News - from August 07 to Augst 2008, Herts Juniors Help Raise the Olympic Flag at Herts Sports Village Herts County juniors Emily Westwood and Mark Sadler helped raise the Olympic flag at a handover ceremony at Herts Sports Village, 24th August. As part of the celebrations taster sessions were provided by sports including badminton by Graham Hall, Gill and Dave Bartlett. At the UK Schools Games on Sunday 1st September Emily Westwood and Sam Dobson won the first gold medal of the tournament in the mixed doubles courtesy of a walkover after Daniel van Hooijdonk and Sarah Thomas from Wales were forced to pull out of the event through injury. Gobi Ranganathan Defends his Singles 4-Nations Title in Cardiff and Comes 2nd in Level and Mixed Doubles A Fantastic Effort by Herts’ Gail Emms and our Team at Beijing Click on photo for a larger copy Some great badminton played by Gail, Nathan and the rest of our Team - see BE CEO Adrian Christy's salutation: 'Athens silver medallists Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms were fittingly the last GB players to fall - but not before a superb comeback win over China's second seeds Zheng Bo and double Olympic champion Gao Ling . They were only beaten in the end by an outstanding display from Korean pair Lee Yong Dae and Lee Hyo Jung in yesterday's mixed doubles quarter-finals in Beijing.' See full report on BE website: BADMINTON England Chief Executive salutes GB stars 15/08/08 BADMINTON England Chief Executive Adrian Christy today praised the Team GB badminton squad and back-up staff for their Olympic Games efforts in Beijing. Gail Emms born in Hitchin and coached by local coach Bill Goode for eight years, six of them at the Goode Academy at the University of Hertfordshire, represented England at the Beijing Olympics. Gail, who is ranked No.6 in the world for mixed doubles, played mixed and women’s doubles. She also plays
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News - from August 07 to Augst 2008,
Herts Juniors Help Raise theOlympic Flag at Herts Sports
Village
Herts County juniors Emily Westwood and MarkSadler helped raise the Olympic flag at a handover
ceremony at Herts Sports Village, 24th August.
As part of the celebrations taster sessions wereprovided by sports including badminton by Graham
Hall, Gill and Dave Bartlett.
At the UK Schools Games on Sunday 1stSeptember Emily Westwood and Sam Dobson wonthe first gold medal of the tournament in the mixed
doubles courtesy of a walkover after Daniel vanHooijdonk and Sarah Thomas from Wales were
forced to pull out of the event through injury.
Gobi Ranganathan Defendshis Singles 4-Nations Title in
Cardiff and Comes 2nd inLevel and Mixed Doubles
A Fantastic Effort by Herts’ GailEmms and our Team at Beijing
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Some great badminton played by Gail,Nathan and the rest of our Team - see BECEO Adrian Christy's salutation:
'Athens silver medallists Nathan Robertsonand Gail Emms were fittingly the last GBplayers to fall - but not before a superbcomeback win over China's second seedsZheng Bo and double Olympic championGao Ling .
They were only beaten in the end by anoutstanding display from Korean pair LeeYong Dae and Lee Hyo Jung in yesterday'smixed doubles quarter-finals in Beijing.' Seefull report on BE website:
BADMINTON England Chief Executivesalutes GB stars 15/08/08BADMINTON England Chief ExecutiveAdrian Christy today praised the Team GBbadminton squad and back-up staff for theirOlympic Games efforts in Beijing.
Gail Emms born in Hitchin and coached bylocal coach Bill Goode for eight years, six ofthem at the Goode Academy at the Universityof Hertfordshire, represented England at theBeijing Olympics. Gail, who is ranked No.6in the world for mixed doubles, played mixedand women’s doubles. She also plays
Gobi signs a young competitor's T shirt at Herts Youth Games in May
Gobi reports on the Welsh tournament w.e. 16th
August : "I took part in Singles, Doubles andMixed Doubles with fairly successful results – 2Silvers (Men’s and Mixed Doubles) and 1 Gold(Singles). [Ed: a bit more than fairly successful!]
