Geoff Williams
Scores of local badminton players attended the funeral of one of the Bolton Badminton League’s most popular players. Geoff Williams, a member of Markland Hill Racquets Club, died at the age of 67 after a long illness.
Scores of local badminton players attended the funeral of one of the Bolton Badminton League’s most popular players. Geoff Williams, a member of Markland Hill Racquets Club, died at the age of 67 after a long illness.
The final weekend of Badminton England’s senior county championship season saw the top Cornish players travel to Cheltenham and Gloucester to take on Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Guernsey, and seek to maintain their position in Division 3.
On behalf of your CCBA committee, I hope you had a great Christmas and that the new year proves a good one for you, on or off the badminton court.
Cornwall’s top badminton players once again made the long trip to Cheltenham for the second weekend of the season, this time to take on table-topping Oxfordshire and the team from Jersey.
The Cornwall County U13 Badminton Squad began their 2015/16 season with a flourish convincingly defeating Avon in a South West County match 22 points to 14 and 12 to 8 in the concurrent Shires League.
53 badminton players from all over Cornwall and North Devon, gathered at the 8 court Sir Ben Ainslie Sports Centre in Truro at the weekend to take part in Cornwall Badminton Association’s latest Bonanza.
On Saturday 7th November Cornwall’s second team headed for Wellington in Somerset for the first matches of the season. With a mixture of new and experienced players in the team the first match was against a strong Devon 3 side.
Markland Hill B.C. will be running a one day Drawn Swiss Mixed Tournament on Sunday 16th August 2015. The tournament will run from 10am until approximately 5pm, beginning with a round robin competition followed by knock out rounds.
During the summer months a number of the clubs that compete in the Bolton Badminton League run club night sessions. If you are looking to play badminton this summer then the following is a list of the clubs that accept visitors at their sessions.
Markland Hill D
Robert Cup Winners
Sharples C
Robert Cup Runners Up
Farnworth B
Jane Fletcher Memorial Cup Winners
Forrest...
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