Mia Fox led the way for England in February as she took two golds in the France U17 Open in what proved to be another busy month for the country’s junior badminton talent.
There was also individual success for Martha Ng in France as she claimed gold in the women’s singles event across the Channel.
A trip to Sweden brought further success as there was English representation in both the team and individual elements of the U15 8-Nations tournament.
Here is a round-up of how February played out on the junior circuit.
France U17 Open
There was considerable success for England at the YONEX France U17 Open in February as Mia Fox brought home double gold from the tournament.
The 15-year-old won the women’s doubles final alongside partner Rajvi Parab by defeating French pair Melia Beule and Clara Menegazzi Briquet 21-10 21-12.
She also triumphed with Jasper Wong in the mixed doubles as they defeated home pair Lubin Le Floc’h and Beule 21-11 16-21 21-14 to take home gold.
Martha Ng also had a tournament to remember as she delivered individual success with gold in the women’s singles.
The 15-year-old defeated France’s Neela Lengue Te 21-9 21-15 to win the final, and also took home a bronze medal in the women’s doubles alongside partner Shraddha Gopalakrishnan.
Yixiang Hou, 14, also returned a double medallist as he won bronze in the men’s singles, missing out on a final spot to Axel Boesen in a marathon match, while Sajan Senthuran also secured bronze in the same event on the other side of the draw.
Hou and Wong both added their second medals of the competition as they took silver in the men’s doubles following a closely fought final that saw them just miss out on the title.
They lost 21-19 21-17 to French pair Maïkel Popov and Arush Ravikumar.
Joel Joby and Johan Joseph also took bronze in the competition, missing out on a place in the final over three sets to their English teammates.
The tournament provided a valuable trip for all players with plenty to take home to their training environments back on home soil.
U15 8-Nations – Team Event
A team of ten players produced a fifth-place finish in Sweden at the U15 8-Nations 2025 after falling on the wrong side of two tightly fought encounters in the group stage.
The team were supported by Robert Golding, Harley Tower and Huaiwen Xu and started their campaign with a narrow 5-4 loss to hosts Sweden.
It was a disappointing result as England took a number of games to three sets with results just not falling their way.
Mutiara Madala and Mudra Mayekar both impressed in the tie winning their two rubbers.
The players picked themselves up to deliver a comprehensive 9-0 victory over the Netherlands, with Vedanshi Jain, Phil Daniel and Nikhil Pulikkottil all winning both of their matches.
The English team then faced a tough test against Denmark next.
The team put in strong performances against an impressive Danish outfit and even had match points to win 5-4, but once more fell on the wrong side of a 5-4 defeat.
It saw England finish fifth having placed third in their group but was still an invaluable learning experience for all involved.
Our U11 National Champion Amitesh visits the All England and watches the World’s top players train 🙌
Such a motivating event, hopefully we’ll see Amitesh competing on these grey courts in the future 😄#Badminton #YAE25 #TeamEngland #Legacy pic.twitter.com/TkunLOVAHk
— Badminton England (@BadmintonEnglnd) March 14, 2025
U15 8-Nations – Individual Event
Five was the magic number in Sweden, however, as England returned with five medals from the individual events.
Phil Daniel and Nikhil Pulikkottil achieved a particularly satisfying silver medal in the boys’ doubles as they avenged their disappointment in the team event to inflict defeat on the Swedish pair they had lost to.
They edged a tightly contested semi-final clash 21-14 25-23 against Casper Bohlin and David Emmanuel Cabahug before being defeated over three sets in the final by a strong Danish pairing.
Vedanshi Jain was involved in two of England’s medal successes at the tournament as she took home a bronze medal in the girls’ singles and girls’ doubles.
She beat French Clara Menegazzi Briquet 21-19 17-21 22-20 to progress to the semi-finals where she lost to eventual winner Swedish Xiaoyin Liang.
Mutiara Mandala also took bronze in the same event on the other side of the draw, beating French Jeanne Fortune 21-18 23-21, before defeat to the top seed in the semi-final.
In the girls’ doubles, Jain and partner Mudra Mayekar progressed to the semi-finals after beating Swedish pair Liang and Alice Huang 21-12 19-21 21-14 to achieve bronze.
Chinmayi Kishor and Daya Variangattil also took bronze in the same event as they beat German pair Helena Huang and Krittika Roy in the quarter-finals.
It was a particularly impressive result for Kishor and Variangattil as they entered the competition with relatively little international experience.
Adam Alam also won a silver medal in the boys’ singles Consolation Event, beating French Naïm El Khadery 22-20 19-21 21-17 in the semi-final before missing out to Swedish Anton Marchand Kemmo in the final.
