ACDBL Junior League Results:

Thank you to all our players who have represented the club.  We entered 8 teams in the in the Aldershot & Camberley District Badminton League this season with 58 League fixtures against other Clubs. Around 35 Junior’s represented the Club in these matches. There were 8 fixtures remaining before the coronavirus halted things.

U10 Unisex

U12 Boys

U14 Girls

U14 Boys won all their matches in Division 2!

U14 Mixed

U16 Girls

U16 Boys looked like they were going to finish 2nd in Division 1

U16 Mixed

League tables can be found on the Aldershot and Camberley District Badminton League website.

Thank you to all parents who have helped out with transport and running the teams.  Let’s hope we can keep up this improvement next year, and win even more trophies!!!

ACDBL Doubles Tournament 2019

The Bourne had 5 pairs enter this year’s doubles competition at Lightwater L.C

ACDBL Singles Tournament 2020

The Bourne had 9 players enter this year’s singles competition at Lightwater L.C

Adult tournaments

It was great to see a mixture of adults and juniors competing in the annual Club singles tournament on Sunday 8 March. Everyone had at least 7 games and felt satisfied they had a good run around by the end!

The Men’s, Ladies and Mixed doubles tournaments where scheduled for early May, this has been postponed for the time being and am hoping we will be able to get these played at some point later in the year.

These are played on weekday evenings and I am hoping some of the older stronger players can be encouraged to enter again when a new date has been set!

In some ways, badminton has been fortunate, as our season runs from Sept-April, most of the matches and tournaments had been played before the Government instructed us all to “stay at home”.  

An exception to this is the Jubilee Tournament, which has always been run in May - the good news is that the organisers have promised to return next year.

Coronavirus

Just prior to lockdown, we were treated to some fabulous badminton when the best players in the world competed in the world’s oldest and most prestigious tournament – the All England, held at the NIA in Birmingham.  You can catch the highlights on the following YouTube channel:

www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKw2eFsZKD9JAem2DVQ4AQ

The better weather is now here, so as well as “staying at home” why not try “playing at home”?

https://twitter.com/i/status/1245471577925451784

If you don’t have a net, may be you could improvise with a bit of rope or a washing line, and then encourage the rest of your household to join in!!

Also don’t forget that skipping is a very good for fitness and for badminton footwork – we need to have fast, light feet to help us move around the court efficiently.  So find those ropes, and get everyone skipping if you can.