Center Parcs – supported Team England badminton star Lauren Smith was named Cumbria Sports Personality of the Year at the weekend but admitted it was “a surprise” to find out she had made the shortlist.

Badminton star Gabby White says she is ‘looking forward to the future' after being reunited with fiancé Chris Adcock in the GB Badminton Mixed Doubles line up and believes the experience of playing with other partners will benefit the reunion.

GB Badminton is delighted to announce some exciting changes to the line up of doubles pairings which sees Chris Adcock and Gabby White renew their on court partnership from January 2013 whilst Alyssa Lim and Marcus Ellis take new partners.

Team England Masters, supported by Center Parcs, put in a formidable performance to regain the Nations Cup at the Medway Park in Kent, winning 54 matches of the 60 played out against Denmark, Sweden and Holland.

Center Parcs -supported Team England star Andy Ellis believes his men’s doubles partnership with Chris Adcock has “turned a corner of late” after the pair started to mix it with the world’s top pairings at recent OSIM BWF Superseries events.

Center Parcs –supported Team England doubles specialist Peter Mills admitted reaching his first Grand Prix Gold final , alongside Chris Langridge, in Germany was "by far the best result ever" but predicted even better things for the pair.