Away at Sevenoaks - Nov 2011
East Sussex have played in 4 fixtures so far in 11-12. We played Marsh Academy (a new fixture for 2011-12)
home and away and our thanks goes to Andre Double for helping us organise the two matches.
Marsh Academy are a keen school based Badminton Club, hopefully this will be a regular annual fixture in the coming years.
In November we traveled to Hildenborough BC in Sevenoaks, see above. They are a large established Kent club and this
was an extremely tough fixture especially for the younger players. All 16 players got lots of games and some great
singles and doubles match experience. We take on Hildenborough at home again in February-12.
Also in November, Medway BC came to Crowborough, see photo. They brought a strong team and some there was
some good badminton for the squad players and their parents to watch. Again we are hoping to confirm
a return fixture in Gillingham before the end of the season.
Medway home - Nov 2011
Match Report :
ESJBA vs Medway Sat 2nd April at Gillingham, KENT
10 players from the U11/U13 and U15 squads of ESJBA travelled to Gillingham to play a return match against Medway BA. For a couple of players (Alistair Soave and Ryan Turner) it was their first outing for East Sussex but they, and the others, all handled the experience with great enthusiasm and team spirit, with some great games for parents to enjoy from the viewing gallery! Final results (see below) went different ways for the various age groups but overall ESJBA took the match 21-10. Thanks to Medway for their great hospitality, well done to all the players, a fixture which we would hope to repeat next season.
Singles
U11 ESJBA 7 - 1 Medway U13 ESJBA 3 - 5 Medway U15 ESJBA 4 - 4 Medway
Doubles
Mixed ages ESJBA 7 - 0 Medway
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Match Report :
ESJBA vs Orpington Sat 19th March at Crowborough Community College.
22 players from the U15 and U17 squads of ESJBA and Orpington Badminton club played an afternoon of great badminton. The match was played in a very friendly and competitive atmosphere with some really great games for parents and coaches to enjoy. Final results went different ways for the two age groups with the U15's results going in the favour of the home team and the U17 results going in favour of the lads who travelled from Orpington. Well done to all, a great fixture which we would hope to repeat next season.
Match results - Singles - U17 ESJBA 3 - 5 Orpington U15 ESJBA 11 - 3 Orpington
Doubles - U17 ESJBA 1 - 3 Orpington U15 ESJBA 5 - 3 Orpington
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East Sussex v Medway - Feb 2011 - Results HERE
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Match Report - E Sussex v Medway Badminton Club
On Saturday 20th March East Sussex's U16 squad players turned in another winningperformance in their first away fixture of the 2009/10 seasonat the Medway Badminton Club in Gillingham. Nine players agreed to play -Matthew Mundroina,Toby Spillard, Jack Prince, Alistair Middlemiss, Joseph Large, Mark Lee-Falcon, Jordan Medcraft-Colman, Oliver Nelson-Dummett and Matthew Bilton.
The Medway club is a dedicated badminton facility with 4 courts, refreshment area andviewing gallery/bar. The hosts were well organised, providing teas & coffees for parents, a tea for the players and some competitive matches. Mostplayersplayed 2 singles and 4 doublesganes, with the overall result going to East Sussex 24-9.
Well done to all those mentioned, a big thank to the parents who vounteered to drive to Gillingham and to our hosts for organisingthe fixture and providing such great hospitality.
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ESJBA v Hildenborough Junior Badminton Club - 22/01/2011
30 players from the U11, U15 and U17 squads of ESJBA and Hildenborough Badminton club played an
afternoon of great badminton with many close matches despite the final results turning out as aconvincing
victory for the KENT club. Well doneto all those who played and to all the East Sussex playerswho
kept playing til the end despite the game tally/score. A return match is planned for Sat 19th Feb AWAY
at Sevenoaks, perhaps East Sussex can seek to even the scores!! Match results below:-
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Doubles |
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U17 ESJBA 3 - 9 Hildenborough U15 ESJBA 2 - 11 Hildenborough U11ESJBA 2 - 3 Hildenborough |
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U17 ESJBA3 -3 Hildenborough U15 ESJBA1 -5 Hildenborough U11ESJBA0 -2 Hildenborough
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On Sunday 24th January selected players from all three ESJBsquads (U16, U13 and U11's)
took part in a home fixture match against Hildenborough Badminton Club at the
Beacon Community College in Crowborough.
It ended up a close run affair with the last game deciding whether the match
would bewon by East Sussex or drawn by Hildenborough. In the end East Sussex
won the overall games tally 13 -11. The East Sussex U16 squad proved too strong for
Hildenborough on the day winning 11-1.
The U13 result was a little moreeven with Hildenborough winning 4-2 and the
U11 players hada tough but enjoyable first outinglosing 6-0.
This was a first match fixture for the U13 and U11's, so a well done to them
and to all that competed.
