St Gabriel's Badminton London SW1
Last updated: 13th October 2010
International tournaments are held frequently all over the world, normally over the weekend, and the format is generally as described below:
For larger tournaments: For smaller tournaments:
Friday - singles/mixed Saturday - singles/mixed & doubles
Saturday - doubles followed by evening party followed by evening party
Sunday - farewell brunch Sunday - farewell brunch
Hosted accommodation may be provided by the tournament organisers for the duration of the tournament, although St Gabriel's normally stay at nice hotels when we travel abroad. Fees for tournaments range from £30 to £50 and include court fees, lunches and entertainment (and at the better tournaments, also shuttles). Players are responsible for financing flights, hotel, travel insurance etc.
Tournaments are open to everyone and are generally graded as follows:
A = county/very strong club players with lots of tournament experience;
B+ = strong club players with tournament experience;
B- = intermediate players with some tournament experience; and
C = beginners with little or no tournament experience.
On the whole, St Gabriel's enters players in Grade A with some players playing in B+/B-. For more information regarding European gay tournaments, click the link here: GAYSPORT.INFO Calendar
St. Gabriel's has a glorious history in European/International gay tournaments. Below are our current tournaments results:
Brussels 2010
A Men's Doubles Gold: Mark McCanney/Mark Scrivener
Prague 2010
A Men's Doubles Gold: Mark McCanney/Mark Scrivener
A Men's Doubles Silver: Juel Tuazon/Kelvin S
A Men's Doubles Bronze: Chris Garrett/David King
Amsterdam 2010
A Men's Doubles Silver: Alan Bates/Dominic Bruce
A Men's Doubles Bronze: Chris Garrett/Mark McCanney
A Mixed Doubles Gold: Chris Garrett/Nicola Hanke
Frankfurt 2009
A Men's Doubles Bronze: Mark McCanney/Mark Scrivener
Hamburg 2009
A Men's Doubles Silver: Alan Bates/Dominic Bruce
A Men's Doubles Bronze: Chris Garrett/Mark Scrivener
A Mixed Doubles Silver: Chris Garrett/Nicola Hanke
A Men's Singles Bronze: Ed Kung
London 2008 (Goslings Tournament)
A Men's Doubles Gold: Mark McCanney/Dave Windmill
Paris 2008
A Men's Doubles Gold: Billy Chooi/Azri Saiful
Amsterdam 2008
A Men's Doubles Gold: Mark McCanney/Mark Scrivener
A Men's Doubles Silver: Kim Johansson/Ian Shenstone
A Men's Singles Gold: Kim Johansson
A Men's Singles Bronze: Ian Shenstone
A Mixed Doubles Gold: Mark Scrivener/Corine Fabrie (Eindhoven)
A Mixed Doubles Bronze: Mark McCanney/Julie Class (Paris)
B+ Mixed Doubles Bronze: Neil Chong/Partner
Sofia 2007
B Men's Doubles Gold: Neil Chong/Billy Chooi
B Men's Singles Silver: Neil Chong
B Men's Singles Bronze: Billy Chooi
Hamburg 2007
A Men's Singles Gold: Kim Johansson
A Men's Singles Silver: Alan Bates
A Ladies' Singles Bronze: Rikke Vernerfelt
A Men's Doubles Bronze: Kim Johansson/Chris Garrett
A Mixed Doubles Silver: Chris Garrett/Nicola Hanke (Hamburg)
B+ Men's Singles Gold: Neil Chong
B+ Men's Singles Bronze: Dominic Bruce
