The first team were missing England no 1 Freya Patel-Redfearn but still had a very strong team who battled on the Saturday to a 6-5 win over Hertfordshire 1sts and an excellent 8-3 win over Avon 1sts who had beaten Surrey 1sts 6-5 earlier in the day. On the Sunday we faced a very strong Surrey 1sts team and recovered well from 1-5 down to lose 5-6. This leaves us in 2nd place overall, six points behind the phenomenally strong Buckinghamshire 1sts team who look determined to regain the title we took from them last season.

The second team were also missing many nominated players and a last minute change to the match schedule did not help. They lost 5-6 to Hampshire 2nds and 4-7 to Surrey 2nds to sit sixth out of 8 in Division 1 South and will need to bounce back if we are to make any impact this season.

The third team had an incredibly difficult weekend losing 1-10 to both Hertfordshire 3rds and Essex 2nds. Once again, lots of players pulling out last minute did not help. The team are bottom of Division 2 South East and will need a big effort in the last two weekends to avoid another relegation.

The fourth team had a more mixed weekend in Division 3 South East, losing 2-9 to Hampshire 3rds but then beating Wiltshire 3rd 10-1. They sit 4th of 8.

Thanks to all players, managers and supporters.

Next weekend fixture is 20/21 January 2024.

Senior County Championships 2022.23

Congratulations to Middlesex 1st team, who have regained the Premiership title and are now County Champions after last winning in the 2018.19 season (Middlesex was 12 points in the lead in the 2019.20 and looked certain to win a third title in a row before Covid cancelled the season).

Going into the final weekend, Middlesex held a narrow one point lead over the reigning champions Buckinghamshire and a five point lead over an unbeaten Hampshire team. A 9-2 victory over Hertfordshire 1sts and a 7-4 win over Cheshire 1sts on the Saturday meant that Middlesex only needed 4 points from their final match against Hampshire on the Sunday to guarantee the title. In the end, an emphatic 9-2 win over Hampshire left Middlesex a comfortable 9 points clear of Buckinghamshire in 2nd place and 15 points clear of Hampshire in third. Well done to all 14 players who represented the first team over the three weekends. Dinuka Karunaratne, Robert Golding, Angus Pedersen, Vanessa Chien, Freya Patel Redfearn, Niluka Karunaratne, Evelyn Yu, Thilini Hendahewa, Theresa Huang, Victor Liew, Zoe Hallam, Sachin Dias, Anna Kalathil George and Boglarka Ujvari and to team manager Mark McCanney and all others who have supported the county.

The second team finished a very credible third in Division 1 South and only narrowly missed out qualifying for the Division 1 play offs. The third team finished 7th of 8 in the same division and are relegated to Division 2 for next season, where they will be looking to bounce back strongly. The fourth and fifth team finished 5th and 6th in Division 3 South East.

The Executive Committee are looking at the number of teams Middlesex enters in the Senior County Championships and there is a proposal to reduce the number of teams, but we will update everyone once a decision has been made.

Thank you to other team managers and the selection committee: Cynthia Law, Ylenia Ficalora, Aayush Christie, Lochani Hartley, Gemma Jarrett, Robert Golding and Sandra Peaston.

Middlesex Success at Nationals + Badminton England Circuit

Congratulations to Anna Kalathil George for winning a Silver Medal in Girls Doubles U17 Nationals and Gold Medal in Girls Doubles U15 Nationals.

Congratulations to Jinesh Shah and Keith Monte D Cruz who won the o45 Nationals Mens Doubles Title.

Congratulations to Dinuka Karunaratne winning the MS and Zoe Hallam winning the WD at the Wiltshire Senior Silver.

Well done to all!

After 50 years of being involved in badminton in Middlesex, John Herdman was presented with a whisky decanter by Rajiv Ouseph, former England No. 1. Rajiv, who started playing badminton at the Middlesex Dome, said he was "proud and honoured" to be asked to make the presentation.

FIRST TOP TEN RESULT FOR MIDDLESEX COUNTY JUNIORS SINCE 2002!

2022 U18 National Inter County Tournament (ICT)

CONGRATULATIONS to our Middlesex U18 ICT Team, coming 8th out of 22 Counties in the 3 day Badminton England National Inter County Tournament in Nottingham from 11-14th April. This is the first time Middlesex has placed in the top ten since 2002, and only our fourth top ten position since we first entered in 1978!

