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News
2010 -2011 Calendars
Programme of events as at end of August
Northumberland U19 Tournament 2010
The 2010 U19 Northumberland Individual Tournament will be held on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st November 2010 at The Parks North Shields.
Closing date for Entries : 29th October
2010-2011 Junior County Restricted Championships
Under 14 & Under 18
Saturday 18th September 2010
John Spence School , Preston Road, North Shields, NE29 9PU
Closing Date for Entries 13th September
New Junior Club
Please note the addition of a new junior badminton club. Detiails on the Junior Clubs page
2010-2011 Junior Entry Forms
The 'NEW' 2010-11 Junior Entry Forms are now available for download from the BADMINTON England website on the link below. Check the closing dates especially for those tournaments that are at the start of the season
1st4sport Level 1 Certificate In Coaching Badminton (Assistant Coach)
Taught Programme
Dates Sunday 24 October 2010 and Sunday 7 November 2010
Time 9:00am - 5:00 pm
Venue Sports Centre , Northumbria University Coach Lane Campus, Coach Lane, Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7XA Tel 0191 2156575Assessment
Date Sunday 14 November 2010
Time 9:00 am - 5.00 pm
Venue Sports Centre , Northumbria University Coach Lane Campus, Coach Lane, Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7XA Tel 0191 2156575The final date for applications to reach BADMINTON England is Monday 27 September
U12 and U16 County Restricted
Results from the rearranged U12 and U16 County Restricted Tournaments
UK School Games - North East England
2nd - 5 th September 2010
The Sainsbury's UK Schools Games is a multi-sport event for the most talented young people of school age in the country.
This year's event is being hosted by Gateshead, Newcastle and Sunderland and consists of ten sports and 1600 athletes from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Gateshead International Stadium will host the Athletics in the Arena on 3 rd - 4 th September
Badminton ( Sports Hall) and Judo (Athletics Hall) will be held over the 3 days 3 rd - 5 th September.
Cycling will be within the vicinity of the Stadium on 4 th -5 th September and the Gymnastics will take place at Gateshead Leisure Centre 4 th -5 th September.
All details available www.ukschoolgames.com
Ticket Line; 0844 847 1658
U16 and U12 County Championships
Having been cancelled before Christmas due to the snow the championships have now been rearranged.
John Spence School, North Tyneside on Sunday 4th July.
Completed entries need to be returned to Richard Taylor by Monday 28th June.
If anyone needs to ask anything about this, please contact Richard Taylor on 07764 943984, preferably before Wednesday 23rd June.
Yehlex Birmingham Badminton Bonanza 2010?
National Indoor Arena
7th - 8th August 2010
UKCC Badminton Coaching Level 1
University of Cumbria (Newton Rigg) Sports Centre, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0AH
Day One: 03/07/2010
Day Two: 17/07/2010
Day Three: 24/07/2010
If you are interested in registering for this course please visit the BADMINTON England website - www.badmintonengland.co.uk/coaching (click on find a course for a booking form)
Update on Rally Point Scoring
Time for everyone to know the score
BADMINTON England has called on players throughout the UK to abandon traditional scoring and embrace Rally Point Scoring from now on.
The request from BADMINTON England Chief Executive Adrian Christy follows the decision taken at last month's annual general meeting of the Badminton World Federation to delete the traditional scoring system, as an alternative to rally point scoring, from the Laws of the Game.
The proposal placed before the annual meeting read:
To amend the Laws of Badminton (Part II Section 1B -APPENDIX 3) to delete the traditional scoring system as an alternative scoring system.
The AGM voted in favour of the proposal, effective immediately.
Rally Point Scoring is now well established on the international stage following its introduction in 2006. All Super Series, World Championships, Continental Championships, Commonwealth and Olympic Games, and other frontline international tournaments have adopted it. RPS is also the system used in all major domestic tournaments in the UK.
BADMINTON England are eager for players of all standards to embrace totally the RPS system, especially as UK badminton enters this exciting four-year phase when London will stage World and Olympic Championships over the next two years and Glasgow will host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Adrian Christy sees it is vital in the continued development of our future GB talent that they embrace RPS at an early age, either in their school or club badminton.
He explained: "Since its introduction in 2006, BADMINTON England has supported RPS by implementing the change in all sanctioned events and this will continue.
"At the time, we understood that some clubs and leagues would prefer to retain the traditional scoring system while consulting members. The result has been that, gradually over time, the majority have adopted the new system."But some still retain the traditional scoring system.
