Hampshire Badminton Association Ltd County Newsletter
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Well done team. You produced a great result by coming 9th and we hope you will remember having a successful tournament for a long time to come. We enjoyed your company and for those players leaving the Juniors this year we wish you good luck for the future. Report by Alan & Shirley Baker Ready for the disco !!! Kelvin, Tom, Hayley, Daniel Stride (Junior Official), Craig, Andrew, Nick and Fiona U17 Shires Final 2011 The U 17 team had a good season beating all the regional teams in the Shires league and were then invited to compete in the Shires finals. This was held on 1st May at Hertfordshire Sports Village, competing against the top 8 teams in the Country. Back Row: Sarah Stannett, Nick Downard, Hayley Duckett, Viki Williams, Tom Kent, Craig Muir, Andrew Stride Front Row : Kelvin Latimer, Melissa Stride The first draw gave us a match against Lancashire who had several England players and so we were expecting a close match. We had a slow start with only our youngsters Kelvin & Melissa winning a close match in the mixed 21-19. In the boys' singles Tom had a tough match against Tom Wolfenden and played very well but the result did not reflect the balance of play. Kelvin battled hard to win his singles 21-16 but we were unable to win any more boys' singles so at the start of the girls' singles we were 2-6 down. The girls produced some excellent results with Viki, Hayley, Melissa and Sarah all winning, so levelling the score at 6-6. We were only able to win 1 of the 4 boys’ doubles with Kelvin & Craig producing a good result at 21-19 against the Lancs second pair. Our girls had to fight hard to win the match and they all produced very good performances to give us a 3-1 win in the doubles. This gave us a draw at 10-10 but we unfortunately lost the match by 17 points. We went into the second draw to play for 5th – 8th position. Staffordshire were our next opponents who again had a strong boys' team. The mixed produced some very close games with Nick & Viki just going down 20-21 and Andrew & Hayley losing 19-21. Kelvin & Melissa broke the mixed duck by winning the 4th mixed 21-11.The boys' singles was as tough as expected with Craig playing very well to win his match 21-16. So at the start of the girls' singles we were once again 2-6 down. The girls dominated the singles 4-0 to even the match at 6-6. The boys’ doubles gave us one end with Kelvin & Craig winning against the second pair but Tom and Nick were unlucky to lose 19-21 to the same pair. Well done the girls again as they won all 4 matches to give us an 11-9 win which meant we were now playing for 5th or 6th position. We were on a high to face the old arch enemy Yorkshire. Again close matches in the mixed with Kelvin & Melissa winning theirs but only 10 points separating the other 3 mixed games. Tom faced Yorkshire's No1 boy in an exciting match but just went down 18-21 and Nick also going down in a close match 20-21. Kelvin kept hopes alive with a win. Hurray for the girls again who all won the singles and the doubles with 3 going to 21-20. The boys knew we had to fight for every point and did so with Kelvin and Craig gaining 18 points against the 2nd pair to finish the match at 10-10 with just a 3 point margin to Hampshire. But a win is a win - even sweeter against the old foe.
