The Elmfield Hall of Fame!
Badminton England U19 National Championships 2024
Huge congratulations to Lucy Dodd who won the Women’s Doubles (with Lila Dundas) at the Under 19 National Badminton Championships in Milton Keynes on the 16th & 17th November!
Wimbledon Under 19 Gold Tournament 2024
Well done to Lucy Dodd who won the Girl’s Doubles (with Lila Dundas) & and the Mixed Doubles (with Jaxon Clarke) at the Wimbledon Under 19 Gold Tournament on 2nd & 3rd November!
Northumberland & Durham Senior Restricted Tournaments 2024
Well done to the 13 Elmfield players (Josh Young, Steven Gibbons, Lucy Dodd, Kate Walker, Kate McGill, Ryan Cockett, Sophie Cockett, Printu Thomas, Fay Prapunwong, Jasmine Osborn, Holly Robson, Kieran Purvis & Cameron James) who competed in the Northumberland & Durham Senior Restricted Tournaments on 29th September, 5th October & 6th October!
- Josh & Steven won the Men’s Doubles in the Northumberland Senior Restricted
- Lucy & Kate W won the Ladies’ Doubles in the Northumberland Senior Restricted
- Kate Mc was runner up in the Ladies’ Doubles (with Sarah Renton) in the Northumberland Senior Restricted
- Josh & Lucy won the Mixed Doubles in the Northumberland Senior Restricted
- Josh was runner up in the Men’s Singles in the Northumberland Senior Restricted
- Lucy won the Ladies’ Singles in the Northumberland Senior Restricted
- Sophie was runner up in the Ladies’ Singles Northumberland Senior Restricted
- Holly won the Women’s Singles in the Durham Senior Restricted
Northumberland Junior Restricted Tournaments 2024
There were great results for Elmfield juniors, Lucy, Ryan, Sophie, Tanida (Fay), Megan & Jasmine in the Northumberland Junior Restricted Tournaments on 21st & 22nd September!
Tanida Prapunwong
Megan Surrage Tanida Prapunwong/Megan Surrage Megan Surrage/Aryan Kalluri Tanida Prapunwong/Jacob Duke Sophie Cockett Tanida Prapunwong Sophie Cockett/Jasmine Osborn Tanida Prapunwong/Megan Surrage Megan Surrage/Jacob Duke Jasmine Osborn/Matthew Duffy Lucy Dodd Sophie Cockett Ryan Cockett Lucy Dodd/Sophie Cockett Jasmine Osborn/Anna Johnson Ryan Cockett/Matthew Jefferson Ryan Cockett/Lucy Dodd Jasmine Osborn/Charlie Sandeman
Babolat Community Champion – September 2024
Congratulations to our Club Secretary, Alison Thompson, who was announced by Badminton England as the Babolat Community Champion for September! This was in recognition of her long standing service to both Elmfield Badminton Cluba nd Northumberland Badminton Association, Well done, Alison!
YONEX All England Junior Championships 2024
Huge congratulations to Lucy Dodd who was crowned Women’s Doubles champion (with Sofie Chong) at the All England Junior Championships in Birmingham! The tournament ran from Thursday 8th August to Sunday 11th August at Birmingham University and Lucy also reached the second round of the Mixed Doubles with Dan Kemp. Well done, Lucy!
NBA Presentation Evening 2024
Elmfield claimed four league titles during the 2023-24 season (Ladies’ Premier Division, Ladies’ A Division, Men’s A Division & Mixed B Division) and collected their trophies at the annual Presentation Evening. Our Club Secretary, Alison, was also presented with her Sport Newcastle Unsung Hero Award at the event as well!
Goodbye Foong!
Amazing work, Foong, and best of luck with the move to Australia!
Ladies’ 1 celebrate Lucy’s 17th birthday!
Northumberland Senior Bronze Tournament 2024
Huge well done to Kate McGill who won the Women’s Doubles (with Sarah Renton) at the Northumberland Senior Bronze Tournament on 3rd February 2024!
Northumberland Senior Gold Tournament 2024
Huge well done to Lucy Dodd & Josh Young who won the Mixed Doubles at the Northumberland Senior Gold Tournament on 6th & 7th January 2024!
