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Welcome to the first newsletter of
the 2002/03 season and also my first newsletter.
I have 2 children in Sussex Schools, Dean who is in the Under 17's and
has represented England, and Kimberley who is in the Under 13's.
My partner Jason Large is the England Under 15 age group coach and is an
individual coach. So although I do
not play myself I am surrounded by those who do.
Please let me know directly if you
have any news about junior badminton in Sussex, tournament results etc., then I
can share it with everyone else or if you would like to share an opinion.
We all have opinions, not necessary the same ones but I would like to
think that we all hold the basic view of seeing Sussex Junior Badminton grow and
flourish. I can advertise badminton
equipment for sale as well for you.
I can be contacted on Brighton 01273
388876 or e-mail - george4t@hotmail.com.
And for those of who are just starting out, in a couple of years
Littlehampton or Bexhill will just seem down the road, trust me!
Teresa George
This newsletter is just one way of
keeping in touch with what is happening on the Badminton scene locally. We have
a link on the Sussex County B.A.'s website - go to www.sussexbadminton.org.uk,
click on News and then on the School link.
Information on this page is sometimes subject to a short delay, as we
rely on the site maintainer being available to update our page.
I have also set up a Sussex Schools site on www.badders.com,
which is a website run by Badminton players and coaches for anyone interested in
the sport. If you would like anything posted on that site, please e-mail me at tony.browne1@btinternet.com
- it could be snippets of news, good performances, anything of interest.
We still hope to have our own website at some stage, watch this space.
Tony Browne
SQUAD NEWS
Under 17's - 20 members, Under 15's
- 28 members, Under 13's - 31 members, Under 11's West Sussex - 19 members and
Under 11's East Sussex - 12 members.
All looking very healthy
TOURNAMENT NEWS
YORKSHIRE UNDER 19
Heather Olver and Dean George had
an early start to the season by competing in the Yorkshire Under 19 tournament
in York on August 24th. An
interesting venue, the hall was originally used to repair trains but it is now
used just for badminton, yes that’s right no basketball lines to be confused
with and it is in York town centre. Heather
got to the second round of the singles by beating the no 2 seed Jenny Day
(Yorkshire) and Nikki Penn (Surrey) in the box and lost in the first round of
the doubles with her partner Charity Barnes (Norfolk).
Dean won one game of singles in his box against Danny Capon (Kent) and
lost the other to Neil White (Nottinghamshire).
He lost in the first round of the doubles with his partner Andy Ellis
(Yorkshire) but in the mixed got to the second round with Ruth Coleman
(Nottinghamshire).
ESBA SOUTH EAST UNDER 17
There were a number of Sussex
entries in ESBA South East
at Harlow on 7th September. David
Askey with doubles partner Neil Ryves (Nottinghamshire) won the doubles.
Luke Jones made it to the semi finals of the singles were he met Neil
Ryves and lost in 3. Dennis Caleb
got to the quarters of the singles. Josh
Miles won one game of singles in his group.
Luke and Matthew Askey won one game of doubles in their group. Kirsten Read was another Sussex representative.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
LANGENFELD (GERMANY) - 29th
August - 1st September
Kirsten Read and Heather Olver were
selected to represent England in the above tournament.
Heather won the Under 17 girls doubles with partner Jenny Wallwork
(Yorkshire). Kirsten reached the
girls under 15 doubles semi's with partner Marianna Agathangelou (Jersey).
Heather and Dean George have been
selected to represent England in Malmo Sweden from 12th September to
15th September. Results
will be in next newsletter.
ESBA
POST MEMBERSHIP
It is strongly recommended that
squad members join ESBAPost. It
gives news from all around the country and a constant supply of tournament entry
forms. The cost is £20 if you join
before 31st December, which includes 1 or 2 family members.
For further details telephone BA of E (Badminton Association of England)
at Milton Keynes 01908 268400
ESBA SUSSEX
The ESBA Sussex Tournaments are on
the move. Having been played at
Worthing since their inception in 1976, this season's events will take place at
The Triangle, Burgess Hill. The U17
events are on November 9th, with entries closing 1 month before and
the U15 and U13 events are on 4/5 January.
Good playing and spectator facilities, large cafeteria and a very popular
swimming pool onsite.
Tony Browne
It is expected that every squad
member enter their own age group in the above event.
We will be holding a raffle on the tournament days and raffle prizes will
be gratefully accepted. Entry forms
can be obtained from Tony on 01903 700143
WHY NOT BECOME A BADMINTON COACH? -
BY GEORGE FRASER
In an endeavour to introduce new
blood into the Sussex coaching scene and to utilize the talent and skills of our
juniors I intend to organize a Coach Award Part 1 for suitable players in the
age range 16+
The normal minimum age to take this
award is 18 but a new initiative by the BaofE
will allow players as young as 16 to take the CP1 award provided
The coaching course will be held on
December 14th, 15th, and 21st with the six-hour
workshop being set for some convenient day prior. After the coaching course there will be an eight week delay
before the final assessment day when you will, over a total period of
approximately 2 hours 'do your stuff' in front of the assessors.
During the eight weeks you will coach and log the coaching of a player or
players of your choice. This
logbook together with a questionnaire will be submitted to your assessor for
marking. The foregoing is of necessity somewhat abbreviated and
cryptic. I will of course be more than pleased to elaborate if required.
I would like to feel that those of
you who qualify will in turn be willing to help with younger players at County
level or a junior club level. I
know that many of you will be going away to University but this scheme is aimed
at the future of badminton in Sussex and hopefully, many of you will 'return to
the roost' at some point.
The Sussex County Badminton
Association is supporting this initiative by making funds available to subsidise
the course and I will be actively seeking more funds in an attempt to provide a
100% subsidy.
Contact George Fraser (County
Coaching Sec) 01825 722984
BADMINTON COACHING AFTERNOON
England Under 15 Age Group coaches
Jason Large and Wendy Taylor will be holding an afternoon of badminton coaching
at Portslade Sports Centre on Friday 1st November 12.30 - 3.30.
Open to all age groups. Numbers
will be strictly limited. The cost
will be £16.00 per player. Further
details please telephone 01273 388876
PORTSLADE OPEN TOURNAMENT - UNDER
15 and UNDER 17 SUN 10TH NOVEMBER & UNDER 13 AND UNDER 11 17TH
NOVEMBER
Entry forms are now available from
John Floyd - 01243 823136. Closing
date 28th October. Squad
members are expected to enter.
CLOTHING PRICES - FROM ALASTAIR
OLVER
Sussex Sweatshirts £15.00
Sussex Poloshirts £10.00
These can be ordered by telephoning
Alastair on 01435 863401
ITEMS FOR SALE
Yonex Badminton Shoes Size 5.5 -
Hardly worn, almost as new. Autographed by Simon Archer £20
2 Prince Badminton Bags - £5 each
Contact Tony Browne on 01903 700143
NEXT ISSUE
More Tournament results, a complete
change for County matches, I try to explain the mysteries of WCS, and a century
to celebrate.
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