News - from August 05 to July 06

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1 News - from August 05 to July 06 Baldock Junior Badminton Club Celebrate achieving 'Silver Club' with Natalie Munt Dave Bartlett, representing BADMINTON England (BE), in presenting the Sport England Clubmark certificate to Chairman Bob Green (front row, 3rd from R.)), said that it was a great tribute to the hard work and dedication of the committee, all club members and parents that BJBC who had managed to achieve this national Clubmark status. It had shown that the club was serious about good club management, coaching and competition. Natalie, in presenting the BE Silver Club certificate, also complimented the club and said that who knows perhaps some of the club members could be aspiring to be in the 2012 Olympics. Natalie then went back on court to play with another group of club members For a larger version click here England Number 1, Natalie Munt (far left), found time in her busy international programme on Saturday 15 th July to attend Baldock Junior Badminton Club's celebration of achieving BADMINTON England Silver club status. Badmintonians and Gadebridge Open Day with Free Badminton and Coaching Hints and Tips, Saturday 8th July at Hemel Hempstead Sport Centre HBA Committee have established a Ray Learney (Memorial) Fund in honour of Ray's considerable work and interest particularly in junior development in Herts The fund will assist young coaches in some way (depending on amount collected) ideally to assist in attending a coach-related course. Ray was particularly ready to help youngsters get going in coaching so we think this would be a very appropriate form of celebrating his life. Click here for more pictures Many adults and juniors turned up at Badmintonians' and Gadebridge's Open Day at Hemel Hempstead Sports Centre on Saturday 8th July to have free badminton play and coaching. Both clubs were keen to give something to the community while looking for potential new members. If you would like to contribute to this fund please send any donations as cheques payable to 'HBA' to The HBA Treasurer, 9 Valley Rd, Hertford, SG13 8BD. We will publish the amount collected here but if you would like to be ed on this please send your address to the (Acting) Coaching Co-ordinator, Dave Bartlett.

2 Herts coaches included Phil Hammond (pictured R), Bernard Hatt and Dave Bartlett. Brian Gibb, Badmintonians. Liz Bateman, Gadebridge, said many club members had turned out to help and the event was an enjoyable success in terms of new players attending and the clubs finding new members. Natalie Munt and Donna Kellog coached 16 county Juniors, Saturday 8th July at Herts Sports Village Ten new Level 1 Coaches, 9th July for a larger picture click here The funeral of Ray Learney a senior coach of the Eastern Region took place on Friday 7th July attended by some 230 relatives and friends Ray, who died while coaching and holidaying in Tenerife, provided coaching to many hundreds of Herts players of all abilities, junior and senior. He will be remembered for his personal kindness to so many above and beyond his professional commitments. Ten mainly Herts players all passed their Level 1 course at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre, on Sunday 9 th July, with tutor Sue Rutson, bottom left, organised and attended by Herts BDO, Tom Burton, top right. Young Coach of the Year and Young Volunteer of the Year John Smith leaves Coaching in Herts after

3 Presentations to the winners, Young Coach of the Year, Rhian Blowers, and Young Volunteer of the Year Oscar Lam were made at HSBA AGM 27th June. (Rhian's was deferred to the Swifts AGM the following Friday.) some 20 years click here for a larger photo At the HSBA AGM in June HSBA Chairman, Ken Winchester, presented John Smith with various gifts celebrating and thanking him for his many years of irreplaceable involvement with junior development and in particular the HSBA squads. John, replied that he'd enjoyed every minute of it - well almost - and hoped we'd all stay in touch! Herts Youth Games - a Great Success! The Districts were finally ranked after the second round as: On Saturday 20th May the 10 Herts Districts entered teams of boys and girls - in the badminton tournament - as part of the overall Herts Youth Games involving 12 sports held at Herts Sports Village and sponsored by Herts Sports Partnership. 10 District teams took part - not all fitted in the picture! Natalie Munt who awarded the Gold medals is centre back row. In total a 150 matches were played between 10am and 4:30pm. All children played their 1 Hertsmere 2 St Albans 3 North Herts 4 Welwyn Hatfield 5 Dacorum 6 Watford 7 East Herts Three Rivers Broxbourne Stevenage Medals were awarded to the top 3 teams - Bronze, by Christine Neyndorf, Director of HSP, Silver by Graham Gooch, International Cricket Star, and Gold by Natalie Munt, UK Olympic Badminton team. Natalie also helped with scoring and signed many autographs - on just about anything. Heartfelt thanks go particularly to all Team Managers, Coaches, and helpers running up to the event and on the day. Also thanks to HYG Event Organiser, Annie Thomas, supporting people like Sports Development Officers, Bob Green for the computer program, Phil Gray, and many others. More details in the HBA Newsletter to be published 1st week of June. See, more badminton tournament photos. Also, the HYG webpages:

