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Badminton England is the national governing body for the sport of badminton in England.It aims to govern, encourage and develop the sport throughout England. Originally established in 1893 as the Badminton Association of England in Portsmouth, [citation needed] the association is now based in Milton Keynes and has departments for Elite Play, Events, Membership, Development and Coaching.
The English National Badminton Championships is a tournament organised by the Badminton England to crown the best badminton players in England. [1] The tournament started in 1964 and is held annually. [2] The first winners were Bill Havers and Ursula Smith in 1964. [3]
The England national badminton team represents England in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by Badminton England, the governing body for badminton in England. The English team is ranked 13 on the world ranking and has had many appearances in international team events. England were runners-up at the 1963 and the 1984 ...
She was runner-up in the women's singles event of the English National Badminton Championships in 2013, reached the semi-finals in 2014 and again a losing finalist in 2015. In the 2016 edition she captured the English National women's singles title. [4] She played for the Birmingham Lions in the National Badminton League.
She represented England and won four medals. A gold medal in the team event, a silver medal singles and mixed doubles and a bronze medal in the women's doubles, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. [2] [3] Four years later she won three further medals (all gold) playing under her married name of Fiona Smith.
In 2023, Moore won her first national doubles title (partnering Gregory Mairs) at the English National Badminton Championships, held at the David Ross Sports Village in Nottingham. [3] The following year, Mairs successfully defended the title, this time as a husband and wife team.
Cerfontyne became a double English National champion after winning the English National Badminton Championships women's singles title in 2011 and 2015. [2] [3] In 2017, she moved to Denmark after joining the Holbaek Centre of Excellence as a coach. [4]
Kilvington became an English National doubles champion after winning the English National Badminton Championships women's doubles title with Gillian Gilks in 1984. She had previously finished runner-up in the doubles in 1982 [3] and was an English junior champion in 1975. [4]