Just for Rob

All England Badminton Championship 2018

Well, didn't we have a great day at the 2018 Yonex All England Badminton? 

It started very well indeed, with a lovely cooked brekkie at the Merchant. We had the same problem as in previous years: someone on Cannock rail station got our spare ticket to Birmingham; a nice Malaysian gentleman got our spare ticket to the Championship... however, the quality of the badz we saw was second to none. Indeed, 'twas the best I've seen, havine attended the Championship 5 or 6 times...

We settled ourselves side-on to Court 4 - you can appreciate the game best from a perpendicular perspective (says Terry, our know-all-bastard!) - & got to see a bunch of great matches from this vantage point: Fukushima/Hirota (win) v Kim/Kong; Wang v Lin Dan (win);Chen/Jia (in) v Fruergard/Thygesen; Kawakami v Marin (win); Gideon/Sukamuljo v Ong/Teo)

Carolina Marin

Lin Dan

Gideon & Sukamuljo

It is a bit of a bum-number, at 6 to 7 hours watching badminton with little legroom, but the All England is a fantastic competition, & a chance to see top-class athletes striving for their best.