February 2025: Domestic round-up | Badminton England

A busy February on the home circuit noticed loads of medals on provide all through.

From the Nationwide Championships to the Junior Gold Circuit throughout Gloucestershire, Derby and Wiltshire, there was no scarcity of entertaining motion.

Here’s a round-up of what February needed to provide.

2025 Nationwide Badminton Championships

5 units of nationwide champions have been topped after an action-packed weekend on the 2025 English Nationwide Badminton Championships.

Harry Huang retained his title within the open singles occasion with a 21-16 21-9 victory over Nadeem Dalvi within the ultimate whereas Freya Patel-Redfearn battled previous Leona Lee to say the ladies’s singles title.

After splitting the primary two video games of the ultimate, Patel-Redfearn dug in deep to clinch the decider 23-21 whereas the open doubles noticed Zach Russ and Barney Chua Yue Chern declare their maiden title.

The ladies’s doubles ended with Abbygael Harris and Lizzie Tolman topped winners whereas the blended doubles noticed Greg and Jenny Mairs take dwelling the title after defeating Ethan and Estelle van Leeuwen within the ultimate.

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U15 Gold Gloucestershire

The West Nation noticed Nikhil Pulikkottil make it a hat-trick of gold medals within the Open Singles*, Combined Doubles and Open Doubles classes.

Pulikkottil picked up his first medal of the day after battling previous Aaron Cherian 21-15 21-16 within the Open Singles* earlier than repeating the feat within the Combined Doubles with victory alongside Mutiara Mandala over the pair of Maciej Skowronski and Vedanshi Jain.

Pulikkottil then added his third gold after rising victorious within the Open Doubles alongside Phil Daniel, overcoming Etienne Fan and Eden Gough 21-18 21-17.

In the meantime, Huen Hillary Au Yeung emerged victorious within the women’ singles with a 21-12 21-9 win over Nidhi Shukla and Arjun Bhattiprolu took dwelling the Open Singles title with victory over Sherman Sheung Laam Tai, overturning a 13-21 defeat within the first sport to win the subsequent two 21-16 21-18.

Jain and Mudra Mayekar rounded off proceedings with a 21-12 21-12 win over Michelle Chen and Mandala within the Women’ Doubles ultimate.

U19 Gold Derby

In Derby, Mebel Mano Kurian claimed Open Singles title with a 21-10 21-14 defeat of David Ng whereas Rajvi Parab edged out Tin Wing Raye Wan 17-21 21-14 21-14 for the Ladies’s Singles crown.

James Track and Lucy Brierley loved success within the Combined Doubles ultimate in opposition to Jason Clarke and Lucy Dodd, with Edward Davey and Sonish Hathi taking dwelling the Open Doubles title after dispatching Yixiang Hou and Jasper Wong 21-7 21-14.

The ultimate motion of the day noticed Mia Fox and Tin Wing Raye Wan run out winners within the Ladies’s Doubles ultimate after a hard-fought 21-18 20-22 22-20 victory over Lucy Dodd and Lucy Brierley.

U13 Gold Wiltshire

In Tidworth, Jamie Choong and Michelle Chen declare the primary gold medal of the day with a 21-15 21-15 win over Vihaan Nair and Abby Zyi En Gan within the Combined Doubles ultimate.

Chen then added to her medal tally with a 21-15 21-17 defeat of Jennifer Ha within the Women’ Singles ultimate earlier than teaming up with Nidhi Shukla to down Abby Zyi En Gan and Jennifer Ha 21-16 20-22 21-11 for the Women’ Doubles crown.

Amitesh Purushothaman defeated Yichen to emerge victorious within the Open Singles ultimate earlier than Jamie Choong and Vihaan Nair rounded off the day with victory within the Open Doubles ultimate, overcoming Alvin Dinesh and Nitai Wijetunge 21-10 21-10.


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