CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BADMINTON CLUB

Results: Overall: 49 - 26 Teams: 4 -1 W1: 2 - 13 W2: 13 - 2 M1: 12 - 3 M2: 9 - 6 M3: 13 - 2 W1 & W2 At 8.30am on 3rd March, the hope and hunger for victory was clear in all the Light Blues’ eyes. Initial feelings of nervousness quickly disappeared as W2 stepped on court for their singles matches. The scoreboard climbed steadily with 5 out of 6 singles matches taken by Cambridge. The most comfortable wins were delivered by CUBaC veterans Helen Briggs and Kim Chan at 2nd and 3r

Two years ago, in a cold green hall off Iffley Road, we lost 17-1 to Oxford. It was a crushing defeat and historically, the aim of the mixed doubles captain has been to avoid losing too badly in mixed Varsity. This year we were back in the same hall, but it would be a different story. The usually smug Larry (Oxford’s infamous coach) looked agitated, the cheers of Oxford’s spectators quietened as the day went on, and crucially the scoreline for our second team was (for possibl

The women’s team trekked to Lincoln this Wednesday for their 4th fixture of the season. After a mixed start to the season (a win, a draw, a loss) the girls were keen to get a win. The light blues side consisted of Diya Rajan and Neha Madhotra playing singles, whilst Becky Donaldson & Felicity Coan and Katie Clark & Amy Chen took on the doubles. Things started off well, with now seasoned pair Becky and Felicity taking a comfortable win against Lincoln’s second pair. Katie and

Another Wednesday another away day and this time we were off to play the Leicester 1st team; the team consisted of Neel Doshi and Tom Wade playing singles, with Ben Roberts partnering Zac Soh and Andrew Sheat with Rory Xiao for the doubles. A very enjoyable road trip for 5 of us was contrasted with Zac on the train - nursing a wine-tasting hangover- and spending half an hour looking lost, wondering around Leicester University campus. Eventually we all arrived at the basement