2009/10 IWBA Levels Tournament Report
By · CommentsThe finals of the I.W.Badminton Association’s Levels tournament were held at Fairway Sports Centre on Sunday 29th November 2009.
Jane Jackson retained her Ladies Singles title, defeating Karin Murrant in straight sets. The first set was closely fought with Jane Jackson eventually winning 23-21. Having won the first set, she quickly established a lead in the second set to win 21-9.
Karin Murrant did gain revenge in the Ladies Doubles, partnering Gill Bushell, they defeated Jane Jackson and Ady White 21-18 22-20. Again the Mixed Doubles produced a change of fortune, this time Ady White, partnered by Richard Gray defeated Karin Murrant and Kes Downer 21-19 21-17.
The eagerly awaited Mens Singles final between the holder, Paul Royl and Chris Massey was unfortunately truncated when Paul Royl was forced to concede in the first set with a back injury.
The injury occurred during the first rally but Paul tried to carry on but trailing 18-14 in the first set, he was forced to give up. Consequently, he also had to concede the Mens Doubles to Rudi Hendon-John and Dom Afonso.
Tom Dye won two of the Plate competitions, winning the Mixed doubles with Sandra Dye, 21-19 21-15 against Martin Taylor and Clare Powell then winning the Mixed doubles with Chris Massey against Richard Jones and Barry Bushell 21-8 18-21 21-19. This match was the only 3 set match of the afternoon. At one time in the third set, Tom & Chris led 18-12 but the scores were levelled at 18 all, then 19 all before Tom & Chris secured victory.
The Mens singles Plate was won by Craig Insley 21-13 21-17 against George Utteridge.
Mike West
Tournament Secretary
Senior County Team Report 18-10-09
By · CommentsThe IOW County Badminton team started the season with a great start at home to Somerset.
It Started well with the men’s singles Paul Royl and Chris Massey winning both games. However Vicky Law and Jane Jackson put up a brave fight but were over powered in their singles games. Paul, then joined with Kes Downer in the doubles swiftly dispatched both of Somerset’s pairs as did Richard Gray and Ian Walder in their 2 matches.
The Ladies doubles was a tighter contest, Jane Jackson now joined with Ady White beating Somerset’s first pair in a nail biting 3 sets, but then narrowly losing to their 2nd Pair. Karin Murrant and Caroline Pearson put in a great fight against both pairs taking them to 3 sets in each but narrowly missing out.
Finally the mixed games where Ian and Ady, Paul and Jane both won their mixed games with ease. Kes and Karin took their game to 3 but just losing out in the end, giving an overall victory of 9-6 to the IOW.
Jane Jackson was named Player of the Match by Martin Taylor County Manager.
IWBA Levels Tournament 2009/2010
By · CommentsPlease find attached an entry form for this season’s(2009/2010) levels tournament which is being held at the end of November.
The doubles will be on Sunday November 22nd and the singles on Friday November 27th 2009 with all the finals on Sunday November 29th 2009.
Whilst it is hoped to run a plate competition, we have very little court time available so a decision will be made once the entries are known.
I would be obliged if you could circulate these forms around your club.
Hope you are able to enter.
Mike West
Click HERE for printable PDF entry form (form will open in a new window)
LEAGUE WEEK 8 (14th – 18th Dec)
By · CommentsIt has come to my attention that as this week is so close to the festive season, there are likely to be a number of issues with both hall and player availability. Having given the matter some thought, I feel the best course of action is to rule as follows:-
All league matches that are scheduled to take place during week 8 (14th to 18th December inclusive) should be re-arranged to mutually suitable dates towards the end of the season – unless both teams agree to continue with the original fixture date. Any matches re-arranged under this ruling must be completed by Friday 2nd April 2010.
Could Club Secretaries please inform me of the new dates of any re-arranged matches in order that we may update the fixture list on the web-site where appropriate.
Ian Parker (League Secretary)
Coaching Training Courses 2009/2010
By · CommentsThe 2009/2010 season is about to start, and Jan Hurt is going to arrange some coaching training courses shortly. The courses that should be available are:
- UKCC Level 1 Certificate in Badminton Coaching
- UKCC Level 2 Certificate in Badminton Coaching
Increasing the number of coaches and level of training of our coaches is vital to improving the standard of Badminton played on the Island.
If you are interested in taking a course, please let your Club Secretary know, contact Jan Hurt directly or use the Contact Page on this site and we will pass details of your interest onto Jan.
Details of the above and other coaching qualifications can be found on the Badminton England website. See: http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/text.asp?section=20§ionTitle=Coaching