Men's Singles: Kevin Wrigley lost to James Scott 23/21 18/21 10/21 Ladies' Singles: Beulah Moody beat Freya Webb 21/13 21/17 Men's Doubles: Kevin Wrigley/Harry Wilkinson beat Gary Sheppard/Berti Chung 21/18 21/19 Ladies' Doubles: Sitara Bali/Persia Keens lost to Freya Webb/Charlie Aldred 19/21 9/21 Mixed Doubles: Harry Wilkinson/Beulah Moody beat James Scott/Kari Sherrington 21/15 21/23 21/19 Dan Parish-Matheson/Sitara Bali beat Gary Sheppard/Charlie Aldred 24/22 21/17
Men's Singles: Jonny Carter lost to James Hendy 13/21 16/21 Ladies' Singles: Beulah Moody beat Abby Fullerton 21/12 21/12 Men's Doubles: Kevin Wrigley/Dan Parish Matheson lost to Rob Bowater/Rich Sham 21/14 15/21 22/24 Ladies' Doubles: Persia Keens/Sitara Bali lost to Abby Fullerton/Evie Hamar 13/21 16/21 Mixed Doubles: Harry Wilkinson/Beulah Moody lost to Rob Bowater/Bradie Taylor Booth 11/21 14/21 Kevin Wrigley/Sitara Bali lost to Ad Bowater/Evie Hamar 21/16 19/21 19/21
Having lost one and won one, Hampshire went through in 2nd place to "winners" stage knockout round with winner going through to quarters, semi's & final and loser going into box I for lower place play-offs. Hampshire were drawn to play Oxfordshire. Hampshire v Oxfordshire Men's Singles: Kevin Wrigley lost to James Buffman 17/21 15/21 Ladies' Singles: Beulah Moody lost to Lauren Cooper 19/21 17/21 Men's Doubles: Harry Wilkinson/Jonny Carter lost to Will Green/Jon Campbell 21/18 12/21 16/21 Ladies' Singles: Beulah Moody/Sitara Bali beat Harriet Allen/Poppy Bensburg 21/14 21/8 Mixed Doubles: Kevin Wrigley/Sitara lost to James Buffman/Lauren Cooper 10/21 13/21 Dan Parish Matteson/Persia Keens lost to Chris Lim/Nadia Howden 15/21 17/21
This result meant Hampshire went to Box I where they had to play Cheshire & Surrey for the lower places. Hampshire v Cheshire Men's Singles: Kevin Wrigley lost to Adam Dolman 21/12 15/21 7/21 Ladies' Singles: Beulah Moody beat Rachel Vickers 20/22 21/11 21/19 Men's Doubles: Harry Wilkinson/Jonny Carter beat Matt Riley/Richard Bergh 21/16 11/21 21/17 Ladies' Singles: Sitara Bali/Persia Keens lost to Nikki Rowath/Rachel Marsh 14/21 14/21 Mixed Doubles: Harry Wilkinson/Beulah Moody beat Richard Bergh/Rachel Vickers 21/19 16/21 21/17 Dan Parish Matheson/Sitara Bali lost to Mike Phillips/Alex Chambers 21/17 18/21 16/21
Men's Singles: Kevin Wrigley beat Tom Frew 19/21 21/9 21/16 Ladies' Singles: Sitara Bali lost to Hannah Thompson 21/15 22/24 14/21 Men's Doubles: Harry Wilkinson/Jonny Carter beat Ryan Acquah 13/21 23/21 21/18 Ladies' Doubles: Beulah Moody/Persia Keens lost to Jenny Nurse/Kirsty Walker 12/21 21/19 17/21 Mixed Doubles: Harry Wilkinson/Beulah Moody beat Jamie Ellis/Kirsty Walker 21/9 23/21 Dan Parish Matheson/Sitara Bali beat Tom Penn/Rebecca Freeman 21/18 21/15
The first round of group games saw Topflight against the Dutch champions BC Duinwijck who, unknown to the Topflight team at that time, were highly favoured to win the tournament. Ben Muir kicked off the tie with first Men’s Singles against the talented Dutch national player Erik Meijs and Ben fell to a hard fought 21-17, 21-15 defeat. Although not the start Topflight were looking for, Ben’s fighting performance instilled some resilient confidence in the team that Hannah Littlecott took into her match in the first Ladies' singles against Dutch junior starlet Soraya De Visch Eijbergen. Following a thrilling first set that Eijbergen just scrapped 21-19, Hannah couldn’t quite match the power and accuracy of her opponent in the second set going down 21-11. Again this defeat only fuelled the Topflight team spirit as the match now went to men’s doubles with Steve Smith and Chris Shepperd having a very difficult tie against Rein Ridder and Sudirman Cup player Jacco Arends ranked 66 in the world. Steve and Chris knew a good start was essential and with a highly offensive first set they took it 21-14. The second set saw the Dutch ahead all the way and eventually levelled the game at 1 set all, but not to be denied the big win that would kick start Topflight’s championships, Steve and Chris clinched the final set 21-18 and the game.
