London: Rajiv Ouseph led Team Derby to a 3-2 win over Loughborough in the first National Badminton League Finals Day.
Karin Schnaase beat Linda Zetchiri in the final game to hand Derby the title.
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London: Team Derby were left shell-shocked after a 5-0 hammering by Surrey Smashers left their National Badminton League play-off hopes in the balance.
Bitterly disappointed coach Donna Kellogg says Derby probably now have to win their last two matches – and win them well – to keep their chances of a top-four finish alive.
Continue reading England’s National Badminton League: Surrey Smashers beat Team Derby 5-0
England: Surrey Smashers surged to the top of England’s National Badminton League in a nail biting style on December 1.
The Guildford side needed men’s doubles pair Chris Langridge and Dean George to save five match points before they could make it two out of two victories in the new competition, beating Loughborough Sports 3-2.
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London: The University of Nottingham couldn’t make a winning start to their National Badminton League campaign.
Playing their first match in the UK’s first ever professional league at the city’s Albert Hall, Nottingham were beaten 3-2 by MK Badminton.
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London: Olympic silver medallist Gail Emms insists the new National Badminton League (NBL) is the spark the sport needed to help Great Britain challenge for medals on the global stage.
Continue reading England’s national badminton league (NBL) to raise standards
Britain will have its own national badminton league this October that will set of rules and own set of format. A new format is intended to make matches shorter but the details have yet to be finalized.
"Under the new rules, games will get to critical points quicker; it is going to be very exciting for the fans and the players. It's going to be non-stop action, and no-interruption to games," said Badminton England chief executive Adrian Christy.
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