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Hampshire Badminton Association Ltd County Newsletter

March 2012

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The Hampshire County 1 st Team - January 2012

Showing off their new County tops before the start of play in the second of their weekends this season were, from the left, Chris Evans, Vikki Williams, John Hepworth, Kelly Holdway, Martin Ventham, Jo Dix, Team Manager Trevor Shanks, Josie Latimer, Ben Muir, Sarah Burgess, Andy Penn and James Todd.

See Page 5 for Trevor’s Report on the weekend

The views expressed in this Newsletter are not necessarily those of the Hampshire DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE Badminton Association Ltd 22nd August 2012

Hampshire Badminton 1 Once again we are approaching the end of the season. In an effort to reach the Clubs before they pack up for the summer break we try to get this edition of the Newsletter to them before the end of March. This of course means that there are still quite a few matches, tournaments and team events still to take place when going to press and results in us not being able to give you end of season placings, so look on the various Club, District and Hampshire websites for these results later on. The County 1st team is heading Premier B going into their last weekend trio of matches but as usual positions at the top are fairly tight. We need a good weekend of results to take the title. The 2nd & 3rd teams have had mixed results and, with further matches to play, should maintain their positions in their respective divisions. The Masters' events are also still ongoing with quite a few league matches still to be played. In the Inter County Championships the 45's team, having won all their games, will be playing in the Premier league next season. The Junior Section still has a couple of major events to come and the U.21's tournament is still to take place. Good luck to them all. Regular visitors to Westgate will have noticed the absence of Bernard recently, due to ill health, and we wish him a speedy recovery. Also best wishes go to Margaret Houlton, Westgate's celebrity chef, for a swift recovery from a knee operation and of course we continue to hope that both Mary and Ken Milne's health problems will continue to improve. With events such as the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the Summer Olympics taking place throughout the summer months, there is much to keep us entertained until our next season starts again in September. How many of our readers have been lucky enough to get tickets for the badminton events at the Olympics? If you are one of the lucky ones, let us have your stories and we will print them in the Newsletter next season. As usual, we continue to request news from the Clubs and Districts with photos if possible.

Wishing you all a successful end of season and a happy Easter & summer break. EDITOR PS. Don't forget to send your Club representative to the Hampshire AGM.

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Hampshire Badminton 2 HAMPSHIRE OPEN SENIOR GOLD TOURNAMENT held at the Westgate Centre Report by Diana Troke

1.National Governing Bodies. 2. Counties. 3.Clubs. 4.Committees. 5. Tournaments. 6. Volunteers. 7. Players

If you look at the above list, in order to organise a competitive tournament you need all seven categories. First of all No.1. National Governing Bodies and No.7. Players. Without these two you would not have a tournament as we know them today. No.3. Clubs from Junior through to Masters where players are formed and trained to play right through the system. No.5. Tournaments & No.4. Committees. All tournaments need a committee to administrate the basic rules and entries which are usually drawn from No.2. the Counties and No.3. the Clubs. This leaves us with No.6. Volunteers who turn up week in week out. Without these the sport wouldn't survive.

This year the Open was no different from other years, except in name, and consisted of all the elements above, which made for a good event with 32 Men's Singles, 24 Women's Singles, 24 Men's Doubles pairs, 14 Ladies’ Doubles and 20 Mixed pairs taking part.

The tournament was well contested - no incidents for the referee to decide upon and very sporting behaviour from all the competitors who were all a credit to our sport.

We repeatedly state that Hampshire is fortunate to have Westgate as our own venue which is well equipped for players and spectators alike with our committees and volunteers second to none.

As usual thanks go to all the above and to Nigel and Bernard, the Westgate Management team and to Margaret for her skills in the kitchen all weekend. I hope everyone enjoyed the tournament and we look forward to seeing everyone next season.

Above: From the left, Panuga Riou Women’s Singles runner-up, Rhys Walker, Men’s Singles and Doubles winner, and Helen Davies, Ladies’ Singles and Doubles winner. Above right: Women’s Doubles presentation with winners Helen Davies and Alyssa Lim on the right and runners-up Gemma Whiting and Jo Dix. County President Trevor Shanks was on hand to do the honours. Right: Panuga and Trevor with Vikki Primmer, semi-finalist in the Ladies’ Doubles and runner-up in the Mixed Doubles.

Hampshire Badminton 3 Hampshire Open Senior Gold Results: Hampshire players’ records: Men’s Singles Martin Ventham played the top seed in the 1st round and lost 6-21 10-21. Steven Cappleman (5/8 seed) reached the semi-finals where he lost to the top seed 10-21 11- 21 Harry Wang was a late substitute in the draw but went on to reach the quarter-finals where he lost to the eventual winner of the event Rhys Walker 12-21 10-21. Andy Penn went out in the 2nd round losing to Harry Wang who won by 20-22 21-11 21-17 Women’s Singles Panuga Riou runner-up of the event, losing to Helen Davies 14-21 18-21in the final Beulah Moody lost in the 1st round Hayley Duckett had a walk-over in the 1st round, but then lost in 2nd round Sitara Bali lost in the 1st round to Jo Dix who was unseeded but reached the quarter-finals where she lost to the event winner 15-21 13-21 Men’s Doubles Alex Ferguson with Daniel Clark (Do) had a bye in the 1st round but went out in the 2nd round to the top seeds Dave Chartres with Will Hilton-Jackson (Sx) lost in the 1st round to Matt and Ben Corby 21-17 16-21 13- 21 Chris Evans with Adam Smith (Av) reached the quarter-finals where they lost to the Corbys 12-21 17-21 John Hepworth with Robert Cooper (St) lost in the 1st round Geoffrey Ball (ex-Hampshire, now Avon)/Adam Porter (Av) Andy Penn/James Todd seeded ¾ had a bye to the 2nd round where they met Ball & Porter and lost 23-21 10-21 13-21 Chris Shepperd/Steve Smith won their way through to the quarter-finals where they met the 2nd seeds and eventual winners Aaron Cheng/Rhys Walker who won 19-21 21-16 24-22 Women’s Doubles Sarah Burgess/Kelly Holdway reached the quarter-finals where they met the top seeds Helen Davies/Alyssa Lim who won 21-14 21-13 Jo Dix with Gemma Whiting (Ke) reached final but lost to Davies/Lim 21-17 21-11 Panuga Riou with Vikki Primmer (Be) reached the semi-finals where they lost Dix/Whiting 21-18 21-17 Mixed Doubles Sarah Burgess/John Hepworth went out in the 1st round 20-22 19-21 Alex Ferguson/Hayley Duckett also went out in the 1st round 21-23 14-21 Dave Chartres with Sarah Gray (Sx) bye then lost 2-17 21-17 Andy Penn/Anna Showan went out in the 1sr round 17-21 17-21 Kelly Holdway with Adam Porter (Av) won through to the quarter-finals where they lost to the ¾ seeds Rhys Walker/Sophie Brown 14-21 11-21 Anthony Wharton/Joyce Rees made a 1st round exit James Todd/Beulah Moody lost in their first match 11-21 11-21 to Chris Hotchen/Vikki Primmer who made it all the way to the final. The Finals: Men’s Singles: Rhys Walker (West Midlands) beat Rohan Midha (Notts) 21-12 21-17 Women’s Singles: Helen Davies (Cheshire) beat Panuga Riou (Hampshire) 21-14 21-18 Men’s Doubles: Aaron Cheng (Surrey)/Rhys Walker beat James Lauder (Shropshire/Victor Liew (Middlesex) 21-15 21-17 Women’s Doubles: Helen Davies/Alyssa Lim (Buckinghamshire) beat Jo Dix (Hampshire)/Gemma Whiting (Kent) 21-17 21-11 Mixed Doubles: James Lauder/Alyssa Lim beat Chris Hotchen (Gloucestershire)/Vikki Primmer (Berkshire) 10-21 21-11 21-19

