Newsletter of Hertfordshire Schools Badminton Association October 2016 Welcome to the first edition of on the line for the 2016/17 season may I welcome all squad members and their parents to Hertfordshire Schools Badminton Association. One of the first things I would like to do is to say on behalf of the HSBA committee a very big thank you to John Stobo for producing the newsletter over the years, a lot of hard work and dedication goes into producing and distributing this newsletter to all relevant parties. There are a number of items to follow that I wish to bring to your attention, especially those who have joined the county squad for the first time, these include a list of HSBA & Badminton England tournaments that will be taking place during the coming months and the respective age groups which are very confusing this year due to BE s decision to bring us into line with the rest of the world, please try to enter as many as you can for your age group and above. Badminton England Age Groups, 2016/17 The 2016-17 season domestic competition will run from 1 July 2016-30 June 2017. Your age group will be determined by your age on the 31 December 2017. Born 2016-17 season New rules (1 July, 2016-30 June, 2017) 1998 U20 (Senior) 1999 U19 2000 U18 2001 U17 2002 U16 2003 U15 2004 U14 2005 U13 2006 U12 2007 U11 HSBA Sponsored by
HSBA tournaments 2016/17 A full programme of age-group tournaments is once again being offered by HSBA this season. The first ones took place on October 9 th 2016, and the tournament organiser s report of these events is on Page 3. Full details of the remaining tournaments are below and entry forms for all of them are available as downloads from the HSBA web-site: http://www.hertsschoolsbadminton.co.uk/downloads.html Venues for this season s tournaments are: Stevenage, Lytton Way, Stevenage, SG1 1LZ Birchwood, Longmead, Hatfield, AL10 0AN The Hertfordshire events in the Badminton England tournament series are also listed below. Date Tournament/event School Year Time Venue Sunday 09.10.16 U18 B+G singles Year 13 and below Boys 10am Girls 12pm U18 B+G doubles U18 mixed doubles 1.30pm 3pm U15 B singles Year 10 and below Boys 10am Girls 1.30pm Sunday 13.11.16 U15 B&G Singles Year 10 and below Boys 10am Girls 12pm U15 B&G Doubles 2pm Stevenage Stevenage U15 Mixed Doubles 3.30pm U18 B Singles Year 13 and below 3.30pm Sunday 20.11.16 U13 B singles Year 8 and below Boys 9.30am Girls 11.30am U11 B&G Singles Year 6 and below Boys 12pm Girls 2.00pm U11 B&G doubles Year 6 and below Boys 2.00pm Girls 3.00pm Birchwood Saturday 03.12.16 BE Open U18 Bronze Stevenage Saturday 07.01.17 BE Open U14 Bronze Stevenage Sunday 05.02.17 U13 B&G Singles Year 8 and below Boys 9.30am Girls 11.30am U13 B&G Doubles 1.30pm Birchwood U13 Mixed Doubles U10 B&G Singles 3.30pm 3.30pm Sunday 05.03.17 Primary Schools Team Tournament Year 6 and below 11.30am * (Coaching Session at 10.00am) Stevenage Sunday 25.03.17 BE OpenU16 Silver Stevenage Events timed to start at 3.30pm, may start earlier depending on entry size of events beforehand. Please note B Tournaments (9th October 2016, 13th November and 20th November 2016) are NOT open to County Squad players. *The Primary Schools Team Tournament will be preceded at 1000 hours by a coaching session for all tournament entrants delivered by HSBA squad coaches and other qualified coaches. Page 2
HSBA Tournaments 9th October 2016 Barbara Lewczynska The first HSBA tournament of the 16/17 season saw Stevenage buzzing with activity. As well as the five U18 events, we also hosted the U15 B singles competition, which is aimed primarily at school and club played as county players are not eligible to enter. Twenty seven entries for the U18 singles meant the competition was tough. There were four boxes in the Boys section and each was extremely tightly contested. In the main event semi-final Daniel Davey (North Herts College) beat Jason Haley (John Henry Newman) in a tight 21-19 to proceed to the final, and in the other Zach Daniels (John Warner) overcame Stephen Elliot (John Henry Newman). The final was equally close and extremely exiting, it could have gone either way, but in the end Zach prevailed over Daniel to claim the 2016/2017 champions title. The plate event gave us another exiting final, and equally as close, with Cameron Bannister (Ashlyn s) narrowly beating Nathan Wooster (Verulam) 21-18. The Girls competition was a much smaller affair, but boosted by a hardy bunch of Queenwood girls who gave a very pink flavour to the mix. There were two boxes for this event, and in the main event semi Molly Goode (Presdales) came through beating Amelia Dixon (Mount Grace), and in the other semi Abbie Smith (Hemel Hempstead) reached the final with victory over Olivia Clark (Freman College). In the final Abbie beat Molly, this added to her hat trick of three titles from last season (U15 