Category: Player news

Here’s a belated pic of Vitu with his trophy that he won in the U16 boys singles at the recent Mid Sussex Tournament.

Well done young man! More successes to follow we hope!

Congratulations to Daniel Hatton for reaching the semi-final stage of both the singles and doubles at the Suffolk U17 Bronze in Ipswich this weekend.

Daniel missed a place in both finals by just 2 points, settling for a pair of well deserved bronze medals.

Well done FastStep Elite player Jack Thomson who reached the final of the men’s doubles at the Brighton 3 Series tournament this weekend.

Jack and partner Dave Askey won a tough semi against Chris Jones and James Clark to set up a final against Jonty Russ and Daryl Todd. In a close final Jack and Dave were just edged into runners up spot 21-19.

A belated well done to another Elite player, Vitu, who won the U16 boys singles at the Mid Sussex Tournament last weekend.

Congratulations to our Year 9 team in the Mid Sussex Junior Badminton league for a hard fought 4-2 victory against Lewes last night.

Some excellent performances from a young team, two of whom are only in year 6! Well done to Ben, Amy, Thomas and Stephen. And thanks to Lewes for battling through snow to reach us!

FastStep Elite player Daniel Hatton picked up Gold in the boys doubles at the Essex U17 Bronze today ending a brilliant weekend for FastStep players.

After convincingly winning their box, Daniel and partner Jonathan Kuribayashi-Coleman got through the semis into the finals where they emerged 21-13 winners against Sussex pair Jake Davidson and Kevin Jude.

Daniel’s victory tops a great weekend for FastStep players with success at Kent U13 Bronze and the Mid Sussex Junior Tournament. Well done all of you, great to see your hard work paying off.

 

 

 

 

 

There were plenty of trophies for FastStep players after a successful showing at the Mid Sussex Junior Badminton tournament.

In the boys U14 singles Sam Hoodless played superbly to win the title, beating fellow FastStep players David Jolliffe in the quarters and Elliot Lucas in the semis.

Then in the U14 doubles it was David and Elliot who picked up the top prize, beating Sam and partner James Yexley on the way. Meanwhile in the boys U12 doubles young Will Bevan did brilliantly to secure the runners up spot.

If you’re playing one of the other age group events make sure you let us know how you got on!

FastStep players took home a haul of medals from the Kent U13 Bronze tournament in Gillingham today.

Top performers were Ben Smith and Dhanush Thiagaraj who battled their way to their first national circuit final. After a bad start in the final the boys fought back but finished runners up with well deserved silver medals.

In the girls’ doubles Isabelle Craig finished with a bronze medal with partner Emma Goddard after a closely fought round robin event. Isabelle, still U11, also reached the quarter finals of the singles.

Ben featured in two finals, also reaching the final of the boys’ singles plate competition where he picked up a silver medal taking the FastStep tally for the day to 4.

Well done guys and well done to the many other Sussex players at the event.

Congratulations to Adele Woodhams for a brilliant start to the new year which saw her reach the final of the Kent Senior Bronze.

Adele fought through her box and semi final in the women’s doubles at the tournament in Gillingham. In the final Adele and partner were beaten by the no.1 seeds but claimed a well deserved Silver medal. She also reached the quarter finals of the mixed event. Well done Adele!

Well done to FastStep Elite players Laura Brownlie and Daniel Hatton who both passed their UKCC Level 1 Badminton Coaching qualification last month. A fantastic achievement guys.

Well done FastStep Elite player Eva Craig for winning a silver medal today in the girls’ doubles at the Kent U15 Silver tournament.

Together with regular partner Chanumi Gamage from Cambridgeshire, the girls stormed through their box, winning all matches and knocking out the number 2 seeds in straight games.

The girls fought hard in the final with the first game going deep into setting, finishing 18-20 to the other finalists from Suffolk. Eva and Chanumi came close in the second game, losing 15-13, but taking home a well deserved silver medal.