Team Leicestershire Junior Badminton News
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Team Leicestershire U13s produce another Shires League win
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Our U13 team had another successful weekend, beating Nottinghamshire 11-9 in the Shires League on 13th October. Great job!
Under 13s Shires League result Team Leicestershire 18 Derbyshire 2
A great weekend for Team Leicestershire Badminton Juniors, with the U13 team winning 18-2 against Derbyshire in the Shires League and a U13/12/11 team also beating Derbyshire in a friendly.
7/10/13
7/10/13
Tom Armstrong joins Team Leicestershire as Head Coach
Team Leicestershire has a new Head Coach this year. Tom Armstrong has returned to Leicestershire after several years coaching in New Zealand. Tom, who was originally involved in setting up the Leicestershire PC, has taken on the this important role at an exciting time when Team Leicestershire is reorganising to provide the best possible pathway for young players to achieve their full potential and to improve the standard of badminton at all levels within Leicestershire. August 2013
England caps for Leicestershire juniors
Congratulations to two young Leicestershire players Jai Chandarana and Hope Warner who have both had a fantastic season, the highlight being selected to represent England in their respective age groups.
Cerryg Davies U13 mixed team event
Congratulations to our U13 team who took part in this event. Leicestershire came joint 4th with Staffordshire. Well done!
LSBA Presentation Evening - Friday 28th June
The Leicestershire Schools Badminton Association Presentation Evening will be held in the Lecture Theatre at Babingon Community College from 7pm-9pm on Friday 28th June.
County Colours and Trophies will be presented to this year’s champions and personal award winners, plus all County Squad Players for 2012 – 2013 season will be presented with a certificate. Bar open until 10pm
Leicestershire badminton county championships U15 results
The county championships U15s provided some excellent badminton from all players.
Singles winners were Hope and Jai (who also won the U13 singles the previous weekend) with runners up Michelle and Nick.
The ladies winners were Chloe and Michelle, with Zoe and Wembley in second place.
Jai and Nick won the mens with runners up Oliver and Bill.
The mixed was won by Chloe and James. Zoe and Nick were runners up.
Singles winners were Hope and Jai (who also won the U13 singles the previous weekend) with runners up Michelle and Nick.
The ladies winners were Chloe and Michelle, with Zoe and Wembley in second place.
Jai and Nick won the mens with runners up Oliver and Bill.
The mixed was won by Chloe and James. Zoe and Nick were runners up.
Leicestershire badminton county championships U13 results
Congratulations to all our talented U13 players who took part in the county championships last weekend. Singles winners were Hope and Jai with runners up Ella and Martin.
Hope and Jai won the mixed with Ella and Martin taking second place.
In the ladies Hope partnered Fatimer to take first place while Issy and Aradhana were runners up.
Jai and Ryan won the mens with Martin and Tom taking second place.
Hope and Jai won the mixed with Ella and Martin taking second place.
In the ladies Hope partnered Fatimer to take first place while Issy and Aradhana were runners up.
Jai and Ryan won the mens with Martin and Tom taking second place.
Harod U17 County Challenge (ICT)
A great performance by the Team Leicestershire U17 squad who finished 13th in the 2013 Harod U17 County Challenge (ICT).
9 April 2013
9 April 2013
Player progression
Congratulations to Jacob, who has moved up from our Friday Talent Cell to Monday night Futures training.
15 Mar 2013
North Midway U16 League Winners - for the second successive year!
Team Leicestershire U16 players had a fantastic day at Sheffield on 3rd March for the second leg of the North Midway League. Lying second on points after the first leg in October, the team of Nathan, Tyler, Danny, Nick (substitute for Jonathan, who played in the first leg), Chloe, Rachel, Kristen and Simran got off to a flying start beating Northumberland and then Warwickshire 10-0. Then followed victory over Lancashire 6-4 (the only team to have beaten them in the first leg), 5-5 against Nottinghamshire (won by just 2 points) and Yorkshire 6-4.
5 March 2013
5 March 2013
More Tournament Successes
Team Leicestershire Players have brought home more medals over the last couple of weekends with Chloe winning gold in singles and silver in doubles and mixed last weekend, then Wembly winning silver in singles and gold in doubles with Zoe this weekend in Warwick.
16 Feb 2013
16 Feb 2013
Player progression
Well done to Greg, Robbie, Stephen, Joe and Cameron for moving up from Futures to Developing Squad.
7 Feb 2013
7 Feb 2013
Success for Team Leicestershire PC players at Nottingham U15 Bronze Tournament
Another successful weekend for Wembley and Zoe, who won gold at the Nottingham U15 Bronze Tournament. Well done girls!
2 Feb 2013
2 Feb 2013
Warwickshire U15 Silver Tournament successes
Congratulations to Michelle for her victory in the women's singles and to Wembley and Zoe for being runners up in the ladies doubles.
27 Jan 2013
27 Jan 2013
Promotion to Development Squad
Congratulations to Wembley and Ryan for moving up to the Developing Squad.
19 Jan 2013
19 Jan 2013
Talent Cell Sessions for Spring Term
Talent Cell sessions at Babington College on Friday evenings and Hinckley Leisure Centre on Monday evenings have started for the Spring term. Players who wish to attend these sessions need to return their forms with payment to Debbie Dy, Performance Centre Liaison Officer, as soon as possible. For further details contact Debbie at [email protected]
19 Jan 2013
19 Jan 2013