The countries elite top badminton players will be playing at the
Winter newsletter Jan 2009
The countries elite top badminton players will be playing at the
We
have arranged a trip to the All England championships on Sunday 8th March 2009
this year.
We have pre-ordered our discounted tickets in December, which is due to high
demand for finals day tickets, which all club members had the opportunity to
purchase the discounted tickets from club, to ensure allocation of seats is in
the same location.
There are only a handful of spare tickets available, if you are interested
please see Phil Darlow, it is a great day out at the finals for all.
There maybe an outside chance that will get some tickets for some coaching by
Any new enquires or children turning up at the club for the first time, will be
asked to fill in their contact details and possibly go onto a waiting list, and
we will invite them into the club at the earliest opportunity. Our ideal number
of players is a minimum of 16 and a maximum of 24 (6 per court).
Many thanks to all the SBJB Coaches for their hard work and commitment for
the Sunday club, coaches are Phil, Allan, Lee, John, Tahlia and Glen.
Finances/lottery money
The previous lottery funding from last year has
been spent and utilized within the club structures, ensuring all the members get
the benefits, i.e.; discounted shirt costs, club feather shuttles, reduced
tournament entry costs, updated qualified club coaches and new equipment. The
funding has assisted to reimburse the coaches for their hard work and
commitment, to ensure all players obtain their badminton potential, for all of
the Colmers Farm Badminton associated junior clubs;
Colmers After school club on Thursdays
Colmers Colts on Thursdays
The format of each Sunday session is as follows, in
order:
·
Warm-up
·
Co–ordination/Movement/
footwork training
·
Coaching, usually for 30-40
minutes
·
Doubles or singles competition
·
Fun game
If you have any suggestions or ideas then please speak to the coaches, we are always willing to try new things.
Individual progress and effort
We have continued to hand out the monthly achievement awards, recognising
individual effort and progress over the last quarter in 2008. The September
awards went to Lara Dunseith (Bronze group), Jean Yang (Silver group), and
Chulue Zhong (Gold group).
The October awards went to Rosie Walton(Bronze
group), Jenny Tian (Silver group), and Elliot Clarke (Gold group).
The November awards went to Arpan Sharma
(Bronze group), Tania Li (Silver group) and Darwin Zhuang/Benedict
McCloskey (Gold group).
December awards went to Jake Ringland/Ethan Nath
(Silver group) and Ciaran Dunseith/Dani Szucs (Gold group).
2nd Dorina
Szucs
2nd Ethan
Nath
3rd Xiaofan
Zhang
4th Catherine
Laverty
2nd George
Zeng
3rd
Dani Szucs
4th James
Darlow
Well done to all the tournament players that took
part on 7th December 2008 for their continued commitment and
effort, by achieving the awards and personal achievements.
Further inter club tournaments will be announced
soon, so watch this space.
Numbers and safety on
Sunday’s
The large
number’s turning up on a Sunday can present a few problems in maintaining
safety to all those who attend. One of the biggest problem’s is juniors
running across courts. It is important that everyone goes around
the courts if moving from one end of the hall to the other, otherwise there
could be a nasty collision or even a racket related injury following a clash
with those playing on the court. The coaches would appreciate co-operation in
this matter.
This
will provide the club a great club identity and ownership for all club members.
Any queries speak to Phil at the club session for
orders (delivery due end of January).
This season is the first time for many years that a junior badminton
league has been ran, there are only four junior club teams this season, with
many other clubs looking to join in the 2009-10 season.
The team player squad representing the club are as follows: Emma
Darlow, Matthew Tout, Jonathan Tout, Haibo Li, Elliot Clarke, Dani Szucs, James
Darlow, Ciaran Dunseith, James Spencer, Ethan Nath and Vivian Lawrence.
The results so far are as follows:
Colmers V Knowle – Won 5-1
Solihull
& Shirley – Lost 4-2
Colmers V Solihull & Shirley – Lost 6-0
Colmers V
All players are learning and experiencing match environments and playing
their best against the other teams , although two teams are quite strong.
The last remaining 4 team player squads will be chosen in preparation of
the last remaining fixtures in January and February, with Phil selecting the
strongest 8 players for each of the matches in early next year.
Forth Coming External
Tournament Dates and Details
Worcestershire Schools
Badminton Association have restricted tournaments
on as detailed below:
Under 15 Singles/
Doubles on Sunday 1st March, at Elgar Technology College,
Worcester.
Under 13 Singles/
Doubles on Sunday 15th March, at Elgar Technology College,
Worcester.
See phil for application forms
for the above.
Solihull Badminton League
are holding a junior tournament at End of March at either Tudor Grange or
Warwickshire team challenge in April, more details
to follow (top 4 boys and 4 girls from clubs).
Hotshots team challenge for adults and juniors will
be around July time 2009. More details to follow.
For any further assistance on details of
tournaments above, please speak to Phil Darlow (Head Coach)
Following
the success of our junior badminton
singles tournament in May 2008 when we had 90 players attending on the day, we
will be holding a similar event on
Sunday 17th May 2008 from 9.00am-4.00pm (Under 13, 15 &17
age groups)
There
will be restricted player numbers this year due to over subscription last year ,
further details and application forms will be available early March, it is a
great day of junior badminton for standards of badminton players.
Elizabeth Cann –
Maurice Robinson Sports
For all of your badminton requirements, racket repairs, equipment,
clothing and purchasing of HEAD Badminton Rackets and accessories.
There are discounts on HEAD rackets at Maurice Robinson Sports (contact
Wendy or Andy), please speak to Phil for further details.
Phil Darlow is a sponsored HEAD
coach, demonstration rackets are always available at the club sessions,
please see Phil for discounted price list and advise regarding racket
specifications.
We will be holding a inter club doubles pairs tournament shortly in March 2009, date to be announced in mid January 2008.
We will hopefully be playing some more friendly junior badminton matches
against other local junior groups, I am in the process of confirming dates their
coaches at present, will let you know as soon as possible.
All players will have a chance to play singles or doubles, keep practicing
and developing your badminton skills, all club players work hard and you will
see results move forward.
Any queries, please see Phil.
Hope this gives you plenty to think about for the start of our 2009
badminton year, Welcome back to the new year of 2009, lets have a great
badminton year.
Play it, Love it, Live it!
Phil, Allan, John, Lee, Tahlia & Glen
Phil Darlow,
E-mail:phillipdarlow@blueyonder.co.uk