tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2437359038011965562024-02-19T23:25:56.685-08:00BadkidzAlan R Spinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589775016642560883noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243735903801196556.post-34229058785742487122012-01-23T01:32:00.000-08:002012-04-18T03:34:42.091-07:00SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL 2011<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b>ENGLISH BADMINTON</b> got a big boost this <span style="font-family: inherit;">weekend in the Swedish International in Stockholm. First Jenny Wallwork and Nathan Robertson lifted the Mixed Doubles title, defeating the Danish pair Mads Pieler Kolding and Julie Houmann 21-17 21-17<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">. </span></span><br />
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Rajiv's most likely opponent in the final will be Carl Baxter (runner up for the last 4 years). Hard to see anyone else threatening Carl's place in the final although Harry Wright, Ben Beckman and Neil White will be snapping at his heals.<br />
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</tbody></table>A fit Liz Cann should return to reclaim the ladies title, last year Liz was knocked out by youngster Chloe Birch, which was a fantastic result and hopefully shows that we have some young players with real potential coming through in the next few years. Liz's opponent in the final could be either last years winner Nicola Cerfontyne or Sarah Walker who pushed Nicola all the way in last years final.<br />
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</tbody></table>If Chris fails in his bid to win the men's title for the first time he will almost certainly have a shot of taking the the mixed event with Gabby White, if he can slay the winners of the last two years Jenny Wallwork and Nathan Robertson.<br />
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Should be a good event with a batch of good young players hoping to upset the established players, see you in Bolton? Regards Alan.Alan R Spinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589775016642560883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243735903801196556.post-45141646263479857552011-11-27T05:07:00.000-08:002011-11-27T05:09:05.635-08:00ALEX LANE - U17 European ChampionDevon's ALEX LANE has won the 2011 U17 European mens singles final in Caldas da Rainha,<br />
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</tbody></table>Alex, ranked 1 for the event comfortably beat Danish player Rasmus Gemke 21-19 21-9 in the 35 minute final. Later today Jenny Moore and Victoria Williams will contest the Womens doubles final, for results please visit <a href="http://www.tournamentsofware.com/">http://www.tournamentsofware.com/</a>Alan R Spinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589775016642560883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243735903801196556.post-41076761367742019522011-08-28T07:41:00.000-07:002011-11-27T05:10:45.431-08:00World Badminton Championships 2011<strong>CONGRATULATIONS </strong>to Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier for wining the Mixed Doubles Silver Medal at the 2011 World Badminton Championships.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"> This left only Lanacshire in the the way of the title. Warwickshire had beaten them 7-3 two weeks before so confidence was fairly high.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But after going 0-4 down it was starting to look like Warwickshire were going to miss out yet again. A brief team talk by coach Pete Chapman was needed and the fight back began. Eight of the the next ten rubbers went Warwickshire's way, with the score now standing at 8-6, Lancashire then pulled back taking a 9-8 advantage into the final three games, Rhys Walker and Sam Parsons won thier doubles, 9-9, meaning that it was all down to the last two girls doubles matches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Full results from the event can be found at:- <a href="http://www.shiresbadminton.co.uk/">http://www.shiresbadminton.co.uk/</a></span>Alan R Spinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589775016642560883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243735903801196556.post-12958868019239380242011-04-27T01:27:00.000-07:002011-05-06T12:49:01.913-07:00European Junior Championships 2011<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CONGRATULATIONS to Chris Coles and Matthew Nottingham on winning the men's double title at the European Junior Championships 2011.</span><br />
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</tbody></table> <span style="font-family: Arial;">Chris and Matt overcame German pair Holzer and Schwenger, after losing the first rubber 15-21 they came back to take the match 21-14 21-15 in 41mins.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Matt had also picked up a silver medal in the mixed final with Helen Lewczynska, losing 19-21 21-14 21-16.</span>Alan R Spinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589775016642560883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243735903801196556.post-27003980411666889802011-04-22T02:49:00.000-07:002011-05-06T12:49:39.430-07:00ICT 2011 - Final Day<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SO CLOSE FOR THE FINAL FOUR!</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After four days of competition any one of the four teams from Lancashire, Warwickshire, Buckinghamshire and Cheshire were still in with a chance of winning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In the end Bucks proved too stong for Lancs, thier 7-3 victory ment they took the title without loosing a single match.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Warwickshire and Cheshire were left to battle it out for second and third, unbelivablely after the final shuttle was hit the scores were tied 5 rubbers all, level on games and level on points!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Cheshire were awarded second place due to better results of the first ranked players. congraulations to them and bad luck Warwicks.</span><br />