B+ Men's Doubles Gold: Neil Chong/David King
Manchester Pride Games 2007
A Men's Singles Silver: Ning Fang
Eurogames (Antwerp) 2007
A Men's Singles Gold: Kim Johansson
A Ladies' Doubles Gold: Rikke Vernerfelt/Lynette Tidy
A Men's Doubles Silver: Alan Bates/Kim Johansson
A Men's Doubles Bronze: Mark McCanney/Ed Kung
A Mixed Doubles Silver: Chris Garrett/Nicola Hanke (Hamburg)
A Ladies' Singles Silver: Rikke Vernerfelt
B+ Men's Singles Gold: Neil Chong
B+ Men's Singles Silver: David King
B- Men's Doubles Silver: Juel Tuazon/Raphael Loh (LYC)
Rotterdam 2007
A Ladies' Doubles Bronze: Rikke Vernerfelt/Lynette Tidy
A Ladies' Singles Silver: Rikke Vernerfelt
A Ladies' Singles Bronze: Lynette Tidy
Glasgow 2007
B+ Men's Doubles Gold: Neil Chong/Xiao Wang
London 2007 (Goslings Tournament)
A Men's Doubles Gold: Mark Scrivener/Chris Garrett
A Men's Doubles Silver: Alan Bates/Dominic Bruce
A Men's Doubles Bronze: Mark McCanney/Billy Chooi
A Men's Singles Gold: Alan Bates
A Men's Singles Silver: Chris Garrett
A Men's Singles Bronze: Ian Shenstone
Copenhagen
(Pan Cup) 2006
A Men's Doubles Silver: Mark Scrivener/Chris Garrett
A Men's Doubles Bronze: Mark McCanney/Allan Kristiansen
(Pan - Copenhagen)
A Men's Singles Bronze: Alan Bates
A Women's Singles Silver: Rikke Vernerfelt
A Mixed Doubles Silver: Mark
Scrivener/Rikke Vernerfelt
B+ Men's Doubles Gold: David King/Simon Lloyd-Owen
B+ Men's Doubles Bronze: Ken Voo Chong/Neil
Chong
B+ Men's Singles Gold: Neil Chong
B+ Men's Singles Silver: David King
Outgames
I - Montreal 2006
A Men's Doubles Bronze: Mark Scrivener/Olivier Wilmet (Belgium)
A Ladies' Doubles Silver: Lynette Tidy/Rikke Vernerfelt
A Ladies' Singles Gold: Rikke Vernerfelt
B+ Men's Doubles Gold: Richard Liu/David King
Gay
Games VII - Chicago
2006
T Men's Doubles Gold: Mark Scrivener/Mark McCanney
T Men's Doubles Bronze: Richard Liu/ David King
T Mixed Doubles Gold: David King/Cindy Lee (USA)
T Mixed Doubles Silver: Mark Scrivener/Karen Chin (USA)
T Mixed Doubles Bronze: Richard Liu/Suanne Au (USA)
T Men's Singles Bronze: Mark Scrivener
A Men's Singles Silver: Richard Liu
Goslings
Sports Day Tournament (London) 2006
1st Group Doubles Gold: Mark Scrivener/Mark McCanney
Berlin
2006
A Men's Doubles Bronze: Richard Liu/David King
B+ Mixed Doubles Bronze: Richard Liu/Maggie Gutzen (Koln)
Vienna
2006
A Men's Doubles Gold: Mark Scrivener/Mark McCanney
A Men's Doubles Silver: Billy Chooi/Sam Hew
A Men's Doubles Bronze: Richard Liu/David King
B Men's Singles Gold: Mark Scrivener
B Men's Singles Silver: Richard Liu
Amsterdam
2006
A Men's Doubles Gold: Mark Scrivener/Chris Garrett
A Mixed Doubles Gold: Chris Garrett/Nicola Hanke (Hamburg)
A Mixed Doubles Bronze: Mark Scrivener/Simone Sabine (Hamburg)
B+ Men's Doubles Gold: Richard Liu/Chee Chin (Northern
Flight)
Paris
2006
A Men's Doubles Bronze: Richard Liu/Joey Tsang (LYC)
London
2006 (Goslings Tournament)
A Men's Doubles Gold: Mark Scrivener/Chris Garrett
A Men's Doubles Silver: Mark McCanney/Billy Chooi
A Men's Doubles Bronze: Alan Bates/Dominic Bruce
