Badminton: England v Japan double header on home soil

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Team England are to play a one-off badminton double header against Japan in mid- October in preparation for next year’s England Championships.

The opening match will be at the University of Bath on Friday 16 October at 6.45pm and the second at the Loughborough University on Saturday 17 October at 5.45pm.

Tickets are now on sale with both venues hosting an international badminton match for the very first time.

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The matches will be played under the five-match Sudirman Cup format of men’s and women’s singles and doubles and one mixed.

Badminton fans can look forward to seeing the European mixed doubles champions and number one pair Donna Kellogg and Anthony Clark, who will be defending their title in Manchester in April.

Nathan Robertson will also play in at least one doubles match with partner Clark, fresh from their success at the Singapore Open in June.

Team England recently beat Japan 4-1 in the Sudirman Cup in Guangzhou, China in May.

The last time the Japanese toured England in November 2000, they were convincingly beaten 5-1 in a six-match series.

The squad is also likely to feature promising doubles players Chris Adcock, Gabby White and Jenny Wallwork. Adcock and White and White and Wallwork are both in the world top 25 in their respective doubles events.

Team England will be led by Performance Director Ian Moss, taking charge for the first time in a home fixture, and Olympic manager Andy Wood, who comes from Loughborough.

Moss said: “I am looking forward to leading Team England for the first time at home and I am pleased that we are going to two venues that are so important with the training of our emerging squad members.”

Tickets will be £12 adults, £10 BADMINTON England members and £6 concessions – Under 16, OAP and Students. Tickets are on sale now at www.badmintonengland.co.uk.

Shakila Barabhuiya, Sportsister
The Women’s Sports Magazine

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