Christmas Tournament 2023
We held a fun handicap Christmas Tournament on Thursday 21st December! 16 players competed for the title with Mike Smith winning the Men’s event (runner up was Xuehan Zhang) and Fay Prapunwong winning the Women’s event (runner up was Cat Young)!
Well done also to Kieran Morgan for winning the Statues game and huge thanks to Julie Brown for organising the tournament!
Christmas Meal 2023
2023 Northumberland Masters Silver Tournament
Well done to Elmfield players Alison Thompson, Rachel Frobisher, Kate McGill, Julie Brown, Julie Totton & Phil Stott who competed in the Northumberland Masters Silver Tournament on Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th November 2023!
Alison (with Daniel Mulholland) won the Over 60s Mixed Doubles and Kate & Rachel won the Over 35 Women’s Doubles!
Modelling the new 100th anniversary club t-shirts!
Northumberland & Durham Senior County Restricted Tournaments 2023
Well done to the 7 Elmfield players (Josh Young, Steven Gibbons, Lucy Dodd, Kate McGill, Ryan Cockett, Xuehan Zhang & Holly Robson) who competed in their respective Senior County Restricted Tournaments on Sunday 1st October & Saturday 7th October.
Northumberland Senior Restricted:
- Josh & Steven won the Men’s Doubles
- Josh & Lucy won the Mixed Doubles
Durham Senior Restricted:
- Holly won the Women’s Singles and was runner up in the Women’s Doubles (with Shema Sugirtharan) & also runner up in the Mixed Doubles (with Alex Robinson)
Elmfield Summer Club 2023
NBA Presentation Evening 2023
Elmfield claimed two league titles during the 2022-23 season (Ladies’ Premier Division & Mixed B Division) and collected their trophies at the annual Presentation Evening (as well as coming 3rd in the quiz!)
Ladies’ 1 are 2022-23 Premier Division Champions!
Under 17 English National Championships 2022
Huge well done to Elmfield’s Lucy Dodd who was crowned Under 17 National Champion in the Mixed Doubles event (with Dan Kemp from Cumbria) on Sunday 4th December! Lucy also reached the semi-finals of the Girls’ Doubles (with Matilda Franklin from Nottinghamshire) – a brilliant achievement!
Christmas Meal 2022
Under 17 Swedish Youth International Tournament 2022
Huge well done to Elmfield player, Lucy Dodd, who won the Girls’ Doubles at the Under 17 Youth International Tournament in Sweden (with partner Matilda Franklin) on Sunday 20th November! Lucy was also awarded the Rising Star Award at the Sport Newcastle Dinner on Thursday 17th November!
Northumberland Masters Silver Tournament 2022
Well done to the 4 Elmfield players, Alison, Julie, Kate & Phil who competed in the Northumberland Masters Silver Tournament on Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th November 2022!
- Phil won the Over 40s Mixed Doubles (with Kim Haddi)
- Kate won the Over 40s Ladies’ Doubles (with Zoe Bettinson)
- Julie won the Over 50s Mixed Doubles (with Kevin Andrew)
- Alison won the Over 55s Mixed Doubles (with Daniel Mulholland)
Under 17 Lithuanian International Tournament 2022
Well done to Elmfield player, Lucy Dodd, who won the Mixed Doubles (with Harper Leigh) at the Under 17 Lithuanian International Tournament on Sunday 30th October 2022. Lucy also got a bronze medal in the Girls’ Doubles (with Amelia Ngooi)!
Watch the full Mixed Doubles final here on YouTube (skip to 1 hour, 34 minutes): https://youtu.be/sdoD0cUONcE
Northumberland & Durham Senior County Restricted Tournaments 2022
Well done to the 7 Elmfield players (Garrylee McMullen, Lucy Dodd, Catherine Thomas, Josh Young, Kate McGill, Xuehan Zhang & Fiona Pittman) who competed in their respective Senior County Restricted Tournaments on Sunday 2nd October & Sunday 9th October.
