& District Junior Badminton League 2011-12 L J B L

Report & Results for Junior League 2011-2012

25th March 2012 - Y8 Holly Lodge 11 - 3pm

Y8 Day 1 & 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Day Day Totals 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 2 6 8 2 Beacon 6 0 4 0 0 1 3 0 14 0 14 3 Halewood ‘A’ 6 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 15 0 15 4 Fords ‘B’ 4 2 1 0 6 0 1 1 8 7 15 5 Sutton 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 24 23 47 6 Halewood ‘B’ 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 7 Fords ‘A’ 6 5 6 6 0 5 3 6 13 24 37 8 ‘A’ 6 3 6 5 1 6 3 3 17 16 33 9 Wavertree ‘B’ 6 6 6 5 0 6 0 3 0 32 32

Y8 Results 2012 P W D L Pts 1 Sutton 8 8 0 0 47 The year 8 competition saw a wide 2 Fords ‘A’ 8 6 1 1 37 range of talented young players 3 Wavertree ‘A’ 8 4 3 1 33 compete for 8 solid hours during the 4 Wavertree ‘B’ 8 5 1 2 32 two days. It was also encouraging to 5 Halewood ‘A’ 4 3 0 1 15 see eight keen girls taking part in the 6 Fords ‘B’ 8 1 0 6 15 event.

7 Beacon 4 2 1 1 14 For some players it was their first 8 Anfield 8 1 0 7 8 competition, they enjoyed it so much 9 Halewood ‘B’ 4 0 0 4 3 they have now made badminton their first sport and have moved on to Performance Centre training.

We welcomed a new team from the Wirral, ‘The Beacon’ who were able to participate on day one. We hope they take part again next year. Unfortunately, Halewood were unable to attend on day 2, which was a shame as they had accrued some good results on the first day.

Both days ran very well with all competitors playing four matches. Ideally, we need 8 teams to make such an event possible using four courts. Due to three teams unable to attend day two it was possible to add an additional team from Wavertree to fill the gaps. They just managed to play out all events on the day and gain some valuable experience. May I thank Gillian Sowden for co-ordinating the Y8 competition on both days with the support of coaches, team managers and some parents. Our only complaint came from a few parents wanted to know why we did not provided them with a packed lunch and drinks during the event. Could all team managers brief their parents with what to expect for £3 next year.

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Y10 Kirkby Ball Hall 10 - 1pm 8 courts for 3 hours.

Y10 Day 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts 1 Anfield 0 6 2 3 2 13 2 Fords 6 6 6 6 4 28

3 Lowton 0 0 0 0 2 2

4 Sutton 4 0 6 4 2 16 5 Vida 3 0 4 2 2 11 6 Wavertree 4 2 4 4 4 18 Lowton

Y10 Liverpool College 3 - 5pm 8 courts for 2 hours.

Y10 Day 2 & 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts 1 Anfield 0 4 0 0 0 4 2 Fords 6 6 5 6 3 26

3 Lowton 2 0 0 0 0 2

4 Sutton 6 1 6 6 4 23 5 Vida 6 0 6 0 1 13 6 Wavertree 6 3 6 2 5 22

Beacon

Y10 Div 1 P W D L D1 D2 Pts

Results /3 The year 10 competition was reduced to

1. Fords 10 9 1 0 28 26 54 one division of 6 teams this year, with each team playing each other twice. 2. Wavertree 10 7 1 2 18 22 40

3. Sutton 10 7 0 3 16 23 39 Day one ran smoothly at the Kirkby Ball 4. Vida 10 3 1 6 11 13 24 hall, results on the table opposite. This 5. Anfield 10 2 1 7 13 4 17 was not available for day 2 so we moved 6. Lowton 10 0 0 10 2 2 4 to Liverpool College.

For those that have had any dealing with this venue, will know we were doomed from the start. Due to a double booking with indoor football we started 1 hour late and were unable to continue after our booked hours. The days play ended with games unfinished. The first date available to play the outstanding games is Sunday 1st July, 1pm onwards at Holly Lodge Girls school. I will contact teams in June to arrange start times. It looks like the division will be closely fought between the leading teams. Thanks to the wealth of team managers, parents and coaches for supporting the event this year. Trophies will be awarded on the day to the winning Y10 team.

