The English National Badminton Championships is a tournament organised by the

Badminton England Badminton England is the national governing body for the sport of badminton in England. It aims to govern, encourage and develop the sport throughout England. Originally established in 1893 as the Badminton Association of England in Portsmout ...

to crown the best

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

players in

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

. The tournament started in 1964 and is held annually. The first winners were Bill Havers and

Ursula Smith Ursula Honour Smith married name Oakley (born 1942) is a former English international badminton player. Badminton career Smith born in 1942 was a winner of the All England Open Badminton Championships. She won the 1965 All England Open Badmin ...

in 1964. Darren Hall has won the most singles titles with 10, whilst

Gillian Gilks Gillian Gilks (formerly Gillian Perrin, and later Gillian Goodwin; born 20 June 1950) is an English former badminton player who won numerous major titles in all three events (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) between the late 1960s and the ...

and

Julia Mann Julia Mann (born 9 August 1971) is a female retired British badminton player. Badminton career Mann won the English National Badminton Championships eight times. She holds a record for winning National title seven years consecutively from 1997 ...

both have eight women's singles titles.

Past winners

Multiple titles (6 or more)

Men

Women

References

External links

Official website
{{Badminton competitions Recurring sporting events established in 1964 National championships in England National badminton championships 1964 establishments in England