Annual Canon Cup
Match with Jed. BC, 2012
Wilton
BC travelled to Jedburgh on Friday, 10th February to play the
annual Canon Cup match against Jedburgh BC. Unfortunately,
Wilton failed to retain the Canon Cup this season as they lost
the match 6-2. Congratulations to Jed BC on winning the match.
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Borders Primary
School Championships, 2012
Congratulations to Paul
Goldie reaching the semi-final of the boys event in the Borders
Primary School Championships.
Well done to
all the other youngsters that played in these Championships.
Finn Thomson, Lewis Robertson and Laura Webster did well to
reach the knockout stages of the Championships
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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.
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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 fourth round of the
Borders Badminton League was played on Sunday, 15th January,
2011.
Results
Berwick beat Wilton 9-0
Duns beat Jedburgh 7-2
Wilton team
Gents: Michael Patterson,
Stuart Bell & Ewan Godfrey
Ladies: Stephanie Gray, Laura Douglas
& Marvin Brydon
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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
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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 Chalmers & Laura Douglas
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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,
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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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