4 socks off and should be proud of their play wherever their team finished. InterCounty Player of the Year Awards at the Year-end Bash, Saturday 6th May Herts U17 Squad Win Silver in the Inter- Counties Tournament This was held at Nottingham University 10 th to 13 th April. 38 Counties took part. We were seeded 2, and after winning 9 matches we reached the final against Yorkshire where the team lost 6-4. The photo shows the team with their trophy and silver medals. Katie Comras Charity Barnes Tony Clarke (manager) James Reynolds, Victor Liew, Nigel Tao, Gregg Roantree, Kamran Haq, Pat Walker (assistant manager) Victoria Stokes, Charlotte Willis, Katie Comras, Rachel Warnes and Laura cousins. Helen Steer - All with HBA President Bob Welsh 1st team player of the season - RICHARD DOLING 2nd team player of the season - CHARITY BARNES 3rd team player of the season - HELEN STEER 4th team player of the season - KATH MULLIGAN OVERALL PLAYER OF THE SEASON - KATIE COMRAS Very well done to all the award winners and all 65 players who represented the county this season. Paul Widdicombe, Chairman of Selectors Our Inter-Counties 40+ Vets - Finalists this weekend Herts Under 21's Claimed The National Title, Saturday 22nd April They were successful in the 2 regional rounds played during the season and reached the Finals played at Babington College, Leicester on Saturday 22 nd April. They beat Devon 6 0 and both Hampshire and Staffordshire 4 2. The photo shows the team with their trophy and gold medals.

5 .On Saturday we beat Derbyshire 7-5 to qualify for the final on Sunday. Unfortunately we lost 9-3 to a very strong Yorkshire team. Still, not bad since Jim Teale & Martin Haddon were absent at a Police tournament! Kevin Maughan Gail and Nathan on ebay!! Author: Badders.com Oxfam, with the kind co-operative of BADMINTON England, are offering a unique experience for two adults and two youngsters under 18. The winning bidder would meet the Badminton Olympic Silver Medallists and current No 1 Mixed Doubles pair Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms. Offer ended 3pmish today Thursday 20th! Winning bid 361. Anyone know who won? Emms and Kellogg take European title 16th April Donna Kellogg and Gail Emms won the women's doubles title on finals day at the European Championships in Den Bosch, Holland, - click BADMINTON England link BE website for report. Damian Bruce-Hickman, Jack Lipyeat, Jo Millward, Anthony Moye, Kate Lester, Nicola Farr, Emma Stokes, David Westwood, and Team manager, Colin Walker - with the cup! Herts had 3 U17 players in the winning 6 Nations Team in Sweden last month This was the first time in 27 years that Denmark had not won the 6 Nations U17 event. Victor Liew, Laura Cousins and Katie Comras all played in the team event. the winning team: Laura Cousins, Katie Comras, Victor Liew, Michelle Cheung, Sarah Walker, Samantha Ward, Gabby White, Chris Adcock, Jamie Bonsels, Arthur Cheung, Marcus Ellis, Chris Hotchen. Coaches Rebecca Pantaney and Pete Bush. Team Manager Jens Grill The England team this year over came all obstacles with an excellent team performance beating France 8-1 Netherlands 6-2 Sweden 7-2 a nail biting match with Denmark 5-4 and finally beating the German team 6-3. In the individual event Katie reached the quarter final stages of the mixed and doubles, losing both in close three set matches to 3/4 seeds. See, also, BE website The teams celebrated the moment of glory on the winning podium in great spirit with the fitting tune of `We are the Champions` playing on the PA system to cap a truly great team performance. Roy Cousins and Christine Comras

