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Parents fun night in December, 2011

Another parents fun night was held at the main games hall at Hawick High School on Tuesday, 13th December, 2011. Unfortunately, the turnout was down on previous fun nights due to other events on that evening.

The youngsters and parents who did turn up had a great night night of badminton. Another parents fun night will be held towards the end of the season in April, 2012.

It was good to see parents entering into the fun spirit of the evening as plainly demonstrated by the photographs and videos that were taken on the night. I think the parents will have to do a little more training before the next fun night if they want to challenge their offspring at shuttle sprints.

Click here to watch videos of the parents fun night - December, 2011.

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Duns Primary 'Open' Tournament - 2012

The Duns Junior Badminton Club will be hosting a Primary 'Open' Tournament on Saturday, 25th February, 2012 at Berwickshire High School Games Hall, Duns. Entry forms have to be returned to Peter Hardie by 20th February, 2012.
Names will be taken by Harry Turnbull at first Tuesday evening coaching session after the Christmas break and entry forms will be handed out the following week. Boys/Girls Singles & Doubles will be played at the tournament and the entry fee per player per event is £3.00.
Entries to be sent to Peter Hardie, 32 Glebe Park, Duns, Berwickshire to arrive no later than 20th February, 2012. Full details of the tournament can be found on the entry forms.
Please send a stamped addressed envelope with your entry form for the time of your first game, otherwise you will be expected to be in attendance at 9.30am.
Click here for entry form

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Border Primary 'Open' Tournament - 2011

A few junior members from Hawick took part in the recent Border Primary 'Open' Tournament which was held at Kelso High School Games Hall. Although they did not take any of the top honours in the 'A' championships they did come out on top of the 'B' championships.

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Phillipa Robertson
(Hawick) beat Jodie Aitken (Reston) in the girls singles event. In the girls doubles event, Phillipa partnered Sophie Younger (Edenside) but lost to Jodie Aitken and Jodie Black (Reston).
Lewis Robertson and Paul Goldie (Hawick) beat Dwain Patterson and Craig Younger (Edenside) in the boys doubles event. Paul Goldie's younger brother Martin also took part in the tournament and although he did not win any of the events, he will undoubtedly do well in future tournaments. 

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Borders Badminton League - 2011/2012

The third round of the Borders Badminton League was played on Sunday, 18th December, 2011.

Results

Duns beat Wilton 5-4

Berwick beat Jedburgh 8-1

The second round of the Borders Badminton League was played on Sunday, 20th November, 2011.

Results

Jedburgh beat Wilton 5-4

Berwick beat Duns 8-1

Wilton team

Gents: Michael Patterson, Stuart Bell & Ewan Godfrey

Ladies: Kirsty Scott, Jill Ckalmers & Laura Douglas

The first round of the Borders Badminton League was played on Sunday, 16th October, 2011.

Results

Berwick beat Wilton 8-1

Duns beat Jedburgh 6-3

Wilton team

Gents: Michael Patterson, Stuart Bell & Ewan Godfrey

Ladies: Laura Turnbull, Stephanie Gray & Tara Mactaggart

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Borders Badminton League - 2011/2012

The Borders Badminton League gets underway in October, 2011. The fixtures are listed below. Match results will be posted here throughout the season. The fixture dates have also been added to the calendar.

League Fixtures

16/10/11 Berwick v Wilton & Jedburgh v Duns

20/11/11 Jedburgh v Wilton & Berwick v Duns

18/12/11 Wilton v Duns & Jedburgh v Berwick

15/01/12 Wilton v Berwick & Duns v Jedburgh

19/02/12 Wilton v Jedburgh & Duns v Berwick

18/03/12 Duns v Wilton & Berwick v Jedburgh

League Fixtures for 2011/9012.         Download

League Match Score Sheet.               Download

Venue - Earlston High School Games Hall

Adults - £4.50

Juniors (U18) - £2.50

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Coaching Sessions for 2011/2012

The Tuesday evening coaching sessions at the Hawick High School games hall will commence on 6th September, 2011 between 6 - 8pm. The charge will be £1.00/session.

The Friday evening coaching sessions at Wilton Church Hall, Hawick will commence on 8th September, 2011 between 7 - 9pm. The charge will be £1.00/session.

