at the Dronfield tournament

The Derbyshire players dominated both events. Just look at the following fantastic results!

Year 6 and under -
Girls' singles winner: Grace King
Girls' singles runner-up: Molly Giles
Girls' doubles winner: Grace King with partner from Chesterfield
Boys' singles runner-up: Jordan Carr
Boys' doubles winner: Jordan Carr with partner from Yorkshire 

Year 7/8 -
Girls' singles winner: Hannah Bailey
Girls' doubles winners: Hannah Bailey and Ciara Shaw
Girls' singles semi-finalist: Ciara Shaw
Boys' singles winner: James Pinder
Boys' doubles winner: James Pinder with partner from Yorkshire
Boys' doubles runners-up: Kieran Leighton and Jonathan Shaw
Boys' singles semi-finalist: Jonathan Shaw
Mixed doubles runners-up: Hannah Bailey and James Pinder

Year 9/10 -
Boys' doubles winner: James Pinder and partner from Notts
Boys' singles semi-finalist: James Pinder

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 22/11/2010

Notts U15 Bronze Tournament Success

Congratulations to:
A
dam Milner who won a Silver Medal in the boys singles
Sophie Robinson who won a Silver Medal in the girls singles
Adam Milner and Daniel Milner who won a Silver Medal in the boys doubles

Posted by U15 Team Manager - 15/11/2010

Notts U15 Gold Tournament Success

Congratulations to Daniel Hong for winning a Silver medal in the boys singles in Nottingham

Posted by U15 Team Manager - 15/11/2010

NE Wales U15 Silver Tournament Success

Congratulations to Tiara Samuel who won a Gold medal in the girls singles at Wrexham

Posted by U15 Assistant Team Manager - 15/11/2010

Leigh U13 Gold Tournament Success

Hannah Bailey won a Bronze medal in the doubles at the U13 Gold tournament in Leigh. Well done Hannah!
Ragnar Mularczyk won a Silver medal in the doubles at the same tournament and reached the quarter finals in singles - Well played!

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 10/11/2010

Staffs U13 Bronze Tournament Success

Ciara Shaw won a Silver medal with doubles partner Megan English in the Staffs U13 Bronze tournament. Well done Ciara.

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 10/11/2010

York U15 Bronze Tournament Success

Sophie Robinson won a Gold medal in the doubles event (with partner Alisha Israni) at the BE U15 Bronze tournament in York. Well done Sophie!

Posted by U15 Team Manager - 08/11/2010

York U13 Bronze Tournament Success

Ciara Shaw won a Bronze medal in the singles event at the BE U13 Bronze tournament in York today. Well done Ciara!

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 24/10/2010

York U15 Silver Tournament Success

Well done to all players who took part in the U15 Silver event in York

Singles successes:
Tiara Samuel
- Silver medal
Emily Bitton  - Bronze medal

Doubles successes:
Tiara Samuel
and Emily Bitton - Silver
medal for girls doubles
Adam Milner and Tiara Samuel - Silver for Mixed Doubles

Another good day's work for the Derbyshire squad. Well done to Adam for achieving a Silver medal in a Silver tournament. This was the first B.E. tournament he has ever entered!
Tiara will be upgraded to Gold at the end of October. Emily should be upgraded to Silver, having won her group, beating a Grade 2 player

Posted by U15 Team Manager - 24/10/2010

Worcester U15 Bronze Tournament Success

Congratulations to all U15 players who took part in the U15 Bronze event in Worcester.

Singles successes:
Emily Bitton and Katie Wright both got to the final of the singles! After a great game, Katie won 24-22. Katie therefore takes the gold medal and Emily the silver. Katie should now be promoted to Grade 2 (Silver). Not sure about Emily - will check with B.E. since she won the Liverpool Open at Bronze level in September.

Doubles successes:
Luke Rowbottom
and Matt Burman got to the semis. Sophie Robinson got a silver medal for getting to the finals with Chloe Wilkins from Leicestershire

Katie Wright and Emily Bitton won a gold medal in the girls' doubles!

