Official tournaments
- Open to everyone registered as competition player
- Count towards your classification
- For a pre-selection of tournaments, check the calendar on this page
- Information, invitations and registrations via the Match Secretary
Veterans' tournaments
- For players aged 35+ or 38+
- Open to everyone who's old enough
- Do not count towards your classification
- Information, invitations and registrations via Cathy
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Tournament Calendar
- BIBC tournament calendar
Selected tournaments near us (or otherwise of special interest to us - The VBL has a complete list of all official tournaments in Belgium
Welcome to our hall of fame!
Below are our latest successes at tournamnents - as well as all those we remember since 2002 - along with some reports of how it all happened (where available).
Below are our latest successes at tournamnents - as well as all those we remember since 2002 - along with some reports of how it all happened (where available).
- BC Charleroi tournament, 22/23 May 2010
- Sergey Sergeyev/Stephan Vancaster won Men's Doubles D
- Sergey Sergeyev came second in Men's Singles D
- Daring Tournament, 8/9 May 2010
- Cathy Tyers / Gunnar Matthiesen won Mixed Doubles C1
- Nessan o'Leary / Gunnar Matthiesen reached the semi-finals in Men's Doubles C1
- Lone Hellerup and Helle Pedersen (from Badagrez) won Ladies' Doubles C2
- Sergey Sergeyev / Mahendra Singh won Men's Doubles D
- Sabina Sirokovska / Heidi Etzler won Ladies' Doubles D
- Stephan Vancaster came second in the Men's Singles D, Eero reached the semi-finals
- Sergey Sergeyev / Sabina Sirokovska came second in Mixed Doubles D
- Heidi Etzler came seocnd in Ladies' Singles D
- Brussels Badminton Club tournament, 27 March 2010
- C1: Jeeva Batcha/Cathy Tyers won mixed doubles, Erica Offreins/Luka Rogic came 3rd; Jeeva Batcha/Gunnar Matthiesen came 2nd in men's doubles; Erica Offreins/Hanne Jorgensen won ladies' doubles, Cathy Tyers/Susanne Willmott came 2nd
- C2: Hanne Jorgensen won ladies' singles
- D: Sergey Sergeyev/Sabina Sirokovska won mixed doubles; Benedek Kekki came 3rd in men's singles
- Halle tournament, 20/21 February 2010
- Stefan Storcksdieck and Erica Offreins won the B2 mixed doubles.
- Jeeva Batcha and Gunnar Matthiesen won the C1 men's doubles.
- Cathy Tyers and Erica Offreins reached the C1 ladies' doubles semi-finals.
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- Herne tournament, 12/13 December 2009
- Men's doubles B2: Henrik Ostberg and Gunnar Matthiesen reached the semi-finals.
- Ladies' singles C2: Hanne Jorgensen came second, narrowly losing the third set of the finals
- Mixed doubles D: Stephan Vancaster and Jennifer McLay came second, Gerry Kelly/Lene Lauridsen and Jan Asberg/Katrin Patzal reached the semi-finals
- Ladies' doubles D: Katrin Patzal and Jennifer McLay came second
- Men's doubles D: Jan Asberg and Stephan Vancaster came second
- Waterloo tournament, 27/28 June 2009
- Cathy Tyers and Gunnar Matthiesen won the C1 mixed doubles.
- Sarah Bailey and Cathy Tyers wib the B2 ladies' doubles.
- Gunnar Matthiesen and scratch partner Emmanuel Budini (Antwerpino) reached the semi-finals in the B2 men's doubles
- Daring tournament, 2/3 May 2009
- Henrik Ostberg and Gunnar Matthiesen came second in the B2 men's doubles.
- Sarah Bailey and Henrik Ostberg (B2) as well as Susanne Willmott and Gunnar Matthiesen (C1) reached the semi-finals in the mixed doubles, with both pairs only just missing out in close three-setters.
- Merchtem Tournament, 14-15 March 2009
- Erica Offreins won the C2 Ladies' Doubles with a scratch partner
- Hanne Jorgensen came second in the Ladies' singles (D)
- Cathy Tyers and Gunnar Matthiesen reached the semi-finals in the C1 mixed doubles
- Harri Liski and Luka Rogic reached the semi-finals in the C2 men's doubles
- Halle Tournament, 14 February 2009
- Cathy Tyers and Nessan o'Leary reached the semi-finals of the C1 mixed doubles
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- Herne Tournament, 13/14 December 2008
- Susanne Willmott and Saartje Vermeir (Opwijk) came second in the C1 Ladies' doubles
- Hanne Jorgensen and Dennis Jensen won the C2 mixed doubles.
