The Year Ahead.

(So Far)

Following the recent management meeting i have some updates.

League Secretary (Clayton Simpson) has published the league fixtures for this season. Vectis have had to change their home games to Fridays with a start time of 18:30.

The first round of The Mallet Cup will be held the week commencing Sunday the 11th of February. clayton will contact club secretaries requesting names of pairs in strength order so that the handicapping committee can begin gathering information on the players.

The first round of The Mallet Cup was drawn.

Freshwater V Westland

Newport V BCA

Wroxall V Ryde B

The semi final of The Mallet Cup will be held on Friday 12th April and the finals on Friday the 19th April. the venue will be confirmed at the next meeting. (Tuesday 6th February) Following a discussion it was decided that the cost of the Semi’s (Hall hire and Shuttles) will be shared between the 2 participating teams and the Finals will be paid for By the Association. We ask that ALL League and Mallet Cup trophies be returned to Clayton ASAP. You can find his contact information on the Committee Page.

I spoke about advertising Badminton better on the Island, Flyers, photography, etc. This being said I will be publishing events ahead of time, hopefully giving the general public enough notice to pop in and watch some games, hopefully further driving the sports popularity.

There will soon be a further post in the County Badminton section with information about the goings on with all county teams.

Change of Dates – Mallet Cup / Mallett Cup Plate

Due to an unforeseen clash of dates the Mallett Cup & Mallett Cup Plate has been rescheduled for the following dates. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Mallett Cup Semi-Final Saturday 4th April, 1-5 PM West Wight Sports Centre.

Mallett Cup Plate Semi-Final Sunday 5th April, 1-5 PM. West Wight Sports Centre.

Mallett Cup & Mallett Cup Plate Finals Saturday 18th April, 1-5 PM. West Wight Sports Centre.

Mallett Cup Quarter Finals

The draw for the Mallett Cup is:

BCA v Ryde Kings D

Vectis B v Ryde Kings C

Freshwater C v Westlands B

Ryde Kings A v Yarmouth

 

The draw for the Mallett Cup Plate is:

Wroxall A v Vectis A

Westlands A v Cowes

Fairway v Freshwater A

Newport v Freshwater B

Ties to be played week commencing Monday February 3rd

Please submit your teams to Kev Foss, 1 week prior to the match

The semi finals of both competitions are at West Wight Sport Centre on March 21st and the finals on March 28th

 

Mallett Cup update

The results of the first round matches were:

Ryde C 5 Wroxall A 0

BCA 5 Vectis A 2

Freshwater C 5 Freshwater A 3

Yarmouth 5 Freshwater B 3

Westlands B 5 Newport 4

Vectis B 5 Wroxall B 3

Ryde D 5 Westlands A 1

Ryde A 5 Fairway 2

Cowes awarded tie against Ryde B who withdrew.

So as to produce 8 teams for the quarter finals, it is necessary to play an additional match which will be Cowes v Westlands B, to be played before christmas.