A full set of Results can be found on www.hampshirebadminton.co.uk

Because of the category of the tournament it is harder for our players to gain entry as the standard is extremely high and if they do, early exit is often their reward. It is however, a high profile tournament on the tournament circuit and well supported by other Counties. I'm not sure that the Clubs will agree with Diana's list of components required to run a tournament. Lots are run by one person out of necessity and I would put Players at No. 1 and Volunteers at No. 2. (I'm not sure that Diana's list is in any particular order though - but just as she thought of them!) Editor

Hampshire Badminton 4 County 1 st Team Second Weekend played at Milton Keynes, 14 th & 15 th January 2012 Report by Trevor Shanks, Team Manager The first match was against Norfolk who had finished bottom of the table after the first weekend. It did not prove as easy as might have been expected from the league positions. Ben Muir lost in two games, 21/12, 21/17 to Daryl Jacobs but Martin Ventham, on in place of Adam Rickenbach who was in the middle of important examinations, beat Jonny Cooper 21/18, 21/12. Jo Dix had little difficulty in emerging a 21/12, 21/8 winner over Louise Culyer in the first Ladies’ Singles. Josie Latimer, back after a 2 month rest to recover from injury just won her first game against Devon Minnis 24/22, lost the second by the same margin and then the third 21/15. It was obvious during the tight second game that Josie had suffered a recurrence of her injury. She gamely finished her match but unfortunately was unable to take any further part in the remaining two matches. Chris Evans partnered James Todd, on in place of Rowan Taylor, detained on business reasons, at 1st Men’s doubles to defeat Jonny Cooper/Jono Atmore 21/18, 21/16. John Hepworth and Andy Penn beat Justin Gerrard/Ian Murphy 21/19, 21/15 to set up a 4/2 lead. Both Ladies’ Doubles won. Sarah Burgess/Kelly Holdway took three games to beat Louise Culyer/Julie Pike. The score was 11/21, 21/17, 21/17. Jo and Vikki Williams won the second Ladies' Doubles in two games, 21/19, 21/10. 6/2 to us. Could we get the last couple of games? Unfortunately it was not to be. John and Sarah lost 21/11, 21/10 to Ian Murphy/Katherine Cooper while Chris and Kelly went down 12/21, 21/19, 21/15 to Daryl Jacobs/Julie Pike to leave the final score 6/4 in our favour. A disappointing result against the bottom team. Lancashire having beaten Buckinghamshire 7/3 were now only one point beneath us in the table. We were well supported on the day with our Chairman and her husband in attendance as were Hazel Marks, County Secretary and Jill Robertson one of our Vice-President.

The second Saturday match was against Lanarkshire who had managed a 5/5 draw with Surrey 2nd team in the morning but were now bottom of the table. We anticipated a good result in our favour and so it turned out. We only dropped one game, the 1st Men's Doubles when Chris and James lost a close three game match 16/21, 21/17, 21/19 to Keith Turnbull/Jamie Neill. The other matches saw Ben easily account for Kyle Longmuir 21/6, 21/3, Martin beating Jamie Neill 17/21, 21/8, 22/20 while Jo won 21/6, 21/6 against Fiona Archibald and Vikki completed our fourth singles win when beating Emma Cook 21/8, 21/6. John and Andy defeated their second Men's pair, 21/10, 21/14. Our first Ladies' pairings, Sarah/Kelly were too good for Emma Gallacher/Fiona Archibald winning 21/9, 21/15 and Jo/Vikki beat Louise Gallacher/Natalie Mathers 21/17, 21/5 to leave the score 6/1 going into the Mixed Doubles. These both came our way. John/Sarah beat Keith Turnbull/Emma Cook 21/19, 24/22 while Chris/Kelly accounted for Kevin Carr/Emma Gallacher 21/13, 21/12 to complete a good 9/1 victory. Our nearest rivals, Lancashire, had only beaten Leinster 6/4 so we had a 4 point cushion at the top of the table. Buckinghamshire were third 5 points below Lancashire with Yorkshire 2nds 1 point below that. Saturday night was a bit unsettling as we had planned to eat at a local carvery. When we got there the ovens had broken down and they could only serve vegetarian or some fish with vegetables. Only four “oldies” took the chance to stay at the carvery while the team found a nearby Pizza restaurant to satisfy their hunger.

Our Sunday opponents, Leicestershire, were lying in 8th place in the table but we knew they would give us a hard match being particularly strong in the Men's Doubles. Ben started us off well with a 21/15, 21/16 victory over James White. Martin won his first game against Carl Jennings 21/10 but lost the next two 21/14, 21/15. Jo and Vikki got the team into a good position with easy 21/4, 21/4 and 21/6, 21/7 wins against Jennifer Scarlett and Claire Craven respectively. We lost both Men's Doubles. Chris/James lost in three games 18/21, 21/14, 21/14 to Simon/James White and John/Andy lost 21/19, 21/12 to Peter Briggs/Mark King. 3/3 at this stage. Once again the ladies came to our rescue with Sarah/Kelly beating Hayley Deas/Emma Hendry 22/20, 21/13 and Jo/Vikki winning 21/10, 21/8 over Claire Craven/Jennifer Scarlett. Both Mixed Doubles were won by Leicestershire to leave the final score 5/5. John and Sarah lost 21/15, 21/15 to Peter Briggs/Emma Hendry and Chris/Kelly went down 21/12, 21/18 to Carl Jennings/Hyley Deas to finish the match.

Lancashire had beaten Surrey 2nds 8/2 so that the table after the 2nd weekend now reads:-

Hampshire 41 Leicestershire 28 Lancashire 40 Surrey 2nd 27 Yorkshire 2nd 33 Derbyshire 27 Buckinghamshire 32 Norfolk 23 Leinster 28 Lanarkshire 21

Hampshire Badminton 5 Our opponents over the final weekend at Guildford at the end of March are Lancashire and Surrey 2 nds on the Saturday and we finish against Yorkshire 2 nds on the Sunday. The Lancashire match will be the really important one as they are then left to face Derbyshire and Lanarkshire to end their programme. Hopefully with a full, fit team we can get enough points from Lancashire to ensure at the very least one of the two promotion places. **************** Inter-County Championship Fixtures 2011/ 12

1st Team – Premier B Sat 12 Nov Buckinghamshire Won 7-3 NBC, Milton Keynes Sat 12 Nov Derbyshire Won 6-4 NBC, Milton Keynes Sun 13 Nov Leinster Won 8-2 NBC, Milton Keynes Sat 14 Jan Norfolk Won 6-4 NBC, Milton Keynes Sat 14 Jan Lanarkshire Won 9-1 NBC, Milton Keynes Sun 15 Jan Leicestershire Drew 5-5 NBC, Milton Keynes Sat 31 Mar Lancashire 11.30am Guildford, Surrey Sports Park Sat 31 Mar Surrey 2 3.30pm Guildford, Surrey Sports, Park Sun 1 April Yorkshire 2 10.00am Guildford, Surrey Sports Park

2nd Team – 1D Sun 16 Oct Sussex Away Lost 5-10 University of Brighton SH, Falmer Sun 30 Oct Sussex Home Won 9-6 Westgate BC, Winchester Sun 6 Nov Berkshire Home Lost 5-10 Westgate BC, Winchester Sun 27 Nov Kent Home Won 15-1 Westgate BC, Winchester Sun 4 Dec Berkshire Away Lost 6-9 Woodford Park SH, Reading

