Team Derby wins English National League title

By
Raphaël Sachetat
– June 7, 2015Posted in: news
Team Derby won the inaugural National Badminton League on Sunday over Loughborough Sport in the inaugural NBL final at the K2 sports complex in Crawley on Sunday after a nail-biting […]

Team Derby won the inaugural Badminton League on Sunday over Loughborough Sport in the inaugural NBL final at the K2 sports complex in Crawley on Sunday after a nail-biting tie. It was went down to a match between Rajiv Ouseph and Swedish Henri Hurskainen, with the English shuttler winning 5/4 in the deciding game, making it 3/2 overall for his team Derby.

Final results :

TEAM DERBY 3 LOUGHBOROUGH SPORT 2
Chris Coles & Andy Ellis beat Peter Briggs & Greg Mairs 9-5, 9-6, 9-8
Lydia Powell & Tiara Samuel lost to Chloe Birch & Jenny Wallwork 3-9, 4-9, 6-9
Rajiv Ouseph beat Henri Hurskainen 9-2, 3-9, 9-8, 5-9, 5-4.
Martin Campbell & Gail Emms lost to Marcus Ellis & Lauren Smith 3-9, 4-9, 2-9
Karin Schnaase beat Linda Zetchiri 9-7, 9-4, 9-4.

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Raphael is the Chief Editor of Badzine International. He is the founder of the website together with Jean François Chauveau. After many years writing for the BWF and many publications around the world about badminton, he now leads a team of young and dynamic writers for Badzine.