Newsletter of Hertfordshire Schools Badminton Association April 2018
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Newsletter of Hertfordshire Schools Badminton Association April 2018 Welcome to the third edition of On The Line for the 2017/18 season. Junior Club Information & Reports All Saints Junior BC Doug Clark History Neil Blake started this club in 1978 and has a team of three coaches we play at Ware Drill Hall on a Wednesday evening starting at 6pm for the younger beginners at 7pm the older and more experienced players are coached all our coaching is tailored to the individuals needs as with all badminton club both junior and senior for that matter there will be a range of ability s and needs(i.e. we find the less able often have to work harder than the more gifted students ) all are just as important to us as we hope they will carry on to play badminton through out there lives. Neil used to run teams in the local junior league but this folded and now we hope through the East Herts CBN to get more contact with other clubs in East Herts and of course in the rest of Herts to perhaps play them as it is good for the players to gain experience against other players. We currently have about 20 juniors on our books and are looking to increase the numbers by school connections we are working with the CBN on this. The club also has a senior section and is as with many clubs suffering from a lack of members (the junior club cannot supply them all!) so it will be looking to recruit some new blood as we have not been able to play in the local leagues this season. As to the future All Saints Junior BC we continue to get many young people playing and then progressing through the county system or through University badminton. For and behalf All Saints Junior BC Website: allsaintsbc.co.uk Contact Details: [email protected] Page 1 Dane End Junior Badminton Club Brian Jackson The club meet in Little Munden Memorial Hall, Dane End which is just big enough to accommodate one court; the net is screwed into the wall! There is a small back room where we can erect a net and practice net shots, low serves and returns. The catchment area for the club is Dane End and the surrounding villages and hamlets. Many of the youngsters are very active and I have to compete with many other sports for my players. As a result, the badminton club is rather small. Having said that, we have some very talented young players; some of whom are now in the county squads. Currently, there are two sessions; one for beginners and the other for more competent players. As soon as players in the first group can play to a reasonable standard, I move them into the second group. At the moment there are not enough players to enable a team to play in a league so we play games with sides of as similar ability as possible. The club is part of the East Herts Community Badminton Network and we participate in the CBN activities. Contact Details: Brian Jackson - [email protected] Aylesbury Junior League Liz Bateman Matches are played Sunday morning, various dates between September and April, at Aylesbury Grammar School. Teams are based on ability rather than age or gender. Each team consists of 6 players who play 1 singles and 2 doubles (with same partner) each to make up 12 games. Teams win 1 point for each game won and 2 bonus points for an overall win. The team with the most points wins the division. Range of clubs involved in the league; Gadebridge (Hemel Hempstead/Berkhamsted), Affinity (Berkhamsted/Aylesbury), Wednesday (Aylesbury), Phoenix (Aylesbury), Abbey (St Albans), Wendover and Milton Keynes. Gadebridge entered 4 teams this season with A, B and C teams captained by junior players. Captains are responsible for all aspects of organising a team; checking availability with parents, confirming a team, collecting match fees, completing match result sheet. A team – 2nd Division 1 B team – 1st Division 2 C team – 2nd Division 2 D team – 4th Division 3 Captains Reports: Captaining the A team this season was definitely an eye opening experience to say the least. I now understand how Liz must feel when she is desperately trying to fill seriously depleted teams the night before a match (definitively very stressful). Despite all this, being the captain this year has been so rewarding and I am so grateful that I was given the opportunity to do it. In terms of the league, we fought hard in every match and managed to beat the league winners Phoenix A 7- 5, but unfortunately we lost to Abbey A and Milton Keynes A towards the end of the season. Although we did not win the league, I think we all did Gadebridge very proud! Thank you to every single