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Trophy Return Deadline
All trophies must be back with Jean by the last day of Feb (In a clean state!)
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Blackburn Junior League Update
The second round of this years Blackburn Junior League was held at Norden Sports Centre on Sunday 3rd Feb with teams being represented from St Bedes High School, DACA High School, Blackburn Seniors BC and Rossendale Badminton League. As always the badminton on show was of a high quality, demonstrating the depth of talent with East Lancashire. Blackburn Seniors came out on top within both age categories on this occasion. See tables below:
Under 14’s
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Lost | For | Against | Points |
| 1 | Blackburn 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Rossendale 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | DACA 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
Under 16’s
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Lost | For | Against | Points |
| 1 | Blackburn 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 5 |
| 2 | Rossendale1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 |
| 3 | St Bedes 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | Blackburn 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 2 |
| 5 | St Bedes 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 1 |
With two rounds of fixtures now completed the overall tables are as follows:
Under 14’s
| Position | Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total Points |
| 1 | Blackburn 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2 | St Bedes 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Rossendale 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4 | DACA 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Under 16’s
| Position | Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total Points |
| 1 | Blackburn 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 2 | Rossendale1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 3 | St Bedes 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | Blackburn 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | St Bedes 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | DACA 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
The next round will take place on Sunday 24th March.
For further information on the junior league please contact Rick Smith on ricksmith84@hotmail.com
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Club Grants – Are you missing out?
Club Grants: Are You Missing Out?
To support your club, Badminton England is offering you the opportunity to apply for a club support grant of up to £500. The grant should be used to help your club develop and grow and can be used to increase the number of targeted sessions, develop your coaches, run an open event or develop a junior session for example.
Clubs must be affiliated to Badminton England and existing activity or applications that are just for equipment will not be considered.
Please complete and submit the short form below in order to apply for a small grant. This will then be reviewed and your local Relationship Manager will then be in touch. On approval, the full amount of grant awarded will be paid to the club. Clubs will be required to submit monitoring for the project.
Last year the average grant from the club support fund was £460 – get involved today!!
https://goo.gl/forms/Zhin81MMh5qgFVj72
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VOLUNTEERS WANTED
Is there anyone out there who would be willing to help organise a weekly badminton session to promote the sport? These sessions would be aimed at adults at a venue yet to be confirmed.
Please contact any of the committee members if interested.
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Cup Competition 2018-2019
This year 11 teams have entered the cup competition and it will be a knock-out, run on the same lines as last year.
Clubs should submit their teams to Richard Smith by 5:00PM on the Friday before the match for handicapping to take place.
The handicaps will be sent in the usual way, NOT to be opened until the end of the match.
The coloured score sheet is the official one and needs to be returned to jean in the usual way.
The white ones is for your own use and needs to be shown to the home team before the game begins.
The first round begins week commencing January 14th 2019.
The second round begins week commencing February 4th 2019.
The third round begins week commencing March 18th 2019.
The semi finals begin week commencing January 14th 2019.
The final will be played week commencing March 25th.
Teams that have games to fit in should go ahead and fix them up as soon as possible.
The cost of the match courts and shuttles is to be shared equally between both teams.
The draw is shown below.
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Handicapped Tournament Results
A huge thank you to everyone who supported the tournaments. I hope you enjoyed playing in them. If you have any feedback about ways to improve them, please let me know.
The winners are:
Men’s singles- winner Akshay Narayan (Blackburn Seniors) Runner up- Alex Lewis (Blackburn Seniors)
Ladies singles- winner Aqsa Adam (Hit and Miss) Runner up- Honey Edmundson (Blackburn Seniors)
Men’s doubles- winners Abdul Malik and Keith Ashton (Hit and Miss) Runners up- Sam Ashton and Peter Elliott (Hit and Miss)
Ladies doubles- winners Honey Edmundson and Claire Edmundson (Blackburn Seniors) Runners up- Claire Banfield and Jenny Brookfield (Westholme)
Mixed doubles- winners Abdul Malik and Julie Bates (Hit and Miss) Runners up- Andy Finch and Claire Banfield (Westholme)
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Cup Entry Deadline – 16th November
Last date for cup entries is the 16th November, please confirm if you’re entering and who your players are to Jean.
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Handicapped Tournaments
This years handicapped tournaments will be held week commencing 19th November at Norden Sports Centre, Rishton. Each event will begin at 7pm with the following events available:
Tuesday 20th November- men’s singles
Wednesday 21st November- level doubles
Thursday 22nd November- mixed doubles
Entry fees are £5 per player, per event and players must be registered with the Blackburn Badminton League. The closing date is 12 noon Wednesday 14th November. To enter the tournament, please email me the following details as well as your partners name, where relevant:
Name:
Club:
Team (where applicable):
Event(s):
Partners name:
Thanks
Claire
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College – Change of Venue
College has changed venue from St Wilfreds to Blackburn College Leisure Center (BB2 1LQ, new time of 8:00PM)
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Lancashire Fees due
Lancashire fees are now due from clubs, £3.25 per player and the money and list of players either needs to be sent to Claire Banfield or given to Jean when clubs pay their league fees.
The Lancashire fees don’t need to be sent on until the end of October but Jean needs the league ones before the start of the season.