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SCC Teams for March 21st / 22nd

1st Team @ Chilwell Olympia

Philip Pahatouridis, Sam Pulikkottil, Alan Tu, James Wong, Oliver Wu

Sammy Chen, Alicia Chu, Emily Giles, Caitlin Kong

2nd Team @ Hart Leisure Centre, Fleet

Jack Hillsden, Nikhil Pulikkottil, Mohammed Adnaan Osmaan, Zac Pallier, Ravi Patel, Adrian Yong (Sat)

Catherine Bailey, Emily Chan, Vidhi Garg, Yoongeun Kwon, Tian Wu

3rd Team @ Middlesex Dome

Matthew Allum, Sidhaant Garg, Alex Horner, Joseph Kim, Jack Lau, Adam Sibley

Chandana Nagaraj (Sat), Harleen Nanda, Allison Pearson, Debbie Petrova, Srivarshini Prabu (Sun), Amy Zhang

4th Team @ Oundle School

Jack Adcock, Marcus Bowring, Nathan Burrell (Sun), ~~Bryn Gilllard~~ Simon Gilhooly, Samarth Parashar, Pawel Tomasewski (Sat),
Courtney Downey (Sat), Delish Khachane, Sarah Lawrence, Sophie Lepper (Sun), Claire Norton, Hannah Summons

SCC Teams for 17th / 18th Jan

The teams selected for the second round of matches in the Senior County Championship 2025/26 are;

First Team

Derby Arena, Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th

Alicia Chu, Emily Giles, Xinran Wei, Caroline Westley, Yoongeun Kwon

~~Philip Pahatouridis~~ Mohammed Adnaan Osmaan, ~~Sam Pulikkottil~~ Kelvin Koon, Alan Tu, James Wong, Oliver Wu

Second Team

Cranleigh School, Sunday 18th

Emily Chan, Tian Wu, Caitlin Kong, Chloe Yong, Rosie Wong

Jack Hillsden, ~~Mohammed Adnaan Osmaan~~, ~~Nikhil Pulikkottil~~ Ravi Patel, Adrian Yong, Wilson Lam, Zac Pallier

Third Team

Middlesex Dome, Saturday 17th

Catherine Bailey, Natasha Adkins, Harleen Nanda, Chandana Nagaraaj, ~~Amy Zhang~~

Debbie Petrova,

Matthew Allum, Sid Garg, Alex Horner, Joseph Kim, Jack Lau, Adam Sibley

Fourth Team

Redbridge, Saturday 9th

Courtney Downey, Sophie Lepper, ~~Debbie Petrova~~, Claire Page, Charvi Ramanujam, Hannah Summons, Sarah Yuen

Jack Adcock, ~~Marcus Bowring~~, Samarth Parashar, Nathan Burrell, Bryn Gilllard, William Law, Pawel Tomasewski

Good luck everyone!

SCC Teams for 8th / 9th November

The teams selected for the first round of matches in the Senior County Championship 2025/26 are;

First Team

The Park Langley Club, Saturday 8th & Sunday 9th

Alicia Chu, Emily Giles, Xinran Wei, Caroline Westley,

Philip Pahatouridis, Zac Pallier, Sam Pulikkottil, Alan Tu, James Wong, Oliver Wu

Second Team

Middlesex The Dome, Saturday 8th

Beth Adcock, Sammy Chen, Vidhi Garg, Caitlin Kong, Chloe Yong

Jack Hillsden, ~~Alex Horner~~ (n/a), Kelvin Koon, Mohammed Adnaan Osmaan, Ravi Patel, Jonathan Tang

Third Team

Cranleigh School Sports Centre, Sunday 9th

Catherine Bailey, Sammy Chen, Harleen Nanda, Tian Wu, Amy Zhang

Matthew Allum, Joseph Kim, ~~Kelvin Koon~~ Alex Horner, Jack Lau, Nikhil Pulikkottil

Fourth Team

Harlow Leisure Zone, Sunday 9th

Natasha Adkins, Courtney Downey, ~~Allison Pearson~~ (injury), Debbie Petrova, Hannah Summons, ~~Penny Wong~~ (transfer request denied), Sophie Lepper

Jack Adcock, Marcus Bowring, Nathan Burrell, Sidhaant Garg, Bryn Gillard, Pawel Tomaszowski

Good luck everyone!

Senior Team Selection Announcement

Teams for the coming Senior County Championship season have been selected. Please see the attached document from the Selection Committee.

Senior Selection 2025-26

All players should ensure they have the Spond mobile app installed and are in the Essex Badminton group https://www.spond.com/invite/NTUAL -- we will be using this to gather availability before each match weekend and announce the final teams 3 weeks in advance.