Unfortunately my regular doubles partner wasunable to compete so I had a substitute player,Michael Smith from Northern Ireland, alongsideme. We finished as runners up losing 2-0 (scores:15-8, 15-8) in the final.
I took part in the Mixed Doubles event for the firsttime and was partnered by Sharon Jones Barnes, anewcomer to disabled badminton. We finished 2nd
in the group stage and progressed to the Semi Finalwhere we played the winners of the first group. Wewon 2-0 (scores: 21-4, 21-15) and progressed tothe Final. Once again, we were runners up in thislosing 2-0 (scores: 15-8, 15-10).
In the singles event, I won all my group gameswinning 21-1 (v Michael Smith [NorthernIreland]), 21-9 (v Steve McGrath [Wales]) and 21-20 (v Damien Hallett [Wales]) and faced DamienHallett again in the final. I was 14-18 down in thegroup game so to win 21-20 was pleasing to saythe least!
I won the final against Damien 15-8, 15-9 to retainthe singles title I won in Scotland back in April.Next up is likely to be the Irish leg at Lisburn
(near Belfast) in November so I’ll be training hardfor that."
regularly for Herts County 1st Team thatgained promotion to the BADMINTONEngland Premier A division this season.
Gail's other achievements include;Olympic Silver Medal MXD 2004, winning ChinaOpen MXD 2005 and All England Open MXD 2005,Commonwealth Gold MXD 2006, World ChampionMadrid 2006See; detailed CV on BE website: BBC Gail's OlympicRun-up Blog:
Malcolm Jellows, Herts NewDevelopment Officer, is
Welcomed at HSBA AGM -
HSBA AGM Continued from column on the left...
His First Official Event
Malcolm Jellows started employment withBADMINTON England as Herts new BadmintonDevelopment Officer, on 16
He attended HSBA AGM on 19th June atBirchwood Leisure Centre, Hatfield, and got awarm welcome - and a very good introduction tothe workings of this our junior-focusedorganisation. As well as the comprehensiveofficers' reports, examples of dedicated voluntarywork for junior badminton in the county were veryevident.
Byron Perry (L) and Malcolm Lumb (R) receivingthank you presents from HSBA Chairman, Ken
Winchester.
Byron Perry has completed some 30 or moreyears in various official capacities particularly thecoaching of Gazelles JBC which is now wound up
and Malcolm Lumb who completes some 12years as HSBA Treasurer.
Rhian Blowers, Young Coach of the Year,receiving the shield from HSBA Chairman KenWinchester. Proposers, Marion and Duncan
Conway, wrote: 'She has been a regular attender at bothUnder 13 Squad practices (2 hours per week) and at SwiftsJBC (2 hours per week). However at Swifts she has oftenstayed on for the rest of the evening ( a further 2-3 hours).She has regularly led group practices with considerable
enthusiasm and inspires the players to perform beyond theirnormal standard.
Primary Teachers CoachingCourse - a Great mix of
Teachers and Herts Coaches
19th June saw 5 Primary school teachers and 5
Herts 45+ Games,18th Juneat Herts Sports Village
Some 30 badminton players attended themorning taster/coaching session and 16 entered
the Social and League tournaments in the
coaches attend the 7-hour BE Teachers CoachingCourse, Primary, lead by tutor, Sue Rutson atHatfield's Jim McDonald Centre. The mix of
teachers and coaches provided some very usefulcross-fertilisation of ideas.
.Participants at Badminton for Teachers Primary
course, Hatfield: tutor, Sue Rutson, centre of frontrow. Click on photo for a larger copy.
Rhian Blowers, far L., and Steve Willis, far R.,provided some excellent examples of correct
stroke movement - click here for photos of someof the stroke moves.
afternoon. Jim Robson and Doug Clark, Level 2coaches from East Herts were on hand to givehints and tips in the morning and stayed to help
Gill and Dave Bartlett and Rhian Blowersorganise the afternoon tournament.