Players who intend to attend any coaching sessions are reminded that footwear suitable for indoor sports must be worn at these venues. Players not wearing appropriate footwear will not be permitted to participate in either of these coaching sessions.

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Wilton Badminton Club for 2011/2012

Wilton Badminton Club will commence at Wilton Church Hall, Hawick on Monday, 5th September, 2011 between 7 - 10pm. Further information on membership and shuttle fees can be found here.

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Hawick Junior Handicapped Tournament - 2011

The annual Hawick junior handicapped tournament was played on Tuesday, 26 April, 2011 at Hawick High School main games hall. Two pools of players played round robin games against each other with each game played over one end to 11 points. The top two players from each pool went through to play in the semi-finals. Henry Leask (0) and Gavin Elliot (0) went through from pool A as winner and runner up respectively and Paul Goldie (+6) and Lewis Robertson (+3) also reached the semi-finals as winner and runner up respectively from pool B.

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Gavin Elliot played Paul Goldie in the first semi-final. Gavin found the handicap difference too great to overcome and Paul went on to win the first semi-final. The second semi-final was played between Henry Leask and Lewis Robertson. Lewis did well to get to the semi-final by just edging out Rachel Goldie on points won in the pool games. Although Lewis played well in the semi-final, he found his handicap of +3 to be too small and Henry won the second semi-final. The final was played over a single game to 21 points and was between Henry Leask and Paul Goldie.

The handicap for Paul was increased to +12 to allow for the increased length of the final game. In the early stages of the final, Henry made a few unforced errors which allowed Paul to stretch his lead by an even larger margin. After a rather nervous start by Henry, he began to play more consistently and he started to claw his way back into the game. Towards the end of the match the score was 18-18 and at this point in the match it looked like Paul might pull off a surprising win. Despite a valiant effort by Paul, he was unable to prevent Henry winning the last vital few points and Henry went on to win the final 23-21. Both players are to be congratulated for the high standard of play and for making the final such a memorable game.

The final trophy of the season was presented to the Young Player of the Year. This is a trophy that goes to a young, enthusiastic player who has continued to show dedication and commitment throughout the season and who displays good manners on court. This year the trophy for Young Player of the Year was presented to Rachel Goldie.

Click here to watch video of handicapped singles final.

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Parents fun night another smash-ing time

The parents fun night that was held at the main games hall at Hawick High School on Tuesday, 29th March, 2011 turned out to be the best attended parents night to date with around 35 participants. Great to see so many parents supporting the event and taking part in the games.

It was good to see most of the parents joining in at the start of the session with the warm up exercises and stretches before starting the games. Everyone entered into the fun spirit of the evening as plainly demonstrated by the photographs and videos that were taken on the night. This event was hailed another great success by all the parents. Weather permitting, the next parents night will be held during December, 2011.

This season has seen a major change in the group that attends the Tuesday evening coaching sessions at Hawick High School. A few of the older secondary school players simply stopped coming along and the numbers of players dropped considerably before Christmas. The coaches therefore decided to open the session to any primary school children keen to learn the game and the numbers attending the sessions since the turn of the year have increased dramatically. Encouraging signs for the future of the game in the town.

Click here to watch video of parents fun night - 2011.

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Hawick & District Primary School Tournament (2011)

The Hawick and District Primary School Tournament was held on Sunday, 20th March, 2011 in the main games hall at Hawick High School.

Just under 20 youngsters competed in the tournament this year. Once again it has been a difficult season this year as the game of badminton is not being shown to a large number of primary school children in the town and surrounding district. The children that attended the tournament had a feast of badminton which lasted the entire day and culminated in the boys and girls finals being played between 4-5pm. The girls competition was won by Christy Anderson and the boys competition was won by Lewis Robertson. Congratulations to both players for serving up a couple of highly competitive final matches.

Although badminton coaching is available to primary school children at Hawick High School main games hall on Tuesday evenings, Colin Blaikie has been the only local coach able to take badminton coaching sessions during school hours. It is only with the hard work, dedication and commitment of Colin that we have been able to hold a tournament again this season. A little progress has been made this season with regard to badminton being played at the grass roots level with after school badminton starting to be provided at some of the primary schools in Hawick. The game is also being played by youngsters at Bonchester Bridge. 

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Click here for the championship results, videos & photographs.

