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FastStep’s Daniel Hatton reports on an exhausting week of badminton at the very top county level for Sussex at the Harrod U17 County Challenge 2014 in Nottingham. We’re very proud of you Daniel!
“To be chosen for the most prestigious National Badminton Tournament (open only to the chosen top 5 boys and top 5 girls in each county) in all the British Isles that would last for 4 jam packed days, was to be an experience of a lifetime. I had high expectations, and I was not to be disappointed…
Details have been announced for the 2014/2015 season Sussex County Junior Badminton trials.
Trials are at Portslade Sports Centre, Chalky Rd, Portslade, Brighton, East Sussex BN41 2WS
Under 11 – 10.30-12.00, Sat 19th July 2014 (players born on or after January 1st 2004)
Under 13 – 12.00-13.30, Sat 21st June 2014 (players born on or after January 1st 2002)
Under 15 – 14.00-15.30, Sat 21st June 2014 (players born on or after January 1st 2000)
Under 17 – 16.00-17.30, Sat 21st June 2014 (players born on or after January 1st 1998)
There is a fee of £5 for the U11 session and £6 for the U13/15/17 sessions. An entry form can be completed at the event.
Well done to Izzy Craig for winning the U10 girls singles at the Sussex Rising Stars in Portslade today.
Great to see so many U10s and U12s competing today and showing good progress over the season.
A *very* quick look at our Elite training session on Thursdays in Haywards Heath
If you’re interested in any of our groups, get in touch
Here are the winners and runners up from the Crawley Junior tournament at K2 on 29th March 2014.
Continue reading “Crawley Junior Badminton Tournament results 2014”
Well done to David Jolliffe for winning the year 7/8 boys doubles title at the 2014 Crawley Junior Badminton Tournament this weekend.
Despite the very early start to the day, David and partner Ben stayed focussed to secure victory in the final.
Just a week earlier David was runner up in the U14 boys doubles at the Tunbridge Wells Spring Open.
There was also a silver medal at Crawley for Izzy Craig in the year 5/6 girls doubles with partner Abby.
Well done to Amy Radford for winning the U14 girls singles and doubles at the Tunbridge Wells Spring Junior Open 2014.
Amy racked up 7 wins in her path to the singles gold medal. In the doubles, Amy clinched her second gold of the day with partner Jess. Great job!
We’re already signing up players for our beginner and intermediate badminton coaching sessions that start in Haywards Heath on Friday 6 June.
But… we still want to spread the word even further, around Sussex and beyond!
You can let other interested players/parents know by sending them this FastStep flyer (PDF), which includes full details of the Stars and Smashers sessions.
A little bit of history was made tonight as FastStep Badminton Academy’s Elite squad trained together for the first time at Central Sussex College, Haywards Heath.
The players look remarkably fit in this photo after two hours of intense training! Well done guys, see you next week.
The squad will be growing over the next few weeks, so if you’re interested in joining our Elite sessions, do contact us soon.
FastStep Badminton Academy players picked up 5 medals at Badminton England tournaments over the half term break.
Daniel Hatton played at the Hampshire U17 Bronze mid-week and secured Gold in the boys doubles with a new partner, Guy Jones. He also won a Bronze medal in the singles event. His third medal of half-term came at the Suffolk U17 Bronze where he claimed a well earned Silver medal in the boys doubles.
Eva Craig put on a strong performance at the SE Essex U13 Bronze at Redbridge Sports Centre. After cruising through her box and quarter final, Eva met Surrey’s Alexandra Oprisan in the semi-final. Eva never looked in trouble as she won the match 21-8. In the final she fought hard but had to settle for Silver after a strong performance from training pal Anna Palacci from Surrey.
At the beginning of half term, U10 player Isabelle Craig picked up a bronze medal in the girls’ doubles with Sussex partner Abigail Thring at the Bournemouth U11 event.