Source: David Crawford / www.stillsport.com

Loughborough Lightning Badminton miss out on Final after Derby defeat

Lougborough Lightning missed out on a place in the AJ Bell National Badminton League Championship Final for the first time in three year after defeat at the hands of Team Derby. Facing their East Midlands rivals on home turf at Loughborough University, the side in purple fielded a young, untested team due to a number

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Source: David Crawford / www.stillsport.com

Lightning suffer shock defeat to Suffolk Saxons

Loughborough Lightning suffered a shock defeat at the hands of National Badminton League newbies Suffolk Saxons, who produced the mother of all comebacks to beat last season’s finalists 3-2. Almost down and out in both the fourth and fifth events of the night, the east coast outfit showed tremendous resilience to overhaul the Loughborough University

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Source: Loughborough University

centre:mk to host AJ Bell National Badminton League Final

centre:mk will host the AJ Bell National Badminton League Final – The Ultimate Smashdown – in February. The game-changing AJ Bell National Badminton League (NBL) will return to the scene of its first ever fixture after centre:mk in Milton Keynes was confirmed as the host venue for the season ending final – The Ultimate Smashdown –

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Source: Loughborough Lightning

Lightning victorious on opening night of National League

Playing under their new name, Loughborough Lightning badminton franchise scored a decisive opening night victory in the AJ Bell National Badminton League, away at Surrey Smashers. After finishing runners-up for the second season in a row, Lightning who were formerly known as Loughborough Sport, travelled south to take on a strong Surrey Smasher side. After

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Source: Badminton England

New AJ Bell NBL sides will help badminton profile

Birmingham Lions’ star Fontaine Chapman believes welcoming new sides into the AJ Bell National Badminton League comes at a pivotal time for badminton as season 3 of the UK’s first professional team league looks to further boost the sport’s profile after a brilliant bronze medal win in Rio. England’s top ranked singles player Chapman flourished

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Source: Alan Spink

AJ Bell extend title sponsorship of National Badminton League

Leading investment platform and stockbroker services provider AJ Bell have extended their title sponsorship of the National Badminton League (NBL) for a further two years as the UK’s first ever professional badminton league expands for Season 3. The renewed title sponsorship will see AJ Bell have a strong presence, including on and off court branding,

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