Posted by U15 Team Manager - 18/10/2010

Berkshire U15 Silver Tournament Success

Congratulations to Tiara Samuel who not only won Gold in the singles event but also won Gold in the doubles partnering Isabel Hatt from Herts.
This is an amazing achievement so well done Tiara and this must now make you an U15 Gold player!

Posted by U15 Assistant Team Manager - 17/10/2010

Staffs U11 Bronze Tournament Success

Congratulations to Jordan Carr and David Hong who won Silver in doubles in the Staffs U11 BE tournament in Burton! What a fantastic achievement by these young badminton stars! Well done boys!
Grace King
also took part in the tournament and must have played absolutely fantastic, as she only lost one game in her singles box, to Ulster's No 1 girl, with the great score of 11-13 in the second game! What a promising tournament debut!

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 17/10/2010

Leicestershire's National Schools U12 Doubles Tournament Success

James Pinder and Ragnar Mularczyk won Leicestershire's National Schools U12 Doubles Tournament on Saturday 16 Oct, beating the reigning U11 National Doubles Champions George Monk and Jack Buckley (Staffs) in the final. Congratulations and well done boys!
Lauren Nutty and Georgia Stevenson showed off their great doubles talents and won a place in the girls' quarter finals! In their QF they suffered a very respectable loss to a very strong pair. Fantastic result girls! I can't wait to see you perform again! Well done!
Kieran Leighton and Joe Orchard played with brilliance and temperament, achieving a third place in their group of eight pairs. Unfortunately only two of the three "thirds" went through to the quarter finals, and Kieran and Joe were just one point away from getting through! Sorry boys, but what an effort! Well done!
Molly Giles and Abigail Williamson had a very promising start, taking the eventual winners of their box to 19! Absolutely astonishing - if only you had won that game! New as a doubles pair, Molly and Abi showed great promise and looked like they were enjoying every moment, smiling away, except when getting bruised by shuttles now and then! Well done!
Joe Daly and Christian Brown excelled in nearly winning games, losing two of their games 20-21 and two 18-21! Together with the game they did win, these games could so easily have landed them a place in the quarter finals, had they only controlled those nerves! Their great efforts were noted though, not least by the court marshal, who commented on the bodies being thrown around the court. Let your friction burns remind you to count to three before serving, boys! Well played!

Thank you to all players and their parents! And special thanks to Christian for lending his racquet to James when he broke his strings in the QF, and to Christian and his dad Derek for support in the final!

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 17/10/2010

York U17 Bronze Tournament Success

Congratulations to Sarah Ashcroft who won a Silver medal in the U17 Bronze event at York. This should see Sarah move up to being a Silver player.
Congratulation to Sarah Ashcroft and Emma Bailey for winning a Bronze medal in the doubles event.

Posted by U17 Assistant Team Manager - 10/10/2010

Essex U13 Gold Tournament Success

Congratulations to Ragnar Mularczyk who won a Silver medal with doubles partner Ed Thorpe (Notts) at the BE U13 Gold tournament in Essex.

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 10/10/2010

Notts Bronze Tournament Success

Congratulations to Ciara Shaw winning a Gold medal in the singles event in a BE U13 Bronze tournament in Nottingham.

Posted by U13 Team Manager - 10/10/2010

Liverpool Open Tournament Success

Congratulations to Tiara Samuel, Sophie Brealey and Emily Bitton, all of U15.

Today they took part in the Liverpool Open and all came away with trophies and cash prizes!

  • Tiara was second in her group in the Silver singles event, having been knocked out by the eventual winner (a northern-Irish international)
  • Sophie won her group and got through to the final of the Silver event.
  • Emily won the Bronze singles event.
  • Sophie won the Silver level doubles event with her northern-Irish partner
  • Tiara and Emily were runners-up in the Silver level doubles event

Tiara got to the semis in the Mixed.

Well done to all 3. What a great start to the season!

Posted by U15 Team Manager - 12/09/2010