Social and League tournaments Medal winners with HSP organiser FionaDeans (2ndR FR) :
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It was an excellent first 45+ Games BadmintonTournament sponsored by Herts Sports
Partnership and organised by Fiona Deans. Allthe better for being free of charge with lunch
included! See more photos - and a morecomprehensive write-up in the next HBA
Newsletter, due early July.
Tom Burton, Our BadmintonDevelopment Officer, LeavesHerts with a Very Significant
Legacy
Tom Burton leaves badminton in Hertfordshire witha tremendous legacy of worthy development on
Friday 2nd May. Not only are our organisations -Herts Badminton Association, Herts Schools
Badminton Association and our Badminton HertsDevelopment Committee - extremely grateful for
the amount and quality of his work but innumerablegrass roots players from the youngest to the oldesthave benefited from the programmes and fundingthat he has initiated and progressed. We wish himall the very best in his new job as Team Leader ofSports Development in St Albans. As he says "I'm
Herts Youth Games 2008
Nine Districts' teams competed in the badmintonevent of Herts Youth Games on Saturday 10thMay at Herts Sports Village. Each team eventcomprised boys' and girls' singles and doublesand mixed doubles with 108 games in all.
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The sub-county event funded by Sport England,
looking forward to staying in sports developmentbut working from a different angle".
A replacement BDO was sought byBADMINTON England and Badminton Herts -see Malcolm Jellows annoncement on Main
page.
Herts Sports Partnership and the 10 HertsDistricts gave many children their first experienceof a badminton tournament. Click here for areport and more photos.
Senior County 2nd TeamTriumphant!
With three national league titles to their creditalready this season the senior county 2nd teamadded the Inter County Championship Division 1playoff finals at Milton Keynes over the weekend26th & 27th April. See full report and detailedresults.With three wins over Lanarkshire (Scotland), Kent& Wiltshire the team now move in to Premier Bnext season.Full SquadLadies – Rachel Howard (Hertford), CharlotteWillis (WGC), Charity Barnes (Hatfield), KatieComras (Little Heath), Kate Lester (Letty Green),Jo Goode (Tewin) & Helena Lewczynska(Radlett)Men – Jon Austin (Rebourn), David Westwood(Flamstead), Brian Lockie (Rickmansworth), JimTeale (Watford), Andy Walden (Hertford), PeterGooden (Kimpton) & Richard Southward(St.Albans)
Paul Widdicombe, Chairman of (CountySquads) Selectors
See also the Senior County Teams End ofSeason report:
Charlotte Willis CountyPlayer of the Year!
Charlotte Willis County Player of the Year
HSBA Primary Schools
Team Tournament, Sunday
27th April, at Stevenage
A&LC
There were 19 boys’ teams and 14 girls’ teams(100 children) taking part in the tournament.
receiving trophy from President Bob Walsh atend of season celebration.
Hertfordshire Senior CountyBadminton Teams Clinch
Two Further NationalLeague Titles
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Hertfordshire 4th team: Inter County ChampionshipDivision 4b Winners 2007/8 Season
The 4th team under the management of Colin Walkerovercame title challengers Suffolk 2nd team at theHertfordshire Sports Village to claim division 4B in theInter County Championship on Sunday16th March.
Although loosing 8-7 the team gained promotion on thenarrowest of margins. Being equal with Suffolk onsection points and wins they won on a count back ofgames won 65 to 64.