Sun 8 Jan Surrey 3 Home Won 10-5 Westgate BC, Winchester Sun 26 Feb Kent Away 11.00am Castlemaine Hall, Gillingham Sun 18 Mar Surrey 3 Away 11.30am Wimbledon Racquets & Fitness Club

3rd Team – 4D Sun 23 Oct Dorset 2 Away Lost 4-11 Portchester School, Bournemouth Sun 18 Dec Surrey 4 Home Won 11-4 Westgate BC, Winchester Sun 15 Jan Devon 2 Away Lost 4-11 Cranford Sports Club, Exmouth Sun 12 Feb Devon 2 Home Won 8-7 Westgate BC, Winchester Sun 19 Feb Sussex 3 Home Lost 5-10 Westgate BC, Winchester Sun 4 Mar Sussex 3 Away 10.00am University of Brighton SH, Falmer Sun 18 Mar Surrey 4 Away 11.30am Wimbledon Racquets & Fitness Club Westgate BC, Winchester Sun 1 April Dorset 2 Home 12.00pm

17– 21 Sat 14/ Sun 15 April ICC Away Hertfordshire Sports Village, Hatfield

ICC REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

HAMPSHIRE 2 v KENT Played at The Westgate Centre 27th November 2011

Men's Singles: Shravan Vaidyanath beat Toby Sweet 21/12 21/17 Kelvin Latimer beat Danny Capon 24/22 21/16 Ladies' Singles: Beulah Moody beat Carla Staden 21/13 19/21 21/18 Hayley Duckett beat Carla Carroll 21/13 21/17 Men's Doubles: James Todd/Kevin Wrigley beat Ben Parr/Danny Capon 21/19 21/15 and beat Shaun Parr/Toby Sweet 21/15 21/15 Alex Ferguson/Dave Chartres beat Parr/Capon 21/12 21/12 and beat Parr/Sweet 21/12 21/15 Ladies' Doubles: Jenny Crump/Beulah Moody beat Kim Parr/Carla Staden 16/2121/15 21/16 and beat Alison Dixon/Carla Carroll 21/13 15/21 21/17 Melissa Stride/Sarah Stannett beat Parr/Staden 20/22 21/19 21/13

Hampshire Badminton 6 and beat Dixon/Carroll 21/18 21/18 Mixed Doubles: James Todd/Jenny Crump beat Ben Parr/Dixon 21/17 21/18 Dave Chartres/Melissa Stride beat Shaun Parr/Kim Parr 21/17 21/16 Alex Ferguson/Hayley Duckett beat Capon/Carroll 21/15 21/15

Hampshire 2 won 15/0

What a win!!! A good all round effort by this team, which included just 3 three set matches by the ladies. Will we be able to repeat this performance in the away match at Gillingham on 26th February? STOP PRESS – We hear that the 2nd Team won 8-7 more details in our next edition. EDITOR

HAMPSHIRE 2 v BERKSHIRE Played at Woodford Park SH, Reading - 4th December 2011

Men's Singles: Shravan Vaidyanath lost to Michael Whitehouse 14/21 18/21 Kelvin Latimer lost to Scott Ellis 18/21 10/21 Ladies' Singles: Sarah Stannett beat Amanda King 17/21 21/8 21/15 Hayley Duckett beat Allison Ward 11/21 21/12 21/13 Men's Doubles: James Todd/Andy Penn lost to Michael Whitehouse/Ricardo Fernandes 18/21 15/21 and lost to Jacky Tham/Scott Ellis 18/21 20/22 Alex Ferguson/Dave Chartres beat Whitehouse/Fernandes 21/9 22/20 and lost to Tham/Ellis 18/21 11/21 Ladies' Doubles: Jenny Crump/Hayley Duckett beat Alison Ward/Julia Eatwell 21/9 21/19 and beat Amanda King/Daniela Koreliad 14/21 21/10 21/13 Fauziah Arif/Sarah Stannett lost to Ward/Eatwell 10/21 15/21 and lost to King/Koreliad 12/21 16/21 Mixed Doubles: Andy Penn/Sarah Stannett lost to Ellis/Ward 12/21 19/21 James Todd/Jenny Crump beat Tham/Eatwell 21/18 15/21 21/17 Alex Ferguson/Hayley Duckett lost to Fernandes/King 17/21 13/21

Hampshire 2 lost 6/9

Having lost the Home match 5/10 at the beginning of November, this match was always going to be tough for this team. With several changes to the make up of the team, we managed to pick up just one extra match, gaining 1 extra Ladies’ Singles and 1 Men's Doubles, but only winning 2 of the Ladies' Doubles as compared to 3 last time. Once again, only 3 three setters in this match, all by the Ladies and all coming out winners. EDITOR

HAMPSHIRE 2 v SURREY 3 Played at the Westgate Centre, 6th November, 2011

Men's Singles: Andy Penn lost to Chris Evans 17/21 9/21 Kelvin Latimer beat Ryan Acquah 21/17 21/14 Ladies' Singles: Beulah Moody lost to Kelly Mead 12/21 21/13 8/21 Hayley Duckett beat Hannah Thompson 17/21 21/19 25/23 Men's Doubles: James Todd/Andy Penn lost to Chris Evans/Ryan Acquah 15/21 22/20 21/13 and beat Steve Stoddard/Colin Dow 12/21 21/12 21/17 Dave Chartres/Alex Ferguson beat Evans/Acquah 21/15 21/11 and lost to Stoddard/Dow 21/15 19/21 12/21 Ladies' Doubles: Jenny Crump/Beulah Moody beat Kelly Mead/Hannah Thompson 21/10 19/21 21/6 and beat Edel Burke/Faye Andrews 21/19 18/21 21/6 Melissa Stride/Sarah Stannett beat Mead/Thompson 21/16 21/18 and lost to Burke/Andrews 10/21 13/21 Mixed Doubles: Andy Penn/Beulah Moody beat Evans/Mead 24/22 21/17 James Todd/Jenny Crump beat Stoppard/Andrews 22/20 19/21 21/11 Alex Ferguson/Hayley Duckett lost to Dow/Burke 11/21 23/21 15/21

A good result for this team, having lost their first game of the season 4/ll. 5 of the matches went to 3 ends with Hampshire taking three of them. EDITOR

Hampshire Badminton 7 HAMPSHIRE 3 v SURREY 4 Played at The Westgate School 18th December 2011

Men's Singles: Kevin Wrigley beat Dave Kane 21/16 21/16 Craig Muir beat Sarinda Wijetunge 11/21 21/19 21/17 Ladies' Singles: Jessica Rix lost to Claire Gwilliam 9/21 1/21 Kirsty Walker lost to Clare Freeman 21/16 16/21 16/21 Men's Doubles: Colin Henderson/Kevin Wrigley beat Stuart Wood/Khan Acquah 21/18 13/21 21/13 and beat Dave Kane/Jarind Wjsetunge 21/2 21/10 Craig Muir/Simon Broomfield lost to Wood/Acquah 16/21 21/16 16/21 and beat Kane/Wijetunge 16/21 21/17 21/18 Ladies' Doubles: Kirsty Walker/Kate Lutman beat Claire Gwilliam/Clare Freeman 18/21 21/19 21/17 and beat Jessica Mills/Alicia Currie 21/17 21/17 Laura Woodward/Jessica Rix lost to Gwilliam/Freeman 17/21 17/21 and beat Mills/Currie 25/23 22/20 Mixed Doubles: Kevin Wrigley/Kirsty Walker beat Wood/Gwilliam 21/17 21/13 Simon Broomfield/Laura Woodward beat Acquah/Freeman 21/16 21/14 Colin Henderson/Kate Lutman beat Kane/Mills 21/13 21/8

An excellent win for this team with the Men winning 5 out of 6 matches, the Ladies 3 all and Hampshire taking all the Mixed. 6 of the games went to three ends. Well played. EDITOR

