TEESSIDE BADMINTON DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

JUNIOR BADMINTON TOURNAMENT

SPONSORED BY
THORNABY PAVILION LEISURE CENTRE

SINGLES played SATURDAY 3^rd OCTOBER - DOUBLES played SUNDAY 4^th OCTOBER 2009

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 95 competitors who 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 45 Boys and 25 Girls taking part in the Singles competitions on the Saturday. On Sunday, there were

33 Boys and 27 Girls taking part in the Doubles competitions

During the weekend there were 274 games of badminton played, 197 on singles day and 77 on doubles day.

Tournament Referee, Roger Cook, said, "Whilst this Tournament was a huge success for the established junior players, it was disappointing that there were very few “novice” players from schools badminton who had entered. The level of play in all the standard events was exceptionally high. This is mainly due to the volume of training these players now receive.

Although the number of novice players was low, it was not all gloom for the future. BADMINTON England are about to start (or have just started) a number of new initiatives in the Tees Valley area, with the aim of getting more people, including school children, playing badminton. These initiatives (which will be announced soon) together with the fact that most school partnerships now have established Competition Managers in place, should see an increase in the numbers entering future tournaments.

He wished to thank Stephanie Barwick, from Ormesby Badminton Club, who was the Secretary for this Tournament and all the Junior Club Coaches and other volunteers who helped 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 27^th/28^th March 2010 & the first/second weekend in October 2010 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 these tournaments and on local badminton activities can be obtained from: -

The Teesside Badminton Development Association

Secretary - Sheila Boyes on (01642) 272110, or Treasurer - Roger Cook on (01642) 656227.

FOR PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY THE EVENING GAZETTE – Click here

RESULTS

SINGLES	WINNER	CLUB/SCHOOL	RUNNER-UP	CLUB/SCHOOL
U11 GIRLS	ELLA HODGSON	DOLPHIN JBC	BETH CARWARDINE	HEATHFIELD SCH
U13 GIRLS Novice	ABBIE LAVENDER	ACKLAM GRANGE
U13 GIRLS	SHANNON MAUGHAN	AYCLIFFE BC	NICOLE COURTNEY	TCS
U15 GIRLS Novice	SOPHIE LEWIS	THORNABY PAV JBC	HANNAH GRAYSON	MARSKE JBC
U15 GIRLS	LAUREN ASHTON	TEESSIDE BPC	ELLIE CHARALAMBOUS	TEESSIDE BPC
U17 GIRLS	REBECCA BOYLE	ORMESBY BC	REBECCA WILLIAMSON	TEESSIDE BPC
U19 GIRLS	REBECCA BOYLE	ORMESBY BC	KATY BOYES	THORNABY BC
U9 BOYS	THOMAS MACRAE	RICHMOND JBC
U11 BOYS	JOSH McCOLGAN	TEESSIDE BPC	OLIVER HESLOP	TEESSIDE BPC
U13 BOYS Novice	ADAM BRAMLEY	BRIERTON CSC JBC	JAMIE BELL	HUMMERSKNOTT
U13 BOYS	LEWIS POOLE	TEESSIDE BPC	JOSEPH MASON	BRIERTON CSC JBC
U15 BOYS Novice	MATTHEW TREWARTHA	THORNABY PAV JBC	OLIVER DAWSON	ALL SAINTS SCH
U15 BOYS	NATHAN STEWART-WALKER	TEESSIDE BPC	LEWIS POOLE	TEESSIDE BPC
U17 BOYS	JAMES PARNELL	TEESSIDE BPC	NATHAN STEWART-WALKER	TEESSIDE BPC
U19 BOYS Novice	PHIL GIBBON	MARSKE JBC	BEN WHITAKER-SHARPE	RICHMOND JBC
U19 BOYS	JOSH YOUNG	MARSKE BC	JAMES PARNELL	TEESSIDE BPC
DOUBLES
U13 GIRLS	SHANNON MAUGHAN HANAH GORAM	AYCLIFFE BC DARLINGTON	NICOLE COURTNEY SIOBHAN STACEY	TCS THORNABY PAV JBC
U15 GIRLS Novice	ALEXANDRA WALKER SOPHIE LEWIS	THORNABY PAV JBC THORNABY PAV JBC	LAUREN HARRINGTON EMMA HARDY	NORTHFIELD SCH NORTHFIELD SCH
U15 GIRLS	ELLIE CHARALAMBOUS SHANNON MAUGHAN	TEESSIDE BPC AYCLIFFE BC	LAUREN ASHTON BETH BLENKINSOPP	TEESSIDE BPC DURHAM BPC
U17 GIRLS	REBECCA BOYLE HANNAH PAYNE	ORMESBY BC MARSKE JBC	JENNIFER BRAMLEY ELLIE CHARALAMBOUS	BRIERTON CSC BC TEESSIDE BPC
U19 GIRLS	REBECCA BOYLE DANNI HIGMAN	ORMESBY BC MARSKE BC	REBECCA WILLIAMSON NICOLE HARRISON	TEESSIDE BPC TEESSIDE BPC
U11 BOYS	JOSH McCOLGAN OLIVER HESLOP	TEESSIDE BPC TEESSIDE BPC
U13 BOYS Novice	ADAM BRAMLEY OMAR MAQBOOL	BRIERTON CSC BC ACORN BC
U13 BOYS	JOSEPH MASON LUKE METCALFE	BRIERTON CSC BC BRIERTON CSC BC	SAM HENRY JAMES SOUTHWICK-HAWKES	BRIERTON CSC JBC TEESSIDE BPC
U15 BOYS Novice	OLIVER WATSON BENJAMIN BROWN	EGGLESCLIFFE SCH THORNABY PAV JBC
U15 BOYS	NATHAN STEWART-WALKER FINN CONNOR-WATSON	TEESSIDE BPC BRIERTON CSC BC	PETER VAUGHAN DANIEL SOUTHWICK-HAWKES	BRIERTON CSC BC TEESSIDE BPC
U17 BOYS	NATHAN STEWART-WALKER MATTHEW HENRY	TEESSIDE BPC BRIERTON CSC BC	MATTHEW TIMMS NAT POOLE	THORNABY PAV BC TEESSIDE BPC
U19 BOYS Novice	DAN JONES TYLER LOWE	RICHMOND JBC RICHMOND JBC
U19 BOYS	ANDREW PEEBLES JOSH YOUNG	MARSKE BC MARSKE BC	ADAM PICKARD MATTHEW TIMMS	THORNABY PAV BC THORNABY PAV BC
U15 MIXED	BETH BLENKINSOPP NATHAN STEWART-WALKER	DURHAM BPC TEESSIDE BPC	LAUREN ASHTON LEWIS POOLE	TEESSIDE BPC TEESSIDE BPC
U19 MIXED	REBECCA BOYLE JOSH YOUNG	ORMESBY BC ORMESBY BC	DANNI HIGMAN ADAM PICKARD	MARSKE BC THORNABY PAV BC

BC = Badminton Club. JBC = Junior Badminton Club. BPC = Badminton Performance Centre. SCH = School.

ACORN BC based at the Acorn Centre at Acklam Grange School, Middlesbrough.

BRIERTON CSC BC & JBC = Brierton Community Sports Centre BC/JBC, Hartlepool.

THORNABY PAV BC & JBC = Thornaby Pavilion BC/JBC based at Thornaby Pavilion.

TCS = Thornaby Community School.

TEESSIDE BPC is based at Thornaby Pavilion.