Team (Left - Right) Rhea Ramakrishnan, Maya Bhogal, Srishti Saravana, Anna George,

Adarsh Suresh, Joel Joby, Sonish Hathi, Armaan Rattu

Coaches: James Jolly, Rob Golding

Team Managers: Alison Wadmore, Karam Bhogal

Final Senior County Championships weekend this coming weekend for Middlesex's five county teams.

First Team
The 1sts, currently sit top of the Premiership but may struggle to stay there as they have an incredibly tough weekend against a Surrey 1st team filled with current and ex-internationals, a young Avon 1sts squad with incredible talent and a Hertfordshire 1sts team with many of GB's past Olympians and Olympic medallists.
Whatever happens this weekend, the 1sts have had a fun and successful return to SCC action.

Second Team
The 2nds face a real battle to avoid relegation from the Championship and face Glasgow 1sts, Nottinghamshire 1sts and Derbyshire 1sts at the University of Warwickshire.
They currently sit 9th of 10 and need to avoid a bottom two position to remain in that division.

Third & Fourth Team
The 3rds and 4ths are playing in Harlow this weekend. The 3rds are currently top of Division 2 South East and in the running for promotion to Division 1. They take on Kent 2nds, Essex 2nds and Norfolk 1sts.
The 4ths are in a relegation battle and take on Norfolk 1sts, Hertfordshire 3rds and Kent 2nds.

Fifth Team
The 5ths only have one match this weekend against Cambridgeshire 3rds and look set for a very solid mid-table position.

Good luck to all the players, managers and supporters and also to all of Middlesex's opposition.

Senior County Championships Makes a Return

The first SCC weekend took place on 15/16 January 2022 and Middlesex fielded 48 players across five teams on the same day in Milton Keynes, Hatfield, Basildon and Redbridge.
Thanks to all the managers (Mark McCanney, Sandra Peaston, Ylenia Ficalora, Srushti Panchal, Ann Fan) and the selection committee (John Herdman, Elena Johnson, Sandra Peaston, Mark McCanney, Gemma Jarrett, Robert Golding) for getting this all in order and ensuring we fulfilled all 12 fixtures across the weekend.

First Team
The first team sit four points clear at the top of the Premiership after an excellent first weekend, bolstered by the availability of Dinuka Karunaratne and Freya Patel-Redfearn.
The entire team performed brilliantly and we beat Sussex 1sts 11-0, Hampshire 1sts 6-5 and Leicestershire 1sts 8-3.

Second Team
The second team are in the incredibly difficult Championship alongside county heavyweights such as Yorkshire 1sts, Warwickshire 1sts, Nottinghamshire 1sts, Essex 1sts and Lancashire 1sts.
The team sits in a relegation position currently having lost to Essex 1sts 0-11, beating Hertfordshire 2nds 7-4 and losing to Yorkshire 1sts 1-10.
Although it will be tough to stay in the division the team performed admirably and the win against Herts 2nds gives us an outside chance of survival.

Third & Fourth Team
The third and fourth teams are both in Division 2 South East.
The first match was the 3v4 match and the thirds helped to show that the selection committee knows what it?s doing by beating the 4s 10-1.
The 3rds then followed this up with a 7-4 win over Hertfordshire 3rds to sit four points clear at the top of the league.
The 4ths lost their afternoon match 5-6 to Bedfordshire 1sts and sit 7th of 8.
The thirds are in a great position to seek promotion to Division 1 South and the 4ths are in a real fight to stay in Division 2.

Fifth Team
The fifth team are in Division 3 South East (they were promoted from Division 4 following other county withdrawals).
The fifths are up against all second and third teams from other counties so were always going to find it tough, losing 4-7 to Kent 3rds and 2-9 to Essex 3rds.
They sit 6th of 8 and have a great chance of staying in this division.

Middlesex Success at Northumberland Gold

Middlesex sent a strong team to Northumberland for this weekend's Gold tournament and came away with three of the five titles.

Dinuka Karunaratne dominated the men's singles and won the title without dropping a game, beating Cheshire's Adam Dolman comfortably in the final 21-11, 21-16.
Dinuka then teamed up with Robert Golding to win an all-Middlesex men's doubles final against Angus Pederson and Wai Lok Poon by a score of 21-11, 21-6. Dinuka and Robert didn't drop a game all tournament.

