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AVON B.A. INFORMATION & NEWS PAGE
AVON BA COUNTY AFILLIATION FEES 2011 - 2012 BADMINTON ENGLAND FEES HERE |
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County Teams News 1st Team: Vacancy - Contact Steve Bird Squad In-Season Training We are planning on holding squad sessions throughout the season at Bristol Metropolitan Academy, where the county restricted tournament and our home matches are also played. These sessions are vital in continuing to develop the squad and will enable us to continue to monitor all players in the squad, so that we can fairly select teams for each match. Please contact us if you would like to attend. In-season squad training dates: Sunday 16th Oct * * dates: 17-21 Squad As many of you are aware, we have a 17-21 squad which aims to bridge the gap between the junior and senior county. Previously this squad has been run separately from the seniors, but this year we are hoping to integrate the 17-21s into the senior setup more. This will involve the 17-21s attending the above training sessions so that they can still train together, but also have the opportunity to watch the senior squad training. They will therefore know what standard they are aiming for and also have the opportunity to play a few selected games against senior squad players too. We are hoping that by doing this, the 17-21s will continue to develop and we shall be able to select them for senior matches when appropriate. Finally… We are really looking forward to working together for the whole squad this season. We are hoping to make the 3rd team much stronger within division 3 and to get the 2nd team back into division 1. We can only do this with the backing, commitment and development of the whole senior squad. We know that not everyone can attend all of the training sessions and the restricted tournament (neither can we!). All we ask is that you attend at least two in-season training sessions and ideally the restricted tournament. We would hate to not select someone who deserves a team place because we have not seen them, to know how well they are playing or that they even wish to play! We really want to make this work as fair and as well as possible. Equally, if you have any suggestions, requests or comments, please get in touch. |
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AVON PLAYER WINS EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Chris Coles of Avon, and his partner Matt Nottingham from Cheshire are the European Junior Men’s Doubles Champions which was held in Vantaa Helsinki – Finland 19th – 24th April. Full report and photo here..... |
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 Congratulations to Avon's first team squad, they secured promotion to Premier Division 'A' at the weekend. They won division Premier 'B' by a single point from Cheshire. Securing top spot was almost in doubt when they lost 8-2 to Lancashire in the final match on Sunday, but other results also went their way. Full final table and results |
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Louise Sobey struck gold when she won the Essex bronze final on Saturday the 26th March. She played in the women's doubles with partner from Portsmouth, Laura Woodward. They have been going to as many competitions as they can manage and the win lifts her up to a national ranking of 72 in doubles. To say she is delighted is an understatement, especially as she only started to learn how to play badminton a few years ago!!! |
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| March 2011 Chris Coles who plays for Avon and who is in the GB Training Squad has just been announced as the 2011 Badminton Writers Association Dorothy Hinchcliff GB Young Player of the Year Award winner. Chris is at Bath University and his family live locally at Clevedon. His badminton abilities were, in part, developed through his progression through the age groups at Avon Juniors and through his coaching in the Bath University High Performance Centre. |
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AVON PERFORMANCE CENTRE |
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February 2011 She was given her prize by Nick Hewer, Lord Sugar’s right hand man on the BBC hit TV show ‘The Apprentice! |
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