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FastStep’s Isabelle Craig and Rebecca Moon took first and second place respectively in U14 girls singles at the Sussex Junior Badminton Tournament in Brighton today. The girls also played in the boys doubles tournament due to a shortage of girls and had some good games and even a win!
In the boys singles, FastStep’s Ben Anthony reached the semi final of the U14 boys singles.
Update: Please arrive at the following times.
8:45am – Year 7 and under Boys Singles
10:30am – Year 8&9 Boys Singles
12.45pm – Year 7 and under Girls Singles
1pm – Year 7 and under Boys Doubles
1pm – Year 8&9 Girls Doubles
1.30pm – Year 8&9 Boys Doubles
3pm – Year 8&9 Girls Singles
3pm – Year 7 and under Girls Doubles
Acceptance details have been emailed to all competitors.
The FastStep Junior Badminton Tournament will be held at Central Sussex College, Haywards Heath on Saturday 12 November 2016.
The tournament is open to children in school years 9 and below and will run in 2 age groups: years 8 & 9 and year 7 & below. Boys and girls singles and doubles will be played.
This is a development tournament to encourage young players to enter their first badminton tournament and as such there are some restrictions for more experienced players – please read the conditions in the entry form carefully.
We’re enormously grateful to Yonex and The Sports Shop, Tunbridge Wells for their generous support of the event.
Download entry form: Faststep Junior Badminton Tournament 2016 entry form
Hot off the press, our shiny newsletter for Autumn 2016 is available to download right here. It’s full of news and diary dates for academy members and friends.
Download the FastStep Newsletter: Autumn 2016
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Starting next week, there’s a new day in the week for junior badminton in Sussex. It’s all about Tuesdays!
We’re doing two exciting things:
Both sessions are in Haywards Heath with a qualified coach. If you’re interested in our coached Stars session, or our match-based session please get in touch or call Andrew on 07590080998. Yey for Tuesdays!
FastStep is heading to Surrey Sports Park,Guildford on Monday 17th October to watch Surrey Smashers badminton team play Loughborough Lightning in the National Badminton League.
It’s a great opportunity to see this fast-format badminton team game and hopefully see GB Olympians Chris Langridge and Gabby Adcock in action.
It starts at 7.30pm and finishes quite late – expect to be home after 11pm. Group rate is £5 per child, £8 per adult. We’ll need some volunteers to drive (FastStep will cover your ticket).
Places will be limited, so if you’re interested in coming to the match please email andrew@faststepbadminton.co.uk as soon as possible. Also let us know if you are able to help with transport.
DEADLINE: PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WANT TICKETS BY FRIDAY 30 SEPT
We’ve confirmed our term dates for Autumn/Winter 2016.
Stars Haywards Heath starts Tuesday 13 Sept at Central Sussex College, Haywards Heath
Match night starts Tuesday 13 Sept at Central Sussex College, Haywards Heath
Elite, Haywards Heath starts Thursday 15 Sept at Central Sussex College, Haywards Heath
Smashers Haywards Heath starts Friday 16 Sept at Central Sussex College, Haywards Heath
Stars/Smashers Crawley starts Sunday 18 Sept at Holy Trinity School, Crawley
Please see full details of term dates and prices. New members are welcome, please get in touch.
The Sussex Junior Badminton Championships will take place on 24 September (U12/U14) and 25 September (U16/U18) at University of Brighton, Falmer.
We’d encourage all our players to consider entering. It’s a great chance to play against opponents of all standards and get some great experience while having fun.
If you have any doubts or questions, please do talk to Andrew or Zeyar who can advise you.
U12 Born 2006 or later
U14 Born 2004 or later
U16 Born 2002 or later
U18 Born 2000 or later
While many of us relaxed over the bank holiday weekend, Luke Davies was busy battling it out on the badminton court and picking up a silver medal for his efforts.
Playing in the Kent U17 Bronze in Gillingham, Luke reached the final of the mixed doubles with partner Bea Noakes. In their box they squeezed past the top seeds 21-20, then in the final against another Sussex pair they lost out in extended play 22-20.
No rest this week either for Luke as he attends the 3-day FastStep Summer Camp alongside two other medalists from the Kent tournament, Scott and Robyn Haysom.
Some hard fought medals have been won by FastStep players this month.
Luke Davies won a gold medal at the Milton Keynes U17 Summer Bronze. A great start to the new season for one of our fast improving players.
Also in Milton Keynes this month there were bronze medals in girls’ doubles for Eva Craig (MK U18 Bronze) and Isabelle Craig (MK U14 Bronze).
Well done all. Keep working hard over the summer and the medals will flow in the autumn.
A strong turnout of FastStep players at the Worthing Junior Badminton tournament resulted in a bag-full of trophies for our academy players.
The day started with a FastStep vs FastStep clash in the boys doubles that was to decide the title winners. William Pieckielon and Elliott Lucas won the match against David Jolliffe and Dhanush Thiagaraj and secured the first FastStep gold of the day.
In the girls U15 singles, Cathy Tong cruised to the semi-finals, then battled through a tougher game to reach the final where she was finally beaten and picked up the runner’s up trophy.
In the U13 boys doubles, Ben Anthony and Luke Peel beat all but one pair to secure runners’ up trophies.
Our boys dominated the U15 singles event, with Harry Tree, Dhanush, David and William reaching the semi finals. In a close final, William emerged the winner 21-19, a great result as he’s been playing less than 2 years.
In the U15 girls doubles Cathy and a new partner teamed up and were runners up.
A brilliant day and great to see so many FastStep players, shirts and trophies!