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Beulah Moody 1-15 demolition of Simone Jegge in the women's singles. Indonesian Yohanes Hogianto and Martin Contartese were Steve and Chris’s opponents in the men’s doubles but the boys couldn’t match yesterday’s performance and went down 21-15, 21-19. Spirits were not low for long as again a determined Sarah and Kelly stepped onto court for the women's doubles against Simone Jegge and Huwaina Razi and they gave Topflight breathing space with a hard fought but nervy 21-18, 14-21, 22-20 win and a 3-1 lead in the tie. The powerful Hogianto and Jennifer Kobelt were up next in the mixed for Steve and Charmaine and a challenge too far as Topflight lost 21-18, 21-12. Topflight were up 3-2 but Yuehang had the unenviable challenge of taking on seasoned EBU competitor Conrad Hueckstadt, which did prove to be too difficult a task for the youngster who was out of sorts losing 21-3, 21-7.
at 3-3 and it was the battle of the under-19s as Beulah faced birthday girl Jennifer Kobelt in the second ladies' singles. The atmosphere in the hall was reaching fever pitch as Beulah made a fantastic start to the game taking the first set 21-14, having been down early on. However, the nerves started to show as Kobelt managed to force errors from the young Topflighter and she took the second set 21-18. Not wanting the birthday girl to have her perfect day, Beulah came out fighting in the third set and played some incredible badminton to gain a 20-15 lead only to see Kobelt come back to 20-19 until Moody played her one and only smash winner of the final set to record Topflight’s first ever European win. Our Men’s Singles players in action: Left, Ben Muir and, right, Yuehang Wang Day three and the final group game was against Hungarian side Multi Alarm SE Pecs and if Topflight recorded a 5-2 or better and BC Duinwijck lost 4-3 or more then Topflight would go through to the Semi-finals, something that no one in England thought possible before the championships, including the Topflight team who booked their return flight home the same time as the semi’s! But it was not to be the fairytale ending as unlike most teams that had full-time players and experienced euro-club campaigners, Topflight were starting to show physical and mental tiredness with only one win coming the way of Topflight from the outstanding ladies' singles replacement Kelly Holdway. Kelly stepped in for the absent Hannah who had to return home early and she comfortably dispatched of Reka Sarosi 21-16, 21-13 in 18 minutes. Apart from a close but disappointing finish from Steve and Chris who went down 21-19 in the third set to Henrik Toth and Andras Nemeth after leading 19-17 and Sarah and Kelly losing in three sets, it was a swift victory for the Hungarians who closed out the match 6-1 to take second place in the group. The Topflight team returned home on the Saturday and watched on as the live badmintoneurope.tv coverage of BC Duinwijck’s semi-final showed them defeat the French second seeds; painful viewing following the close game in the group. BC Duinwijck were not finished there however as they then went on to win the final against fellow Dutch side Van Zundert Velo with Bart Gerrits in the second men's singles, taking the all important 4th game to seal the match with 4 games to 2 and crown BC Duinwijcks as 2011 European Champions. L-R back row: Beulah Moody, Kelly Holdway, Charmaine Webb, Sarah Burgess, Hana Littlecott Front row> Chris Shepperd, Yuehang Wang, Ben Muir, Steve Smith It was a great experience for the whole team and satisfying to know they were not out of place against the professional European clubs. All Topflight members were amazed by the atmosphere created between all the club teams and the realisation of what we are missing out on in England. Well done Top Flight for earning the right of entry into this tournament. Some excellent matches played with differing results but what an experience for all the players. The atmosphere when playing anywhere abroad is always much more electrifying than here in England, where the game is considered to be much more sedate with polite clapping the norm. BASINGSTOKE TOURNAMENT NEWS Reports by Ruth Cairns BDBL RESTRICTED TOURNAMENT 2011 The Basingstoke and District Badminton League Restricted Tournament was held at Costello Technology College on Sunday 20th February 2011. Four pairs contested the Ladies' section, each pair playing two games to 21 points against all other pairs. The favourites, and last year’s winners, Lesley Acheson and Hayley Burger (BH Pegasus) scratch, won all their games with the maximum 126 points to take the trophy again. Runners up were Gina Rapacioli (Viking) and Gill Trimmer (Waverley) on +7, with 115 points. Third and fourth respectively were Sarah Fenton/Chris-Louise Estrada (Waverley) +9, with 108 points and Karin Themson/Jenny Skilton (Loddon Sherpas) +7, with 99 points.