player, particularly those who played up from the B and C teams, for making my last year at Gadebridge thoroughly enjoyable and for giving 100% in every match, you were all fabulous! Carla Davison I’m Olivia Thompson. I’ve been a member of the Gadebridge badminton club for 5 years; this has been my first season as a captain for the c team. I’ve really enjoyed organising my team throughout the season, contacting parents and making sure everyone turns up at the right time and place! All the team have worked so hard this year always turning up with great enthusiasm to play and even if we lose it doesn’t get them down, they will come out next match determined to do their best. I’d like to give a special mention to both Ollie and Connor who have played in everyone of the C team’s matches. Connor has improved over the last year significantly being a great asset to the team, always motivating others keeping the team spirit high. Ollie, always making everyone laugh; he has played very well this season winning the majority of his matches. Often forgetting his match fees but can be forgiven with his hard work and enthusiasm throughout Page 2 the season. I would like to thank all the team members and the substitutes from other teams helping us out when we don’t have enough players. I look forward to playing badminton again with everyone next season. AYLESBURY AND DISTRICT JUNIOR BADMINTON LEAGUE LEAGUE TABLES 2017/2018 DIVISION 1 P W L D F A POINTS PHOENIX 'A' 4 3 1 0 34 14 40 GADEBRIDGE 'A' 4 3 1 0 32 16 38 ABBEY A 4 2 1 1 26 22 30 MILTON KEYNES A 4 0 2 2 17 31 17 WEDNESDAY 'A' 4 0 3 1 11 37 11 DIVISION 2 P W L D F A POINTS GADEBRIDGE B 6 5 1 0 60 12 70 GADEBRIDGE 'C' 6 5 1 0 47 25 57 AFFINITY A 6 4 2 0 48 24 56 MILTON KEYNES B * 12 POINTS AWARDED ABBEY B 6 4 2 0 49 23 55 UNABLE TO FIELD TEAM PHOENIX 'B' * 12 POINTS AWARDED ABBEY B UNABLE 6 2 4 0 29 43 31 TO FIELD TEAM WEDNESDAY 'B' 6 1 5 0 18 54 20 ABBEY B 6 0 6 0 1 71 1 DIVISION 3 P W L D F A POINTS MILTON KEYNES C 7 7 0 0 72 12 86 WENDOVER A 7 4 3 0 49 35 57 AFFINITY C 7 4 2 1 48 34 56 GADEBRIDGE 'D' 7 3 3 1 43 39 49 WEDNESDAY 'C' 7 3 2 2 41 43 47 MILTON KEYNES D 7 1 4 2 29 55 31 AFFINITY D 7 1 6 0 26 58 28 AFINITY B 7 1 4 2 26 58 28 RESULTS FROM PLAYED ON 25TH MARCH PHOENIX B 11 V 1 WEDNESDAY B GADEBRIDGE B 4 V 8 MILTON KEYNES B AFFINITY C 2 V 10 MILTON KEYNES C WENDOVER A 4 V 8 AFFINITY B Page 3 Abbey Junior badminton League Page 4 Schools and Further Education Information & Reports Report of National Inter-schools County Championships and Primary Schools PE Conference National Inter-schools County Championships, 5 th December The Hertfordshire rounds of the national Inter-secondary-schools championships engage some 50 (60%) schools amounting to some 800 children in their local 12 School Games Partnerships round. At the finals organised by Tanya Angus, Herts School Games Manager, 5 th December, at Herts Sports Village there were 98 boys and 77 girls participating. School Games Area Girls U14 Boys U14 Girls U16 Boys U16 A10 No entry John Warner No entry John Warner Birchwood No Entry TBHS No Entry TBHS Dacorum John F Kennedy John F Kennedy John F Kennedy Ashlyns Roundwood Harpenden Sir John Lawes Park Sir John Lawes St. Georges Hertford & Ware Presdales Chauncy Presdales Richard Hale North East Herts Freman college Freman college Freman college Freman college North Herts The Priory Hitchin Boys Knights Templar Hitchin Boys St Albans St Georges Verulam St Georges St Albans Boys John Henry Thomas Alleyne John Henry Stevenage No entry Newman Academy Newman Three Rivers & Royal Masonic Watford Rickmansworth Rickmansworth School Parmiters Watford & Hertsmere No Entry Habs Watford Girls Habs Welwyn Hatfield Queenswood Monks Walk Queenswood Monks Walk There were some excellent matches with everyone going for as many points as possible. Many participants that we don’t see at the HSBA tournaments made a strong performance. Top 4 places Gold Silver Bronze 4th Place U14 Boys Habs Boys Hitchin Boys Roundwood Monks Walk U16 Boys Richard Hale Parmiters Ashlyns Habs Boys U14 girls Presdales Sir John Lawes Queenswood St Georges Sir John U16 Girls Watford Grammar Knights Templar Queenswood Lawes Medals were presented by Aleisha Challands, BE Relationships Manager (seen in photos below) Page 5 U14 Boys Gold – Haberdasher’s Aske’s U16 Boys Gold – Richard Hale U14 Girls Gold, Silver and Bronze, Presdales, Sir John U16 Girls Gold - Watford Girls Grammar Lawes, Queenswood Sixteen leaders and eight staff from schools helped, as did, 9 HBA-HSBA helpers: Arun Gothandaraman, Dave and Gill Bartlett, Doug Clark, Nick Goode, Brian Jackson, Barbara Lewczynska, Mike Newlove, Jim Robson.