Northumberland Senior Restricted:
- Garrylee won the Men’s Doubles (with Philip Pahatouridis), was runner up in the Mixed Doubles with Lucy & reached the semi final of the Men’s Singles
- Lucy won the Ladies’ Doubles (with Robyn Luckley) & was runner up in the Mixed Doubles with Garrylee
- Josh won the Mixed Doubles with Catherine, was runner up in the Men’s Doubles (with Jamie Tinnion) & won the Men’s Singles
- Catherine won the Mixed Doubles with Josh & was runner up in the Ladies’ Doubles (with Eleanor Laws)
Durham Senior Restricted:
- Fiona won the Mixed Doubles (with Steven Andrews)
Northumberland Junior County Restricted Tournaments 2022
- Lucy won the Under 17 Girls’ Singles, won the Under 17 Girls’ Doubles (with Katrina Ho), won the Under 17 Mixed Doubles (with Ryan Cockett), won the Under 19 Girls’ Singles, won the Under 19 Girls’ Doubles (with Ellen Davison) & was runner up in the Under 19 Mixed Doubles (with Ryan Cockett)
- Xuehan won the Under 19 Boys’ Doubles (with Ryan Cockett), was runner up in the Under 19 Boys’ Singles & came 3rd in the Under 19 Mixed Doubles (with Charlotte Graham)
- Sophie won the Under 15 Girls’ Doubles (with Jasmine Osbourne) & was runner up in the Under 19 Girls’ Doubles (with Katrina Ho)
Ale Tour 2022
NBA Presentation Evening 2022
The 2021-22 season was a great one for Elmfield as the club claimed five league titles (Mixed Premier Division, Mixed C Division, Men’s Premier Division, Men’s A Division & Ladies’ Premier Division) and collected their trophies at the annual Presentation Evening (as well as winning the quiz!)
Christmas Meal 2021
Northumberland Junior County Restricted Tournaments 2021
- Charlotte won the Under 19 Girls’ Singles & Mixed Doubles (with Tim Bodani) then was runner up in the Girls’ Doubles (with Amy Ward)
- Xuehan won the U17 Boy’s Singles & Mixed Doubles (with Ellen Davison) then was runner up in the Boy’s Doubles (with Ryan Cockett)
Senior County Restricted Tournaments 2021
Well done to the 10 Elmfield players who competed in their respective county restricted tournaments over the last few weeks! Elmfield players: Garrylee McMullen, Rachel Frobisher, Lucy Dodd, Catherine Thomas, Richie Eaton, Kate McGill, Charlotte Graham, Lee Wise, Xuehan Zhang & Holly Robson
- Garrylee was a double county champion winning the Men’s Doubles with Phil Pahatouridis and the Men’s Singles then coming runner up in the Mixed Doubles with Lauren Young
- Rachel won the Mixed Doubles with Phil Pahatouridis
- Lucy was runner up in the Ladies’ Doubles with Ellen Davison
- Xuehan was runner up in the C Graded Men’s Singles
- Holly was also a double county champion winning the Ladies’ Singles and the Mixed Doubles with Alex Robinson then coming runner up in the Ladies’ Doubles with Jacqueline You
Elmfield Junior Lucy Dodd makes England debut!
Elmfield lockdown Zoom quizzes during 2020!
Elmfield members watched the Mixed 1 match on 27/02/20 with bated breath!
Ladies’ 1st Team – Premier Division Winners 2019/20
Christmas Meal 2019
Mr. Mulligan’s Space Golf 2019
Congratulations to the winner, runner up and 3rd place at Mr. Mulligan’s Space Golf on Saturday 5th October 2019!
- Winner – Jack Torbett
- Runner up – Garrylee McMullen
- 3rd place – Charlotte Flower
Senior County Restricted Tournaments 2019
12 Elmfield members competed in their respective Senior County Restricted tournaments on Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th September 2019.
Holly Robson and Emma S’ari competed in the Durham County Restricted and Rachel Frobisher, Eleanor Laws, Cara Vincenti, Garrylee McMullen, Mikey Charlton, Steve Storey, Lee Wise, Charlotte Graham, Sonny Ho, and George Moran competed in the Northumberland Restricted!
