4 Nations Disabled Badminton Championships

4 Nations ParaBadminton Championships

4 Nations ParaBadminton Series - Scottish Leg

The Scottish leg of the 4 Nations ParaBadminton Championships took place during the weekend of 19/20th of February 2011 at the Scotstoun National Badminton Academy in Glasgow.

There were mixed fortunes for Nottingham Blazers Paula Robinson, Bernadette O’Driscoll and Owen Kilburn (pictured below) who took part in the Scottish leg of the 4 Nations ParaBadminton series.

Nottingham Blazers Wheelchair Badminton Club

Robinson continued her battle with Scotland’s Morag Johnston in the Ladies Singles final losing 9-21, 17-21 and again in the mixed doubles final with partner Kilburn losing in 3 sets to Johnston and her partner Denny Vettom 21-17, 6-21, 15-21.

Blazers however did manage to bring one Gold medal home with Kilburn in the Men’s Doubles final with Vettom defeating fellow England pair of David Follet and David Crossman 21-18, 21-11.

The final medal tally for the Nottingham Blazers were:

Paula Robinson - Silver (Ladies Singles), Silver (Mixed Doubles) with Owen Kilburn.
Owen Kilburn - Gold (Mens Doubles) with Denny Vettom, Silver (Mixed Doubles) with Paula Robinson.

Congratulations to the Nottingham Blazers.

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4 Nations ParaBadminton Series - English Leg

The English leg of the series has been confirmed for the 13th - 15th of May 2011 at the birthplace of the Paralympic movement, Stoke Mandeville Stadium in Aylesbury.

With Paralympic sport in the spotlight in the run-up to the London 2012 Paralympics, BADMINTON England Disability Manager Tom Webster (pictured above right) is delighted to secure the venue. He said, “Stoke Mandeville is recognised by disabled athletes worldwide as the crucible of Paralympic sport. Although badminton will not feature in the London 2012 Paralympics, we have serious ambitions of appearing in the Rio 2016 Games. Exposing the disability sport community to badminton through the Four Nations Championships will be a great way to grow the sport and attract more potential medal winners to take up hitting shuttles.”