The Night out in Cardiff on Saturday has been cancelled. Sorry!

However, we are going to a local pub in Caerphilly, if anyone wants to join us there.

An excellent result for Mid Glamorgan as the Christmas Turkey is worked off.

After a long trek and several wrong turns the Mid Glamorgan Tigers arrived and brought with them the fury that had been building before the new year.

A great result of 13 - 2 saw us rising to the top of the table again (we were second after Worcestshire but we were a game in hand).

The score ensured we kept our +1 bonus point which is necessary for our end of year clash.

A detailed match report to follow. Article link will be added here when complete.

Another night out is being arranged for the 19th January. Cardiff again!

Hope all of you can make it, the last night out we had was a great one!

And...Yes - we can ban camera's!!!!!

Team is

Mens Singles - Andrew Woodland, Gareth Day
Ladies Singles - Vikki Jones, Nicole Walkley

Mens Doubles
Andy Mickleborough & Roy Watkins
Huw Wilson & Chris Jeynes

Ladies Doubles
Vikki Jones & Nicole Walkley
Michelle Smith & Kiri Evans

Mixed Doubles
Andy Mickleborough& Vikki Jones
Roy Watkins & Nicole Walkley
Andrew Woodland & Michelle Smith

Sub - Simon Rowe

Mid Glamorgan badminton was invloved in a nail biting last minute victory over Worcestershire 3rd.

Report to follow shortly - Team score Mid Glamorgan 8  - Worcestershire 7.

Well done all. New year should see this area reskinned like the main site.

GB No1 Richard Vaughan lost in the Quarter final of the Pakistan Challenger, Islamabad this week. The tournament was weakened by the withdrawal of Malaysian and Indian players prior to the event which left a very uneven draw.

Vaughan seeded number one for the event surprisingly fell to the inform Arvind Bhat of India 21/18, 21/17.  Bhat the winner of the recent Jordan and Syria Opens.

Full story

The Welsh Series tournament kicked off today with qualification, and it was 15 year old Sarah Thomas of the RV Academy who continued her great form  beating the seeded Walaszek form Poland 21-16 21-9, and then upsetting England’s Cousins 18-21, 21-18, 21-17 in a three match encounter.

  RVBA coach Richard Vaughan said “It’s a great result for Sarah as it shows she can make the jump from junior to senior badminton which a lot of players fail at. Today she had two tough games on paper but won both in good style. I was 15-16 when I reached the semi final here, and Sarah is of a similar age and level so she looks to have a great future if her improvement continues ”.

  All RV Academy players did well in the event. Vikki Jones played well but went out to an impressive Kate Robinshaw of England 21-14 21-15, who also defeated Academy coach Piret Hamer in the final round of qualification. Gareth Day played men’s doubles with Simon Rowe and went out to English opposition. Gareth Cox had good matches both in the singles and doubles events.

  Tomorrow Sarah Thomas plays the main draw against Harriet Johnston. Sparring player Zhu min takes on Gilliland of Scotland. Piret Hamer plays the doubles  with Rachelle Phillips against English opposition. Rachel Thomas plays mixed with Michael Lewis, and ladies doubles with Karoline Kotte of Sweden.

  Kelly Blake, and Vikki Jones also represented Wales in the Scotland, Ireland triangular match Wednesday night which saw Wales go down 1-4 to Ireland and 0-5 to Scotland.

@	County	Ties For	Ties Against	Matches For	Matches Against	Section Points
1	Mid Glamorgan  1	3	0	41	4	9
2	Worcestershire  3	2	0	26	4	6
3	Warwickshire  5	1	2	17	28	3
4	Leicestershire  4	1	2	16	29	3
5	Northamptonshire  3	0	3	5	40	0

There was talk of changing the night out to the 1st december, but unfortunately quite a few couldn't attend, so we're back to the original plan - Out on the 8th!

We will be meeting in the Yard on St. Mary's street at 7.30pm.

No itinary as such for the rest of the night, so if anyone comes later, drop one of us a text to double check where we are.

Anyone is welcome! The more the merrier as Mr Rowe would put it!!!

Match 3 - Mid Glamorgan vs. Warwickshire, Sunday 25^th November

 From the Ladies Perspective!

 Starting off…….Michelle Smith almost collapsed at the thought of having to play singles as Vikki Jones was running a little late!

Vikki Jones and Nicole Walkley had been down to Swansea first thing Sunday morning for try outs to get in the Welsh Universities Badminton Team, and were pushing for time to get to the county match for 11am. Mr Walkley I believe had hammered it back to Caerphilly….hopefully not picking up any speeding tickets on the way!!!!

Fortunately when Simon Rowe phoned Vikki at about 11:15, she was outside and here to play her singles game….Much to Michelle’s relief!!!!

 Vikki and Kiri Evans went on to play their singles, in which both of them took their games in two. Vikki had victory over Keira Mason, 21-3 and 21-4. Kiri also took her 2 games against Charlotte Kennedy 21-12 and 21-8. Two very comfortable wins for MG!

 After all the singles games, The match stood at 4-0 to Mid Glamorgan, with Andrew Woodland & Gareth Day Taking their singles games.

 Ladies doubles was next on the agenda. Vikki Jones & Nicole Walkley partnered each other as first pair, and Kiri Evans & Michelle Smith played second pair.

 Vikki & Nicole went on to play 1^st couple Clair John & Ruth Beyer, and even though Nicole thought they didn’t play too well, they still won their games 21-8 and 21-13.

Kiri & Michelle went on to play Charlotte Kennedy & Keira Mason, winning the first game 21-5; However the second game was a lot closer, with the end result 21-15 to MG. Ladies had a change around, Vikki & Nicole played the second couple, and beat them 21-6, 21-6. Michelle & Kiri also took their games against the first couple 21-16 & 21-11.

 At the end of Level doubles play Mid Glamorgan were 12-0 up. Quite Impressive hey!!!

 Mixed doubles was last on the agenda.

 Andy Micklesborough & Vikki Jones played Neil Lawrence & Ruth Beyer, and took their games 21-13 & 21-4.

Roy Watkins & Nicole Walkley beat Steve Baber & Clair John, 22-20 & 21-8.

And Finally Andrew Woodland & Michelle Smith won their games against Alex Owens & Keira Mason 21-12 & 21-12……Consistent!

 End result Mid Glamorgan 15, Warwickshire 0. An excellent win for MG….Bring on the next components!!!!

 Everyone played really well, and done the County proud. Well Done team!