News - from August 2004 to August 2005

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1 News - from August 2004 to August 2005 Saturday 17th July was a big success The Olympics comes to London in 2012! HBA and HSBA thank all those that helped make this possible! See our Primary Schools Tournament's and Premier Team's support below. Natalie Munt and Julia Mann (centre, front row) took time out of their busy international schedule to coach U 15 and U17 players from Herts and Essex. BADMINTON England, HBA & HSBA announce the availability of the fulltime post of Badminton Herts Development Officer, 5th July On 5th July BADMINTON England posted the advertisement for a fulltime Badminton Development Officer for Hertfordshire to progress our Development Plan: the closing date was 23rd July. HBA and HSBA would like to thank the outgoing (part-time) BDO Richard Doling for all his work in the past couple of years. Richard will be staying in the area. See Development Plan Natalie Munt & Donna Kellogg, both Olympics competitors in Athens 2004, coached 28 Herts youngsters in two gruelling three-hour sessions on Saturday 11th at Herts Sports Village Natalie Munt & Donna Kellogg took time out from their tournament calendar, that takes them to Singapore in two weeks time, followed by Malaysia and then the World Championships in the USA in mid august. The event would not have taken place without the support and sponsorship of the University of Herts. Coordinated jointly by the Herts Badminton Schools Association and the Herts Badminton Association the two groups were given in insight into the

2 Gill Bartlett receives top Herts Sport Partnership Service to Sport Award as Administrator of the Year current training methods of the country's elite badminton players. James Reynolds named Sportsperson of the Year Under 18, in Hertford and Ware Sports awards for 2005 At a well attended HSP ceremony 7th June Gill Bartlett received Herts Sport Partnership Award from patron, Paul Pearce, for services to Comets senior and Junior badminton clubs and, as editor of BE's first Club Accreditation scheme she waved the payment in favour of a Herts Coaches Masterclass from BE's top coach Jens Grill. - cutting from Hertfordshire Mercury 90 Juniors from 9 Districts at Herts Youth Games, at Herts Sports Village on Sunday15th May A great time was had by all! The Districts' overall badminton tournament scores were: 9th Three Rivers, 8th Stevenage, 7th Broxbourne, 6th Welwyn Hatfield, 5th St Albans, 4th Watford, 3rd Dacorum, 2nd East Herts, 1st North Herts. Our Under 17 Squad wins Shires League! Winning team North Herts with Team Manager and coach Phil Gray. See more HYG pictures Our 40+ Vets Win the Crucial Yehlex ICC Match!

3 back row L-R: Tony Clarke (manager), Kate Lester, Victor Liew, Kamran Haq, Nigel Tao, Pat Walker (assistant manager); front row: Laura Cousins, Victoria Stokes, Matthew Westwood, James Reynolds, Katie Comras, Frankie Edelmann. Back row: Mike Cattermole; Kevin Maughan; Don Burden Middle Row: Kim Maughan; Chris Marsden; Elaine Meagher; Sandra Ingham; Tim Jalland. Front Row: Linda Reeve (team manager (ess)) The event was held at Babington College, Leicester on Sunday 24 th April. In the first round Herts beat Leicestershire They then faced Bucks in the second round beating them 8 2. This meant another final against Yorkshire, with Herts winning at last, 7 3. An excellent finish to the season. Same team for Silver at ICT, below. Silver for Herts U17 team at this years Inter-County Tournament at Nottingham University, Thursday 31st March to Sunday 3rd April 38 counties took part and Herts were 2nd seeds. In the first round we beat Northants, Guernsey, Lincs 10-0 and Leinster 9-1. In the 2nd round we beat Avon, Staffs 9-1 and Essex 7-3. In the 3rd round we beat Bucks 7-3 and Notts 6-4 Then the final - Herts 4 Yorkshire 6. Silver! Herts 40+ team won all of their games against Essex, Derbyshire, Somerset and finally Lancashire, on Sunday. But it all went down to the last match of the tournament second mixed against Lancs where Kim & Kevin Maughan won in 3. It wouldn't have been possible without Elaine & Chris winning their ladies, and a crucial end that Tim Jalland and Don Burden won in the men's (before losing setting in the third). In other words it was a true 'team' effort! the whole team is on a real high! 'Yehlex ICC' see 34&newcat=148& HSBA Primary Schools Tournament Supports the London Olympic 2012 Bid - and it was worth it! click here for a larger copy of the photo HSBA Primary Schools Tournament, 27th Feb., supported the London Olympic 2012 Bid. The photo of the participants, above, was taken in front of the Herts Sports Partnership and Districts' flag before the start of the tournament organised by Hazel Levins. Herts Premier Team Take Time to Support 2012 Bid - and it was worth it! During the major inter-county Premier match over 19-20th February Herts Premier

