The English Badminton Nationals is a popular badminton club, based in Manchester. Ever since its inception, the English Badminton Nationals has acted as a powerful platform, launching a large number of talented domestic players in the international badminton arena.
History of English Badminton Nationals
The English Badminton Nationals Club in Manchester organizes the English National Badminton Championships. This is an annual badminton event, which first started in the year 1963. With passing time, the popularity of the event increased, and it was organized in other British cities as well like Haywards, Norwich, and Crawley. It was after gaining success in different parts of United Kingdom, that the club selected Manchester Velodrome to be its final base in 2003.
Prominent Players of English Badminton Nationals
Manchester English Badminton Nationals has to its credit, a number of successful English National Badminton Championships. It owes the successes to the star players of the club, whose brilliant performances showered accolades and glory on the club. Some of them are listed below:
Mixed Doubles Title Winners
- Donna Kellogg
- Anthony Clark
- Gail Emms
- Nathan Robertson
- Simon Archer
- Julia Bradbury
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Women's Singles Title Holders
- Elizabeth Cann
- Tracey Hallam
- Julia Mann
- Tanya Woodward
Winners of Men's Doubles Title
- Robert Blair
- David Wright
- Mike Brown
- Nick Ponting
Women's Double Title winners
- Ella Mils
- Nichola Beck
- Sara Sankey
- Joanne Davies
Men's Single Title holders
- Nick Kidd
- Rajiv Ouseph
- Aamir Ghaffar
- Mark Constable
- Colin Haughton
The English National Badminton Championships for the year 2008 has already been held in Manchester Velodrome, from 1st to 3rd February. This year, the mixed double's title is bagged jointly by Donna Kellogg and Anthony Clark and the Men's Singles title winner is Rajiv Ouseph. While the Women's Double's Title holders are Donna Kellogg and Tracey Hallam. The Men's Doubles Title winners include Anthony Clark and Nathan Robertson. Elizabeth Cann grabbed the Women's Singles Title this year.
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