Another fun year that was full of friendly rivalry with our local schools.We have a growing talent of players and large group of boys and girls who play badminton for enjoyment and socialising! My thanks go to all the teachers who have helped and supported badminton; Denise Buckle, Paul Jackson and Geddes Cureton. Qiao Sun (UVF) and Martin Bullard (Shell P) have joined the Warwickshire County Training Squad following a Warwickshire tournament in which they were noticed and approached by the Badminton Association. I wish them well and hope they play for the county team next season.
Many boys played in local tournaments in Coventry and at St. Peters’ School. Here’s a list of the players. Qiao Sun Venkat, Michael Wong, Jonathan Vundum, Martin Bullard, Tom Wintle, Ed Johnson, Andrew Pursley, Greg Langley, Jack Cane and Keshan Pillay. We had a winner (Jonathan) and several runners-up (Qiao, Martin, Thomas, Edward, Andrew, Greg). Our local matches have been against Langley, Arden, Lode Heath, Small Heath and Kingsley (girls).We won 13 matches, drew 1 and lost 1. Quite a season really! 84 games were played with only 23 games lost! If I could pick out the stars of these teams they would be Qiao Sun, Rob Gooden, Tom Shiels, Martin Bullard, Andrew Pursley and Greg Langley, and from the girls, Anaeka Sodha, Stephanie Jobson and Hannah Drysdale. Many more deserve credit.
Lower School colours have been awarded to Ed Johnson (Shell), Martin Bullard and Tom Wintle. In the Middle School colours were awarded to Rob Gooden, Tom Shiels, Chris Szarmach, Tom Haley, Jon Vundum, and Andrew Norman. Some of our great players are leaving since they are UVI. Special thanks to Sam Tucker, Matt Gooden, Greg Betts, Rahul Raghuram, Matthew Browning, Peter Charlton and Anthony Shinton. Keep playing at university and come back and play!
A Great Year! Thank you! See the rest of you all
next year.
Mrs J S Brown