HAMPSHIRE 3 v DEVON 2 Played at The Westgate School 12th February 2012

Men's Singles: Kevin Wrigley beat Joe Davies 21/12 21/6 Craig Muir lost to Zac Phillips 18/21 15/21 Ladies' Singles: Kirsty Walker lost to Nikita Smethurst 10/21 21/16 16/21 Laura Woodward lost to Hannah Manfield 11/21 21/15 18/21 Men's Doubles: Kevin Wrigley/James Dick beat Joe Davies/Zac Phillips 21/16 21/17 and lost to Luke Oxley/Jamie Samuels 16/21 17/21 Neil Potter/Craig Muir beat Davies/Phillips and lost to Oxley/Samuels 21/15 16/21 17/21 Ladies' Doubles: Kirsty Walker/Georgina Coles beat Anne White/Hannah Manfield 21/14 21/19 and beat Nikita Smethurst/Sue Cowill 21/23 21/15 21/12 Kate Lutman/Laura Woodward beat White/Manfield 21/13 21/17 and beat Smethurst/Colwill 21/16 12/21 23/21 Mixed Doubles: Kevin Wrigley/Georgina Coles beat Davis/White 22/20 21/17 James Dick/Kirsty Walker lost to Samuels/Collwill 21/18 17/21 16/21 Neil Potter/Kate Lutman lost to Phillips/Smethurst 22/20 16/21 10/21

Hampshire 3 won 8/7

A good win for the team in this tight match. Being 7/5 up after the Singles & Doubles, this score just gave Hampshire the edge as they lost 2 of the 3 Mixed. EDITOR

HAMPSHIRE 3 v SUSSEX 3 Played at The Westgate School 19th February 2012

Men's Singles: Kevin Wrigley beat Jack Newall 28/26 21/17 Craig Muir lost to Matt Hodgeson 21/10 16/21 15/21 Ladies' Singles: Kirsty Walker beat Pippa Larkin 20/22 21/18 21/18 Georgina Coles lost to Jess Bennett 8/21 10/21 Men's Doubles: Kevin Wrigley/James Dick lost to Jack Newall/Matt Hodgeson 21/12 17/21 16/21 and beat Peter Fuller/Will Harrington 23/21 21/16 Neil Potter/Craig Muir lost to Newall/Hodgeson 17/21 17/21 and lost to Fuller/Harrington 20/22 15/21

Hampshire Badminton 8 Ladies' Doubles: Kirsty Walker/Georgina Coles beat Ella Harry/Pippa Larkin 21/8 21/11 and lost to Jess Bennett/Rhiannon T-O 21/14 6/21 15/21 Kate Lutman/Rosie Forni lost to Harry/Larkin 22/24 13/21 and lost to Bennett/T-O 19/21 14/21 Mixed Doubles: Kevin Wrigley/Georgina Coles beat Newall/Harry 21/16 21/11 James Dick/Kirsty Walker lost to Fuller/T-O 15/21 21/19 18/21 Neil Potter/Kate Lutman lost to Hodgeson/Bennett 21/14 20/22 19/21

Hampshire 3 lost 5/10

A tough match for the team. Out of 6 three setters, Hampshire only managed to take 1, being the Ladies' 1st Singles. The two Mixed that we lost were both three setters losing 18 & 19 in the third. With a little bit of luck perhaps could have got a closer result if not a win. EDITOR *******************

Hampshire Master’s Open Tournament Sponsored by Graphic Solutions Played at The Westgate Centre on 21/22 January 2012 - Report by Margaret Houlton

This tournament has been renamed as a Masters Silver Event by Badminton England. There were some absentees due to England selections for the McCoig trophy held the day before the Scottish International although several Nationals winners were seen on court.

In total 115 players represented 21 counties, 25 pairs in men, 20 pairs in ladies and 30 pairs in mixed. 20 out of the 28 players in mixed 60 and 65 played both days – as did 6 out of 8 players in 40’s mixed- this out of 35 playing levels and mixed.

The most competitive groups were the mixed 60B and the men’s 65+ where 4 of the 6 matches went to 3 sets and in the latter the winners prevailed 25 -23 in the 3rd set over the runners' up, The ladies 40+, mixed 40+, and mixed 45B all had 3 of the 6 games going to 3 sets, while mixed 60A ended up with 3 pairs all winning 2 matches. The pair being the 3 set specialists was Peter Coates / Mary Lovell who had 4 of their 5 games going the distance.

Men’s Doubles 40+ Played in 2 groups of 4 pairs Winner group A Jason Grimshaw / Paul Mitchell (Surrey) Runner up group A Haydn Dibble / Mark Titchener (Wilts) Winner group B Justin Andrews / Steve Hulbert (Wilts / Somerset) Runner up group B Steve Baker / Doug Green (Kent / Surrey) Semi Finals Jason / Paul beat Steve Doug 21 – 17, 21 – 23, 21 - 15 Justin / Steve beat Haydn / Mark 21 – 16, 21 -16 Final Jason / Paul beat Justin / Steve 19 – 21, 21 – 16, 22 - 20

Men’s Doubles 45+ Played in 1 group of 4 pairs Winner Don Burden / James Teale (Herts) Runner up Dave Brett / Conrad Spry (Hants)

Men’s Doubles 50+ Played in 1 group of 5 pairs Winner Paul Cooper / Peter Moseley (Sussex / Essex) Runner up Tony Drury / Phil Richardson (Glos)

Men’s Doubles 60+ Played in 1 group of 4 pairs Winner Bob Bell / Roy Lord (Cornwall /Essex) Runner up Paul Samme / Barry Smethurst (Devon)

Men’s Doubles 65+ Played in 1 group of 4 pairs Winner Graham Billinghurst / Dave Hutchinson (Sussex / Surrey) Runner up Ian Brothers / Ray Harding (Kent / Leics)

Ladies’ Doubles 40+ Played in 1 group of 4 pairs Winner Tracy Middleton / Joanne Muggeridge (Kent) Runner up Sara Addison / Karen Arscott (Sussex)

Ladies’ Doubles 45+ Played in 2 groups of 4/3 pairs (due to withdrawal) Winner group A Sue Crompton / Viv Gillard (Essex) Runner up group A Gillian Bushell / Denise Insley (Isle of Wight)

Hampshire Badminton 9 Winner group B Mandy Joiner / Linda Pearcy (Glos) Runner up group B Jo Hillier / Rachel Jackson (Wilts) Semi Finals Sue / Viv beat Jo / Rachel 21 – 11, 21 - 7 Mandy /Linda beat Gillian / Denise 21 – 16, 21 - 16 Final Sue / Viv beat Mandy / Linda 21 – 8, 21 - 16 Ladies’ Doubles 55+ Played in 2 groups of 5 /4 pairs Winner group A Catherine Buckler / Jan Thomson (Leics) Runner up group A Janet Fletcher / Penny Shears (Derby / Avon) Winner group B Joanna Elson / Val O’Neill (Avon) Runner up group B Linda Coombes / Diane Fawn (Hants) Semi Finals Catherine / Jan beat Linda / Diane 21 – 10, 21 - 15 Janet / Penny beat Jo / Val 21 – 19, 17 – 21, 21 - 15 Final Janet / Penny beat Catherine / Jan 21 – 18, 25 - 23

Mixed Doubles 40 + Played in 1 group of 4 Winner Jason Grimshaw / Viv Gillard (Surrey / Essex) Runner up Trevor Darlington / Tracy Taylor (Hants)

