Southend Junior 2* Tournament

Belfairs High School will host a Forza Level 2 tournament on 24th February 2018, for U12/U14/U16/U18 players.

The entry form can be downloaded from the Essex County website at http://www.badminton-essex.uk/tournaments.php

This event is suitable for all young players excluding those that have represented their county in a junior match.

Sunday Junior Sessions to Xmas

There will not be any Sunday junior sessions on 26th November or 3rd December.

We will be playing on 10th and 17th December and restarting early in the New Year.

Junior Sessions on Sundays

There will not be any junior sessions on the following dates;

October 29th
November 26th
December 3rd

The last session before Xmas will be on 17th December.

Team Nominations

We have selected the following players to be nominated in teams where required by the league rules;

Essex Men 1 = Simon Gilhooly (c), Trevor Rogers, Steve White, Joe Skornia, Oscar Hackett, Martin Southgate
Essex Mixed 1 = Trevor Rogers (c), Caz Westley, Michelle Bellman, Mandy Davies, Simon Gilhooly, Dan Moss
Essex Combi 1 = Trevor Rogers (c), Michelle Bellman, Caroline Woodcock, Steve White

Federation Men A = Steve White (c), Steve Tilbury (vc), Joe Mason, Rej Hussain, Mahmood Hussain, Mat Lucas
Federation Men B = Rohan Yoganathan (c), Scott Crockett, Cian Daley, Simon Bartlett, Andy Thomas, Darrell Smith
Federation Women A = Michelle Bellman (c), Caroline Woodcock, Karen Wilson, Mandy Davies
Federation Mixed A = Joe Mason (c), Mat Lucas, Steve Tilbury, Caroline Woodcock, Julia Cloughton, Hattie Wade


Captains of the other teams are free to pick from all other members;

Essex Men 2 = TBA
Essex Mixed 2 = Caroline Woodcock
Essex Combi 2 = Julia Cloughton

Federation Men C = Craig Stokoe
Federation Mixed B = Pennie Hackett
Federation Mixed C = Pennie Hackett

Welcome to 2017/18 Season

The new season is underway ..... club nights will continue on a Thursday at Leisure World until our league matches get started. We hope to be able to confirm arrangements for Tuesdays later this week.

Pay & Play sessions continue on Monday's at TLA School.

We will be talking to everyone about renewing their membership unless you are already on the rolling Direct Debit.


We will have the following teams;

Colchester Federation - 3 men's doubles, 2 mixed, 2 women's doubles
Essex League - 2 men's doubles, 2 mixed, 1 women's doubles and a team in the Combination format

Fixtures and team membership will be announced as soon as possible.

Summer Club Extended

We have extended our booking at Leisure World on Thursday evenings right through the summer.

Stanway School is out of action so we continue at Leisure World on a Thursday through to Xmas, once matches start this will revert to being the match night and club will return to Tuesdays, probably at the Garrison.

Best Net Shot Ever

Watch out for Lee Ching Wei's net shot against Chen Long .... the best I've ever seen!

https://youtu.be/pmxnqzygD2w

Long Rallies

Lucky they don't get thrown out at 10pm ....

https://youtu.be/MSHBSEVYyjU

Outrageous Racket Swap

https://youtu.be/BznsisalYnA

Excellent Highlights from Sudirman Cup Final

https://youtu.be/2CI5GqOH13k

Junior Tournament 2017

The annual Colchester junior tournament will take place on Sunday 21st May at Leisure World, Cowdray Avenue.

We have two events;

Colchester Level 1 for those entering their first tournament - download entry form

Colchester Level 2 for all other junior players excluding those that have played at County level - download entry form

Please download and complete the entry form, returning it with payment as directed.

School Hall Closed 13th & 14th March

At very short notice the school have informed us that the hall will be out of action on 13th & 14th March due to the ongoing extension to the classrooms.

Apologies for late notice.

Support our Olympic Players

Please sign the official petition to complain about the withdrawal of ALL funding for our Olympic hopefuls.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/175561

To get to the Olympic games in badminton you have to be in the top 32 ranked players or pairs and this means that only those playing in the very highest level tournaments has a chance. To get to this level you need to be on the road travelling to tournaments or in practice full time. The days of talented amateurs is long gone.

Only three of our players can sustain themselves through prize money (Chris & Gabby Adcock and Raj Ouseph) - the impact of the withdrawal of funding will force everyone else to choose between funding themselves or leaving the game.

Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge won a surprise bronze medal in Rio last summer - under the new funding regime they would not even have been there.

Only 20,000 people have signed the petition so far. If you haven't already done so please sign it now!