(Hurst), +5, were close behind, losing 8 points. Missing out on achieving the Runners-up position by just one point were Vince Yong/Khem Limbu (Viking), +4. Matt Hawkins/ Peter Bevell (Waverley/Phoenix), Dale Turpin/Ramsay Domloge (BH Pegasus), and Patrick Garlick/Alex Harris (Loddon Sherpas) were the other three pairs in this section. Section B was won outright with a maximum 120 points by Adam Bridgen/Andrew Mountford (Waverley), on +6. Steve Harrison/Andy King (BH Pegasus/St. Mary’s) were Runners-up with 109 points. Tim and Geoff Lewis (Andover), on +8, gained 107 points, David Wolfe/Greg Sudell ((Phoenix), +5, 97 points and Stuart Cheng/Michael Nash (Viking/Loddon Sherpas), +4, 86 points. In the first semi-final Harrison/King beat Williamson/Ansell 30-22, and in the second Bridgen/Mountford beat Lambe/Spragg 30-25. The closely fought final saw Bridgen/Mountford triumph 30-28, to take the trophy. The Mixed competition comprised two sections in which pairs played one game to 21 points. Hayley Burger/Ben Ansell (BH Pegasus/Viking), on +1, gained maximum 126 points in the 7 pair section A. Runners-up were Lisa Moran/Peter Leeds (Beechdown) on +3, who lost just 5 points. This was a close section: Alison Rendell/ Greg Sudell ((Phoenix), +5, got 114, Gina Rapacioli/Michael Nash (Viking/ Loddon Sherpas), +8, got 111, Katie Woods/Andy King (St. Mary’s), -1, got 107, and Gill Trimmer/Jonathan Spragg (Waverley), +5, finished with 100 points. In the 6 pair section B, Lesley Acheson/Steve Harrison (BH Pegasus), on -1, won the maximum 105 points. Runners up Jan MacDonald/Adam Bridgen ((Waverley), on +5, gained 94 points. They were followed by Melissa Dunn/David Wolfe ((Phoenix), +7, with 87, Julie Shawley/Neil Hodges, (Viking), +3, with 86, Jenny Skilton/Hanif Rahman (Loddon Sherpas), +6, with 83, and Cathryn Perkins/Mark Bayliss (Beechdown), +5, with 82 points. In the semi-finals Burger/Ansell beat MacDonald/Bridgen 21-16, and Moran/Leeds beat Acheson/Harrison by the same score. It was another 21-16 win by Moran/Leeds in the final that gained them the trophy. Trophies were presented to winners and runners-up by Ruth Cairns, Chairman of the Basingstoke and District Badminton League, who thanked all the players for a very sporting and enjoyable day She also thanked all committee members for their support in running the event. BDBL OPEN TOURNAMENT 2011 The Basingstoke and District Badminton League Open Tournament took place at Costello Technology College on Sunday 20th March 2011. Seven pairs contested the Ladies' section, 21 pairs in the Men's section and 17 pairs in the Mixed section. All games were to 21 points with no setting. In the Ladies' competition top seeded Claire Stott and Katie Balls (Reading and Country/Shaw) on scratch, won all their games to finish with the maximum 105 points. Lisa Moran and Julie Newbold (Beechdown/Caer Gwent), +2, were runners-up with 98 points. Close behind, with 96 points was the BH Pegasus pair, Anu Davies/Lesley Acheson, also +2, winners of the BDBL Restricted tournament last month. Heather Farquhar/Lyn Vickery, +5, from Hartley Wintney, Gina Rapacioli/Lisa Rodger, +8, Lightwater Juniors, and Priya Shah/Sankina Lakhani, +4, London Badminton Academy were the other ladies pairs. Andrea Jefferies/Jacky Barron, (Beechdown/Matchpoint) +2, had to retire in their 4th game due to a leg injury sustained by Andrea. The final between the top two pairs resulted in a win for Moran/Newbold 21-15. The Men's competition consisted of 3 sections, with the 3 winners and the best Runner-up playing semi-finals. Group A was headed by John Hepworth and Yip Lieu, Matchpoint, on -2. They dropped just 3 points to finish first with 123 points. Ben Ansell/Simon Williamson, Viking, on scratch were a very close second with 122 points. This also made them the best Runners up. Steve Hollands/David Everett, (Orpington/Abingdon), +4, gained 117 points. The other pairs were: Mike Strong/Darren Taylor (Topflight), on