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Y12 Day 1 Kirkby Ball Hall 1- 4pm Day 2 Liverpool College 12 – 3pm

Y12 Day 1 1 2 3 4 5 Pts Y12 Day 1 1 2 3 4 5 Pts Div 1 Div 2 1. Fords ‘A’ 3 6 6 6 21 1. Anfield 4 3 0 0 7 2. Sutton ‘A’ 3 6 6 4 19 2. Beacon 2 4 1 2 9 3. Lowton 0 0 3 0 3 3. Pk 3 2 1 0 6 4. Vida 0 0 3 0 3 4. Fords ‘B’ 6 5 5 3 19 492pts 5. Wavertree 0 2 6 6 14 5. Sutton ‘B’ 6 4 6 3 19 464pts

Y12 Day 2 Div 1 1 2 3 4 5 Pts Y12 Day 2 Div 2 1 2 3 4 5 Pts 1. Fords ‘A’ 6 6 6 6 24 1. Everton Park 1 1 6 6 14

2. Sutton ‘A’ 2 5 2 6 15 2. Fords ‘B’ 5 3 6 6 20

3. Vida 0 1 1 6 8 3. Sutton ‘B’ 5 3 6 6 20

4. Wavertree 0 4 5 6 15 4. Anfield (withdrawn) 0 0 0 0 0 5. Lowton (Withdrawn) 0 0 0 0 0 5. Beacon (withdrawn) 0 0 0 0 0

D1 D2 Y12 Div 1 P W D L D1 D2 Pts Y12 Div 2 P W D L Pts Results Results 1. Fords ‘A’ 8 7 1 0 21 24 45 1. Fords ‘B’ 8 6 2 0 19 20 39 2. Sutton ‘A’ 8 5 1 2 19 15 34 2. Sutton ‘B’ 8 3 1 0 19 20 39 4. Wavertree 8 5 0 3 14 15 29 3. Everton Park 8 1 1 6 6 14 20

3. Vida 8 1 1 6 3 8 11 4. Beacon 8 2 1 5 9 0 9

5. Lowton 4 0 1 3 3 0 3 5. Anfield 4 1 1 2 7 0 7

Fords ‘B’ 729pts Sutton ‘B’ 702pts

Y12 Day 2, was played in one group with the results being transferred to the divisional tables.8 This was due to 3 teams unable to attend.

Y12 Day 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts 1. Wavertree 4 6 5 0 4 5 24 2. Sutton ‘A’ 2 6 5 0 3 5 21

3. Everton Park 0 0 0 1 1 2

4. Vida 1 1 0 2 4

5. Fords ‘A’ 6 6 6 6 5 6 35 6. Fords ‘B’ 2 3 5 4 1 3 18

7. Sutton ‘B’ 1 1 5 0 3 10 Everton Park

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2010 2011 2012 Teams entered 25 27 25 Dropped out Day 2 8 teams 7 teams 6 teams Players involved 100 108 100 Clubs involved 8 11 9 Court hours 136 144 128 Games played 552 612 564 Shuttles used 34 doz 37 doz 28 doz

The year 12 competition was closely fought as usual, between three teams in Division one and two teams Fords in division two. On both competition days Sutton ‘B’ and Fords ‘B’ drew on games and the result was calculated on points 729 to 702. Congratulations to players from Fords ‘A’ and ‘B’ for winning their respective Y12 divisions.

For many this will be the final season for playing in the Junior League we hope they move on to senior clubs and enjoy the sport for many years to come.

Overall, the year has gone well but we have still sustained the loss of a few teams between the November and March period. If anyone has any suggestions how we could overcome this problem please let me know. We changed to this two day format many years ago to help reduce the amount of time and effort required to play home and away matches at our own venues. It also interfered with valuable weekly coaching time.

On the accounts side the Junior league has cost £824.80 to organize with an income of £741. The shortfall of £83.80 was covered by the Junior tournament. We still need to include extra shuttle and venue costs for the re-arranged day 3. The increase in team registration fee from £5 to £10 per team has made the event more viable this year.

Development To ensure the future of our Liverpool Senior League it is important that we try and create as many junior clubs connected to adult clubs. Currently in Liverpool we only have the following Junior Clubs. Anfield, Everton Park, Halewood, Fords, Wavertree There are many players out there, we just need to organize activities for them.

Junior League secretary 2012 Rob Sowden Wavertree

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