Any questions should first be directed to Kelvin at scc_coordinator@badmintonessex.co.uk

Senior County Championships Venues

The venues for the Senior County Championships 2025/26 have been issued;

First Team - Championship

November 8th & 9th - Park Langley, Kent

January 17th & 18th - Derby Arena

March 21st & 22nd - Chilwell, Nottingham

Second Team - Div1S

November 8th - Middlesex Dome

January 18th - Cranleigh School, Surrey

March 21st - Cranleigh School, Surrey March 22nd - TBA

Third Team - Div2SE

November 9th (Sun) - Cranleigh School, Surrey

January 17th - Middlesex Dome

March 21st & - Middlesex Dome

Fourth Team - Div3SE

November 9th (Sun) - Harlow

January 17th - Redbridge

March 21st & 22nd - Watford Woodside

SCC Teams for 22nd / 23rd March

First Team: Rosemary Allen, Emily Giles, Xinran Wei, Caroline Westley, Chloe Yong, Kelvin Koon, ~~Rex Lee~~, Zac Pallier, James Wong, Oliver Wu, Ravi Patel, Sam Pulikkottil

Versus Dorset, Herts 2 and Devon at Middlesex Dome

Second Team: Beth Adcock, Alicia Chu, Vidhi Garg, Yoonguen Kwon, Lynne Swan, Jack Hillsden, Alex Horner, ~~Ravi Patel~~, ~~Sam Pulikkottil~~, Ray Tang, Adrian Yong, Rex Lee

Versus Devon, Middlesex 2 and Dorset at Middlesex Dome

Third Team: Emily Chan, Sammy Chen, Caitlin Kong, Tian Wu, Amy Zhang, Joseph Kim, Jack Lau, Hang Lou, Sam Chan Nok, Surej Salim, Haixi Yan

Versus Sussex 2, Kent 3 and Hamps 2 at Medway Park, Gillingham

Fourth Team: Olivia Adkins (Delisha Khachane, Sunday), Natasha Adkins, Chandana Nagaraj, Srivarshini Prabu, Hannah Summons, Matt Allum, Marcus Bowring, Bryn Gillard, Nikhil Pulikkottil, ~~Adam Sibley~~, Pawel Tomaszewski

Versus Bucks 2, Berks 3 and Middlesex 4 at Harlow Leisure Zone

Great Day for Essex Players

Essex players had a great day at the Kent Bronze this weekend. James Wong and Emily Giles were winners in the XD, and we had three players is the semi finals of the OS (Jack Lau, Thomas & William Kok).

Xinran Wei won the WS in a very close (21-19, 21-19) final match before the Kok Brothers both won their respective semi finals, with Thomas beating William in their usual close three set match.

And in the afternoon session Emily and Wei paired up to win the WD.

Essex Senior Restricted 2024 Report

The Essex Senior Restricted tournament was played over the weekend (21st / 22nd Sept) and there was lots of great games.

The winners and runners up were;

Women's Singles: winner Summer Pearson, runner up Caitlin Kong
Men's Singles: winner Muteeb Sohail Dar, runner up Jack Hillsden
Women's Doubles: winners Amelia Ngooi & Emily Giles, runners up Chloe Yong & Xinran Wei
Men's Doubles: winners Zac Pallier & Philip Pahatouridis, runners up James Wong & Alex Horner
Mixed Doubles: winners Amelia Ngooi & Alan Tu, runners up Emily Giles & James Wong

Thank you to everyone that helped out running the event: Sanaa Jacob, Adrian Yong, Kit Yong.

I have compiled a history of previous winners, going back to the first event in Tournament Software, which was 2012. I have records that covers the events from 1924 through to 1966 and I'm trying to locate records for the years in between.

Senior County Championship 24/25

Details of the divisions and venues for this year's Senior County Championship are starting to become available. See the divisional structure at https://be.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/events.aspx?id=95C93C22-E60E-4CE1-A179-CE8180AD9484&tlt=1

Three of our teams will kick the season off at Basildon Sports Village

UPDATE: the first and second teams will now play at Chelmsford County High School on 9th November.

Essex Senior County Form & Restricted Entry

Below is the Expression of Interest form for the 2024/25 Senior County Championships. If you would like to represent Essex at Senior level for the upcoming season please register your interest below:

Essex SCC Expression of Interest Form

Please also note entry to the Essex Senior Restricted is open. We encourage all players interested in representing Essex to compete in the tournament.

Essex Senior Restricted Entry Link

Selection Committee

Kelvin Koon - SCC Coordinator
Simon Gilhooly
Rosemary Allen
Michael Kong
Bryn Gillard

Selection Criteria

Our selection criteria is described in full here.

Selection Process

During the close season players are invited to register their interest in playing in the coming season
The selection committee wil pick teams for each match and announce the team, ideally one month ahead of each match
Players will be expected to confirm their availability for each match to the appropriate captain
Adjustments to the make up of each team will be made as necessary

This process is designed to give transparency over the selection of players. Often the team that we would like to pick is not available and we have to make adjustments. We will always try to pick the strongest team available considering all the criteria.

Current Season

Essex currently enters four teams in the Senior County Championship.

The schedule for matches follows the usual pattern with dates in November, January and March.

Team	Captain	Division
First		Championship
Second		One South
Third		Two South East
Fourth		Three South East

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