Mixed Doubles 45+ Played in 2group of 4 Winner group A Lee Holloway / Lisa Holloway (Bucks) Runner up group A James Teale / Sue Crompton (Herts / Essex) Winner group B Steve Emptage / Julia Strong (Bucks) Runner up group B Laurie Hillman / Kim Maughan (Hants /Herts) Semi Finals Lee / Lisa beat Laurie / Kim 21 – 19, 21 - 15 James / Sue beat Seve / Julia 21 – 12, 21 - 7 Final James / Sue beat Lee / Lisa 22-20, 21- 18

Mixed Doubles 50+ Played in 1 group of 4 Winner Peter Moseley / Linda Riley (Essex /Herts) Runner up David Burrell / Lynda Beer (Hants / Cornwall)

Mixed Doubles 60+ Played in 2 groups of 4 Winner group A Barry Smethurst / Marguerite Butt (Devon) Runner up group A Bob Bell / Janet Fletcher (Cornwall/ Derby) Winner group B Roy Lord / Pauline Prior (Essex / Hants) Runner up group B Derek Simmons / Penny Shears (Avon) Semi Finals Barry Marguerite beat Derek / Penny 21 – 19, 20 – 22, 21 - 17 Bob / Janet beat Roy / Pauline 21 -11, 21 - 18 Final Bob / Janet beat Barry / Marguerite 21 – 16, 21 - 13

Mixed Doubles 65+ Played in 1 group of 6 Winner Jim Garrett / Rena Jones (Kent) Runner up Roger Baldwin / Vicki Betts (Essex / Hants)

Thanks go to Horace Mitchell (Saturday) and Mark and Caroline Seymour (Sunday) for keeping the tournament on track, and to Julie Newbold and Christine Shawley for helping with shuttles...

Hampshire Masters Badminton Committee are grateful to GraphicSolutions who provided the winners’ prizes.

Another excellent Masters tournament, well supported by some 21 Counties that have supported Hampshire Tournaments well over the past years. Good to see some Hampshire players winning at group stage/runner-up spots in various age groups. Particularly good to see Trevor Darlington back playing tournaments. EDITOR

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Masters' Inter County Championship

Report by Margaret Houlton

The Masters started the New Year with the Inter County Championship. The 40’s, 60’s and 65’s all played at Hatfield in the premier division while the 70’s were required to go to Stoke on Trent for their premier

Hampshire Badminton 10 division. Bournemouth was used for 2 weekends so the 50’s were in action in division 1 the same weekend as the premier teams while 45’s and 55’s were there the following weekend for their division 1 games. The 40’s team of Mark Mottershaw/Mark Prictoe, Kay Sargent/Jo McGill, Paul Bishop/Debbie Miller, and Martyn Isherwood/Julie Newbold started against holders Gloucestershire and the ladies were the only winners in the 3 – 1 defeat although the men only lost 21 – 19 in their 3 rd end. The next game was a 3 – 1 win against Nottinghamshire with the ladies and both mixed being won. This was then repeated against Lancashire. The following day Caz Lee replaced Jo and the team started with a draw against Cheshire, the ladies and first mixed being the winners. Julie and Kay swapped places for the match against Surrey with ladies and mixed winning for the 3 – 1 victory. Reverting to the original pairings for the final match against Kent ladies and 1st mixed won for a 2 – 2 draw. This meant the team finished equal on points with Cheshire and countback gave them the upper hand to finish in 2nd place. The 45’s team of Dave Pratt/Conrad Spry, Karen Manners/Lesley Barton, Dave Brett/Julie Taylor and Laurie Hillman/Denise Karnecki kept to the same pairings throughout. They had little trouble in beating Kent and Avon 4 – 0 on the first day. The next day the ladies lost in the 3 – 1 victory over Devon before Sussex and Middlesex were both beaten 4 – 0. The team will play premier division next year. The 50’s used 6 men and 5 ladies over two days in their 6 matches, and due to time constraints all their matches were 2 ends so draws were possible within the match. The team was Angela Williams, Lesley Hawkes, Paula Bray, Jenny Skilton, Sue Tooke, Tony Coombes, Steve Royston, Dave Bassett, Paul Shelton, Krishna Gurung and Simon Atkinson. Their results were Hants 2/ Buckinghamshire 2, Hants 2/Dorset 2, Hants 2/Kent 2, Hants 2.5/Surrey 2 nd 1.5, Hants 2 /Sussex 2, and Hants 4/Devon 0. They finished in 2 nd place. The 55’s team of Teli Mendhir/Emerson Cumberbatch, Joyce Hood/Debbie Webb, Andy Mears/ Hazel Smith, Sam Armadass/Yvette Hillman started with a good 3 – 1 win against Kent only losing to a strong Kent 1st mixed pair. The next game against Devon was a close contest, the ladies winning, and the men’s and 1st mixed (pairs having been reversed) lost. Andy/Hazel then came from 19 - 14 down in the 3 rd end to setting but the Devon pair prevailed to give Devon the 3 – 1 win. In the next game v Sussex the men’s and ladies won in 2 while Sam/Yvette won 22 -20 in the 3rd for a 3 – 1 win. The following day Jacqui Ward replaced Yvette and wins of 3 – 1 against Avon and 4 – 0 against Isle of Wight meant that Hampshire, Devon and Kent all finished on 8 points. It went to games won in the 1st instance and this put Hampshire in 3rd position. The 60’s team of Chris Cawthorne, Bob Collier, John Davis, Jim Rumens, Pauline Davis, Diane Fawn, Pauline Prior, and Pam Stevens rang the changes in the format of the men’s, ladies and 1st mixed while Bob/Diane were the constant 2nd mixed pair. They started with a 2 – 2 draw against Kent where Jim / Chris lost the 1st set, won the 2nd 22-20 before taking the 3rd easily and 2nd mixed won. This was followed by a 4 – 0 win against Cheshire and a draw against Lancashire when ladies and 2nd mixed won. This team was becoming the draw specialists as next day this was the score against Yorkshire, this time it was the men’s and ladies pairs winning. Next followed a 4 – 0 win against Wiltshire before their only defeat to Avon where the men’s were the only winners. This left them in 4th position with 7 points out of 12. The 65’s team of Mary Lovell/Vicki Betts, Duncan Paine/Peter Coates and Mike Parratt/Linda Coombes started with a 3 – 0 win against Essex and then played Kent. The ladies won but men’s and mixed were unable to follow this up so a 2 – 1 defeat. The following day Mary played mixed with Mike while Linda played ladies. Against Staffordshire the ladies and mixed won for a 2 – 1 victory and this was repeated against Nottinghamshire although both wins were achieved in 3 sets after losing the first. The final match was against Yorkshire and this time only the ladies could win, Yorkshire winning the mixed by 2 points in each set. A 2 – 1 defeat but they finished second on countback as they had beaten Notts. A 70’s team depleted of 1st choice men found the opposition too strong but nevertheless put up a strong fight. On Saturday Mike Hayes/Russ Chaplin, Meelee Bruley/Diane Cooper and Steve Thirkettle/Rachel Laxton went down to Dorset 3 – 0, and then 2 – 1 to Kent when the men won. Diane and Rachel swapped places on Sunday when Steve/Diane won in the 2 – 1 loss to Gloucestershire, then followed defeats to Nottinghamshire and Lancashire. Surrey, Devon and Cumbria pulled out of the event so the 70’s are to be commended for fielding a team to travel so far.

Some excellent results and special congratulations to the 45's team for winning their Division One League. Good luck to them in the Premier League next season. EDITOR

Hampshire Badminton 11 Masters' League Report

by Margaret Houlton

The league season has continued with most of the teams in action.

