The young English mixed doubles partnership of Nathan Robertson and Gail
Emms won their biggest tournament together by defeating a Chinese pair in
straight sets in the final of the Malaysian Open.
Nathan and Gail beat Wang Wei and Zhang Ya Wen 11-9, 11-4
They will be playing together in the Commonwealth Games.
See www.baofe.co.uk for full story.
BAA Stansted Herts Youth Games - Great Day! Results:
1 East Herts (blue), 2 Dacorum (red), 3 Welwyn Hatfield (black), 4 St Albans (royal blue), 5 N Herts (yellow), 6 Three Rivers (white), 7 Broxbourne (dark blue), 8 Stevenage (green). Richard Doling, Herts Development Officer, centre in light blue.
Herts U21 team came second at the regional finals, Sunday 9th April at MK, beating Kent ( 6-0) and Hampshire ( 5-1). We lost narrowly 4-2 to winners Yorkshire.
Herts U19 team came third in the U19 TCT tournament at the weekend!
Gail Emms and Natalie Munt among the Herts Players who dominated the National Finals at Burgess Hill - see News
60 Under 11 and U13 juniors took part in the North Herts Junior Tournament 26th January
| Eight Districts competed in the badminton section of Herts Youth Games yesterday. Everyone had a great time. BAA Stanstead representatives and our County Development Officer, Richard Doling, presented the medals. East Herts took first place from last year's winners Welwyn Hatfield. The results are shown below: | 
The winning East Herts Team with Richard Doling, Herts Development Officer, and EH Team Manager, Neil Blake |
Herts Youth Games Results Final Scores and Ranking Sheet
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Group 1 |
Scores |
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EVENT |
Dacorum |
East Herts |
St Albans |
Welwyn Hatfield |
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Boys Doubles |
41 |
45 |
38 |
18 |
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Girls Doubles |
41 |
41 |
12 |
29 |
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Boys Singles |
37 |
44 |
28 |
21 |
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Girls Singles |
34 |
33 |
17 |
32 |
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TOTAL Scores |
153 |
163 |
75 |
100 |
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RANKING (1,2,3,4) |
2 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
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Group 2 |
Scores |
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EVENT |
N Herts |
Brox- bourne |
Three Rivers |
Stevenage |
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Boys Doubles |
34 |
40 |
39 |
8 |
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Girls Doubles |
45 |
31 |
32 |
7 |
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Boys Singles |
44 |
40 |
43 |
12 |
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Girls Singles |
42 |
16 |
45 |
21 |
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TOTAL Scores |
165 |
127 |
159 |
48 |
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RANKING (5,6,7,8) |
5 |
7 |
6 |
8 |
In our group we beat Yorkshire, Durham and the number 2 seeds Lancashire 6-4.
In the semi finals we lost narrowly 6-4 to Notts and then had to play Lancashire again for third spot which we did, this time 7-3. Lanarkshire won overall with many of the Scottish team players.
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves and are looking forward to next year (as all the team will still be U19 next year).
On behalf of the players, thanks for the HBA contribution.
Colin Walker
University of Herts unveils specification of Sports Centre including Badminton Hall, Mach-02
Copies of the new UoH Sports centre went on display in the current centre. There will be a 12 court sprung wooden floor badminton hall. The hall will split into 3 curtained 'halls' of 4 courts each the size of the current hall with 4 courts reserved specifically for badminton with posts let into the floor. There is also a 25m swimming pool,800 sqm fitness room with 100 stations, Aerobics studio, climbing wall, squash courts 4 lane cricket hall. Outside there are 3 astroturf pitches, 3 grass football pitches and 1 rugby pitch.
Herts County players were in great strength in the National finals in January. Herts County player Gail Emms, won two national titles, mixed champion, with partner Nathan Robertson and women's doubles co-champion with Herts county player Natalie Munt. In the mixed final Gail and Nathan beat Natalie and her partner, Julian Robertson. Herts' Suzanne Rayappan and her partner Peter Jeffrey were beaten by Gail and Nathan in the semi-final. Earlier in the women's doubles competition Gail and Natalie had beaten Liza Parker and Suzanne, 3-7, 7-4, 7-2, 7-1 and Herts' Kelly Mathews and her partner also reached the semifinals of women's doubles. Kelly Matthews from Kimpton (see also next), was knocked out of the singles championship by fourth seed Rebecca Pantanay in the quarter finals, 7-5, 7-1, 7-2.
The Under 19 women's national singles championship was won for the third successive year by Herts' Kelly Matthews at the Bolton Arena. In the final, Kelly beat Hayley Connor from Surrey (who had beaten Herts Rachel Howard) 7-0, 7-1, 7-0, in just 19 minutes.
Herts' Phil Hammond (from Goffs Oak) lost to Yorks' Robin Middleton in the second round of the men's U19 singles: 2-7, 6-8, 7-2, 1-7.