- Holly Robson – Durham County Ladies’ Singles winner, Mixed Doubles winner (with partner Alex Robinson) and Ladies’ Doubles runner up (with partner Amber Zijlma)
- Eleanor Laws & Cara Vincenti – Northumberland A Grade Ladies’ Doubles winners
- Rachel Frobisher – Northumberland A Grade Ladies’ Doubles runner up (with partner Lauren Young) and Northumberland A Grade Mixed Doubles runner up (with partner Phil Pahatouridis)
- Garrylee McMullen – Northumberland A Grade Mixed Doubles winner (with partner Lauren Young) & Northumberland A Grade Men’s Singles winner
- Garrylee McMullen & Mikey Charlton – Northumberland A Grade Men’s Doubles runners up
- Charlotte Graham – Northumberland B Grade Mixed Doubles winner (with partner Tim Bodani)
- Lee Wise – Northumberland B Grade Mixed Doubles runner up (with partner Sandra Merfels)
- Sonny Ho – Northumberland C Grade Mixed Doubles winner (with partner Ellen Davison)
Ale Tour 2019
Summer 2019 Graded Doubles Tournament
6 Elmfield members competed in the Northumberland Graded Doubles tournament on 21st July with some excellent results!
- Rachel Frobisher won the A Grade Mixed Doubles (with partner Phil Pahatouridis)
- Charlotte Graham won the Ladies’ Doubles (with partner Amy Ward) and the C Grade Mixed Doubles (with partner Tim Bodani)
- Sonny Ho was runner up in the C Grade Men’s Doubles (with partner Finlay Smith)
Christmas Meal 2018
Christmas Tournament 2018
- Men’s Winner – Jack Dye
- Men’s Runner Up – Mike Smith
- Ladies’ Winner – Emma S’ari
- Ladies’ Runner Up – Charlotte Flower
November 2018 Graded Doubles Tournament
9 Elmfield members competed in the Northumberland Graded Doubles tournament on 18th November with some great results, including an all-Elmfield B Grade Men’s Doubles final!
- A Grade Ladies’ Doubles Winners – Holly Robson & Rachel Frobisher
- B Grade Men’s Doubles Winners – Dan Rogerson & Mikey Charlton
- B Grade Men’s Doubles Runners Up – Steve Storey & Lee Wise
- B Grade Mixed Doubles Runners Up – Rachel Frobisher (with partner Andy Renton)
- C Grade Mixed Doubles Runners Up – Charlotte Graham (with partner Tim Bodani)
2018 Handicap Club Level Doubles Tournament
The Elmfield Hndicap Level Doubles Tournament ran on 13th November with 4 men’s doubles pairs & 5 women’s doubles pairs battling for the prestigious title.
Mikey Charlton & Luke Morgan claimed the Men’s Doubles title and Holly Robson & Rachel Frobisher claimed the Ladies’ Doubles title.
Northumberland Badminton Association Senior Restricted Tournament 2018
There was an excellent Elmfield turnout at the Northumberland Graded Senior Restricted with 13 Elmfield players competing and some great results!
- Eleanor Laws & Mike Smith – A Grade Mixed Doubles winners
- Alison Thompson (with partner Ryan Jelley) – A Grade Mixed Doubles runners up
- Eleanor Laws & Catherine Thomas – A Grade Ladies’ Doubles winners
- Beth Martin-Brand (with partner Beth Grundy) – A Grade Ladies’ Doubles runners up
- Seb Lippiatt (with partner Ellie Roberts) – B Grade Mixed Doubles runners up
- Charlotte Graham (with partner Finlay Smith) – C Grade Mixed Doubles winners
NBA Presentation Evening 2018
Huge congratulations to Christine Walker from Elmfield Badminton Club who received one of the prestigious Volunteer Awards at the Northumberland Badminton Presentation Evening on Saturday 2nd June 2018. Christine is the longest serving current member of Elmfield BC, club match secretary and has undertaken numerous committee and captaincy roles over the years, a very well deserved award!
Well done Christine and thank you for all your hard work at the club!
Bowling & Mini Golf Social 2018
Christmas Meal 2017
Christmas Tournament 2017 Winners – Dan & Christine
NBA Presentation Evening 2017
Christmas Tournament 2016
NBA Presentation Evening 2016
Men’s 1st Team – Premier Division Winners 2015/16
Ale Tour 2015
Men’s 2nd Team – B Division Winners 2012/13
Elmfield on tour! Isn’t it amazing where in the world Elmfield t-shirts can be found?!