The 40’s match against Kent turned into a close affair. Mark Mottershaw/Mark Prictoe and Dan Sheppard/Barrie Capell both won 1 game and lost the other in 3 sets. Debbie Miller/Kay Sargent won both their games while Jackie Barron/Jo Francis lost both but took one game to a crucial 3rd set. 1st mixed was lost while Mark M/Debbie won at 2nd by 23/21 in the 3rd end. Barrie/Jackie won while Dan/ Jo lost to give a final score line of 6 – 6. Hampshire had a winning draw. Their next game was away to Middlesex. Mark P/Dan won one of their men's while Richard Whatley/Jamie Russell lost both of theirs with tight 3rd ends. Debbie/ Jo McGill and Paula Bray/Julie Kingston won all the ladies to go into the mixed 5 – 3 up. Richard/Debbie, Dan/Jo and Jamie/Paula won while Mark/Julie lost in 3 ends to give an 8 – 4 win. Kent was the next destination. Mark P/Dan won one game and Debbie/ Kay won both of theirs but Mark M/Jamie and Jackie/Julie Newbold could not add to the score so 5 – 3 down going into the mixed, Mark P/ Kay and Mark M/ Debbie both won but Jamie/Jackie and Dan/ Julie both lost to give Kent a 7 – 5 victory

The 50’s entertained Kent in their next match. Tony Coombes/Paul Shelton won both their games while Simon Atkinson/Dave Bassett lost their first game and after being a set down in their second game won 30/28, 22/20. Angela Williams/Julie Kingston and Paula Bray/Wendy Adams both won 1 game so 5 – 3 up going into the mixed. Dave/Julie lost 1st in 2 close sets before Paul/Angie won, Tony /Paula lost and Simon/Wendy won to give a 7 – 5 victory. The return match was the next outing for this team. Dave Burrell/Tony and Dave Bassett/Paul won their first games before losing the reverse matches. Lesley Hawkes/Sue Tooke beat the Kent 2 nd pair while Jenny Skilton /Wendy could not add to the score so 5 – 3 down before the mixed. Paul Lesley lost, Dave Bassett /Sue won 22 / 20 in the 3rd end, Tony/Wendy and Dave Burrell/Jenny lost in 3 ends so a final score of 8 – 4 to Kent.

Surrey was the destination for the 55’s first match after Christmas. Sam Armadass/Teli Mendhir and Emerson Cumberbatch/Peter Thomas both beat the Surrey 2nd pair while Surrey ladies were too strong for Debbie Webb/ Joyce Hood and Hazel Smith/Jacqui Ward so 6 – 2 down going into the mixed. Emerson/Joyce at 2 and Peter/Hazel at 3 both won to give a final score of 8 – 4 to Surrey. The next match against Sussex was an extremely tight affair. Sam/Teli won both their games, Emerson/Andy Mears and Debbie/Joyce both won 1 while Hazel/Jacqui lost both to go into the mixed level at 4 games each. Andy/ Debbie at 2 and Sam/Hazel at 3 both won so 6 games all. It went to points and Hampshire had 4 more points so a winning draw.

The 60’s travelled to Kent for their next match. Pauline Davis/Diane Fawn and Pauline Prior/Carole Hunt won all the ladies but John Davis/Chris Cawthorne and Bob Collier/Jim Rumens could not add to the score so 4 – 4 going into the mixed. The only pair to win were Bob/Diane at 4 so a 7 – 5 loss. This was followed by the match against Sussex at the Lido. Bob Jim and Chris/Alan Dixon both beat the 2nd pair and lost to the 1st pair. Carole/Diane won both their games having lost their 1st set 23/25 while Pauline P/Chris Shawley won their 1st game at 23/21 in the second set then lost 25/27 in the third end against the other ladies pair. Jim/Carole won their mixed 25/23 in the third end when Jim used all his height and reach to get to a short shot at match point down. Chris C/Pauline, Bob/Diane and Alan/Chris S all won in 2 to give a 9 – 3 victory. The final match of the season was away to Surrey. Bob/Chris C won both their games but Jim/Alan, Pamela Stevens/Pauline P and Diane/Vicki Betts could not add to the score. Bob/Diane were the only pair to win their mixed so a 9 – 3 loss.

The 65’s continued their programme when Kent were the visitors. Linda Coombes/Mary Lovell/ Vicki Betts won the ladies whilst Mike Parratt/Peter Coates/Duncan Paine lost the men's. Peter/Linda took on the National Champions and understandably lost, Mike/Mary won at 2 and Duncan/Vicki lost in 3 sets at 3rd to give Kent the 5 – 4 victory. The following match was away to Sussex. Mike P Peter/ Mike Hayes won 2 of the 3 men's, losing the A / C game. Mary/Linda/Vicki again won all the ladies so 5 – 2 up going into the mixed. Changing the order Mike P/Mary lost at 1 while Peter/Linda and Mike H /Vicki won to give a 7 – 2 win.

The 70’s team travelled to Kent and during the knock up the 3rd Kent lady, returning from injury, found she had not recovered sufficiently to play so Diane Cooper/Meelee Bruley played the only possible ladies. Peter Corbett/Graham Walker/Jim Harding won 2 of the men's games losing the A / C one. Graham/Diane and Peter/Cecily won the 2 possible mixed games to give a final winning score of 8 – 1. The same team went to Surrey for the next match. This time the ladies order was Diane/Cecily / Meelee, A / C being the only win. Graham/Jim as B / C were the only men's pair to win so 4 – 2 down going into the mixed. Graham/Diane lost in 3 sets at 1 while Peter/Cecily and Jim/Meelee both won so a 5 – 4 loss.

Hampshire Badminton 12 JUNIOR NEWS

Congratulations to Viki Williams who won a Silver Medal in the European U/17 Girls' Doubles in Portugal.

The U.17 team has reached the Shires League final again, to be played on 1st April. We wish them good luck. The players in the team for Nottingham are now undergoing their final preparations. Good luck also to this team, a really excellent team building exercise.

The U.15 players are progressing but nobody has their head above the parapet apart from a new addition to the squad. Ira Banerjee has moved into the area and is the current U.15 No. 1 Singles and Doubles player, having won all three events in a recent Gold Tournament.

The U14 and U16 Open Schools Tournaments will be held at the Westgate Badminton Centre on the weekends of 5/6 and 12/13 May 2012 respectively. Entry forms are available to download from www.hampshirebadminton.co.uk and entries close in mid-April.

I hope to have full reports on these events in the September issue. EDITOR

County Secretary’s Notes

District Secretaries: – the annual Inter-District Knock-Out Cup will be held at the Westgate Centre on Sunday 15 April 2012. I am sure you will all have heard from Ruth Cairns by now with a form to enable you to enter your District Team. This end-of-season event is a very competitive, but fun, opportunity for your chosen players to pit themselves against the finest from other Districts before they all go off for a well-earned summer break. I have heard it said “What does the County do for the Districts?” – well, apart from this Newsletter and a chance to meet up with Officers from other Districts at the District Forum meetings, they also offer this Knock-Out Cup event. So do make sure that you get your entry in to Ruth in good time.

Club Secretaries: - my thanks to most of you! The Affiliation Fees were almost all paid up in good time and with fewer queries this year. With the later renewal date and increased familiarity with the online system we are definitely improving. Well done!

Problems often arise with a change of Club Officers – make sure the new Officers know what to do – and also please let me know of the change of a Secretary (or an address) so that your Newsletter reaches the right person.

Finally, please put the date of your County AGM in your diary (see below) and try to get your club represented there this year. It is your chance to have your say, use your club vote and put faces to names. Hope to see you there!

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF

THE HAMPSHIRE BADMINTON ASSOCIATION LTD

will take place at 7.30pm on Thursday 28 June 2012 at the Westgate Badminton Centre, Cheriton Road, Winchester. All are welcome. Further details will be sent to Club Secretaries and other Officials nearer the time. Light refreshments will follow the meeting.