North Herts U13 and U11 Tournament, Saturday 26th January |
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This is the second year we have run a junior tournament in North Herts. Although postponed from December there were 60 participants and we filled the 4 Knights Templar (Baldock) courts for nearly 4 hours. Many entrants came from Willbury and The Grange schools but there were also many from a variety of other schools and clubs. There were singles and doubles in each age group and this too went well except we could have done with more U13 girls. Medals were given to winners and finalists, and certificates, free coaching offers and lollipops to everyone! We would like to thank all the scorer/helpers without whom it would not have been possible. Results: U11 Boys singles: Winner: Scott Williams Finalist: Harry Sandford U11 Girls singles: Winner: Laura Bygrave, Finalist: Melissa Waite U13 Boys singles: Winner: Lewis Fisher, Finalist: Jack Sandford |
Results Continued: U13
Girls singles: Winner: Natalie Greggs
Finalist: Sophie Greggs U11 Boys doubles: Winners: Ben Vincent, Sam Shulver, Finalist: Scott Lawrence, Troy Williams U11 Girls doubles: Winners: Melissa Waite, Natasha Jellis, Runners-up: Laura Bygrave, Lucy Dearn U13 Boys doubles: Winners: Lewis Fisher, David Cooper, Runners-up: Alistair Southwood, Tom King |
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U11 Boys doubles: Winners: Ben Vincent, Sam Shulver, Finalist: Scott Lawrence, Troy Williams |
U11 Girls doubles: Winners: Melissa Waite, Natasha Jellis, |
Inter-county match Sunday 25th November at Knights SC, Baldock, results: |
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| Our 2nd team won 11-4 against Essex 2nd's.
Herts Team comprised: Caroline Hale Welwyn Garden City Chris Holt Harpenden Sarah Lattimore St.Albans Chris Patten Hertford Lyndsay Orchard Welwyn Garden City Adam Skeggs Elstree Helen Skeggs Elstree Andy Walden Hertford |
Chris Patten goes for the lifted shuttle |
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The 4th team trailing all the way through the match eventually won 8-7 against
Oxon 3rd's. Needing to win all three mixed matches they did just that.
Youngsters Gary England (Tring) & Fiona Perry (Hertford) winning the vital
match at 7 all. Herts 4th team comprised:
Laura Andes Bishops Stortford Adam Chapman Barnet Fiona Perry Hertford Gary England Tring Mette Ericksen Welwyn Garden City Jack Lippiat Hoddesdon Sandra Ingham Sandy John Mills Watford Jo Williams Barnet Steve Faulkner St.Albans Emma Stokes Bennington Dave Spring London Colney Dave Bartlett, Coaching Coordinator and Development Committee Chairman, was on hand with the HBA stand and discussed badminton matters with many players and audience. |
Steve Faulkner, jump smash, and Dave Spring challenging the net |
12 New Badminton Leaders
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On September 22nd 12 Herts badminton players - from all over Herts - took part in the BAofE Leaders Award Course at the new Knights Sports Centre, Baldock. This 9 hour course gives those who want to get started in coaching everything the need to know to - and makes it enjoyable, too. The course was given by National Development Coach, Ray Learney. |
| Sue Robb, Tony Haines, Chris Pike, Melanie Kindley, coach - Ray Learney, Jenny Mudge, organiser - Dave Bartlett, Barnaby Walker, Helen Walker, Helen Skeggs, Sue Barker, Ryan Sharman, Alison Widdicombe, Sue Stow. | All 12 were successful and all will be using their new skills and knowledge to help others get to know and enjoy our game. |
The badminton is in Bolton and semi final tickets are only £10 each. Pay a visit to the commonwealth games website for all the details.
The badminton starts on July 26th and ends August 4th 2002.Good entries and some exciting games:
| Event | Winner/s | Finalist/s | Complete listing |
| Mens Singles | N Kidd (Australia) | T Honey (Sy) | Mens Singles |
| Ladies Singles | R Pantaney GI) | D Tollitt (La) | Ladies Singles |
| Mens Doubles | C Roe (Wk) / B Williams (Av) | A Skeggs(He)/ D Foster(Yo) | Mens Doubles |
| Ladies Doubles | K Cunningham/ T Pooley (Sy) | K Bryant (Es)/ J Sullivan (GI) | Ladies Doubles |
| Mixed Doubles | D Foster(Yo)/J Sullivan(GI) | M Kellett/D Tollitt(La) | Mixed Doubles |
Bluebirds Junior Club has been granted a
second Lottery Award, this time for £3943. This will, amongst other things, allow us to extend the club down to 7 year olds, provide better support to the older Juniors (e.g. a digi-cam is financed), train some Leaders and First-Aiders and run an all-day Junior Competition at Harlow Sports Centre. And, of course, we will be able to keep the cost to the Juniors minimal. As always, the web site http://bluebirds.org.uk has all the latest information. See more in the HBA September Newsletter.Richard who was ranked 4th in Mens singles only a year ago, and is a Level 2 Coach, will be working part-time for developing badminton in Herts. See more in our September Newsletter.
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Our County 1st team have finished Runners Up in the National League Premier A Division, again, this year to Yorkshire, although in the last match we did beat them 6-4!
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