"As any tournament outside BADMINTON England's sanction operates autonomously, we suspect local rules will continue to be applied despite the change to the Laws of Badminton.
"However, BADMINTON England does not believe the continued use of the traditional scoring system for any tournament or league is advantageous for the game, particularly those involving junior players, and therefore strongly recommends full adoption of RPS."
Important changes - Vetting and Barring Scheme
You may be aware of the introduction of the Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS). The scheme is an important change to the law and it aims to protect children and vulnerable adults by ensuring that people who are judged to present a risk of harm are not allowed to work with them. A single body, the Independent Safeguarding Authority ( ISA ), is now responsible for making the decisions on who should be barred from working with children and vulnerable adults. The scheme requires that everyone who is working in regulated activity with children (defined as those under 18) or vulnerable adults is checked and registered with the ISA. Registration will be phased in over a 5 year period.
Please follow the links below for further information about the Vetting and Barring Scheme and when registration is required:
A new CRB form has been developed which will enable someone to apply for a CRB check and/or to register with the ISA. CRB will no longer be able to process the old style form from the 26th July 2010 . If we receive the old form any later than the 12th July 2010 we cannot guarantee that the form will be processed. From the 26th July 2010, only the new CRB forms will be accepted. So please be aware that anybody who currently has a CRB form that has not be filled in or sent it back to us, if it is not returned to us by 12th July 2010 we cannot guarantee that the form will be processed.
Guidance on completing the new forms will be put on the website along with guidance for BADMINTON England approved verifiers as to how to complete the new form.
This email has been sent to all club main contacts as well as club welfare officers so that clubs are made aware of the changes. If you have any questions about any of the above please contact safeguarding@badmintonengland.co.uk or call 01908 268400 and ask to speak to the Education and Training Team.
Honours for Northumberland Badminton Association Volunteers
At the annual Presentation Evening of Northumberland Badminton Association, 5 volunteers were rewarded for their services to badminton.
Firstly, current County Secretary Norma Waterfield and Vice Chairman Steve Abbott both received English Badminton Awards, in recognition of their "long standing exceptional service to badminton in England". Norma and Steve join a select group of recipients of this award across the whole country. Locally, Ian Ferguson, Bob Pearson and Walter Arkley already have the award. Jo Clarke, BADMINTON England's Regional Manager for Yorkshire and the North East, guest of honour at the Presentation Evening, presented Norma and Steve with their awards and paid tribute to their many years of outstanding service to badminton. Since she first represented Northumberland as a player on the County Senior team whilst still at school, Norma has been involved in badminton in the County for a staggering 45 years, with a great many of those as a volunteer! Steve has also served the County in various roles for nearly 30 years! During the season, Steve's weekends are spent either running a tournament or County match, or transporting players to Away County matches all over England and Scotland! Both are worthy recipients of this prestigious award.
Jo then went on to present trophies to all those clubs whose teams won their leagues. It was good to see a newly formed club, Morpeth Riverside, pick up a trophy in their first season in the County leagues.
Finally, Ian Little from Yehlex, presented 3 worthy volunteers with beautiful glass trophies (which he kindly supplied) in recognition of all their voluntary work for Northumberland Badminton Association over the years. These volunteers had been nominated by clubs or individuals. The awards went to Ray Martin (for all his work in junior badminton in Northumberland and Tyne and Wear), Foong Tham (for all his work with junior badminton in Northumberland), and Andrew McGill (for all his work in helping set up the highly successful Grading system in Northumberland).
An excellent ceilidh was enjoyed by all the club representatives and awards winners.
Norma, Steve and Jo Clarke (centre)with their English Badminton Awards
left to right - NBA Volunteer Award winners Andrew McGill, Foong Tham, Ray Martin. Far right Ian Little from Yehlex who supplied and presented the awards.
Most Promising U12 Boy and Girl Awards.
For the first time, a junior badminton player from North Tyneside received the Annual Chair of North Tyneside Council's award for The Most Promising Under 12 Boy and Girl Player in Northumberland County. Naomi Chidambaram-Nathan, a student at St Thomas More RC High School in North Shields, was presented with her shield at Benfield Centre for Sporting Excellence. The award, established a few years ago by a former Chair of North Tyneside Council, Councillor Carter, who became a great fan of badminton during his time in office, has continued to be presented annually by the Chair of North Tyneside Council.