6 Herts successful 50+ Vets Team Herts Senior First Team Battle it Out to Finish 3rd in Inter-county Premier A Division Over the weekend of 8 th April Herts' first team did well against strong opposition and finished the season 3rd. This was in spite of Gail Emms being unable to play for the county this season owing to international match clashes. See HBA June Newsletter and BE website for further details. Team: John Young, Jeff Armstrong (Captain), Dave Berry, Peter Shanks, Jan Bacon, Jan Kelly, Jean Paton & Gilly Highley: they beat Bucks 10-2 at HSV Sunday 26th March. Jeff says: "This was the last match of the season and the best season ever, losing only to Essex away." See how Herts' Gail Emms helped achieve Commonwealth Games Successes including Gold Congratulations to Swifts Junior BC and Baldock Junior BC who have both achieved Badminton 'Silver' the Clubmark standard. Tom Burton, Badminton Herts Development Officer, reports that this also means that together with Comets Junior BC who achieved Clubmark in December Badminton Herts have met their BE target of 3 Silver clubs by end of March a great achievement. Emily Westwood does really well in AROS Junior Cup 2006 Starting on Thursday 13th April ten Under 13s, including Herts' Emily Westwood, World Futures Bronze Programme players were selected to represent England at the 2006 AROS Junior Cup being held at Viby Badminton Klub in Denmark. Emily won through to the last 8 in singles and women's doubles and last 16 in mixed. See report on BE website - and Gail's & Nathan's Masterclass on the smash and serve on the BBC website Level 2 Coaches Course - 12 Herts Attendees Click here for a larger copy Attendees: Back row: Kate Lester, Kevin Chakoadza, Kelly Matthews, Karen Redway, Keith Leuzey, Bernard Hatt, Lynda Clegg, Wayne Goss, Front row: Tony Haines, Brian Jackson, Jay Marshall, Andrew Lewis. Tutors: Ray Learney, Left and Frances Morrison Right.

7 Held 5, 12 and 26th Mar, 7 at Jim MacDonald Centre, Hatfield and Assessment May 06 at Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre. 3- County Junior Handicap Tournament at Watford Thanks to help from a great many individuals the 3 County Junior Handicap Tournament 19 March 2006 was a great success, with 52 pairs taking part, and 96 games played in 6.5 hours. Click here for all the results Many thanks for all your help. Nigel Ball. James Reynolds has won his 1st international gold medal Dean George has won 2 titles at the U19 Nationals Liza Parker has won the doubles at the Croatian Open Emms wins twice to end England's 20-year wait - to beat Denmark - and it even got on BBC TV! see BE website A10 School Sports Partnership Launch, 10th March Every Day Sport - for some! Ray Learney, above R., provided coaching sessions for some 110 juniors at the launch of the A10 Sports Partnership, 10th March. An enjoyable coaching session at Bamintonians, 8th February BADMINTON England (BE) and Herts Sports Partnership (HSP) co-sponsored and Tom Burton (BE) and Fiona Castree (HSP) organised for 12 new players to enjoy 3 Sunday coaching session to improve their skills up to club-entry. The programme is part of the government's 'Every Day Sport' scheme and the coach was East Herts' Doug Clark (far right). Several Hertford Area League clubs popped in and/or offered participants potential club places. 12 New Assistant Coaches from Session in Berkhamsted, 15th January

8 click here for a larger copy of the photo On Saturday18th Feb., Badmintonians, at Lockers Park, Hemel Hempstead, enjoyed a 3-hour coaching session from County 2nd Team member Kate Lester (far right) and HBA Coaching Co-ordinator Dave Bartlett (middle, back row). Chairman, Brian Gibb (far left). said "although they had few new attendees the session was really enjoyable, if anyone is interested in coming along to a club night session please ring tel: " Want to know what Badminton Developments are going on in your District of Hertfordshire, or Countywide? Click on the updated 'Club Organisers and Coaches Page' and see the Development Reports 17 new Assistant Coaches from Herts Badminton Association course at Watford Girls Grammar, Sunday 12th Feb Attendees came from all backgrounds and ages. Tutor, Ray Learney, back row centre, provided a very enjoyable course enriched with his extensive experience. Badminton Herts Development Officer, Tom Burton, said, "All of the participants will go and help somewhere: it is great to see so many players giving something back to their sport". For details of future courses and contacts go to the Coaching section of the website. Comets Junior Badminton Club receives Clubmark Awards for a larger copy of the photo click here Herts Badminton Development Officer, Tom Burton (far right) presented the BADMINTON England Silver Club Award and Neil Deans (next to Tom), Herts Sports Partnership, presented the Sport England Clubmark Award at a short ceremony at he end of club night on 15th January. Malcolm Fraser (2nd from left) Chairman HBA and Angela Blowers, Vice Chairman HSBA also spoke of the importance of the Award. Comets JBC Chairman, Dave Bartlett, said, "Thank you for this great news of Comets JBC achievement. We will, in due course, be glad to promote and maximise the Silver benefits for our club not only through working with BDO, Tom Burton, and RDM, Chris Colby and BADMINTON England, but Herts Badminton Association, Herts Sports Village, Herts Sports Partnership, Welwyn Hatfield District Council and Herts County Council. All of these groups will we're sure be glad to have an accredited club. And by giving Comets publicity it will help not only us but help promote