The team of James Reynolds (Hertford, HatfieldComets BC), Paul Monk (Stanstead Abbotts, StansteadAbbotts BC), Paul Kempster (Stevenage, Cobra BC), EdLintott (St. Albans, Hawks BC, Borehamwood), JoMillward (Hatfield, Wizard BC Goffs Oak), RachelWarnes (St Albans, Individuals BC), Nikki Walker(Hertford, Stanstead Abbotts BC) & Rhian Blowers(Potters Bar, Comets BC) look forward to challengesthat await them next season.
click on picture for a larger versionIt was good to see some new school teams suchas Knebworth, Lordship Farm (Letchworth),Lodge Farm (Stevenage), Northwood prep, thereturn after an absence of St Giles (SouthMimms) and Sherrardswood (Welwyn GardenCity), plus old stalwarts who always support us sowell Wilbury and Norton St Nicholas (Letchworth),Little Heath and Lochinver (Potters Bar).The tournament, preceded by a very successfulcoaching session, was played in a round robinformat, with placings for boys girls and combinedteams. It was played in excellent spirit and greatsportsmanship.
Boys Winners1. Lochinver Suraj Shah, ArchiePreston, Henry Wood2. (orthwood Prep Rishav Shah,Alastair Parker, Julian Mann3. St Giles 1 Max Denuiene-Keene, Sean Price, JakeJohnsonGirls Winners1. St Giles Amy George,Charlotte Hathawy, FayeMcNicholas2. Little Heath Isabel Hatt, LouiseRapacioli, Cydney Reimers3. Norton St Nicholas 3 HopeCracunell, Melissa Drake, EllenKingCombined Winners1. St Giles Max Denuiene-King,Sean Price, Jake Johnson, AmyGeorge,Charlotte Hathaway, FayeMcNicholas2. Norton St Nicholas 3 HopeCracunell, Melissa Drake, EllenKing, AdamChilvers, Charlie Hall, DannyKalket3. Little Heath Isabel Hatt, LouiseRapacioli, Cydney Reimers,
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Hertfordshire 2nd team: Inter County ChampionshipDivision 1c Winners 2007/8 Season
The 2nd team, on Sunday16th March, saw offBuckinghamshire 2nd team to win division 1C inconvincing style 13-2 and move into the division playoffs on the 26th/27th April for a place in Premier B nextseason. In the team photo, above are: Ian Mulligan(Manager) Andy Walden (Hertford, Ware BC, Ware)Charity Barnes (Hatfield) Peter Gooden (Kimpton)Katie Comras (Little Heath) Anthony Moye (Hitchin,Masters BC, Baldock) Rachel Howard (Hertford) RichSouthward (St Albans) Liz Austin (Redbourne & JonAustin (Redbourne)
Liza Calls Time on Her BadmintonCareer
Liza playing for Herts, 1st Team 15th Dec 07 at HSV.
"Liza Smith (nee Parker) has represented Herts asa junior and senior with great distinction over thelast 15 years, I wish her ever success in futureyears".Paul Widdicombe, Chairman of Herts
Anrew Bays,James Ilott, Harrison PalmerSee the complete report here
Herts Schools do us Proudin the BE Interschools
Regional Round inBedfordshire
April 10th, the East region round saw the top schools ineach age group from Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire andCambridgeshire come together to fight it out for theopportunity to represent the East Region at theNational finals to be held later this month up in Derby.
Boys Y7/8/91st: Bedford Modern (Beds)2nd: Hitchin Boys School (Herts)3rd: Thomas Deacan Academy(Cambs)Boys Y10/111st: Haberdashers Askes Schoolfor Boys (Herts)2nd: Sandy (Beds)3rd: Thomas Deacan Academy(Cambs)Girls Y7/8/91st: Chancellors School (Herts)2nd: Jack Hunt (Cambs)3rd: Dame Alice (Beds)Girls Y10/111st: Samuel Whitbread (Beds)2nd: Dame Alice Owens' School(Herts)3rd: Thomas Deacan Academy
(Cambs)
Herts 1st Team IntercountyMatch, December 07,photos: click to view onFlickr site
www.flickr.com
This is a Flickr badgeshowing photos in a set -
Selectors See, also, BE report called Intercounty Badminton.Make your own badge here.
Coaching Workshop funded by
Awards for All
Saturday March 15th , at St Albans HighSchool
with Badminton England NationalDevelopment
Coach Mike Woodward
This was a great opportunity for some 20 Herts coachesof all levels to hear the latest coaching information fromthe National Development Coach, Mike Woodwood,and participate in the many excellent practical coachingsessions.