- Hanne Jorgensen and Katrin Patzal won the D ladies' doubles.
- MSM Tournament, 11 October 2008
- Nessan o'Leary and Susanne Willmott won the C1 mixed
- Malmédy tournament, 5-6 July 2008
- Cathy Tyers and Nessan o'Leary won the C1 mixed
- Katrin Patzal and Gerald Tyers won the D mixed, André Poitoux and his lovely scratch partner from Malmédy came second
- Daring tournament, 10 May 2008
- Henrik Ostberg and Gunnar Matthiesen won HD C1
- Henrik Ostberg and Lone Hellerup won GD C2
- Henrik Ostberg won HE C2
- Sarah Bailey and Gunnar Matthiesen came 2nd in GD C1
- Lone Hellerum came 2nd in DE C2
- Drop Merchtem Veterans' tournament, March 2008
- Sarah and Cathy came second in DD V2
- Jeeva and Doede won HD V3, Pim and Jeeva won GD V3
- Pim and Meera won DD V4, Mahendra and his partner came second in HD V4
- Merchtem Tournament, 15-16 March 2008
- Luka Rogic and Erica Offreins came second in Mixed Doubles (C2)
- Tienen Tournament, 1-2 March 2008
- Luka Rogic won the men's singles in D.
- Halle tournament, 17 February 2008
- Cathy Tyers and Nessan o'Leary won the C1 mixed doubles. Sarah and Gunnar got to the semi-finals, coming agonisingly close (but not close enough) to a place in the finals.
- Herne BMX Tournament, 8-9 December 2007
- Rawiwan "Pim" Read and Erica Offreins won the D ladies doubles
- Luka Rogic and partner came second in the men's doubles (D), Gerald Tyers and André Poitoux reached the semi-final
- Herne Veterans
Tournament, 1 December 2007
- Nessan and Simon were second in Mens Doubles V2
- Cathy and Susanne were second in Ladies Doubles V2
- Erica and Pim won Ladies Doubles V3
- Doede and Erica were second in Mixed Doubles V2
- MSM
Tournament, 13 October 2007
- Gunnar Matthiesen and Nessan O'Leary won the C1 men's doubles
- Cathy Tyers and Susanne Willmott won the C1 ladies' doubles
- Gunnar Matthiesen and Sarah Bailey won the C1 mixed doubles, Cathy Tyers and her partner were runners-up
- Le
Logis tournament, 22-23 September 2007
- Gunnar Matthiesen and Sarah Bailey were runners-up in the C1 mixed doubles
- Waterloo tournament, 30 June - 1 July
- Cathy Tyers and Aiden Daly came second in the ladies' doubles (C1)
- Dragon Tornament, 23 June 2007
- Susanne Willmott and Cathy Tyers won the ladies' doubles (C1) and Cathy Tyers and her partner won the mixed doubles (C1)
- Herne and Daring tournaments, 5-6 May 2007
- Katrin Patzal and her partner from Herne won the mixed doubles in D
- Jen McLay and Doede Ackers came second in the C2 mixed
- Gunnar Matthiesen and his partner came second in his group in the B2 men's doubles, only just missing the finals
- At the Daring tournament, Sarah Bailey won the C2 singles (thus making her a C1) and reached the semi-finals in the C1 ladies' doubles
- Drop Merchtem Veterans'
Tournament, 21 April 2007
- 10 BIBC members went to the Drop Merchtem Veterans' Tournament on 21st April. Sarah and Cathy won the V2 Ladies' Doubles, Nessan and Cathy were 2nd in the V2 Mixed Doubles and Nessan and partner were 2nd in the V2 Mens Doubles. Sarah and partner won the V3 Mixed Doubles, narrowly beating Doede and Lone into 2nd place.
- Merchtem Tournament
- Sarah Bailey and Gunnar Matthiesen came second in the C2 mixed doubles.
- Tienen
Tournament, 3-4 March 2007
- Erica Offreins and Gunnar Matthiesen reached the mixed doubles (C2) semi finals
- Halle
Tournament, 18 February 2007
- Erica Offreins and Jennifer McLay reached the ladies' doubles (C2) semi finals
- Gerald Tyers and Javid Kahn reached the men's doubles (D) semi finals
- Jennifer McLay and Javid Kahn reached the mixed doubles (D) semi finals
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- Herne Olympia tournament 9 December 2006
- Gunnar Matthiesen and Erica Offreins won the C2 mixed doubles
- Herne Veteran's tournament, 2 December 2006
- Nessan o'Leary and Cathy Tyers won the mixed doubles
- Susanne Wilmott and Cathy Tyers came second in the ladies' doubles.