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<div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I Hope to publish a complete list of results from the event when I can.</span></div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the photographs from the event are available for viewing and purchase at:- </span><a href="http://actionphotography.photoshelter.com/gallery-list"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://actionphotography.photoshelter.com/gallery-list</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div align="left"><br />
</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Please get in touch if you have any questions - cheers Alan.</span></div>Alan R Spinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589775016642560883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243735903801196556.post-19940884282007748962011-04-17T14:18:00.000-07:002011-04-18T12:25:36.478-07:00ICT 2011 - Day One<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">4 DAYS - 40 TEAMS - 400 PLAYERS</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.badmintonwarwickshire.com/">Warwickshire</a> started their ICT 2011 campaign with two relative easy wins (both 10-0) against Guernsey and Berkshire. Sam Parson's scoring an impressive 38 points in singles before conceding a single point. </span>Alan R Spinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589775016642560883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243735903801196556.post-15160572900962068372011-04-16T06:22:00.000-07:002011-04-16T07:18:35.822-07:00ICT 2011Hi Everyone,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All The Action from U17 ICT 2011 - Photos from <a href="http://actionphotography.photoshelter.com/gallery/U17-ICT-2011/G0000YhJTlndldtY/">http://actionphotography.photoshelter.com/gallery/U17-ICT-2011/G0000YhJTlndldtY/</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table> Alan R Spinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589775016642560883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243735903801196556.post-33131475181293787762011-04-15T09:45:00.000-07:002011-05-06T12:51:38.594-07:00U17 Nationals 2011<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good things come in 3's for the U17 English Nationals champion</span></h1><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_824684682"></a> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rhyswalker.com/">Rhys Walker - Warwickshire</a></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Warkwickshire’s <strong>Rhys Walker </strong>proved to be a triple threat, taking the title in 3 of the 5 disciplines on offer whilst Holly Smith of Durham did a ‘double in the doubles’ at the recent 2010-11 U17 English National Age Group Championships hosted by the Hertfordshire Sports Village.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Walker, justified his billing as top seed, by seeing off the challenge of <strong>Tom Wolfenden</strong> [Lancs] 21-16, 25-23 to claim the <strong>Boys Singles title</strong> for a 4th consecutive year – a feat he shares with England Number 1 and World Number 15 Rajiv Ouseph, who also holds the same accolade but at senior level.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And that was just the start for Walker who paired up with regular partner <strong>Aaron Cheng</strong> [Surrey] to claim the <strong>Boys Doubles title</strong> - with a 22-20, 21-18 victory over Darren Adamson and Daniel Hatt - and then joined <strong>Holly Smith</strong> on court to take the <strong>Mixed Doubles tit</strong>le.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was the second of two doubles crowns for Smith who, alongside <strong>Sophie Sankey</strong>, took the plaudits and trophy in the <strong>Girls Doubles event </strong>with a comprehensive 21-12, 21-13 win over Avon pairing of Lynniette Aung and Jessica Hopton.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aung and Hopton, buoyed by individual successes at the U15 English National Age Group Championships, were the surprise package on show.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holly Smith didn’t have everything her own way, finding her charge to match Walker’s triple haul halted by <strong>Chloe Birch </strong>[Yorks] </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the<strong> Girls Singles </strong>final. Birch, who continues to go from strength to strength, bounced back from losing the first game to win a tight final 14-21, 21-17, 21-18.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was 2nd year in a row that Smith has ended up on the wrong end of the scoreline at the final hurdle to finish as runner up.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elsewhere and credits also go out to <strong>Tom Wolfenden</strong> who won through to two Finals and one Semi Final without success whilst <strong>Darren Adamson</strong>, finalist in the Boys Doubles, also reached the Semi Final stage in the Mixed Doubles and Boys Singles.<br />