Thanks go to principal organiser, Angela Blowers,HSBA.
Herts U19s Do Herts Proud in theYonex English Nationals 2008
Luke Donnelly (R1), Victor Liew (R3), OliverCrabb (R2), Helen Lewczyska (R1) and LauraCousins (Quarters) entered the U19 Nationals
Tournament on Friday:
Finals Doubles results!Men's Doubles:
Chris Hotchen (Gl) & Ben Stawski (Wk)beat
Arthur Cheung (Bu) & Victor Liew (Ht) 21-15, 21-19
Women's Doubles:Laura Cousins (Ht) & Sarah Walker (Ex)
(see photo below) beat
Herts Largest BE InterSchoolsTournament. Winners, U14 Hitchin
Boys School, and, U16 Haberdashers'Aske's Boys' School
U14 Winners Hitchin Boys School, FinalistsHaberdashers' Aske's
U16 Winners Haberdashers' Askes School, finalists StAlbans School
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Two 'SSP-Round' competitions were held in Herts thisyear:1. Queens SSP Round - Winners were:
Under 14 Boys - Habs BoysUnder 14 Girls - Watford GirlsUnder 16 Boys - Habs BoysUnder 16 Girls - Dame Alice Owens
2. Open County SSP Round - Winners were:Under 14 Boys - Hitchin Boys SchoolUnder 16 Boys - St. Albans School
The final boys County round was held on Monday18th Feb at Habs between these winners. Habs wonthe Under 16 comp, and H.B.S won the Under 14
Alyssa Lim (Bu) & Kate Robertshaw (Yo)22-20, 16-21, 21-17
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This is Laura’s second national doubles title, shefirst won the title in the U15 age group and nowagain at U19. Laura also reached the Quarters inladies singles and Semi finals in the mixed event.Laura is currently training at Bath University withPete Bush but would like to take this opportunity tothank all that have helped her so far. Including hersponsors, coaches and the county set up forproviding top level Badminton from the U13 to thePremier A team.After a well earned day off she is off to the Dutchjunior on Tuesday as part if the U19 England team
Roy Cousins
See complete results on BE website
competition.Boys' and Girls team winners will go forward torepresent Herts in the Regional round.'Tom Burton
Herts County 1st team won thePremier B title in the Victor Sports
Inter County Championships atMilton Keynes over the weekend!
First Team Squad during 2007-8Andy Walden, Richard Doling, Phil Hammond,
Rich Southward & Dean GeorgeGail Emms, Suzanne Rayappan, Liza Parker,Natalie Munt, Katie Comras & Laura Cousins
Very well done to everyone concerned,players, partners, parents & friendsPaul Widdicombe, Chairman of Selectors HertsCBA
See County First Team Report andphotos. More too in HBA Newsletter, outsoon.
13 Herts Coaches attended Badmintonfor Teachers Course at Hitchin
College, on Sunday 13th JanuaryThis 7-hour course was for coaches who wish
to understand how players develop, applyLong Term Athlete Development concepts
and understand the primary schooleducational curriculum requirements. It was
click on photo for a larger version and here formore course photos
enjoyable, not least because coaches used funequipment that they don't normally use. The
course was delivered by BE Junior LeadCoach, Jo Hughes (in red, far left in photo)and was heavily subsidised through HBA's
Awards for All grant from the normal £115 tojust £10 each. Attendees came from across
Herts and included experienced Level 2coaches through to those just planning to
attend a Level 1.For further information contact HBACoaching Co-ordinator Brian Jackson.
The Event of the Season! 10 Courts ofPure, Fantastic Badminton - 15th &
16th December
Highlights of the Weekend at Herts SportsVillage
1st Team remain top of Premier B with 3excellent wins.