- Provincial Championships,
4-5 November 2006
- Cathy Tyres and Susanne Willmott came second in the C1 Ladies' Doubles
- Everberg Tournament, 14-15 October 2006
- Sarah Bailey and Gunnar Matthiesen won the C2 mixed doubles.
- Gunnar Matthiesen and Henrik Krogh came second in the C2 men's doubles.
- Dilbeek tournament, 13/14 May
2006:
- Henrik Krogh and Diana Andersen won the mixed doubles (D)
- Henrik Krogh won the men's singles (D)
- Erica Offreins came second in the ladies' singles (D).
- Sarah Bailey and Gunnar Matthiesen reached the semi-finals in the mixed doubles (C2)
- Merchtem Veterans tournament,
22 April 2006:
- Mixed: Winners - Nessan o'Leary and
Cathy Tyers won the V2 (=B2/C1) mixed
Runners Up: Mark Archer and Aideen Daly - Erica Offreins and her partner from Kampenhout won the V4 (=D) mixed.
- Cathy Tyers and Aideen Daly won the V3 (=C2/C1?!) ladies
- Meera Laurijssen and Erica Offreins won the V4 (=D) ladies
- Mixed: Winners - Nessan o'Leary and
Cathy Tyers won the V2 (=B2/C1) mixed
- (Merchtem tournament, 18/19 March 2006 ):
- Nessan o'Leary & Evert Nicolai (Wolvertem) won (men's doubles C1)
- Cathy Tyers & Nessan o'Leary came second (mixed C1)
- Sarah Bailey & Gunnar Matthiesen won (mixed D), Diana Andersen & Henrik Krogh came second.
- Sarah Bailey won (ladies' singles D), Diana Andersen reached the semi's.
- Gunnar Matthiesen won (men's singles D), Henrik Krogh reached the semi's
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- Veteran's Tournament, Herne, 3 December 2005:
- Cathy Tyers and Nessan o'Leary won the V2 mixed doubles
- Nessan o'Leary and Luc Somers (BC Herne) won the V2 men's doubles
- VVBBC Provincial Championships, 5-6 November 2005
- Gerald Tyers and Gunnar Matthiesen won the D men's doubles
- Dilbeek Tournament, 14-15 May 2005
- Neville Thompson and Brian Moore won the B2 men's doubles
- Susanne Willmott and Neville Thompson won the C1 mixed doubles
- Cathy Tyers and Susanne Willmott came second in the C1 ladies' doubles
- Veteran's Tournament, Merchtem, 23 April 2005
- With 14 BIBC members participating, the club was very well represented at Drop Merchtem's tournament.
- Cathy Tyers and Mark Archer won the V2 mixed doubles, beating BIBC's Aideen Daly and Neville Thompson narrowly in an exciting three set final.
- Cathy Tyers and Susanne Willmott were runners-up in the V1/V2 ladies' doubles
- Neville Thompson and Mark Archer also came second, in the V2 men's doubles
- Francine Nizet and Lene Lauridsen, both playing their first tournament ever, came second in the V4 ladies' doubles.
- Herenhout Tournament, 26-27 March 2005
- In her first ever tournament, Jenna Thompson, together with Neville Thompson, reached the semi-finals in the C2 mixed doubles.
- Brian Moore and Neville Thompson won the B2 men's doubles
- Halle Tournament, 20 February 2005
- Susanne Willmott and Cathy Tyers came second in the C1 ladies' doubles
- Cathy Tyers and Doede Ackers were runners-up in the C1 mixed doubles, having narrowly beaten Susanne Willmott and her partner in the semi-finals.
- VVBBC Provincial Championships, 6-7 November 2004, Halle
- Brian Moore and Cathy Tyers won the C1 Mixed Doubles
- Cathy Tyers and Susanne Willmott came second in the C1 Ladies' Doubles
- Brian Moore was runner-up in the C1 Men's Singles
- Herne Tournament, 8 May 2004
- Birte Steffensen and Cathy Tyers came second in the B1 Ladies' Doubles.
- Cathy Tyers also came second in the C1 Mixed Doubles with her partner.
- Veteran's Tournament, Merchtem, 17 April 2004
- Gerry Kelly and Meera Laurijssen won the V8 Mixed Doubles (D, 45+)
- Aideen Dalyand Neville Thompson won the Mixed V2 (C1/B2, 35+)
- Birte Steffensen and Andy Lockwood were runners-up in the V1 Mixed Doubles (A/B1 35+).