Naomi has represented Northumberland on a number of occasions and has begun to compete in BADMINTON England tournaments. Naomi is coached at North Tyneside Academy by Steve Sharp, who was there to see Naomi receive her award from Councillor Huscroft.
The Most Promising U12 Boy award went to Newcastle's extremely talented Amit Chaudhari, who attends Newcastle Royal Grammar School and is coached at the Newcastle Performance Centre by Rob Wetherell. Amit, who has represented the County many times, has had some outstanding tournament results this season and his reputation is growing nationally.
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The photo shows Amit and Naomi and the Chair of North Tyneside Council, Councillor Huscroft, who was delighted to be invited to Benfield, where he watched some of the Performance Centre session before presenting the shields.
Line Judges Invitations to Overseas Tournaments
Community Badminton
Northumberland County AGM
The minutes of the AGM held on Sunday 9th May are now available
North Tyneside Community Badminton Network Receives A Major Award
Badminton was one of the most successful sports at the second North Tyneside Sports Awards presentation evening. The local CBN, known as the North Tyneside Badminton Partnership, took the award for "Contribution to Sports Development"
This was a huge achievement for this World Leading CBN, beating off the challenge of other major sports in the area, and it is a testament to the massive amount of development work undertaken by all partners in the CBN. A number were there to see Regional Officer Norma Waterfield receive a handsome trophy. Norma is absolutely delighted with this award. She is also delighted that Rene Waugh, the 66 year old volunteer who now runs the hugely successful North Tyneside Women and Girls Club, which Norma set up, received a runner-up prize in the Senior Volunteer Award category! Steve Sharp, the inspirational coach who has done so much to get so many schools offering badminton in North Tyneside, and so many children playing the sport, received a runner-up prize for the second successive year in the Coach of the Year category, but unfortunately Steve was unable to attend the presentation. Ironically, the Chair of the CBN, Neil Carmichael, who retired from his post as Manager of North Tyneside's Sports Development Unit 6 months ago, was a runner-up to the CBN, nominated for all his work in developing tennis and badminton over the years!! A wonderful evening was enjoyed by all.
Dennis Gray (Northumberland CBA Chair who represents the CBA on the CBN Committee), Mandy Bennett (North Tyneside Sports Development), Charlotte Sayers (Partnership Development Manager), Rene Waugh with her trophy, Norma with the winning trophy, Darren Greco (North Tyneside Sports Development and Secretary of the CBN), Neil Carmichael with his trophy.
Badminton star honoured at North East Disability Sports Awards
Nineteen year-old William Smith has been named 'Male Sports Personality of the Year' at the Npower North East Disability Sports Awards. William, from Prudhoe, Northumberland, was honoured by the English Federation of Disability Sport after a year which saw him rise to a career-high world ranking of 3 in Men's Singles and 23 in Men's Doubles.
William, who lost his right leg above the knee after cancer at the age of 10, took up playing badminton in P.E. lessons, finding he had a natural aptitude for the sport. He started playing in a club in Newcastle and now competes at every Four Nations Disability Championships, the flagship disability badminton tournament in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. A dream year saw him pick up silver medals in both Single and Men's Doubles of the Four Nations Championships in Liverpool in February 2009, and the same tally at the Scottish leg. In both the Welsh and Irish legs he improved to take gold in the singles and silver in the doubles. On the back of these successes, William also represented England in the prestigious German International Open in Dortmund in May, bringing home Bronze medals in both Singles and Doubles.
William remains modest about his achievements, and insisted he was honoured just to be nominated for the award: "I play badminton for enjoyment, but it's great to be recognised and it gives me motivation to train and play harder. There were some great athletes nominated for this award so I was really surprised to win." In the future, Will hopes to have a chance to compete on an even bigger stage: "Badminton isn't currently a Paralympic sport, but I hope that by the time of the Rio de Janeiro games in 2016 it will be - playing there would be amazing."
Badminton England Regional Officer for Northumberland, Norma Waterfield, who nominated William for the award, commented:
"I am delighted that Will has received this prestigious EFDS award. He had a tremendous 2009. Will has been a pleasure to support and I hope that he goes on to achieve even greater success in the future. He is a superb role model for badminton".
William is now looking forward to competing in the English leg of the Four Nations Championships at the Sugden Sport Centre in Manchester from the 16-18th of April.
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