fifteenth April, 2025
England loved resounding success on the YONEX All England Seniors Championships 2025 in Hatfield, which came about from April 11-13.
Caroline Hale and Christine Crossley led the way in which, successful three golds every after triumphing in each competitors they entered.
In whole, English gamers secured 4 titles within the ladies’s singles and one title within the open singles throughout 9 age teams.
There was additionally loads of purpose to have a good time within the doubles with England taking a clear sweep of titles within the ladies’s doubles.
They added six titles within the blended doubles and an extra eight within the open doubles competitors.
Singles
Dinuka Karunaratne took England’s solely gold medal within the open singles as he triumphed within the over-35 class.
He defeated compatriot Ka Wai Ng 21-10 21-9 within the ultimate to clinch the title in straight video games.
Within the ladies’s singles, England’s Mitsuyo Kondo took gold within the over-45 class, defeating fellow Brit Susan Godfrey 9-21 21-15 8-21 to clinch first place.
There have been additionally victories for Caroline Hale and Christine Crossley within the over-65 and over-70 finals, respectively, so as to add to England’s gold haul.
Caroline Hale claimed the fourth gold within the ladies’s singles in an all-English ultimate within the over-55 class, beating Jane Ashfold 23-21 21-13 to spherical off a profitable first day of motion.
Credit score: Alan Spink
Girls’s Doubles
The ladies’s doubles caused an avalanche of English golds as Helen Calverley and Lucy Kidd took the over-35 title in a fiercely contested match towards Irish pair Ruth Kilkenny and Jennie King.
The English duo took the match to 10-21 21-17 21-20 earlier than their opponents retired to provide victory to Calverley and Kidd.
Hale and Crossley bagged their second golds of the weekend with companions Elizabeth Austin and Jenny Cox within the over-55 and over-65 ladies’s doubles, respectively.
Hale and Austin triumphed over three units within the ultimate towards Sara Foster and Godfrey to win 17-21 21-16 10-21.
On the similar time, Cox and Crossley received an all-English ultimate towards Christina Davies and Andi Stretch 15-21 13-21 so as to add to a rising record of golds.
The over-40 and over-45 ladies’s doubles noticed two English-dominated podiums.
Sarah Burgess and Joanna Dix took gold within the over-40 class, whereas Jenny Adrian and Tracy Parker claimed the crown within the over-45s.
Julie Bradbury helped England to finish their clear sweep as she partnered Dane Janne Vang Nielsen to take gold within the over-55s.
An exciting over-60s ultimate noticed Sue Crompton and Viv Gillard clinch the title beneath powerful competitors from English pair Chris Summers and Karen Thomas.
Having narrowly misplaced the primary recreation 23-21, Gillard and Crompton went on to edge the second two video games 17-21 15-21 to take the spoils.
Betty Bartlett and Brenda Creasey took the over-70s title whereas Vicki Betts and Mary Jenner triumphed within the over-75s.
Combined Doubles
Crossley and Hale rounded off their treble triumph within the blended doubles as they each took three golds from a doable three.
Hale partnered Donald Burden within the over-55s as they triumphed comfortably in an all-English ultimate towards Justin Ashfield and Jane Andews 21-19 21-5.
Crossley discovered related success with companion Ian Purton. They beat English pair Malcolm Grayson and Kim Stothard 7-21 6-21 to triumph in straight video games.
Having completed second within the Open Singles, Paul Le Tocq claimed his gold within the blended doubles with companion Joanna Dix, who raced to her second title of the weekend.
They beat English pair David Williams and Kelly Fairey 21-14 21-18 within the over-40s ultimate.
Bartlett additionally took her second gold of the weekend with Peter Emptage as they got here again from a set all the way down to beat Ole Krogh Mortensen and Kath Spillane 17-21 21-12 21-11 within the over-70s ultimate.
The golds within the over-60s and over-75 classes additionally fell into English fingers. Karen Thomas and Alan Alexander took gold within the former whereas Robert Bell and Penny Shears claimed victory within the latter.
Credit score: Alan Spink
Open Doubles
Ian Purton and Donald Burden picked up their second golds of the weekend within the Open Doubles in one other profitable displaying for England.
Purton partnered John Molyneux within the over-65s competitors the place they met English duo John Machin and Sandy Taylor within the ultimate.
A closely-fought encounter noticed Purton and Molyneux triumph 21-12 22-24 21-19 to say gold.
Burden shared his success with John Bowker in one other all-English ultimate within the over-60 class the place they met Alan Alexander and Tony Dennis.
Burden and Bowker narrowly edged the second recreation to say victory and the title 21-11 24-22.
Mark Legislation and Alex Marritt clinched gold within the over-40s, whereas within the over-45s it was Kenton Jones and Ben Peterson who claimed the title in one other all-English affair.
Within the over-50 class, James Anderson partnered Ian Pearson to say gold towards England duo Carl Jennings and Mark Arthur King.
Regardless of simply lacking out on the blended doubles title, Justin Andrews claimed gold within the over-55 with companion Simon Gilhooly representing the one English pair on the rostrum.
They got here again from a recreation all the way down to beat Finland’s Jyri Alto and Mika Eriksson 21-14 11-21 19-21 in an exhilarating encounter.
William Hamblett and Graham Holt have been additionally the one English representatives on their podium as they clinched gold within the over-70 class, seeing off Bo Bertilson and Tariq Farooq within the ultimate.
Rounding off the honours have been over-75 gold medallists Mike Cox and Jim Garrett in an all-English ultimate.
They beat Roy Bartlett and Edward Hayes 17-21 20-22 over two intently fought video games to take the title.