- Andy Lockwood and Neville Thompson won the V6 Men's Doubles (C1/B2 35+)
- Meera Laurijssen and Lone Hellerup were runners-up in the V4 Ladies' Doubles (D 35+)
- Cathy Tyers and Birte Steffensen won the V1 Ladies' Doubles (A/B1 35+)
- Merchtem Tournament, 13 March 2004
- Cathy Tyers and Steve Birch won the B2 Mixed Doubles, narrowly beating Mark Archer and his partner in the finals.
- Halle Tournament, 15 February 2004
- Cathy Tyers and Susanne Willmott, who played her first tournament after three years following a severe knee injury, won the C1 Ladies' Doubles
- Dijlevallei Tournament, November 2003
- Mark Archer came second in the B2 Men's Doubles with his partner
- Waterloo Tournament, 28-29 June 2003
- Cathy Tyers Aideen Daly won the C1 Ladies' Doubles. Cathy Tyers also won the C1 Mixed Doubles with her partner, only just beating Aideed Daly and her partner in a tight three set final.
- Herne Tournament, 10 May 2003
- Birte Steffensen won the B2 Ladies' Singles
- Birte Steffensen and Mark Archer were runners-up in the B2 Mixed Doubles
- Daring Tournament, Wezembeek, 3-4 May 2003
- Ilse de Keuster swept the board, winning the B1 Ladies' Singles, the B1 Mixed Doubles and the Open B1 Ladies' Doubles, beating Birte Steffensen and Thérèse Smaller in the finals.
- Birte Steffensen and her partner won the B2 Ladies' Doubles
- Playing in his first tournament, Simon Flowerdew won the D Men's Singles, the D Men's Doubles and the C2 Mixed Doubles with Thérèse Smnaller
- Cardinal Mercier, 5-6 April 2003
- Birte Steffensen and Cathy Tyers won the B2 Ladies' Doubles.
- Veteran's Tournament, Merchtem, 15-16 March 2003
- Birte Steffensen and Cathy Tyers came second in the B2 Ladies' Doubles
- Duisberg Tournament, 7-8 December 2002
- Ilse de Keuster, the BIBC's only contestant in this tournament, won the B1 Ladies' Singles and came second in the B1 Mixed and Ladies' Doubles
- Dijlevallei Tournament, 16-17 November 2002
- Ilse de Keuster and her partner won the B1 Mixed Doubles.
- Ilse de Keuster and Kim Hubert were runners-up in the B1 Ladies' Doubles
- Mark Archer and his partner won the B2 Mixed Doubles
- VVBBC Provincial Championships, 2-3 November 2002
- Kim Hubert and her partner won the B1 Mixed Doubles
- Birte Steffensen and Mark Archer were runners-up in the B2 Mixed Doubles
- Everberg Tournament, 12-13 October 2002
- Ilse de Keuster won the B1 Ladies' Singles
- Ilse De Keuster and her partner won the B1 Ladies' Doubles
- Birte Steffensen and Cathy Tyers were runners-up in the B2 Ladies' Doubles
- Mark Archer and Steve Birch were runners-up in the B2 Men's Doubles
- Mark Archer and Birte Steffensen came second in the B2 Mixed Doubles
- Cathy Tyers and her partner also came second in the C2 Mixed Doubles
- Steve Birch won a huge sports bag and shuttles in the tombola!
- Le Logis Chocolate Tournament 28-29 September 2002
- Nessan O'Leary and his partner won the C1 Men's Doubles.
- Cathy Tyers came second in the C2 Ladies Singles
- Dilbeek Tournament, 18-19 March 2002
- All our competitors had success at the Dilbeek tournament:
- Kim Hubert and her partner won the B1 Mixed Doubles winners.
- Mark Archer and Steve Birch came second in the B2 Men's Doubles.
- Nessan O'Leary and won the C1 Mixed Doubles with his partner and came second in the C2 Mixed Doubles with his (other) partner.
- Cathy Tyers and her partner won the C2 Mixed Doubles
- Cathy Tyers and Thérèse Smaller were runners-up in the C2 Ladies Doubles
- Veteran's Tournament, Merchtem, 20 April 2002:
- Birte Steffensen and Cathy Tyers won the V1 Ladies' Doubles
- Milou Roekens and partner won the V1 Mixed Doubles, beating runners-up Thérèse Smaller and her partner
- Drop Merchtem Tournament, 16-17 March 2002
- Birte Steffensen won the C1 Ladies' Singles
- Mark Archer and Birte Steffensen won the B2 Mixed Doubles
- Ilse De Keuster came second in the B1 Ladies' Singles