9 click here for a larger copy The 17 new coaches with tutors Sue Rutson, Frances Morrison, Herts Badminton Officer, Tom Burton, and County Coach Development Officer Dale Welch. The coaches are hoping to work with their communities to increase badminton participation. Taster sessions with national star Kate Lester and HBA coach, Dave Bartlett, at Badmintonians, Lockers Park School, Hemel Hempstead, Saturday 18th February, 2-5pm. Badminton generally with these same groups and the community in general." See announcement in BE News, Welwyn Hatfield Times and Comets JBC webpage. Change of scoring to 'Rally Points' system decided by IBF, 13 December 05 The International Badminton Federation have decided that the scoring system will change to matches of 3 x 21points where each 'win' scores a point and the service changes sides: also just one service per side in doubles. The service is started in the right side if the score is an even number and left if not. The IBF will make this trial stage permanent if all agree at the International Uber Cup tournament in May. For a more detailed explanation see BE and World Badminton websites. This need not affect league and club badminton at least for the immediate future. Tell us what you think and we'll post some of the s here and in the HBA Newsletter end of January. Kate Lester Badmintonians Badminton Club is hosting this session for players of improver-level or above, who may be interested in joining Badmintonians Badminton Club. If you are interested please, if possible, phone to say you re coming: Brian: , Kay: , or just turn up. Click on Badmintonians website for and more details and here for a map. County First Team versus Lancashire, Yorkshire and Hampshire, 12th & 13th NOVEMBER 2005 at Milton Keynes 17 attended the Assistant Coaches Course on Sunday 27th November, at Berkhamsted Sports Centre Herts Team: Kelly Matthews, Natalie Munt, Laura Cousins, Katie Comras, Suzanne Rayappan, Richard Doling, Phil Hammond,

10 Brian Lockie, Adam Skeggs & Dean George RESULT: We beat Lancashire 6-4, beat Hampshire 8-2 and lost to Yorkshire 7-3 Report: Dean George made his county debut and won all three mixed with Natalie Munt. Excellent start. Natalie returned from China on Friday and added strength to the ladies. Suzanne Rayappan returned from China at 5am today, arrived home in Milton Keynes at 7am and was at our venue at 10am. THANK YOU SUZANNE FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE COUNTY. Special mention to Richard Doling who played singles, doubles & mixed in all three matches - what endurance! Laura Cousins & Katie Comras both in the under 17 squad did very well. Laura won both her singles and Katie doubles with Natalie & Suzanne. Rachel Howard won both her singles on Saturday, but did not play on Sunday. Well done to all the team. Thanks to our President for his support along with parents, partners, family members & supporters. We are getting a crowd these days. Paul Widdicombe, Chairman of Selectors See detailed County Match Reports (and link from 'InterCounty Diary on main page) Herts Sports Partnership Sponsors Badminton in 'Women's Sport for FUN' programme Herts Sports Partnership sponsored a women's badminton session as part of its programme of encouraging women into sport. Gill Bartlett took the very successful session at Stanborough school, 7th November. All participants had an enjoyable time and received a handout on local badminton clubs and other women's badminton sessions. Herts County Senior Match 30th The BADMINTON England Level 1 course was organised by Herts Badminton Development Officer, Tom Burton, and the tutor-assessors were Ray Learney and Francis Morrison. All the participants passed and will be going on to help with the coaching in clubs or schools. The next level 1 is 15th January and a Level 2 will be announced shortly - see the coaching course section of the website for more information. Herts 3rd Team 12, Middlesex 2nd Team 3 A convincing away win for the 3rd's at the new DOME in Hounslow. Well done. Jon Austin, Helen Steer & Liz Austin got us off to a fine start in the singles. Will Westwood went down in three ends to Daniel Carpio. Our mens doubles pairing of Martin Haddon/Craig Liversage & Jon Austin/Richard Southward took all four doubles and the ladies claimed three wins. Two for Helen Steer & Kate Lester and one for Lyndsay Orchard & Liz Austin. Victories for Martin Haddon & Kate Lester and Will Westwood & Liz Austin in the mixed made it a 12-3 result. Two out two well done. Paul Widdicombe, Chairman of Selectors See detailed County Match Reports (and link from 'InterCounty Diary, left)