Hampshire Badminton 13 THE BASINGSTOKE & DISTRICT RESTRICTED TOURNAMENT 2012

Held at the Costello Technology College Sunday 19th February 2012

Five pairs contested the Ladies’ section, each pair playing one game to 21 points against all other pairs. The favourites, Lesley Acheson and Anu Davies (BH Pegasus) -2, won all their games with a maximum 84 points. Runners-up were Melissa Wolfe/Alison Rendall (Phoenix) on +9, with 80 points. Third were Alex and Katie Woods (St. Mary’s) +7, with 78 points, fourth were Deborah Vincent (Viking)/Averil Mason (Phoenix) +6 with 71 points and fifth were Gill Trimmer/Sarah Fenton (Waverley) +9, with 66 points. A final was played with Acheson/Davies taking the trophy 21-15.

The Men were divided into two sections: Section A with 6 pairs and Section B with 7 pairs. Games were one to 21 points. Andy King/Gareth Jones (St. Mary’s)-2 gained the maximum 105 points to win section A. Tim Cooper/Simon Williamson (Viking) on scratch, were close behind, losing 7 points. Missing out on achieving the Runners-up position by just one point were Greg Sudell/David Wolfe (Phoenix) +6. Last minute pairing Vince Yong (Viking) and James Huggins (Waverley) +7 gained 91 points, Dale Turpin/Ramsay Domloge ((B.H. Pegasus) +6, 90 points and Jon Brooks/Colin Dangerfield (B.H. Pegasus) +9, 85 points. Section B had the misfortune of losing a pair when Philip Oxford was injured. He and partner Scott Haddon (Viking) had to withdraw. The section was won outright with a maximum 105 points by Stephen Lambe/Jon Spragg (Hurst) +4. Matt Rumbles/Keith Palmer (Beechdown) +7 were Runners-up with 95 points. Chris Egan/Steve Harrison (B.H.Pegasus), on scratch, gained 93 points, Nick Reid/Martin Davey (B.H.Pegasus) +3, 90 points. Both Michael Nash/Peter Bevell (Waverley), +6, and Roy Gallie/Paul Nightingale (Phoenix) +9, finished with 87 points.. In the first semi-final King/Jones beat Rumbles/Palmer 21-18, and in the second Cooper/Williamson beat Lambe/Spragg 21-17. The closely fought final saw King/Jones triumph 21-19, to take the trophy.

The Mixed competition comprised two sections of 7, in which pairs played one game to 21 points. Anu Davies/Chris Egan (B.H.Pegasus)), on -2, gained the maximum 126 points in section A. Runners up were Katie Woods/Andy King (St. Mary’s) on +4, who lost 6 points. The remaining pairs were very close: Lisa Moran/Pete Leeds (Beechdown), +2, and Gill Trimmer/ Michael Nash (Waverley), +7, gained 110 points, with Vanessa Hall/Jon Brooks (B.H.Pegasus) +9, just one point behind. Both Phoenix pairs Alison Rendall/Greg Sudell, +6, and Averil Mason/Roy Gallie +9, finished on 108 points. In section B, Lesley Acheson/Steve Harrison (BH Pegasus), on -2, won the maximum 126 points, with fellow club members Amanda Marsden/Nick Reid +4, runners up one point behind. Jan MacDonald/Jonathan Spragg ((Waverley), on +5, and Melissa/David Wolfe, (Phoenix), +7, gained 114 points. They were followed by Alex Woods/Pete Braithwaite (St. Mary’s), +5, with 106 points, Cathryn Perkins/James Bartlett (Beechdown), +7, with 104 points and last minute pairing Theresa Simmonds/James Bartlett (Waverley), +9, with 85 points. In the semi-finals Acheson/Harrison beat Woods/ King 21-19, and Davies/Egan beat Marsden /Reid 21-20. It was a 21-16 win by Davies/Egan in the final that gained them the trophy.

Trophies were presented to winners and runners-up by Ruth Cairns, Chairman of the Basingstoke and District Badminton League, who thanked all the players for a very sporting and enjoyable day. She also thanked committee members Mark Bayliss, Phil Cooper and Cathryn Perkins, also Diane Cooper for their support in running the event.

Once again a very popular tournament in the Basingstoke calendar. Well done to all the participants, especially the winners. Thank you Ruth for supplying this report and to Cathryn Perkins for the photos you will find overleaf.

Hampshire Badminton 14 EDITOR

The Basingstoke Winners and Runners-up:

Top left: Anu Davies and Lesley Acheson Top right: Andy King and Gareth Jones Above: Melissa Wolfe and Alison Rendall Above right: Tim Cooper and Simon Williamson Right: Ruth Cairns was on hand to do the honours Below left: Anu Davies and Chris Egan Below right: Lesley Acheson and Steve Harrison

News from Westgate Badminton Centre

It's been a hectic last quarter at the WBC where we have staged a number of tournaments including The Masters Open in January, Two Bronze and one silver Badminton England age group tournaments and our own Westgate half term tournament. A big THANK YOU to all our tournament team and helpers which made these events go so well.

In February we also staged a tournament as a fund raising event for the Wessex Cancer Trust which had 75 individual entries and a wide mixture of standards from beginner up to club level. The evening went off really well and raised a lot of money for the first of ten events which they were running over the next three months on the run up to the Olympics

Team Westgate, Westgate's Performance Centre, has a lot to report and is at the end of its 3 year funding period and will be applying for another 2 years part funding to continue developing and helping some of brightest new talent. The following are some highlights of the last few months.

Team Westgate’s Ira Banerjee on the podium again

England Juniors bring home gold After winning the silver medal in the 8-Nations team event, England’s U15 players added gold and bronze medals in the individual event.

Team England’s best performance came in the girls’ doubles where the top seeds Jessica Pugh and Ira Banerjee brought home the gold medal. It was by no means an easy win for England’s top girls as they were pushed hard by Danish pairs in the semi-final and final In the semi-final they overcame Julie Dawall Jakobsen and Cecille FInne-Ipsen in a tight 3 set encounter 14-21, 21-13, 21-18. In the final they faced Julie Jensen and Sara Lundgaard who they had beaten comfortably in 2 sets in the team event. In the individual though the Danes raised their game and were quicker out of the blocks taking the first game 21-11. Ira and Jessica dug deep in the second set and levelled the match up with a 21-16 win. In the third set Ira and Jess’ superiority in their attacking play and consistency showed as they took the title with a 21-19 final game win.

Hampshire Badminton 15 Debut wins for Riou and Penty as Team England march on

Team England, who were stretched all the way by Scotland before winning 3-2 on day one of the European Women's Team Championships, produced a more emphatic display today as they defeated Italy 4-1 in Amsterdam.

Hampshire's Panuga Riou celebrated her senior England debut by levelling the match at 1-1 after Sarah Walker had lost the opening women's singles in three close games against Agnese Allegrini.

Panuga Riou Jason Wong

Jason Wong is going from strength to strength

U17 Silver Bedfordshire (28th January 2012) Team Westgate's Jason Wong (pictured above right) and Sikun Chen got to the semi-final of the boys’ doubles but just narrowly lost to Kristian Plender and Thomas Summers by 11-15, 15-9, 16-14.

U17 Silver Cheltenham (Sunday 12th February 2012) Team Westgate's Jason Wong won the gold medal of the U17 Silver Cheltenham Boys ‘Singles. He played very well beating the seeded player D.Robertson (Bu) in his box and went on to beat P.Wrigglesworth (Av) and then beating Team Westgate's Ross Green in the semi-final. In the final he defeated Kaylan Sutton-Ziaian from Cambridgeshire by 16-14, 7-15, 15-10. U17 Nottinghamshire Open (18 th February 2012) Team Westgate’s Jason Wong reached to the Quarter Finals in both Boys' Singles and Boys' Doubles (partnered by Team Westgate's Ross Green). He also teamed up with Imogen Langford (Ox) in the Mixed Doubles and reached the Semi Finals. Panuga back on form - England Call up for Panuga Riou

Panuga Riou (pictured above left) will have her first chance for an England cap as she has been named in the England team for the forthcoming Uber Cup. Well done Panuga.

