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Please note that our store will be closed on Wednesday 27th November for the funeral of our late director Ian Little. Orders can still be placed online - any orders after 4pm on Tuesday 26th will not be processed or despatched until Thursday 28th at the earliest. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Anyone wishing to pay their respects to Ian - the cremation will take place at Mountsett Crematorium DH9 9JP, at 12:30pm on Wednesday 27th. All are welcome afterwards at The Owl and Otter, Mountsett, NE16 6BA, to celebrate his life. Thank you for your understanding and continued...

It is with great sadness that we must announce the passing of our Managing Director Ian Little, aged 75.  After suffering a short illness, Ian passed away peacefully on Tuesday 29th October surrounded by his family. Ian was well loved by all those who knew him, a true gentleman both in life and badminton. Ian founded Yehlex over 35 years ago, and in that time built an incredibly successful badminton business providing exemplary service and passion to the many branches of the badminton community. His wisdom, humour, and generosity will be greatly missed, not just in his native North East...

Dan Travers from Scotland (he is the one on the right) was a triple winner at the 2024 European Senior Championships held in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium from 25 to 31 August 2024. Congratulations to Dan, an amazing achievement to win all three events at such a high level event. Dan uses the Apacs Stardom Pro III racket. More images to follow very soon.

Our container arrived today 27 June 2024.  It will take two or three days to cold steam the shuttlecocks, sleeve and seal the tubes.  Our expected despatch date is 2 July 2024, delivery the following day 3 July 2024. Due to the rerouting of vessels from Asia caused by the current Red Sea/Suez Canal crisis it is taking up to 14 days additional transit time.  Also UK ports are in total chaos due to rescheduling, resulting in further delays at port.  The container which arrived today took eight weeks from China to Gateshead, normally it takes between four to five...

Ladies and unisex matching shirts are now available.  In ladies we have RN366 with matching RN10151 in unisex style.  Also available ladies RN367 with matching RN10152 in unisex style. We are able to offer quantity discounts and also in house printing services at very reasonable rates. Check out all of our new shirts on https://www.yehlex.co.uk/collections/clothing they are in stock now. More information is available by email sales@yehlex.co.uk or by calling on 0191 491 5502.