Mia Fox led the best way for England in February as she took two golds within the France U17 Open in what proved to be one other busy month for the nation’s junior badminton expertise.
There was additionally particular person success for Martha Ng in France as she claimed gold within the ladies’s singles occasion throughout the Channel.
A visit to Sweden introduced additional success as there was English illustration in each the staff and particular person components of the U15 8-Nations event.
Here’s a round-up of how February performed out on the junior circuit.
France U17 Open
There was appreciable success for England on the YONEX France U17 Open in February as Mia Fox introduced residence double gold from the event.
The 15-year-old received the ladies’s doubles ultimate alongside accomplice Rajvi Parab by defeating French pair Melia Beule and Clara Menegazzi Briquet 21-10 21-12.
She additionally triumphed with Jasper Wong within the combined doubles as they defeated residence pair Lubin Le Floc’h and Beule 21-11 16-21 21-14 to take residence gold.
Martha Ng additionally had a event to recollect as she delivered particular person success with gold within the ladies’s singles.
The 15-year-old defeated France’s Neela Lengue Te 21-9 21-15 to win the ultimate, and in addition took residence a bronze medal within the ladies’s doubles alongside accomplice Shraddha Gopalakrishnan.
Yixiang Hou, 14, additionally returned a double medallist as he received bronze within the males’s singles, lacking out on a ultimate spot to Axel Boesen in a marathon match, whereas Sajan Senthuran additionally secured bronze in the identical occasion on the opposite aspect of the draw.
Hou and Wong each added their second medals of the competitors as they took silver within the males’s doubles following a intently fought ultimate that noticed them simply miss out on the title.
They misplaced 21-19 21-17 to French pair Maïkel Popov and Arush Ravikumar.
Joel Joby and Johan Joseph additionally took bronze within the competitors, lacking out on a spot within the ultimate over three units to their English teammates.
The event offered a useful journey for all gamers with a lot to take residence to their coaching environments again on residence soil.
U15 8-Nations – Staff Occasion
A staff of ten gamers produced a fifth-place end in Sweden on the U15 8-Nations 2025 after falling on the fallacious aspect of two tightly fought encounters within the group stage.
The staff have been supported by Robert Golding, Harley Tower and Huaiwen Xu and began their marketing campaign with a slim 5-4 loss to hosts Sweden.
It was a disappointing consequence as England took a variety of video games to a few units with outcomes simply not falling their method.
Mutiara Madala and Mudra Mayekar each impressed within the tie successful their two rubbers.
The gamers picked themselves as much as ship a complete 9-0 victory over the Netherlands, with Vedanshi Jain, Phil Daniel and Nikhil Pulikkottil all successful each of their matches.
The English staff then confronted a troublesome check in opposition to Denmark subsequent.
The staff put in robust performances in opposition to a powerful Danish outfit and even had match factors to win 5-4, however as soon as extra fell on the fallacious aspect of a 5-4 defeat.
It noticed England end fifth having positioned third of their group however was nonetheless a useful studying expertise for all concerned.
Our U11 Nationwide Champion Amitesh visits the All England and watches the World’s high gamers practice 🙌
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U15 8-Nations – Particular person Occasion
5 was the magic quantity in Sweden, nevertheless, as England returned with 5 medals from the person occasions.
Phil Daniel and Nikhil Pulikkottil achieved a very satisfying silver medal within the boys’ doubles as they avenged their disappointment within the staff occasion to inflict defeat on the Swedish pair that they had misplaced to.
They edged a tightly contested semi-final conflict 21-14 25-23 in opposition to Casper Bohlin and David Emmanuel Cabahug earlier than being defeated over three units within the ultimate by a powerful Danish pairing.
Vedanshi Jain was concerned in two of England’s medal successes on the event as she took residence a bronze medal within the women’ singles and women’ doubles.
She beat French Clara Menegazzi Briquet 21-19 17-21 22-20 to progress to the semi-finals the place she misplaced to eventual winner Swedish Xiaoyin Liang.
Mutiara Mandala additionally took bronze in the identical occasion on the opposite aspect of the draw, beating French Jeanne Fortune 21-18 23-21, earlier than defeat to the highest seed within the semi-final.
Within the women’ doubles, Jain and accomplice Mudra Mayekar progressed to the semi-finals after beating Swedish pair Liang and Alice Huang 21-12 19-21 21-14 to realize bronze.
Chinmayi Kishor and Daya Variangattil additionally took bronze in the identical occasion as they beat German pair Helena Huang and Krittika Roy within the quarter-finals.
It was a very spectacular consequence for Kishor and Variangattil as they entered the competitors with comparatively little worldwide expertise.
Adam Alam additionally received a silver medal within the boys’ singles Comfort Occasion, beating French Naïm El Khadery 22-20 19-21 21-17 within the semi-final earlier than lacking out to Swedish Anton Marchand Kemmo within the ultimate.