scratch, 108 points; Stephen Lambe/Jonathan Spragg (Hurst), +4, 105 points; Dale Turpin/Ramsay Domoge (BH Pegasus), +7, 99 points; and Tom Ramjeet/Brain Edelman (Reading and Country) on scratch, with 88 points. Group B winners Mark Prictoe/Dan Shepherd (Hawley), on scratch, dropped 3 points to Runners-up, Andy King/Steve Harrison (St. Mary’s/BH Pegasus), -1, who dropped 5 points to the Viking pair Carlo and Milo Rapacioli, on scratch. Ivan Hoh/Joel Phang (Chilter/Carlie), +4 were 3rd with 120 points. The Rapaciolis finished 4th with 116 points. The other pairs were: Andy Cecil/James Huggins (Waverley), +7, 98 points; Nils and Jens Pagotto (Reading and Country), on scratch, 96 points; and Neil Patel/Steve Spyrakis (Streets Heath), +4, 92 points. The Shaw pair, Andy Norman/Mike Pembroke, on -1, dominated Group C, winning all their games and finishing with the maximum 126 points. Runners-up were Richard Whatley/Peter Seward from Caer Gwent on scratch, with 110 points. Two pairs, Jason King/Martin Davey (BH Pegasus) +4, and Khem Limbu/Vince Yong (Viking) +3, finished joint 3rd with 106 points. The other pairs were: Augustine Lam/Kirk Lim (Reading and Country), on scratch, 99 points; Keith Palmer/Tim Jefferies (Beechdown), +7, 97 points and Oliver Sturt/Phil Thacker (Tongham Meths), +1, 88 points. In the first semi-final Norman/Pembroke beat Ansell/Williamson 21-15, and in the second Prictoe/Shepherd won with a score of 21-14. The final brought Norman/Pembroke the trophy 21-13. The Mixed competition also consisted of 3 sections with the 3 winners and the best runner-up playing semi finals. Group A was won by Diane Doyle/Andy Norman, (Shaw), on scratch, with the maximum 105 points. Runners up Paula Collie/Richard Whatley (Caer Gwent), +2 , dropped just 5 points to finish best Runners-up. Lesley Acheson/Jason King (BH Pegasus), +4 were a close third. The remaining pairs were Jacky Barron/John Hepworth (Matchpoint), -3, Lisa Moran/Peter Leeds (Beechdown), +4 and Jan MacDonald/Jonathan Spragg (Waverley/Hurst), +5. Group B had only 5 pairs: Fiona McGowan/Mike Strong (Topflight), +5, were the winners, dropping just 2 points. Katie Balls/Andy King (St. Mary’s), on scratch, came 2nd, with Priya Shah/Nils Pagotto (Reading and Country), scratch, 3rd, Linda and Carlo Rapacioli (Viking), +4, 4th and Karen Manners/Adam Sturt (Parkside), scratch, 5th. Anu Davies/Martin Davey (BH Pegasus), +4 won Group C with 101 points. Two points behind were Gemma Meades/Mark Prictoe (Hawley), +2. Next were Claire Stott/Ben Ansell (Shaw/Viking), on scratch, Emma Aldred/Darren Taylor (Top Flight), +4, Julie Newbold/Peter Seward (Caer Gwent), scratch, and Gina Rapacioli/Adam Bridges (Viking/Waverley), +6. Doyle/Norman won the first semi final against Davies/Davey, 21-15, and Collie/Whatley won the second against McGowan/Strong, 21-13. Doyle/ Norman won the final by the same score, so capturing the Mixed Trophy. Ruth Cairns, BDBL Chairman, and committee members Cathryn Perkins and Phil Cooper presented the trophies and thanked all helpers and participants for an excellent day’s badminton. **************** WINCHESTER & DISTRICT BADMINTON ASSOCIATION Banerjee Memorial Cup 2010-11 This handicapped knock-out event is played between teams from League Clubs, playing either home or away on Club nights throughout the season. Eleven teams started off in November 2010. Round 1 BTC (-2) beat Matchpoint 2 (+6) by 6-3. Caer Gwent 1 (-10) beat Bishops Waltham 2 (+10) by 7-2. BGB Southampton (-2) beat Fleming Park (+10) by 7-2. Round 2 BGB Southampton (-2) beat Bishops Waltham 1 (-21) by 8-1. BTC (-2) beat Caer Gwent 3 (-2) by 5-4. Matchpoint 1 (-2) beat Four Marks (+6) by 6-3. J9 (-2) beat Caer Gwent 1 (-10) by 7-2. Semi-finals BGB Southampton (-2) beat BTC (-2) by 7-2. Matchpoint 1 (-2) beat J9 (-2) by 7-2. Final Matchpoint 1 (-2) beat BGB Southampton (-2) by 6-3. Left, with Margaret Houlton who presented the trophies, Matchpoint 1: Paul Hoff, Jacky Barron, Sonia