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Buffet Dance at the Tory Club, Jedburgh - 2011

This year the buffet dance was held at the Tory Club in Jedburgh. Hawick badminton players and friends always look forward to this date in the calendar and as expected everyone had a great time.

Click here for more photographs from the dance.

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Parents fun night another big hit in 2010

On the 27 April, 2010, parents were once again invited along to the final night of the badminton season at the main games hall of Hawick High School for a fun night of badminton with their offspring. It was good to see the event supported by so many parents.

Despite a distinct lack of enthusiasm from some parents when they were asked by the coaches to do warm up exercises, stretches and shuttle sprints before starting the games, to the coaches surprise most of them were happy to  do these energetic routines and even the prospect of running three sets of shuttle sprints against the juniors held no fear for the parents. Everyone entered into the fun spirit of the evening as plainly demonstrated by the photograph and video that were taken on the night. This event was hailed another great success by all the parents. The next parents night will be held during December, 2010.

Regretfully, the end of the badminton season also means that the junior club is loosing one of it's most loyal and devoted players. Ross Elliot will be leaving the High School in the summer for pastures anew at university. Over the years Ross has kept everyone entertained with his mild outburts from time to time, normally when loosing at half court bingo to Connor, Tara, Grant or Henry. When Ross first turned up at the Tuesday night sessions he could hardly run in a straight line. Now he is the fastest runner in the club. He has been a great role model for the younger members and his infectious enthusiasm will be sorely missed by everyone. The coaches, Harry Turnbull and Colin Blaikie would like to take this opportunity to wish Ross every success for the future.

Click here to watch video of parents fun night - 2010.

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Hawick Junior Handicapped Tournament - 2010

The annual Hawick junior handicapped tournament was played on Tuesday, 20 April, 2010 at Hawick High School main games hall. Two pools of players played round robin games against each other with each game played over one end to 15 points for the younger players and 21 points for the older players. The top two players from each pool went through to play in the semi-finals. Tara MacTaggart (0) and Connor Telfer (0) went through from pool A as winner and runner up respectively and Gavin Elliot (+5) and Christopher Turner (+6) also reached the semi-finals as winner and runner up respectively from pool B.

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Connor Telfer played Gavin Elliot in the first semi-final. Despite a valiant effort from Gavin, Connor won the game 15-10. The second semi-final was played between Tara MacTaggart and Christopher Turner. Christopher did well to get to the semi-final by just edging out Iben McMillan and Douglas Telfer on points won in the pool games. Although Christopher played well in the semi-final, he eventually went down 15-8 to Tara. The final in the 2010 tournament was a repeat of the 2009 final between Connor Telfer and Tara MacTaggart.

Neither player was able to take control of the match in the earlier part of the game. As the game progressed Tara began to use the experience she has gained by playing for the Borders this season and started to pull away from Connor in the middle stage of the game. Connor responded with some gritty, hard fought points and fought his way back into the final. He eventually managed to catch Tara and then edged in front towards the end of the game. Despite some strong play from Tara in the final part of the game, Connor managed to hang on to win the final 21-18. Both players are to be congratulated for the high standard of play and for making the final such a memorable game. A video of the final will be uploaded to the Hawick Badminton website and to Facebook in the near future.

The final trophy of the season was presented to the Young Player of the Year. This is a trophy that goes to a young, enthusiastic player who has continued to show dedication and commitment throughout the season and who displays good manners on court. This year the trophy for Young Player of the Year was presented to Daniel Elliot.

Click here to watch video of handicapped singles final.

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Hawick & District Primary School Tournament (2010)

The Hawick and District Primary School Tournament was held on Sunday, 21st March, 2010 in the main games hall at Hawick High School.

Despite the number of youngsters being down on the previous year it is important that this event continues to be held each year. It has been a difficult season this year as three of the coaches that helped to coach the sport in the primary schools the previous year were not able to do the same this year due to work and other personal commitments. It is hoped however that some coaches may be able to return again next season to coach the game in some of the other primary schools.

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Click here for the championship results, videos & photographs.

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Borders Secondary School Badminton Championship (2010)

The Borders Secondary Schools badminton championships were held at Earlston High School and Galashiels Academy on Sunday 31st January. Under 14 pupils from across the region travelled to Galashiels with the Under 16’s and Under 18’s playing in Earlston with several schools being represented.

