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FastStep junior badminton club night launches

We’re excited to announce that we’re launching a new junior badminton club night in Haywards Heath this spring.

FastStep junior badminton club night is for players aged 12-18 who want to play games in a fun, relaxed environment.

Club night isn’t for total beginners (see our Smashers group for this level), but as long as you can play a decent rally of shots, you’re welcome!

Club nights are on Fridays 7-8pm at Central Sussex College, Harlands Rd, Haywards Heath and the cost is just £30 for the rest of the school year.

Come and try out our new junior badminton club night – let us know you’re coming and  your first session will be free!

FastStep will continue to offer coaching groups throughout the week (FastStep Badminton Academy) and players from the Academy will be encouraged to attend club night.

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Crawley junior badminton tournament 2016 entry open

Entry is now open for the Crawley Junior Badminton Tournament 2016 at K2 Crawley on Saturday 19th March 2016.

The tournament is open to all players, who will play in age groups according their school year: Year 5/6, year 7/8, year 9/10 and year 11/12.

There will be boys singles, boys doubles, girls singles and girls doubles.

Download entry form

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Rebecca wins in Tonbridge

rebecca_twbl_2015Well done to Rebecca Moon from our Stars group who won the U14 girls’ singles today at the Tunbridge Wells Badminton League junior tournament in Tonbridge.

A great result and a well deserved gold medal.

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Monica scores Silver at Hampshire U17

Huge congratulations to Monica Carr-Pacquay for winning a Silver medal at the Hampshire U17 Bronze last week.

Monica and partner Rosheen Postlewhite came through two nail-biting sudden death matches in their box to reach the final.

Well done Monica – first of many BE medals we hope!

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Gold for Eva and Chanumi

eva_chanumi_berksu15sFastStep player Eva Craig and partner Chanumi Gamage picked up the gold medal at the Berkshire U15 Silver tournament in Bracknell. They battled through some close games to end the day undefeated and claim top prize.

Eva also reached the semi-finals of the girls’ singles and claimed a bronze medal.

Also, rather belatedly, there were plenty of medals for FastStep players at the Sussex U17 Bronze last weekend with Eva winning Silver in doubles and bronze in singles and mixed, and Amy Radford and Casey Coats claiming bronze in the girls’ doubles.

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Mid Sussex tournament 2016 entry form

We’d like all our players to enter the Mid Sussex Junior Badminton Tournament to be held at the Dolphin, Haywards Heath in the new year.

County team squad players are not able to enter, neither can players who have entered more than 2 Badminton England tournaments over the last year.

Saturday 30th January 2016

  • U10s (birth year 2006 or later)
  • U12s (birth year 2004 or later)

Sunday 31st January 2016

  • U14s (birth year 2002 or later)

Sunday 7th February 2016

  • U16s (birth year 2000 or later)
  • U18s (birth year 1998 or later)

Download the entry form here Mid Sussex Junior Entry Form 2016

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Double gold for Eva in Essex

EvaEmma_Essexu15FastStep Elite player Eva Craig picked up two gold medals today at the SE Essex U15 Bronze tournament.

Eva comfortably won her box and the semi final before meeting the number 1 seed Anchal Garg in the final and easing past her in a tense match 21-16.

Eva then paired up with fellow Sussex player Emma Ford to win the girls’ doubles, undefeated in the round robin event.

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FastStep fantastic at Sussex U15/U17s

FastStep players picked up an impressive 4 championship titles at the U15/U17 Sussex Junior Badminton Championships in Portslade today.


luke_harryLuke Davies (left) was unseeded in the boys U15 singles, but played brilliantly all day to win the title. Then Luke paired up with fellow FastStep player Harry Tree (right) to win the U15 boys doubles in a very close round robin event. Harry also won the U15 boys singles plate.

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Eva Craig (left) retained her U15 girls singles title, with some hard fought games, then won the U15 girls doubles with partner Emma Ford (right). The girls also competed in the U17 girls doubles and won their box and the semi final before losing in the final.

ben_davidBen Smith (right) and David Jolliffe (left) were third in the U15 boys doubles, just 2 points away from the title!

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While Casey Coats picked up the U17 girls singles plate.

Well done to all our players today who played so hard and should be very proud of their efforts.

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Silver success at Luton for Eva and Chanumi

eva_chanumi_lutonu17b_2015Well done to FastStep’s Eva Craig and partner Chanumi Gamage (Cambridgeshire) who picked up the Silver medal at the Luton U17 Bronze tournament.

Both girls attended the FastStep Summer Camp last week and their hard work paid off with a string of strong performances, just missing out on gold by a single point.