Singles, Doubles and Mixed). The plate competition mainly consisted of the Queenswood girls, who had a great deal of fun playing one another, but in the end it was Monique Maisey (Monks Walk) who won against Gretchen Kwong (Queenswood) 21-13. The Boys doubles had two boxes. In the main event final, Daniel avenged his defeat in the singles by winning with partner Cameron 21-18 against Stephen and Zach, and in the Plate event Brendan Ho (Verulam) and Kyle Hoyt (Sandringham) a lastminute.com partnership, beat Max Titterton (Hitchin Boys) and Nathan Wooster. The Girls doubles was one box of five played in a round robin format where Abbie Smith collected her second trophy of the day (with Molly) by winning all the matches in the box. Mention must also be made of the two Queenswood pairs who had a tough competition, but who smiled all the way through. The U15 B singles was also played during the day and it was good to see local clubs supporting this event, which is always of high quality. In the boy s event, which also had main and plate sections Ethan Barnes (Highfield) beat Adam Tutt (St Georges) in the main final, and Krystof Cerha (Marriott s) beat Scott Moring (Parmiters) in the final of the plate. The girls section which started at 12pm had one box of five, the majority of whom were from Queenswood. Lillie Corke (Mount Grace) ran out the eventual winner, beating all comers with Jemima Bisseker (Queenswood (runner up) and Jun Jaturanpinyo (Queenswood) third. The last event of the day, the U18 Mixed had one box of six (a perfect number as all three pairs can be on court simultaneously), and we were very mean at the desk as there was not a huge amount of resting time between games, and the mums and dads were insistent that we got through the matches as quickly as possible (I think they all wanted to go home). There were six very high quality pairs in the event, and the competition was hard going, but it was Zach and Molly who ran out the eventual winners, with Daniel and Abbie runners up, and Jason and Olivia in third place. Well done to all the player s organisers and parents on the day and many thanks to Ken for keeping us hydrated at the desk with his well-timed cups of tea. Page 3
New County squads for the 2016/17 season Selections for this year s age-group squads were made following trials, and those selected are listed below. There may be scope for players who were unable to attend for trials on the correct days still to be assessed. Under 12 Squad Squad Manager Adrian Leung Lead Coach Nick Goode Assistant Coach Dominic Savage Assistant Coach Debbie Clarke Parent Representatives Chris Di Gesaro & Joseph James Team for the season: Daniel Bennett, Ray Chen, Jaxon Clarke, Jack Connolly, Luca Di Gesaro, Scott Gildersleve, Aman Hakim, Alvin Ho, David James, Gannushan Jeevananthan, James Joseph, Johan Joseph, Akshith Katuri, Vincent Lee, Roan Naughton, William Teale, Charlie Windebank, Tamsin Bisseker, Mia Harvey-Hill, Emily Ho, Isabelle Lee, Grace Dalton, Katie Savage, Michelle Wang. Page 4
Under14 squad Squad Manager Mike Newlove Coach Kelly Matthews Assistant Coach Graham Clarke Parent Representative TBC Charlie Aitken, Jesse Barnes, Alistair Bennett, Julia Broda, Holly Clayton, Maia Di Gesaro, Finley Goode, Ben Gostick, Benjamin Hahn, Sydney Hall, Benjamin Herbert, Deborah James, Lavigne Leung, Krish Mahbubani, Harrison Priesthall, Mabel Reid, Nithin Santhosh, Lucy Savage, Harry Searle, Cameron Sharkey, Oliver Teale. No Squad photograph at present. Page 5
Under16 squad Squad Manager Hitesh Shah Coach John Stobo Assistant Coach Ian Robinson Parent Representatives TBC Team for the season: Cameron Bannister, Elizabeth Bratton, Zach Bobrowski, Louis Broad, Finlay Cattermole, Edward Chen, Chloe Connolly, Keshita De Silva, Ashay Dhingra, Sherwin Elliott, Tobias Goddard, Harry Goode, Khadijah Hasan, Ghajaanan Jeevananthan, Louisa Leung, Shashank Madhukiran, Gugan Muralitharan, Vihini Ragalage, Thomas Searle, Lucas Siu, Thomas Sweetnam, Jack Teoh, Bruce Yao. Page 6
Under18 squad Squad Manager Rebecca White Coach Kelly Matthews Coach David Westwood Parent Representatives TBC Team for the season: Christopher Adey, Laura Anderson, Harriet Bell, Olivia Clark, Rees Clarke, Tommy Corteen, Amelia Dixon, Steven Elliott, Molly Goode, Jason Hayley, Kyle Hoyte, Sam Jarman, Monique Maisey, Levin Matthew, Abbie Smith, Keya Patani, Sonny Ward, Joseph Waugh, Dion Chan Page 7