11 October 2005 Herts 4th team lost 11-4 to Essex 2nd's away. Herts 2nd's lost 11-4 away to Sussex 1st team. See detailed County Match Reports (and link from 'InterCounty Diary) COUNTY 2nd's & 4th Team get RTS off to a winning start at HSV on Sunday 16th October in the Inter County Championship. The 4th team newly promoted beat Surrey 3rd's 8-7. An Excellant start. Team - Charlotte Willis, Rhian Blowers, Kath Mulligan, Nicola Farr, Romana Rehman, Renel Pieterse, Nigel Tao, James Reynolds, Victor Liew, Kamran Haq, Greg Roantree & Hannes Pieterse. The 2nd's took maximum league points with an 11-4 win over Surrey 2nd's. Team - Kelly Matthews, Frankie Edelimann, Lyndsay Orchard, Jennie King, William Westwood, David Westwood, Brian Lockie, Richard Southward, Tom Gooden & Peter Gooden. Must not forget the team managers Gilly Highley & Ian Mulligan. Well done to all. Paul Widdicombe, Chairman of Selectors Herts County Senior third team continued the Counties excellent start to the season with an 11-4 home win at Hertfordshire Sports Village against Suffolk first team. Team - Jon Austin, William Westwood, Richard Southward, Martin Haddon, Kate Lester, Helen Steer, Liz Austin & Jennie King. Team Manager Margaret Cooper. Singles wins for Austin, Southward, Liz Austin & Jennie King. Doubles wins for Will Westwood & Martin Haddon (2), Jon Austin & Richard Southward (2), Liz Austin & Helen Steer (1). Mixed Wins for Southward & Lester and Westwood & Steer. Helen Steer making her county debut settled well in to the team. Pick of the team was Richard Southward who won all his four matches. Well done to all the team. Paul Widdicombe Chairman of Selectors FREE BADMINTON HINTS AND TIPS - were provided when Hastoe Badminton Club in association with Hertfordshire Badminton Association held an Open Afternoon at Tring Sports Centre, Saturday 10th September, with the aim of attracting new members. Hastoe club members came and played with visitors and Herts BA provided coaches. L-R: John Draper (Hastoe), Sue Barrett (Hastoe, Event Organiser), Dave Bartlett (HBA Development and Coaching Co-ordinator), Frances Morrison (Level 1 & 2 Badminton Awards Tutor-assessor and Berkhamsted JBC organiser), Kelly Matthews England Women's singles (ranked 4th 2004, and coach), Tom Burton, HBA Development Officer, Carol Cullen (Hastoe Club Organiser). Players came mainly from Dacorum but also from as far away as Letchworth and everyone had a

12 great time. Tom Burton was keen to hear about real club issues and various aspects of club development were discussed. At the end Sue said the club was very pleased with the session and that several of those who attended expressed intentions of coming along to their club at Hastoe on Wednesdays. Contact Sue: A Really Great Herts Open at the Weekend, 10 th September It was one of the best if not the best (and over-subscribed) Herts Open Tournaments at the weekend SV. In the foreground is the Ladies finals with a Herts player on both sides of the net!. See write-up in the October HBA Newsletter. Tom Burton, Badminton Herts Development Officer BADMINTON England, Herts Badminton Association (HBA) and Herts Schools Badminton Association (HSBA) enthusiastically welcomed Tom Burton as our full time Badminton Development Officer (BDO) who started on Tuesday 6th September. Centre of photo below, Tom is seen with colleagues at BADMINTON England HQ, Milton Keynes on Wednesday. L-R: Dave Bartlett, Badminton Herts Chairman, Malcolm Fraser Chairman HBA, Tom Burton BDO, Chris Colby, BADMINTON England Regional Manager, Paul Widdicombe, HBA Chairman of Selectors. Tom, who has a BA (Hons) in Leisure and Sports Studies, experience in coaching and administration,

13 lives in Kings Langley, and will be seen at various events in the coming weeks. 'Badminton Herts' is the name for the umbrella Development Committee which will be managing our development. It comprises HBA, HSBA, BADMINTON England and representatives from Herts Sports Partnership. Return to main page News of September 04 - August 05 News of September 03 - August 04 News of March 03 - August 03 News of March 03 - September 02 News of Season News of Season