Warwickshire U15 Silver Team Westgate players reached three out of four finals at the Warwickshire event. Most successful on the day was Libby McMorrow, winning the Gold in the Girls' Singles beating Sophie Arrighi of Wales in the final 15-8, 11-15, 15-5. She and her partner, Evie Burbidge (Northampton), then went on to reach the final of the Girls’ Doubles. They won the Silver medal, losing out 11-15, 14-15 to the Welsh pair Gean Sou Mo and Emilie Gwilt. There was also success in the boys’ events. Thomas Hume, with fellow Team Westgate team-mate Alex Horner, got to the Boys’ doubles final losing out to Tim Mooney and Sterling Burrow.

Nottingham U17 Gold Star

Hampshire Badminton 16 With the absence of three of the top U 17’s, 15 year old Lynnlette Aung had a comfortable passage winning the U17 Gold Star Girls Singles in Nottingham at the weekend. She showed great maturity to overcome Joshwey Bong, who she had lost to in the group stage of the last U17 tournament, comfortably in two sets 21-11,21-16 and then went on to beat unseeded Tsui Yee Lau in the final 21-9,21-15.

Another Gold medal came from Team Westgate’s Under 15 player Ira Banerjee with her partner Jess Pugh went through to win without dropping a set beating Serena Midha and Jenny Moore 21-15, 21-17 in the semi and Brodie Miller and Joswey Bong 21-13, 21-19 in the final.

York U15 Golds Team Westgate's Libby McMorrow and her partner Evie Burbidge (Northampton) got to the semi finals of the girls’ doubles winning a bronze medal. They beat the number 1 seeds Sophie Brealey and Devon Minnis 12-21, 21-11, 21-8. They also beat last year’s U13 National champions Kerry Anne Leaney and Holly Garrett 21-18, 21- 11.

Northhants U15 Bronze

Team Westgate's Chris Dix picked up a Gold medal in the Northants U15 Bronze boys doubles with Ryan Newcombe. Beating Charlie Hersant/Vincenzo Pratley in the final.

Kent U15 Bronze Team Westgate Chris Dix picked up Bronze in the Kent U15 boys doubles with Ben Richards, losing out in the semi final to Andrew Baird/Samuel Newlove 18-21, who went onto win the final 21-16 against Robert Micklewright/Tom Owen.

Middlesex Senior Gold Team Westgate's Lynnlette Aung and Panuga Riou took part in the Middlesex Gold at the weekend of 21st and 22nd Jan Lynnlette had a tough draw meeting 3rd seed Jo Dix in the first round. Their last encounter was a one sided affair in the final of the Bournemouth Silver Tournament but Lynnlette almost caused an upset by taking the first set convincingly only to run out steam in the second and third set 21-15. Jo went on to reach the semi final but had to pull out due to injury. Panuga was top seed and comfortably went through to win the event beating Helena Lewzenska in the semi final and Georgina Bland 21-8 21-13 in the final. This gave Panuga a great confidence boost ahead of the English Nationals in two weeks where she is 4th seed.

U17 Silver Luton

Team Westgate's Max Flynn played up into U17 Silver in Luton. He came 2/4 in box and lost to D Robertson (Bu) in 2. In doubles, fared better reaching QFs with Alex Mitchell (Bu), before losing to Team Westgate's Sikun Chen and Jason Wong whom they played late at 9.30pm.On the way to the QF's Max and Alex had 2 exciting tough three set battles in box, taking out no1 singles seed K Jasper (Co) and S Sacco (Bd) and A Brockie/ H Brewis Ox.

Nottingham U19 Golds A number of Team Westgate girls attended the U19 tournament in Nottingham in the last weekend of January which had a very strong field and would be representative of the U19 Nationals which is coming up at the end of March. Two of our girls did extremely well reaching the semi final stage. Viki Williams was back to Singles form with a string of good results including beating second seed and England ranked No.18 player Claire Weaver in 2

Hampshire Badminton 17 sets. The shock of the Tournament was when Team Westgate's 14 year old Ira Banerjee beat giant killer Joshwey Bong in 3 sets in the first round. Our own Lynnlette Aung beat Lucy Mason, to whom she had lost in their last three meetings. With her recent run of good results, Lynnlette has now achieved a No. 25 England ranking at only 15 years old. Ira lost to Lynnlette in the first set then made an unexpected come back to win in three sets. In the Quarter finals Ira went on to beat the ex Team Westgate and number 23 ranked player Kerri Scott in two sets. Ira couldn't however continue her form when she lost in the semi the next day to Chloe Birch from Yorkshire who is ranked number 16. Viki also lost to Yorkshire’s number one seed Natalie Chan Lam in two sets but had her chances to close out the second. Natalie went on to beat Chloe in the final.

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President: Mr. Trevor Shanks, 19 Matthews Way, Oakley, Basingstoke. RG23 7DQ Tel: 01256 781249 Email: [email protected]

Chairman: Mrs. Diana Troke, 9 Cerdic Mews, Hamble-le-Rice, Southampton. SO31 4LW Tel: 023 8045 5183 Email: [email protected]

Secretary and Registration Secretary: Mrs. Hazel Marks, The Cedars, Crowell, Chinnor. OX39 4RP Tel: 01844 351841 Email: [email protected]

Treasurer and Hampshire Youth Badminton Trust Secretary: Mr. Steve Harvey, 58 Thorold Road, Bitterne Park, Southampton SO18 1JG Tel: 023 8055 1185 Email: [email protected]

Match Secretary: Mrs Sarah Taylor, 15 Aldermoor Road, Gosport. PO13 9RU Tel: 07828 931 262 (mob) Email: [email protected]

Coaching Secretary: Mr. Dennis Blazye, Moorside, Pines Road, Griggs Green, Liphook. GU30 7PL Tel: 01428 723327 Email: [email protected]

Tournament Co-ordinator and Child Welfare Officer: Mrs. Jan Harvey, 58 Thorold Road, Bitterne Park, Southampton. SO18 1JG Tel: 023 8055 1185 Email: [email protected]

Veterans’ Co-ordinators: Miss Margaret Houlton, 56 Teg Down Meads, Winchester. SO22 5ND Tel: 01962 869443 Email: [email protected]

Mrs Linda Coombes, 35 Blackwater Grove, Alderholt, Fordingbridge. SP6 3AD Tel: 01425 657166 Email: [email protected]

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Chairman of Selectors: Mr Mark Peckham, 53 School Road, West Wellow, Romsey. SO51 6AR Tel: 07880 705 935

Junior Chairman: Mrs Jean Merrikin, Torridon, Springvale Road, Headbourne Worthy, Winchester. SO23 7LD Tel: 01962 881917 Email: [email protected]

Regional Development Manager: Mr.Tom Duggan. 07725 413 522 [email protected]

Newsletter Editor: Mrs. Janet Palmer, 20 Hazel Close, Chandler’s Ford, Eastleigh. SO53 5RF Tel: 023 8025 3855 Email: [email protected]

Westgate Badminton Centre: Cheriton Road, Winchester. 01962 877626 Fax: 01962 877627 Email: [email protected]

Hampshire Badminton 19 Westgate Centre Manager: Mr. Nigel Tier, 16 St Georges Avenue, Warblington. PO9 2RX Tel/Fax: 023 9236 6864 Mobile: 07808 950 690 Email: [email protected]

Website: www.hampshirebadminton.co.uk

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