Doublet, John Hepworth, Carolyn Cooper and Dan Amy. Right, BGB (Southampton): Philip Barber, Cristina Mitchell, Vikki Gunn, Karyn Richardson, Will Mitchell, Fiona Weston and Stephen Noton. Reports for the Annual General Meeting 2011 COUNTY SECRETARY’S REPORT -2010/2011 SEASON Report by Hazel Marks, County Secretary 2010-11 has been a year of new beginnings in a way. Trevor Shanks was elected at the AGM to succeed the late John Parker as our President and has proved his worth and interest by being ever-present at Director and Management meetings, tournaments and matches, especially the 1st team matches in his other role as 1st team Manager. Another new Director has also made a very positive start. Steve Harvey has quickly got into the swim of managing our accounts as our new Treasurer. Once the Bank sorted out the details and issued him with a cheque book, there has been no stopping him. Sarah Moore, as our new Match Secretary, was quickly into action, sorting out fixtures, registrations and even her hen weekend. We wish her a very happy day in June when she marries Rowan Taylor. We hope their happy life together will include a return to playing badminton for both of them. Mark Peckham enjoyed his year off last year and returned as Chairman of Selectors with renewed vigour. He was joined on the election Committee by Jo Dix, Kieran Dix, Chris Evans and Neil Potter .Together they managed to field full teams for all fixtures and generally the willingness of the players to turn out for the County was pleasing. The results tables show three teams finishing just below promotion positions. The 1st team promised much in the first weekend, faltered in the second and finally settled in 3rd place in Premier B. Two teams were promoted. The 2nd team finished 2nd in 1D of the Regional Championships, just behind the one team promoted. Similarly the 3rd team ended their season just behind the promoted top team in 4D. A number of junior players were blooded in full senior matches this year and next year just maybe we shall see the benefits of that policy. Our more senior veterans’ teams have had an outstanding year. The 65’s have become double National Champions, carrying off the National Inter-County Championship and the National Inter-County League titles. The 60’s and 70’s also won their respective ICC National Championships. Previously only our 60’s had won the National ICC title in 1997. We have one more National Champion to congratulate – Topflight Academy won the National Club Championship for the first time. They will be taking part in the European Club Championship in June. We wish them well. During the 2010-11 season we lost three clubs: Portsmouth Community, Swanwick Airways and Zerbini, We were able to welcome two new clubs: John Pounds and Basingstoke Flyers Juniors. So we now have 72 Senior Clubs and 16 Junior Clubs affiliated. Membership numbers have dropped again by about 80 Senior Club Members, to fewer than 1400 members. There are 6 fewer Junior Members of Senior clubs, 139 down from 145, and 188 fewer members of Junior Clubs, down from 740 to 552. Once again the picture is far from rosy. Sophie Jackson who had been our last Development Officer, and whose job changed to be known as Regional Officer, left us in January to pursue her career in New Zealand. We thanked her for all her hard work and wished her well. Her successor as Regional Officer is Blake Simmons and we welcome him. And finally, my thanks as ever go to:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Match Secretary’s Report - 2010/2011 by Sarah Taylor (née Moore) All the matches in the senior season were completed. Heavy snow in December resulted in a 2nd and 3rd team match being re-arranged for March. It proved very difficult to find much availability at the Westgate at such short notice, so the 2nd team had to start their re-arranged match at 10am instead of the usual 12pm start. 1st Team The 1st team finished joint third in premier B.
