Outside, the weather was miserable, wet, cold and windy but inside Badminton Wycombe 11 players battled it out in an intense afternoon of singles badminton. A new Champion emerged, Tim Chan, who topped his group without losing a match. He defeated Stuart Lyle in the semi-finals before beating Riaz Khimji in the final (21-14 & 21-10).
Rather than feed you chocolate, our Easter present to you, our members, is reduced court charges during off-peak times from March 26 to April 10 (inclusive). This offer is open to all members who book and pay for their courts online. Court Fee: £7 per hour Off-peak times are:
Congratulations to Christian Mitchell, Dillon Chong and Isum Arachchige, all of whom train at Wycombe Performance Centre.
Christian Mitchell has been selected for the 2016 Home Countries Tournament in Glasgow to represent England. Cillon Chong and Isum Arachchige have been invited to the U11 England Talent Squad Training. Once again the quality of our players and coaching staff are being recognised at a national level. Everyone at Badminton Wycombe wishes all three of you the best of luck! The Easter event in the Singles Tournament Series is now open for entries. The tournament will take place on Saturday, March 26 from 2pm. Wycombe EPT player Oliver Thompson won the English national U19 singles title this past weekend (12-14 February 2016), which took place at the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes. In the men's singles final, Oliver defeated fellow Wycombe EPT player David Jones. David Jones has now finished runner-up two years in a row, only loosing out to top seed Oliver in a hard-fought contest over three sets. In the Women's singles, Kirby Ngan won her second title, beating Abigail Holden, another Wycombe EPT player. Wycombe EPT coaches George Bevan, Gary Fox and Daryl Jacobs are delighted with the performances of all the EPT players as they lead the field in the National U19 Championships Badminton Wycombe will be holding a General Meeting on Thursday, 28 January, 2016. The meeting will take place in the Bar, starting at 7:30 pm. All Badminton Wycombe members are warmly invited to attend and vote on the matters presented. The meeting is primarily dedicated to changing the Articles of Association of Wycombe Badminton Centre, which will result in:
Please inform Helen Corps if you will be attending by either emailing her or using the contact form below. Jeff Brydon Chairman & Director Surrey Smashers is our local National Badminton League Team and who topped the league table at the end of the first season. Tickets are available for their next home match at the Surrey Sports park on Monday, January 11 - 7.30pm start. Adults: £10 Juniors & Concessions: £7 Group tickets: £5 per person So why not watch exciting badminton being played by international players, and support our own Wycombe EPT player, Abigail Holden, as she and the rest of Surrey Smashers take on Loughborough. For more information and to book tickets visit www.surreysmashers.co.uk, call 01483 68911 or email info@surreysmashers.co.uk. The Christmas Singles Tournament will take place on Wednesday, December 30. The tournament will start at 7:15pm. Please click on the button below for full details and to book your place!
EPT players David Jones, Freya Redfearn, Abigail Holden, Charlie Castle and Gauri Shidhaye continue to not only demonstrate their great skills at and dedication to Badminton but also the continued success of our EPT programme here at Badminton Wycombe.
You can read the full stories by clicking on "Read More". For those of you who like to think ahead, we have posted our Christmas 2015 opening hours in the Opening Times section of the website; you can also download the information below. We will be open for a few days between Christmas and New Year - watch out for the emails with our Christmas Special Discounted court rates, later in the year..
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