Badminton England Junior tournaments When HSBA squad members reach the knock-out stage of events played initially in boxes or the quarter finals of events played in straight knock-out format or a medal position in an event played in round robin format, the newsletter will report their achievements. Summer MK All Stars U11 20 th August GS Isabelle Lee Tournament Position 4 th Jaxon Clarke Vincent Lee s Home Counties Under 11 - BS Jaxon Clarke Won his box Leicestershire Under 12 Bronze Level Doubles 8 th October James Joseph Charlie Windebank s Northumberland Under 13 Bronze 22 nd October GS Mabel Rose Reid Gold Medal Tournament Winner Mabel Rose Reid East London Under 14 Bronze 8 th October Holly Clayton Sydney Hall Essex Under 14 Bronze 29 th October GS Holly Clayton Gold Medal Tournament Winner Holly Clayton Sydney Hall Mabel Rose Reid Tournament Position 4 th Under 15 English National Championships 10 th & 11 th September Cameron Bannister Milton Keynes Under 15 Gold 8 th & 9 th October GS Lavigne Leung Berkshire Under 15 Silver 29 th October Lavigne Leung MK Summer Under 16 Bronze 1 st August Thomas Sweetnam XD Thomas Sweetnam Tournament Position 4 th MK Summer Under 16 Silver 20 th August Cameron Bannister Page 8
Buckinghamshire Under 16 Bronze 30 th October GS Lavigne Leung Silver Medallist Lavigne Leung Louisa Leung Tournament Position 4 th Suffolk Under 17 Bronze 29 th October GS Olivia Clark Silver Medallist MS Tommy Corteen Silver Medallist XD Olivia Clark Silver Medallist Tommy Corteen Silver Medallist Suffolk Under 17 Silver 30 th October Olivia Clark Amelia Dixon Tommy Corteen MK Summer Under 18 Silver 6 th August GS Abbie Smith Gold Medal Tournament Winner Abbie Smith Moly Goode BS Christopher Adey Silver Medallist Christopher Adey Oxfordshire Under 18 Bronze 15 th October Abbie Smith Hertfordshire Senior Restricted 1 st & 2 nd October Abbie Smith Silver Medal WS Laura Anderson Bronze Position Molly Goode Bronze Position WD Jo Goode Molly Goode Zach Daniels Silver Medallist MS Christopher Adey Bronze Position MD Zach Daniels Daniel Davey XD Jo Goode Zach Daniels Olivia Clark Daniel Davey Bronze Position BS = Boys Singles BS* = Boys Singles Gold Star = Boys doubles GS = Girls Singles GS* = Girls Singles Gold Star = Girls Doubles XD = Mixed Doubles Well done to everyone who has participated in tournaments so far this season and congratulations to all medallists, what a great haul of medals for the first three months of the season, keep up the good work. On the next page you will find dates of forthcoming tournaments, please enter as many as you can, because numbers are down this year and some counties have had to cancel. Page 9
U12 Tournaments Warwickshire U12 Bronze 19 th November Closing date 4 th November Tees Valley U12 Bronze 10 th December Closing date 20 th November West Midlands U12 Bronze 10 th December Closing date 29 th November U13 Tournaments Herefordshire U13 Bronze 12 th November Closing date 4 th November Essex U13 Bronze 20 th November Closing date 4 th November Nottingham U13 Bronze 26 th November Closing date 10 th November Shropshire U13 Gold 26 th & 27 th November Closing date - 3 rd November West Midlands U13 Bronze 3 rd December Closing date 29 th November Yorkshire U13 Bronze 4 th December Closing date 20 th November Suffolk U13 Bronze 17 th December Closing date 27 th November U14 Tournaments Oxfordshire U14 Bronze 26 th November Closing date 12 th November Devon U14 Bronze 3 rd December Closing date 19 th November Warwickshire U14 Bronze 10 th December Closing date 12 th November DKWay U14 Bronze 11 th December Closing date 27 th November U15 Tournaments MK All Stars U15 Silver 19 th November Closing date 7 th November Northumberland U15 Bronze 19 th November Closing date 5 th November Durham U15 Bronze 26 th November Closing date 6 th November Kent U15 Silver 3 rd December Closing date 11 th November Northamptonshire U15 Bronze 3 rd December Closing date 19 th November Kent U15 Bronze 4 th December Closing date 11 th November Lancashire U15 Gold 10 th & 11 th December Closing date 17 th November U16 Tournaments West Midlands U16 Bronze 19 th November Closing date 9 th November Norfolk U16 Bronze 27 th November Closing date 6 th November Devon U16 Bronze 4 th December Closing date 19 th November Lancashire U16 Bronze 11 th December Closing date 26 th November U17 Tournaments Essex U17 Silver 19 th November Closing date 4 th November Durham U17 Bronze 19 th November Closing date 2 nd November Lancashire U17 Bronze 27 th November Closing date 12 th November Cheshire U17 Bronze 3 rd December Closing date 12 th November York U17 Gold 3 rd & 4 th December Closing date 10 th November Derbyshire U17 Bronze 10 th December Closing date 25 th November Durham U17 Silver 18 th December Closing date 27 th November U18 Tournaments Middlesex U18 Bronze 19 th November Closing date 12 th November Kent U18 Bronze 26 th November Closing date 4 th November Lancashire U18 Silver 26 th November Closing date 12 th November Devon U18 Bronze 3 rd December Closing date 19 th November Hertfordshire U18 Bronze 3 rd December Closing date 14 th November MK U18 Bronze 11 th December Closing date 17 th November Dorset U18 Bronze 17 th December Closing date 10 th December Nottingham U18 Bronze 17 th December Closing date 1 st December Page 10