Click here for a full report of the championship results.

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Borders Primary School Badminton Championship (2010)

The Borders Primary School Badminton Championship was held on Saturday, 6th February, 2010. A total of 75 children took part in this year's tournament, held in Galashiels.

Click here for a full report of the championship results.

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Parents Night another Striking Success

Following on from the great success of the first parents night in April, the coaches invited the parents of the junior members to come along to the main games hall at Hawick High School for another fun event where the parents had the chance to play against their offspring.

Despite a major lack of enthusiasm from the parents when they were asked by the coaches to do warm up exercises, stretches and shuttle sprints before starting the games, the parents entered into the spirit of the evening when they actually started to play the game. Unfortunately, some of the regular junior players were missing through illness and the number of parents attending the session was subsequently down slightly on the previous event. Nevertheless, the event was hailed another great success by all the parents. The next parents night will be held towards the end of the season during April, 2010.

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Badminton World Championship 2009

For the latest videos and news from the Badminton World Championship 2009, visit badmintonfreak.com.

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Hawick & District Primary School Tournament (2009)

Like the proverbial pheonix rising from the ashes, the Hawick and District Primary School Tournament is back after an absence of 12 years with around 40 primary schoolchildren battling it out for the top honours.

Click here for tournament results, videos and photographs.

  

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Hawick Junior Handicapped Tournament - 2009

The annual Hawick junior handicapped tournament was played on Tuesday, 21 April, 2009 at Hawick High School main games hall. Two pools of 8 players played round robin games against each other with each game played over one end to 15 points. The top two players from each pool went through to play in the semi-finals. Connor Telfer (0) and Henry Leask (+7) went through from pool A as winner and runner up respectively and Tara MacTaggart (-4) and Douglas Telfer (+6) also reached the semi-finals as winner and runner up respectively from pool B.

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Connor Telfer played his younger brother Douglas in the first semi-final. Despite a valiant effort from Douglas, Connor won the game 15-11. The second semi-final was played between Tara MacTaggart and Henry Leask. Henry did well to get to the semi-final by just edging out Ross Elliot on points won in the pool games. Although Henry played well in the semi-final, he eventually went down 15-11 to Tara. The final in the 2009 tournament was a repeat of the 2008 final between Connor Telfer and Tara MacTaggart.

Connor began the final with some well placed shots and managed to edge in front of Tara at the start of the match.  The good start from Connor made it difficult for Tara to recover, particularly when she was giving Connor four points of a start due to the difference in handicaps. The standard of play throughout the final was very high and the spectators were treated to some hard fought, long rallies. Connor's standard of play remained consistently high during the final and he went on to beat Tara 21-14.

The final trophy for "Player of the Year" was presented to Ross Graham for his dedication, commitment and steady development throughout the season. Not only has Ross hardly missed a Tuesday or Thursday evening coaching session in Hawick this season, he also travelled to Jedburgh on most Monday evenings to attend the performance sessions organised by John Peters.

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Knight Trainer - What is it?

Do you think that the active schools program would foot the bill for one of these little babies? At £3500 + VAT for each unit, probably not.

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Why play badminton? Seemples - it's fun!

Maybe we should give this a try at the coaching sessions next season. Free Happy Smileys

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Border Badminton League

Berwick win the league by defeating Jedburgh 5 - 4 on the final day of the season. Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Borders Badminton League and to Berwick, winners of the league for the 2008/09 season.

Borders Badminton League.

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Hawick & Jed Youngsters Friendly

Hawick and Jedburgh youngsters competed in a friendly match at Jedburgh Games Hall. A great night was had by all and everyone raised their game.

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Craig Thom fails to win gents singles title at Jedburgh Badminton Club

Craig Thom fails in his bid to become gents singles champion at Jedburgh Badminton Club. Unfortunately, Craig played well below his best and his unforced error count was virtually twice that of his opponent, Paul Bishop. Paul continued to play consistently throughout the match and went on to win 21-12, 21-12.   Watch Video of Match
Despite his bitter disappointment with his own performance during the match Craig intends to have another crack at the Jed Singles Title next season.

Click here to view the entire match.

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So you think you can play badminton. Watch this clip and then decide. Simply amazing rally!

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Badminton Trickshots from Lausanne in Switzerland

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