A Men's Singles Gold: Alan Bates
A Men's Singles Bronze: Lennerd Benade
A Mixed Doubles Gold: Mark McCanney/Judith Chisholm
A Mixed Doubles Bronze: Billy Chooi/Joa Bolhuis (SGA)
B+ Men's Singles Gold: Azri Saiful
B+ Men's Singles Bronze Richard Liu
Frankfurt
2005
A Men's Doubles Silver: Mark Scrivener/Mark McCanney
A Men's Singles Silver: Mark McCanney
B+ Men's Singles Bronze: David King
Antwerp
2005
A Men's Doubles Gold: Richard Liu/Jonathan Kueh
LYC
Tournament (London) 2005
1st
Group Doubles Gold: Richard Liu/Joey Tsang (LYC)
1st
Group Doubles Silver: Billy Chooi/Dominic Bruce
Hamburg
2005
A
Mixed Doubles Gold: Chris Garrett/Nicola Hanke (Hamburg)
A Men's Doubles Bronze: Mark Scrivener/Chris Garrett
B+ Men's Doubles Gold:
Grant Dickie/Billy Chooi
B+ Men's Doubles Silver: Mark McCanney/Dominic Bruce
B+ Men's Singles Gold: Richard Liu
B+ Men's Singles Silver Grant Dickie
B+ Men's Singles Bronze Billy Chooi
B- Men's Doubles Silver: Raphael Loh/Juel
Tuazon
C Men's Singles Bronze: Raphael Loh
Eurogames
(Utrecht) 2005
A Men's Doubles Gold:
Mark Scrivener/Olivier Wilmet (Belgium)
Manchester
Pride Games 2005
A Men's Doubles Gold:
Mark Scrivener/Chris Garrett
A Men's Doubles Bronze: Billy Chooi/Jonathan Kueh
A Men's Singles Silver: Lennerd Benade
B+ Men's Singles Silver: Richard Liu
B+ Men's Singles Bronze: Dominic Bruce
Panthers
Tournament (London) 2005
1st
Group Doubles Gold: Mark Scrivener/Billy Chooi
1st
Group Doubles Silver: Sam Hew/Azri Saiful
1st
Group Doubles Bronze: Grant Dickie/Lennerd Benade
2nd
Group Doubles Gold: Mark McCanney/Dominic Bruce
Glasgow
2005
A Men's Doubles Silver: Mark Scrivener/Chris Garrett
B+ Men's Doubles Gold: David King/Richard Liu
B+ Men's Doubles Bronze: Mark McCanney/Dominic Bruce
B+ Men's Singles Gold: Sam Hew
B+ Men's Singles Silver: Mark McCanney
Eurogames (Munich) 2004
A
Mixed Doubles Gold: Chris Garrett/Nicola Hanke (Hamburg)
B+ Men's Doubles Gold: Billy Chooi/Derek
Jones (LYC)
B+ Men's Doubles Silver: Jonathan Kueh/Richard Liu
B+ Men's Doubles Bronze: Mark McCanney/Dominic Bruce
B+ Men's Singles Bronze: Grant Dickie
Paris
2004
A Men's Doubles Gold:
Mark Scrivener/Chris Garrett
A Men's Doubles Silver: David King/Grant Dickie
A Men's Singles Bronze: Chris
Garrett
B+ Men's Doubles Gold: Brandon Barker/Tony
Delroy
Panthers
Tournament (London) 2004
1st
Group Gold: Mark Scrivener/David King
1st
Group Silver: Mark McCanney/Dominic Bruce
2nd
Group Gold: Sam Hew/Azri Saiful
London
2004
A Men's Doubles Gold:
Ed Kung/Chris Garrett
A Men's Doubles Silver: Steve Green/Alan Bates
A Men's Doubles Bronze: Lennerd Benade/Jarkko Mattila (Finland)
A Men's Singles Silver: Alan Bates
A Men's Singles Bronze: Steve Green (now of Northern Flight)
B+ Men's Doubles Gold: Sam Hew/Azri Saiful
B+ Men's Doubles Silver: Mark McCanney/Richard Liu
B+ Men's Singles Gold: Sam Hew
B+ Men's Singles Silver: Mark McCanney
B+ Men's Singles Bronze: Dominic Bruce
B- Men's Doubles Gold: Tony
Delroy/Chee
Chin
(now of Northern Flight)
B- Men's Singles Gold: Tony Delroy