Ladies went undefeated all weekend Joanne Goode former Olympic &
Commonwealth Games medallist makeswinning county debut
Kelly Matthews at first ladies singles producedthree quality performances
Lee Perry picked up the only men’s singleswin over the weekend against Avon
Dean George went undefeated in men’sdoubles with Richard Doling and Lee Perryand with Natalie Munt at first mixed pair
Liza Smith played the first match only beforeflying off to a European league Match andSuzanne Rayappan played the Sunday matchonly flying in from Danish league match
Saturday 15th December 2007Sunday 16th December 2007
Team over the Weekend - click on name tosee action photo
Richard Doling (Rickmansworth) Dean George( Ware) Lee Perry ( Stevenage)
Jim Teale (Watford) Brian Lockie(Rickmansworth) David Westwood (Flamsted)
Natalie Munt (Ware) Kelly Matthews
(Harpenden) Laura Cousins (Little Heath)
Joanne Goode (Tewin) Liza Smith (Park St)Suzanne Rayappan (Stevenage)
Saturday night. An excellent contribution bythese two ladies who despite being Englandinternationals still come home for countymatches
David Westwood made his 1st team debut andcame close in two highly contested singles.
Welwyn Hatfield School SportsPartnership Inaugural Badminton
Tournament14th December at HertsSports Village
One hundred and twenty year 9/10 pupils of fivesecondary schools of WH SSP participated in boys andgirls doubles at HSV. The participating schools were
Onslow St Audrey, Bishops Hatfield Girls, Monkswalk,Sir Frederic Osborn and Stanborough.
Under 19 Squad Result: Won All 3Matches
Left to right: Luke, Jon, Angela, Rachel, Charlotte,Adam &
Angela Blowers (Team Manager)
The Hertfordshire U19 team had a successful day on25th November at home, winning all three ties 4-2 vKent, 5-1 v Surrey and 4-2 v Essex. This means Hertsare now top the table:
Herts 9, Kent 7, Surrey 4, Essex 2The team, pictured above included Luke Donnelly (Brookmans Park), Adam Monk(Stanstead Abbotts), Jon Chew (Hatfield), Angela Law(WGC), Charlotte Willis (WGC) & Rachel Warnes
(WGC). Luke & Charlotte were the only twoundefeated all day.If interested in playing with these and other U19, seeadvert in Clubs with vacancies.
Five Schools participated in theSecond of Round 1 of Herts Inter-
Schools Tournament, 7th December atHSV
The following schools took part in the Years7,8&9 tournament: Chancellor's School, HitchinBoys School, St Albans School, Turnford SportsCollege, and in the Years 10 &11 Tournament StColumba's College, St Albans School, Turnford
Sports College.
Girls Doubles rep. winners, SFO with Tom Burton, HBA BDO, and Right,Boys and Overall winners Stanborough
.
The tournament was ably organised by Onslow StAudrey SSCo, Steve Willis, with
with the active support of PDM, Jo Higson, the SSCOsof the respective schools and Tom Burton, Gill and
Dave Bartlett of Herts Badminton Association.
First Round of the Badminton EnglandInter-schools Tournament
Yavneh College, Borehamwood, playedhost to the first of two rounds of HertsInter-schools tournaments for secondaryschools. The rounds comprising 6 boys'and 3 girls' teams were organised byDuessa Lipley, PDM of Queens' withassistance from Herts BadmintonDevelopment Officer, Tom Burton.
Boys' Finalists: Dame Alice Owen'sWinners: Haberdashers' Aske's Boys'
The winners of Years 7, 8 9 tournament wereHitchin Boys School, above with organiser Tom
Burton..