4 Team took time out to show their support for the London 2012 Olympic bid. To find out more on the bid and register your support click on: click here for a larger picture Our team that played arch rivals Gloucestershire, Yorkshire & Avon were all internationals and L-R, left, are: Suzanne Rayappan, Kelly Matthews, Gail Emms (Olympic Silver), Liza Parker, Natalie Munt (Olympic Team), Brian Lockie, Phil Hammond, Richard Doling (Herts BDO), Rachel Howard, Jim Teale, William Westwood, Paul Widdicombe (Chairman of Selectors) & Adam Skeggs. See results and pictures in 'News' in the next few days. Record Number of Herts Coaches on Course Herts U17's Runners-up in York Rio 24 badminton players attended the Assistant Coach Award Course on 15th January at Stevenage Leisure Centre and they all qualified. Tutor coaches included Mike Woodward, World Class Junior Coach, Ray Learney, Frances Morrison and Tom Causer. Nearly all attendees were from Herts and most already know where they they will be applying their new skills. The following day 10 of these were joined by two more for the Level 2 Coaches Award Course that completes in March. At the weekend Herts U17 team (wearing the new Herts tracksuits sponsored by Numerica) finished in 2nd place loosing the final against Yorkshire The team beat Lancashire, Lothian, Surrey and Nottinghamshire. Herts Badminton Association Announces the first web-based singles Pyramid-ladder for Herts Members! Are you male and would you like at least one match of singles per month? Click here for a view of the Pyramid system. The first 12 applicants are free, everyone else 5 to join until end of season, when trophies will be presented. Dave for further details and to join. HBA-HSBA celebrate their top performers

5 At a great party on Friday 7th Jan. some 120 Herts members came together to celebrate those who have done so much for the county: pictured at the event are Tony Clarke U17 squad manager, Bill Goode, Goode Academy, Gail Emms Olympic Silver, Natalie Munt, Olympic team. A great time was had by all, see Spring HBA Newsletter. Herts Olympic/Paralympic stars Support 2012 Bid On Tuesday 7th December the Herts Sports Partnership (HSP) launched their support of London's 2012 Olympic/Paralympic bid - several Herts badminton players including Natalie Munt, above, showed their support. Read this article. If you'd like to support the bid click here England Pull off another 3-2 Win over Germany

6 ENGLAND pulled off another 3-2 win over Germany at Gail attacks Birgit Overzier's serve. Hatfield tonight (Wed) to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match Hi-Tec Carlton badminton series. Olympic silver medallist Gail Emms was the star of the England win 3-2 to take a 2-0 lead in the 5- show, winning the mixed doubles with her Athens partner match series. Nathan Robertson in front of her adoring Hertfordshire Thursday: Birmingham Sports Centre; fans. Friday Robin Park Sports Centre, Wigan; Saturday The Parks North Shields. In fact, it was the doubles events which rescued England for the second night running. As in Portsmouth on Tuesday night, England lost both singles as Aamir Ghaffar lost to Bjoern Joppien and Tracey Hallam lost to Xu Huaiwen, both in straight games. But Robertson and Robert Blair won the match by beating giant Ingo Kindervater and Kristof Hopp after national champions Ella Tripp and Jo Wright had trounced Nicole Grether and Carina Mette in the women's doubles to make it 2-2 on the night. Thanks to William Kings for this report See longer reports on BAofE website Development Coaching as part of the Tour The women's doubles was always going to be pivotal. When Army star Juliane Schenk arrives to bolster the German squad by teaming up with regular partner Grether in a world top 10 pairing, it may well be too late for the visitors. It was that pairing which denied England the bronze medal at the European Championships in Geneva last April. Carlton Hi-Tec England v Germany Tour (Hertfordshire Sports Village, Hatfield) Mixed doubles: Nathan Robertson (Notts) & Gail Emms (Herts) bt Marc Zwiebler & Birgit Overzier Women's singles: Tracey Hallam (Staffs) lost to Xu Huaiwen Men's singles: Aamir Ghaffar (Middx) lost to Bjoern Joppien Tom Causer giving Onslow St Audrey teenagers some expert coaching Thanks to the BAofE Development & Coaching departments who provided Tom Causer to coach 4 local schools as part of the tour on the day: Little Heath and