2nd Team The 2nd team finished second in division 1D. DIVISION 1D
3rd Team The third team finished second in division 4D.
Congratulations to Sarah Burgess who reached 100 caps for Hampshire during the last Premier B weekend! At the time of writing, the draft fixture schedule for 2011/12 has not yet been provided by Badminton England. Copies will be distributed for reference when received.
Entries for our Junior Restricted Tournaments remain fairly constant, although there were fewer entries in the younger age groups and more in the older age groups. The format of running all age groups on one weekend is working well. This season we decided to use the weekend in mid-September dedicated by Badminton England for Junior Restricted Tournaments. It imposed more of a strain on the Coaches getting the entry forms out in time, but worked well. Reports of tournaments have been in the Hampshire Newsletter throughout the season. We try to accept all entries for these tournaments and hope that players (and parents) realise this can at times mean waiting a little longer for games to be played. The Open Tournaments, both Junior and Senior, have once again been oversubscribed – as I have said before everyone seems to like coming to Westgate!! Entries for these tournaments are controlled by Badminton England’s ranking and grading lists. Refusal of entries can cause disappointment and sometimes even offence! The Singles Tournament in August is proving successful and will take place for the fourth time this August. As always my thanks go to the tournament committee of Claire and Colin Byford, Diana and Graham Troke, Jill Robertson, Hazel Marks, Julie Newbold, Brian Woodall and Steve Harvey. This year we have been happy to welcome the services of Daniel Stride, now a qualified Tournament Referee. If you feel you would like to help on the Tournament Committee please contact me for more details. COACHING SECRETARY’S REPORT - Dennis Blazye Over the year we have continued our coaching of the most talented junior players in the County. These sessions have taken place every Saturday during the season both at the Westgate Badminton Centre and at the Highbury College Sports Centre. These are age related sessions in the main but no child is held back if they are good enough to be transferred to a more senior group. The sessions at Westgate start at 9am and finish at 6pm with the Highbury sessions operating between 9am and 12pm. There are six coaches involved at Westgate and two at Highbury Three Level 1 and two Level 2 Badminton England Coaches Assessment Courses were held over the year and a number of our Juniors passed the Level 1. The County Association initiated a Bursary scheme to help those within the County taking the Level 1 course whereby on application the potential coach would receive £100 from the County Association to help towards the cost of taking the course but on passing the course the applicant has to agree to give eight hours voluntary coaching to their club or the Association. This has proved to be very successful and five juniors have benefitted from the scheme to date. We have been considering holding a coaches seminar during the summer period and we are helped in this by our Regional Officer who has circulated all of our 71 coaches to seek their advice on whether or not they would wish to attend such a course if one was held on a Sunday possibly the 7th August. Replies are still coming in but we do not know yet if we will have enough coaches to make it worth organising such a seminar. We have been fortunate to receive a grant of £1,000 from the Hampshire Sports Federation Trust this year and this has been handed to the Junior Committee to assist with their funding. Unfortunately, due to the financial restrictions operating almost everywhere throughout the Country, we have been advised by the Southampton Unitary Authority that they will not be able to agree to our grant this year. We have in the past secured a grant of just over £1,000 from the Authority but this will not be forthcoming in the future. This has in the past paid for our development of badminton within Southampton and for financial assistance to Players in Southampton wishing to become coaches. Our Thursday evenings at Highbury College where Jack Webb and John Hodge coach a high performance group for the County could do with a few more players and I would suggest if there are any especially talented junior players wishing to improve their performance they should get in touch with Jack to discuss attending this session. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HAMPSHIRE JUNIOR CHAIRMAN’S REPORT - JUNE 2011. "A VERY SUCCESSFUL SEASON" All matches were completed by the end of the season although several matches had to be re-arranged because of the inclement winter weather. The U15 team finished 4th in the National Team Challenge. Both the U15 and the U17 teams won their Regional Leagues and in the Shires League finals, the U15 came third and the U17 5th. A good effort, competing with teams coming from all over the whole country. In the ICT the under 17 team played above their ranking and finished 9th. Kelvin Latimer continues to make good progress and has represented England several times this season. Viki Williams has been successful with semi-final placings in the Nationals and has been selected four times for England this season. Not only have many of our players done well this season on the courts, but junior Squad sessions have been well attended. Shirley and Alan Baker have worked at increasing the numbers of players attending and this is also reflected in our financial position this season. Margaret Houlton, in her first year as Treasurer, has shown a surplus on this season’s figures. This was partly due to increased numbers being coached but also to fewer sessions when bad weather forced sessions to be cancelled. A BIG THANK YOU TO SHIRLEY, MARGARET AND ALAN and to all the coaches who have helped this season. Report by Jean Merrikin, Junior Chairman VETERANS’ REPORT 2010/2011 - by Margaret Houlton
40’s Played in the premier division and finished 4th out of 7 45’s Played in division 1B and finished 2nd out of 6 50’s Played in division 1B and finished 3rd out of 7 55’s Team withdrawn from premier division due to lack of players 60’s Played in premier division and finished 1st out of 7 65’s Played in premier division and finished 1st out of 7 70’s Played in premier division and finished 1st out of 5 playing each county twice
****************** HAMPSHIRE YOUTH BADMINTON TRUST Registered Charity Number: 1006727 REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2011 Report by Steve Harvey, Trust Secretary & Treasurer OBJECTIVE To encourage and facilitate the playing of sports, and in particular the sport of badminton, by the young people Hampshire. In support of this the Trust:- Provides grants to individuals whose families are having difficulty in financing badminton to the levels of which the individuals are capable. Provides grants for the organisation and sponsorship of courses for Leaders & Coaches recommended by junior groups and clubs
Mrs Diana Troke Chairperson Mr Stephen Harvey Secretary & Treasurer Mrs Shirley Baker Mr Colin Byford Mrs. Jill Robertson REPORT Four grants were made during the year totalling £927.00. This figure was higher than recent previous years, but the rise was not unexpected given the prevailing economic conditions. Income to the Trust increased in the year due higher levels of Gift Aid donations and proceeds from raffles undertaken at tournaments. The only other source of income for the charity was the interest from the bank deposit, which is currently running at a minimal amount. No applications were received in respect of Leaders or Coaches courses for young people. FINANCIAL REPORT Opening balance 1/4/10 £ 5390.35 Receipts 151.22 Payments (927.00) Closing balance 31/3/11 £ 4614.57 The Trust banks with the Charities Aid Foundation bank and where possible encourages all personal donations to be made via the Gift Aid scheme in order that the tax element can be reclaimed from HRMC in the year following donation. Due to the current economic conditions there is an expectation that applications for grants will remain at the higher level in the short to medium term. The prognosis for future years, therefore, is that the funds of the Trust will progressively reduce year on year and be exhausted within 4-5 years.
Now in post, I am excited by the challenges and opportunities that will be on the horizon. I also look forward to working with, and alongside all of you in the development of Badminton across Hampshire and the IOW. I would like to take this opportunity lastly to thank all of you that I have met and been in contact with for being so welcoming and helpful. This has made my transition so much easier. What follows is an overview of the work being done in Hampshire and IOW with specific focus on the Community Badminton Networks. Southampton CBN Level: Improving point | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||