A third title for Middlesex was won by Angus Pedersen and Zoe Hallam in the mixed doubles, winning a thriller against Yorkshire's Nathan Rossiter and Katherine Arksey by a score of 21-16, 17-21, 25-23. Zoe also reached the semi finals of the women's doubles with Anne Hubscher of Worcestershire.

Well done to all!

Senior County Championships back
after two year hiatus

When the county first team were 12 points in the lead going into the final weekend in March 2020, it looked inevitable that Middlesex would win a third consecutive County title. Covid-19 put paid to that and the season was cancelled but after two years of no county competition, the SCC is about to restart.

Middlesex has five teams raring to go and with more than 50 players selected, the county is proud to support the Senior County Championships on its return.
The first team seek to retain the title in the Premiership playing in Milton Keynes, the second team is in the Championship competing in Hatfield, both the thirds and fourths are in Division 2 South East and the fifth team is in division 3 South East.


Best of luck to all the players, managers and supporters.

Presentation to Ro Foley on retirement after 36 years on the exec committee

Calling all players who wish to represent Middlesex in the Senior County Championships 2021/22

An expression of interest form (attached below) should be completed by 31 October 2021 if you wish to be considered for one of Middlesex's five teams. County competition returns in January!
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MIDDLESEX SENIOR RESTRICTED 2021 - this Saturday (25/09/21)

Start Times
Men's Singles - 9am
Ladies' Singles - 10:30am
Mixed Doubles - 12 noon
Men's Doubles - 2pm
Ladies' Doubles - 2pm

Christine Thompson on her presentation from MCBA Chairman on her retirement 17 years as treasurer of the county.

MIDDLESEX MASTERS

FAO all players/clubs.

Hopefully you're all excited to be back playing badminton!
I'm getting in touch to see if any players would like to play for the Masters County teams, we've got teams in most categories:- O40's to O70's.
Badminton England have actually lowered the age that you can start playing to 38 years which is great news.
We're looking for both men & ladies to play, we also have a monthly session on Saturdays, more information is on our welcome newsletter attached.


Take care

Lynn Davies.
Middlesex Master's Co-ordinator
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• He played in the Inter County Championships and represented the county on the Badminton England Council.
• He was the County Fixture Secretary from 1979 to 1983.
• He was the County Chairman from 1983 to 1986 and from 1994 to 2002.
• He was County Treasurer from 1988 to 1994 and again in 2002 to 2003.
• He was elected an Hon Vice President in 1986. Don was made President in 2003 until 2014.
• He was involved and played for Penguins B.C. and was involved in Eastcote Hockey & Badminton Club.

This coming weekend will see an impressive 55 players represent Middlesex across our five teams in the second weekend of fixtures in the BADMINTON England Senior County Championships.

The 1st team (currently 1st of 10 in the Premiership) are looking to stay in the hunt for a third County Title in a row when they take on Leinster 1sts, Buckinghamshire 1sts and Cheshire 1sts in Milton Keynes.

The 2nd team (currently 8th of 10 in the Championship) sit five points above the relegation zone and are looking to secure their league position when they take on the very tough Warwickshire 1sts, Lancashire 1sts and Yorkshire 2nds in Warwick.

The 3rd team (currently 1st of 8 in Division 2 South East) had a great first weekend and are in a tussle for the league win and potential promotion to Division 1 South. They play Bedfordshire 1sts and Sussex 2nds in Basildon.

The 4th team (currently 8th of 8 in Division 2 South East) had a tough first weekend after being promoted last season to the same division as the 3s, but are looking to make some ground up against Sussex 2nds and Essex 2nds.

The 5th team (currently 5th of 8 in Division 4 East) had a solid first weekend and are only six points off the top two and take on Northamptonshire 2nds and Lincolnshire 2nds in Harlow.

Good luck to all players and managers. Supporters more than welcome!

You can also catch the 1st and 2nd team on live streaming over the weekend:

Premiership - SCC Premiership Weekend

Championship - Championship

Middlesex County Badminton Association

Middlesex SCC Teams - Expression of Interest Form 2019/20

Any player wishing to be considered for selection to play for Middlesex in the Senior County Championships must fill in this Expression of Interest form and submit to the Selection Committee before Monday 30 September 2019.