York St. John’s triumphed over Team Sunderland in the 2018 varsity games due to ineligible players by Sunderland. Despite Sunderland not having enough players for two teams games were still played where they were victorious in three of the four games. In the main singles game, Sunderland won 21-12 after […]
Sunderland University men’s badminton claimed an impressive 6-2 win over Teesside in the Tees-Wear Varsity on Wednesday afternoon. Despite missing key players, Sunderland claimed wins in all four doubles matches, as well as wins in two of the four singles matches. The doubles partnership of Usman Mahmood and Jonny Gilchrist […]
University of Sunderland Badminton 1sts clash with Cumbria University 1sts in their Northern Conference Cup match on Wednesday. Their cup game against Cumbria follows two League defeats, after they were whitewashed 8-0 last Wednesday by Durham University 3rds. President Brandon Wong is hopeful that his side can pull off an […]
University of Sunderland Badminton president Brandon Wong believes “experience” will be vital when his side face Durham University 3rds today at City Space. This will be Sunderland’s first league game of the season, as they could not field a team last week which resulted in a walkover defeat to York […]
Nineteen teams from the University of Sunderland return to action as today as they start their BUCS seasons. A week on from defeat in the Clash of the Minsters against York St John, Sunderland’s students kick off their league campaigns in the British University & Colleges Sport divisions this afternoon. […]
Two University of Sunderland badminton teams have been withdrawn from BUCS competitions due to a lack of players. Having struggled to field teams for previous fixtures, the men’s second team and the women’s first team have fallen foul of a decrease in students keen to play the sport, with the majority […]
City Space will host the Northern Conference Cup clash between the University of Sunderland badminton men’s 1st and Huddersfield on Wednesday. Following two consecutive heavy defeats, the Wearsiders will be looking for not only their first victory of the season, but also their first set point. However when the sides previously met, […]
Following the University of Sunderland’s mens badminton defeat last week, president and captain Elliot Rodham spoke of his disappointment of a lack of players. It was not exactly the start to the season that Rodham had hoped for, preparation for the up-coming season has not flown smoothly with only two […]
University of Sunderland men’s badminton side suffered an agonising defeat as they were thrashed 4-0 at Newcastle University on Wednesday. With three players pulling out last minute, president and team captain Elliot Rodham had only himself and Jin Yap to call upon in this derby clash. The void left by […]
University of Sunderland’s men’s badminton 1sts are keen to start the BUCS league campaign with a victory as they travel to neighbours Newcastle tomorrow afternoon. The Wearsiders will be looking to avenge the opponents who defeated them on the final day of last season 6-3. A newly assembled Sunderland side […]
