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THORNABY PAVILION LEISURE CENTRE
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SINGLES played SATURDAY 11th OCTOBER - DOUBLES played SUNDAY 12th OCTOBER 2008 |
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SINGLES
WINNERS & RUNNERS-UP FROM THE MORNING COMPETITIONS |
ACTION
FROM THE GIRLS U17 DOUBLES GROUP
MATCHES |
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FROM THE GIRLS U13 DOUBLES FINAL IN THE BACKGROUND BOYS U17 DOUBLES |
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Another successful Junior
Badminton Tournament was held at Tees Active’s Thornaby Pavilion. The tournament, which is
organised by the Teesside Badminton Development Association (TBDA), is
sponsored by Tees Active Limited, who provided the Courts and Higman Sports,
who provided the shuttles. The Tournament is open to all players under 19
years old, who attend a school or badminton club within the Tees Valley,
regardless of ability. The tournament has 18
singles categories, 16 level doubles categories and 3 mixed doubles
categories. For each category there is a trophy and winner/s and runner/s-up
medals to be won. There were a total of 117
players entered into the tournament. Unfortunately some competitions had to
be combined or were not run due to lack of entries in those age groups. There were 60 Boys and 25
Girls taking part in the Singles competitions on the Saturday. The biggest
group was the U13 Novice Boys with 17 entries. The next largest was the U15
Novice Boys with 12 players taking part. On Sunday, there were 45 Boys and 28 Girls
taking part in the Doubles competitions During the weekend there
were 404 games of badminton played, 208 on singles day and 196 on doubles
day. Each event category had
it’s own mini-league/s with appropriate semi-finals and finals. Consequently every player
had a chance to play several matches. Tournament Referee, Roger
Cook, said, "The pleasing aspect of this Tournament was the number of
boys who entered the Under 13 and Under 15 Novice Singles Events. We now need
to attempt the girls who have started to play badminton to enter this
tournament. Whilst the novices entered the singles they did not pair up and
enter the doubles events. This is something the organisers need to look at.
With the TBDA now running several BADMINTON England Junior Tournaments,
throughout the season, we need to review the make-up of this tournament for
the future. He wished to thank Sheila
Boyes, from Thornaby Pavilion JBC, who was the organiser for this Tournament
and all the Junior Club Coaches and other volunteers who help out on the day.
Without their efforts, the tournament would not be a success. Also he wished
to praise the support of Tees Active and Higman Sports, whose continued
sponsorship of this tournament allows the entry fee to be kept low to
encourage all players to enter” Dates of the next two
Local Junior Tournaments are 28th/29th March 2009 &
10th/11th October 2009 at Thornaby Pavilion. In addition Thornaby
Pavilion will be a hosting a number of BADMINTON England Silver & Bronze
Tournaments during November, December, January & February. More
information on local badminton activities can be obtained on this website. or
the Badminton England Regional Manager : North East - Sheila Boyes on 07725
823556 / (01642) 316008. or
the Teesside Badminton Development Association Secretary - Roger Cook on
(01642) 656227. |
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RESULTS
BC = Badminton Club. JBC = Junior Badminton Club. Acorn BC based at the Acorn Centre at Acklam Grange School. Brierton BSC JBC = Brierton Community Sports Centre JBC. Higman TVBA = Higman Tees Valley Badminton Academy, based at Thornaby Pavilion. Thornaby Pav JBC = Thornaby Pavilion JBC based at Thornaby Pavilion. |