NEWS
Berkshire Junior County Squad
Trials for 2005/6
Sunday 8th May 2005
2pm - 5pm
Trials for the Under-15 or Under-17
squads for NEXT season.
(i.e. this is for players born in 1989,
1990, 1991 or 1992)
Saturday 14th May 2005
Trials for the Under-11 or Under-13
squads for NEXT season
(i.e. players born in 1993 or later)
10am - 1pm
This is the session for boys
born in 1993 or 1994
(Under-13 next season).
2pm - 5pm
This is the session for boys
born in 1995 or later
(Under-11 next season)
and
girls born in 1993 or later (Under-11 and Under-13)
All juniors interested in turning out
for any of these squad trials MUST
email Mark Bowman with
their name, date of birth and
telephone number if they want to take part
Brothers
Clean Up in Junior Event
Photo (l to r): Christopher Neville, Andrew
Neville, Ross Parsons
Andrew Neville and his
younger brother Christopher returned from Berkshire Junior Badminton
Association's under-12 tournament laden with trophies. Bucklebury
youngster Andrew won both the boys' singles and doubles titles at
the event at Woodford Park, Reading, while Christopher triumphed in
a special under-10s contest.
Fellow Thatcham Junior
Badminton Club member Ross Parsons stood in Andrew's way in the semi-final
and produced a spirited performance in the toughest game of the day.
But Andrew edged out his team-mate 15-11 and went on to beat Owen
Godfrey in the final to lift the trophy, while another Thatcham Junior,
Adam Waters, reached the quarter-finals.
Andrew paired up with Ross
to score a comfortable success in the final of the doubles event and,
not to be outdone, Christopher got in on the act with victory over
Harvey Packham in the under-10s final, despite having only played
the sport since September.
Thatcham youngsters Alice
Waters and Natalie Tucker also put up a brave fight in the girls'
singles
Thames Valley
Youth Games - 1st July 2002
Please click here
to go to the report on the day.
Junior
Badminton Appeal
As part of this year's Junior Badminton
season, I would like to introduce the juniors to the Senior Clubs
in the Newbury area - to do this, your help and support is required.
Newbury & District Juniors cater
for youngsters between the ages of 10-18 and runs at Park House School
on Monday Evenings from October through to the end of March.
Every Monday evening from November to
February, I would like two players (preferably from the same club)
to join the juniors for a couple of games. This will improve their
standard of play and knowledge of the game. They will then pass this
knowledge onto the younger ones to help them improve. If all the clubs
in the District can support the juniors in this way, it would mean
that each club only provides players for just one session during the
season.
We also need to encourage our Intermediates
to carry on playing once they leave the Junior Club. To achieve this,
we would welcome for clubs to invite two youngsters along to their
club night for an hour or so to introduce them to the senior badminton
scene and play two or three games. This way, when the time comes for
them to find a senior club to join, it will not be such a major step
and there will already be a friendly face that they know.
Don't forget today's youngsters are
tomorrow's senior club members. For clubs to survive in the coming
years, you will need young blood to boost your membership.
If you or your club is interested in
supporting Junior Badminton in the District, please contact me to
arrange a convenient time and date.
Yvonne Masters
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August 17, 2005
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