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For a full results service from the <strong>2010-11 U17 English National Age Group Championships</strong>, click</span><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/text.asp?section=811&sectionTitle=National+Championships"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HERE</span></a></strong>Alan R Spinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589775016642560883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243735903801196556.post-27219358849528135052011-04-01T10:38:00.000-07:002011-04-15T10:45:19.995-07:00U19 Nationals 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><h1><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">U19 Nationals 'double joy' for Milne and Nottingham</span></h1><h1><span style="font-size: small;">Yorkshire’s Sarah Milne and Matthew Nottingham of Cheshire both successfully retained the U19 Nationals titles they won in 2010 - and then returned to court to collect further titles at the 2011 English National U19 Championships at the<span style="background-color: #999999;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/"><span style="background-color: #999999; color: #cccccc; font-size: small;">National Badminton Centre</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> in Milton Keynes.</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oXs-MrejDT5DM4rnzyU8HUOmMM3NNAAQxhH4csLZbX3PKyprOg1ggo4NzxdRM_uZLHoUZQqwQUB_jCgScGVs-dX99Bh33k5du07GsH9_jU1UD9RjDXF3jZ3KP5r-tRekNLuuuNkaHPBL/s1600/Sarah.Milne_AS072686.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oXs-MrejDT5DM4rnzyU8HUOmMM3NNAAQxhH4csLZbX3PKyprOg1ggo4NzxdRM_uZLHoUZQqwQUB_jCgScGVs-dX99Bh33k5du07GsH9_jU1UD9RjDXF3jZ3KP5r-tRekNLuuuNkaHPBL/s1600/Sarah.Milne_AS072686.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyCPcU5sOTMdFYDCEAk8bCXwPZCdUC5kn-qIDSHK30BlbB1OSvUGrbktPqejq1WvM9sfIdSSVQkgDGgt6E4KH1k6BS5jy8oAPsz2Xc1fnbOTZgedczTM_MXsH9C-1eQDjHnYq6aE2FNjI/s1600/Matt.Nottingham_AS072475.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyCPcU5sOTMdFYDCEAk8bCXwPZCdUC5kn-qIDSHK30BlbB1OSvUGrbktPqejq1WvM9sfIdSSVQkgDGgt6E4KH1k6BS5jy8oAPsz2Xc1fnbOTZgedczTM_MXsH9C-1eQDjHnYq6aE2FNjI/s1600/Matt.Nottingham_AS072475.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Milne successfully saw off Hertfordshire’s Helena Lewczynska in the Semi Final to set up a repeat of last year’s <strong>Womens Singles</strong> final against Panuga Riou [Hampshire] and the Leeds star was, once again, simply too strong for her opponent, winning 21-11, 21-14 to defend her title.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Riou had earlier needed all her experience to defeat the unseeded surprise package of Chloe Birch, who had knocked out 4th seed (and her doubles partner) Georgina Bland to reach the last 4.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">However Milne was not finished there. The Leeds star then paired up with Jessica Fletcher to add the <strong>Women’s Doubles </strong>title, after a 21-14, 21-14 victory over promising pairing of Sophie Brown and Holly Smith.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The defeated finalists had produced the one notable shock of the event - downing top seeds Helena Lewczynska and Hayley Rogers in the Semi Finals.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Yet Milne was not the only player to do ‘the double’ over the weekend - Matthew Nottingham tasted success in both the Mens and Mixed Doubles disciplines.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Nottingham joined Chris Coles on court as top seeds in the <strong>Mens Doubles </strong>and did not disappoint, taking the title in a tough final against Harley Towler and Alex Fowler.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Neither partnership had dropped a game going into the final and spectators were treated to some long rallies as the pairs battled it out for the title with Nottingham and Coles eventually emerging victorious at 21-19, 21-16.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Nottingham’s<em> ‘double in the doubles’</em> was completed when he teamed up with partner Helena Lewczynska in the <strong>Mixed Doubles</strong> event.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The partnership had fallen at the Semi Final stage at last year’s competition but went one better this time around, defeating 3rd seeds, Harley Towler and Emily Westwood 21-14, 17-21, 21-17 to edge a tense final.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">In the <strong>Men’s Singles</strong> event, revenge was order of the day when Toby Penty survived a tough last 4 clash with Chris Coles to set up a Finals Day date with 2010 winner Josh Green.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Green had beaten Penty in the semi final stage on his way to victory at last year Championships but it was the man from Surrey who took the honours this time around.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Top seed Penty edged a close opening game 22-20 then took control in the second game, wrapping up victory with a 21-14 win.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Speaking of the Championships, Martin Andrew, BADMINTON England’s Junior Performance Head Coach said “<em>The U19 Nationals are always a pressured environment for the top players so it was good to see many of them respond to the difficult situations and win titles. Other players also showed that they can perform at a good level and challenge the more established players</em>.”<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Andrew added “<em>The current U19 age group are very competitive and are pushed hard by some of the younger players which is very encouraging to see for the future</em>.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">For a full list of results, click <strong><a href="http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=617778F0-9B89-471C-BCAA-B208D320A5F1&d=20110327">HERE</a></strong> and for photos please, click <strong><a href="http://www.actionphotography.co.uk/">HERE</a></strong></span></span><br />
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