7 Ladbrook juniors in the morning, with a visit Women's doubles: Ella Tripp (Cheshire) & Jo Wright from Kelly Matthews, and in the afternoon, (Lancs) bt Nicole Grether & Carina Mette 15-8 Onslow St Audrey and Nicholas 15-0 Breakspear secondary schools in the Men's doubles: Robert Blair (Leics) & Nathan Robertson afternoon. Thanks also to coaches who (Notts) bt Ingo Kindervaer & Kristof Hopp helped: Dave Hardman, Phil Gray and Megan and Malcolm Lumb. Four lucky juniors won tickets for the evening match. A after-school coaching session at HSV has been organised for the secondary schools every Friday, 3:30-5:30pm. Parker and Rayappan win in Iceland 15th November, 2004 LIZA PARKER and Suzanne Rayappan followed up their women's doubles win in Norway last week with victory in the Iceland Express International in Reykjavilk yesterday as England took all three doubles titles. See BAofE website for details. Herts Restricted 2&3rd October - a great tournament - and some great youngsters! The winners are: Mens singles: Andy Walden. Womens Singles: Laura Cousins Mixed Doubles: Anthony Moye, Emma Stokes Mens Doubles: Brian Lockie, Jim Teale. Ladies Doubles: Katie Comras & Laura Cousins See spreadsheet of results, here. Write-up in HBA Newsletter out in mid-october. Government Announces large Spending Increases in Sports Development In December 04 the Government announced an expansion of the PESSCL strategy with key targets for all children to be doing a minimum of 2 hours per week curriculum PE and a further 2 to 3 hours of sport per week outside school hours by

8 2010. To support delivery of these targets Government has allocated an additional half a billion pounds for the period up to Herts Badminton Association are vigorously progressing our plans to maximise this opportunity with Herts Sports Partnership and the BAofE over the next months. One likely outcome will be that we will have a Badminton Development Officer funded through BAofE and Sport England in the new financial year. 18 Attend the New Assistant Coach Course at the Weekend This is the first of the new BAofE level 1 Courses. 16 came from Herts, 1 from Oxon and 1 from Notts and the course was held at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre. The tutors, Ray Learney and Sue Rutson are in white tops back row. Just about all Herts attendees are signed up to assist in local clubs already. Next courses are in January 05 - see 'Dates for your diary'. Laura Cousins' Hants Open Success, continued The senior adult competition was strongly contested with Laura getting the better of Jo Dix currently ranked 19th in the Badminton Association of England national senior rankings and seeded number one in a close final. Laura is pictured receiving the title of Senior champion of the Ladies Singles event at the Hampshire Open Satellite Tournament from Diane Troke. The Hampshire Open was played at the Wingate centre in Winchester drawing a strong field of entrants. Laura still 15 was following up the previous week's Middlesex Open played at the Haberdashers Askes boys school in Elstree where Laura earned a place in the singles semi-final. Earlier in the year Laura was crowned U15 Doubles national champion with her partner Samantha ward from Surrey and more recently won the Gold medal with Her mixed doubles partner Bruce Peake from Hampshire (pictured above with Laura) at the York under 17 Junior challenger The Under 19 Northumberland International to be played soon is the highest age group Laura has currently been selected for but she is looking forward to the challenge. This year Laura has shown her versatility in the three badminton disciplines of Singles, Level Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Herts Open, September 3rd & 4th at Herts Badminton Centre, Herts Sports Village Record turnout and event! Winners and Olympics

9 finalists: Men's Singles: Rajiv Ouseph (Middx) beat Matt Hanson (Avon) 13-15, 15-6, 15-7 Women's Singles: Rachel Howard (Herts) beat Caroline Smith (Leics) 11-3, 11-5 Men's Doubles: Chris Tonks/Robert Adcock (Warks/Notts) beat Aqueel Bhatti/Steve Higgins (Lancs/Surrey) walk-over Women's Doubles: Kelly Matthews/Suzanne Rayappan (Herts) beat Rachel Howard/Jenny Day (Herts/Yorks) 15-11, 15-8 Mixed Doubles: Robert Adcock/Chris Tonks beat Aqueel Bhatti/Katie Litherland (Lancs) walk-over. Aqueel injured. A Great Rackets Afternoon at Gosling Sports Park, 22nd August Congratulations to Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson who put up a really great fight in the final and came away with Silver! Read article on BAofE website Gail comes from Hitchin and plays in the Herts Inter-county Team. See them in action against Germany in Herts Sports Village, 24th November. See 'Dates for Your Diary' below. Hundreds attended the rackets promotion at Gosling Sports Park. Seen above, the Yonex, and Babolet managers and the sponsor-organisers Hit N Run's Lee with Nick Goode of Ashaway, Goode Sport and Goode Academy. Juniors and adults enjoyed coaching sessions, racket advice and a chance to test their smash speed with a speed gun (Dave Bartlett 86mph Chris Fisher 91mph anyone higher?) - a great time was had by all. Thanks, from the badminton team to all who sent their support. (Click here for a larger picture of team.) For Olympic Results go to: and select Badminton News of September 03 - August 04 News of March 03 - August 03

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