The winners of Years 10 & 11 tournament wereSt Albans School, above with Tom Burton.It was a very enjoyable tournament with manyhelpers all of whom we would like to thank.So these teams and the winners of the firsttournament shown below.Dave Bartlett
Herts 3rd Team vs Oxfordshire 1stTeam, Result: 10-5
4th November at HSV
HSBA U11 and U18 TournamentNovember
U11 boys doubles winnersRishav Shah and Yash Kejriwal2. U11 Girls doubles IsobelHatt/Amy George (retained from
Last seasons division two winners, HertsBadminton 3rd team, started the new season withan excellent 10-5 home win over Oxfordshire 1stTeam, gaining maximum league points in the
process. Lindsay Orchard (Welwyn Garden City)was star of the team with four wins. Playingnumber one ladies singles, she won in two straightgames 21-17, 21-9 against Chiaki Murayami.Pairing up with Sarah Garner (Kimpton), they sawoff both the oppositions two pairs in three hardfought games. At first mixed pair with regularpartner Richard Southward (St.Albans), they beatOxfordshire 1st pair of Dave Buckingham & SarahTorgersen 21-12 18-21, 21-11.Jenna Tye (WGC) & Helen Skeggs (Stevenage)also went undefeated in both ladies doubles. Jennacompleted her successful day with a straight setsmixed win with partner David Westwood (Flamsted).With a 7-5 lead going into the mixed, the third teamneeded all three mixed to gain maximum leaguepoints. Oxfordshire on the other hand needed onemixed win to pick a league point. All threeHertfordshire mixed pairs were successful, givingthe team the start they need to the season.Paul Widdicombe
last year).
U18 Girls doubles winnersCharlotte Willis and RachelWarnesU18 Boys singles winner GregRoantreeU18 Boys Doubles winners GregRoantree/James Reynolds (FORTHE THIRD YEAR RUNNING)U18 Mixed doubles winners(brother/sister act) Mathew andEmily WestwoodLink to Photos
Results U11 and U18Boxes U11 and U18grids
Hertfordshire County 4th teamstarted the season with a narrowhard fought victory overBedfordshire 2nd team - eventuallywinning the match 8-7.
After an excellent start winning all 4 singlesgames, Beds came back into the match taking 5of the 8 men’s and women’s doubles games.This made the score 7 -5 to Herts with 3 mixedgames left. After narrowly losing the first 2 mixedgames, it all came down to the last mixed gamewith Fraser Wikner and Jo Millward winning 21-12 and 21-14.
Congratulations to Jo Millward and Rhian Blowersin winning all their games.
Colin Walker4th team manager
November E-zine for Club organisers andCoaches: Nov07
Six Schools participated in the First ofRound 1 matches of Herts Inter-
Schools Tournament, 18th Octobercoinciding with the Launch of HBA'sCoaching Development Plan funded
by Awards for All
Herts U13 Doubles and U15 Singles,14th October
Yavneh College hosted the first of Round 1matches comprising teams from: Bushey Hall,
Bushey Meads, Haberdasher's Aske's Boys,DameAlice Owen's Watford Girls Grammar and
Westfield. See more..
HBA Development Co-ordinator, Dave Bartlett,Queens PDM Duessa Lipley and Herts Badminton
Development Officer Tom Burton, officially andgratefully accept the Awards for All cheque for£9,920 to develop coaching and participation in
Herts. See more..
Herts Restricted
See results in 'Junior Tournaments, Trials,Results', left
11 More Coaches for Hertfordshire
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There were 12 attendees for the first Herts UKCoaching Certificate Level 1 Coaching Coursewhich was run over 3 days 16
th&30
thSep, 7
th
October at North Herts College, Hitchin. Thecourse, normally £195 each was heavily
subsidised via WorkForce Development Funding.Tutors were Dave Jones (2nd L, front row) andFrances Morrison (far R.). One attendee could
not manage the assessment day and will bereferred to another one elsewhere. Attendees
found it a challenging but enjoyable course. Level2 mentors have been assigned to ensure thesenew L1s feel supported in the 5 sessions that
they will give back to the county.
Some great matches, click here for more photosand the results.
Herts Open
Ladies singles: Winner, Helena Lewczynaska (R),wih Finalist, Charlotte Willis (L)
Click here to see more pictures from thetournament
Report in HBA Newsletter, see left.
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