Cambs Players (Senior Restricted) & U15 Restricted entries now open

Entry forms for the Cambridgeshire Players Tournament and the Cambridgeshire Under-15 Restricted Tournament are now available to download via the Tournament Entry Forms link.

The Players Tournament will be held on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th September 2012 at Cambridge Regional College, entries close 15th September.

The Under-15 Restricted Tournament will be held on Saturday 13th October 2012 at Burwell, entries close 6th October.

Get your entries in and enjoy some excellent competitive badminton!

U11 and U13 Fun Tournament for Juniors and New Players: 22nd September

If you're a budding U11 or U13 badminton player, there's another upcoming Fun Tournament at Burwell on 22nd September from 1pm.

You do not necessarily need to be in a club already to play in a fun tournament. If you want to give the sport a try, or have played at school and enjoyed it, this is a great introduction to a little competition.

For more details see the entry form. There should be some really fun badminton for lots of potential badminton stars!

No Strings Badminton

Announcing a beginners / improvers badminton course being run at Netherhall Sports Centre. The course is a 6 week coached course for adults (16+) of beginner and improver level in badminton.

It starts from the 1st August every Wednesday for 6 weeks 6-7:30pm at Netherhall School Sport Centre. Rackets are available to borrow. The sessions will be fun and sociable allowing people to improve their fitness as well as learn more about playing badminton.

Please contact Di Thomas on 07824 437 107, dithomas@badmintonengland.co.uk or Sarah from Netherhall SC on: 01223 712 142.

For more information download the poster.

Good Luck Board for GB Badminton Squad

Cambridgeshire Badminton wishes the GB Badminton squad all the best for the London Olympics.

You can send them your own message at www.badmintonengland.co.uk/goodluck

Anthony Clark Badminton Camp

Tuesday 14th August 2012, Wednesday 15th August 2012

At: Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School. Sandon Road, Grantham NG31 9AU

For more details see the information poster.

New Coaching Courses in the Eastern Region

There are new Level 1 and Level 2 coaching courses available in or near Cambridgeshire in the upcoming months:

UKCC L1 Coaching Course: Suffolk New College Sports Centre, Ipswich. IP4 1LT. Dates: 9th June, 10th June and 1st July.

UKCC L2 Coaching Course: Bushfields Leisure Centre, Orton Centre, Peterborough. PE2 5RQ. Dates: 30th June, 1st July, 12th August, 2nd September.

To register for these courses or to find out other dates of courses in the Region / across the country, please go to:

http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/text.asp?section=1050§ionTitle=Find+a+Course

Application forms and payment to be sent to the Coaching Team, BADMINTON England, National Badminton Centre, Milton Keynes, MK8 9LA or coaching@badmintonengland.co.uk.

Cambridgeshire Badminton Association AGM

Thursday is the County AGM. It is at 7.30pm at Comberton Village College. Come to the sports centre and it will be signposted. Come along - hear what the committee have been up to and have your say. This is the meeting which determines the direction of the County - Junior development, senior leagues and County squads, and anything else relating to badminton.  The more people who participate, the more will get done and more people will feel represented.