Newport Badminton Academy

What a busy weekend of competitions for Newport Badminton Academy!

Leicester Senior Masters
Steve Ellaway OS 60+ 🥈(retired injured)

DK Way u13
Samved Konduri u13 Bronze star OS 🏆🥇
Nainika Manjunath u13 Bronze WS 🥈

Wiltshire u17 Bronze
Akhil Kannan u17 OS🥈
Akhil & Mason OD 🥈
Brandon & Horus OD 🥉
Brandon Ming Hong Fong OS 🥉

Hertfordshire Senior Silver
Mebel Mano Kurian OS 🥈

Multiple podium finishes across the weekend!

A fantastic effort from our players, with hard work in training turning into results on competition weekends.

Proud of every player who represented NBA this weekend. The journey continues! 🚀

Thank you as always to our sponsors YONEX UK Yc Sports Central Sports and partners Newport Live

Our partnership between our coaching team & Avon County continues, and we couldn’t be more excited about what lies ahead for this talented young group of players.

Every session is another step in their journey. We’re proud to support their development, and help create opportunities for them to reach their full potential.

The next generation starts here. 🔥

NBA × Avon County — building champions together.

🏆 Two tournaments, four finals , 3 titles — what a fortnight for Saindhavi!

Huge congratulations to Saindhavi Hemanth, who’s been in unstoppable form:

🥇 Sankey – U15 Girls’ Singles Champion
🥇 Leicester – U13 Girls’ Singles Champion
🥇 Leicester – Mixed Doubles Champion
🥈 Leicester – Girls’ Doubles Runner-up

Thanks to partners Jishnu & Lauren, without them this would not have been possible! 🙏

Four finals in two weeks says everything about the work she’s putting in on and off court. So proud of you, Saindhavi — the whole NBA family is cheering you on! Time to push onwards to the next level and test yourself against the top players in England.

🥈 Silver for Surya!

Huge well done to Surya Vijay, taking home silver in the Boys U19 Singles at the DKWay tournament. A brilliant run and a great reflection of the work he’s been putting in.
Proud of you, Surya — onwards and upwards 💪

This week, we were delighted to welcome two of England’s top juniors Suchir Krishna Addagondla & Punit Kishore Kumar to Newport Badminton Academy for training with our coaching team.

A fantastic opportunity to train together, challenge each other and share knowledge, while continuing to raise the standards.

It was really nice to have Adarsh back here with his players. Look forward to having you here again soon.

Collaboration Day 🤝🏸

A fantastic collaboration day with Badminton England— training together, competing in match play and sharing best practices.

A huge thank you to all players for giving 100% throughout the day. The intensity, attitude and commitment from everyone made it really productive for all.

Great to see the players working together, challenging each other and continuing to learn and develop. 💪

Special thanks to Atu Rosalina Sagita & GBadminton

Look forward to inviting you to us next time.

4 Nations Graded International 2026

Tier 1&2 MD

James Ellaway & Faran Ahmed 🏆🥇

Joshua Westlake & Matthew Maskell 🥉

A fantastic event played in Cardiff representing Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and winning medals.

Well done to all players training with us at NBA and all the other Welsh contingent getting the chance to compete on the international scene.

A fantastic achievement by James 🥇 and Josh🥉! Looking forward to more great results in the future.

🏸 BEST OF LUCK THIS WEEKEND! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Wishing our players the very best as they represent Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 at the 4 Nations Graded International this weekend in Cardiff! 💪🔥

A fantastic opportunity to compete against players from England, Scotland and Ireland and proudly wear the Welsh shirt.

Go out there, compete hard, enjoy the experience representing Wales with pride!

Selected players from NBA:

Steve Ellaway
Andrew Salvador
James Ellaway
Muthanna Aldawoodi