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: 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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