THERE has been a big entry for the inaugural BADMINTON England Cup for
BE affiliated clubs with a £2,000 top prize up for grabs as well as a trophy presented by Mrs Margaret Pegg.

There will also be £1,000 going to the runners-up. In fact, the top eight teams will scoop a cash prize wih third taking £750 and eighth receiving £100,

The first round is to be played during March with the second round from April 7-13 and the third round from May 6-June 3. The final rounds will be at the National Badinton Centre in Milton Keynes on June 14 and 15.

First-round Draw

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1 v 2 Bristol & District Badminton Club (Av) v Cranford Club (Dv)

3 v 4 Queens BC (Dv) v Portishead Badminton Club (Av)

5 v 6 Yeovil Graduates BC (So) v Braunton Badminton Club (Dv)

7 v 8 Esporta (Do) v Severn Vale Badminton Club (Av)

9 v 10 All Stars (Bu) v BYE

11 v 12 Gloster Electrics (Gl) v The Park (Ox)

13 v 14 Kennet Badminton Club (Bk) v 77 BC (Bu)

15 v 16 North Abingdon (Ox) v Cleeve Badminton Club (Gl)

17 v 18 Uttoxeter (St) v BYE

19 v 20 Bowling Green (Wk) v West Mercia BC (Wo)

21 v 22 Barnt Green Sports Club (Wo) v Solihull & Shirley Badminton Club (Wk)

23 v 24 Staveley Middlecroft (Db) v Barton Badminton Club (St)

25 v 26 Border Badminton Club (Cu) v BYE

27 v 28 Cockermouth BC (Cu) v Team 2000 Badminton Club (La)

29 v 30 Ellesmere Port Youth Centre/Millbrook BC (Ch) v BYE

31 v 32 Markland Hill (La) v Clifton (Yo)

33 v 34 Forest Badminton (Ch) v Belper Sports Centre (Db)

35 v 36 Brunswick Badminton Club (Yo) v BYE

37 v 38 Loughborough Students (Le) v Notts Northern Badminton Club (Yo)

39 v 40 Bingham SC Badminton Club (Nm) v BYE

41 v 42 Horsham Arun Badminton Club (Sx) v Godalming (Sy)

43 v 44 Wimbledon Racquets & Fitness Club (Sy) v Rye Badminton Club (Sx)

45 v 46 David Lloyd Kings Hill (Ke) v Warwick Park Badminton Club (Sy)

47 v 48 Clandon Badminton Club (Sy) v Westgate Badminton Club (Ke)

49 v 50 Abbeygate (Sk) v BYE

51 v 52 Eastwood Badminton Club (Ex) v Ipswich YMCA Badminton Club (Sk)

53 v 54 Comets Badminton Club (Ht) v Leighway (Ex)

55 v 56 Saint Aidans Leigh BC (Ex) v BYE

57 v 58 Mandeville BC (Bu) v Middlesex Badminton Academy (Mx)

59 v 60 Hastoe (Ht) v Vauxhall Badminton Club (Bd)

61 v 62 Amida Champions (Mx) v BYE

63 v 64 Biggleswade Ivel Badminton Club (Bd) v Icarus (Ht)