WRFC Private Badminton Coaches

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1 WRFC Private Badminton Coaches
All the information you need about our private lesson coaches at Wimbledon Racquets & Fitness Club.

2 HOW TO BOOK A BADMINTON LESSON
CONTACT BEN BECKMAN ON BEN BECKMAN WILL GET BACK TO YOU AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE INFORMING YOU HE HAS RECEIVED YOUR COACHING REQUEST. BEN BECKMAN WILL THEN CONTACT THE COACHES AND FIND OUT WHO CAN HELP YOU AS WELL AS WHO IS BEST SUITED TO YOU AND YOUR BADMINTON NEEDS. IF YOU KNOW WHICH COACH YOU’D LIKE YOU CAN CONTACT THEM DIRECTLY. ALL COACHES WILL RESPOND TO YOU REGARDLESS OF THEIR AVAILABILITY. ONCE A COACH HAS BEEN SELECTED YOU AND THE COACH WILL ARRANGE THE TIME AND DATE OF THE LESSON. IT IS UP TO YOU, THE CLIENT, TO BOOK THE COURT. WHEN YOU ARRIVE FOR YOUR LESSON LET RECEPTION KNOW YOU ARE HERE FOR COACHING AND WHICH COACH YOU’RE WITH. YOU MUST THEN PAY FOR YOUR LESSON AND COURT TO RECEPTION. YOU CAN USE CLUB CREDIT. CLUB CREDIT DISCOUNT ONLY APPLIES TO THE COURT AND NOT THE LESSON. ENJOY YOUR LESSON 

3 BEN BECKMAN £25/HOUR 07872970199 OR BEN@WIMBLEDONCLUB.CO.UK
HEAD OF BADMINTON AT WRFC HEAD COACH AT THE WRFC PERFORMANCE CENTRE. UKCC LEVEL 1 AND LEVEL 2 BADMINTON COACH. CURRENTLY DOING THE UKCC LEVEL 3, THE HIGHEST QUALIFICATION YOU CAN GET. 12 ENGLAND CAPS, MULTIPLE SENIOR NATIONAL TITLES AND THE 2010 CROATIAN INTERNATIONAL MENS SINGLES CHAMPION. SURREY 1ST TEAM PLAYER FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS. 7 YEARS COACHING EXPERIENCE RUNNING GROUP SESSIONS AND DOING PRIVATE LESSONS FOR PLAYERS OF ALL STANDARDS FROM BEGINNERS TO ADVANCED. DAY TIME LESSONS ONLY. MORE AVAILABLE IN THE EVENINGS DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAY TIMES. “I have been playing badminton my whole life as both my parents played with my mum, Karen Beckman, playing for England over 80 times. I played to a high standard but always had an interest in coaching. I have a real passion for helping players improve in all areas of badminton. I think badminton is a great sport not only for fitness but for general well being. I want to help players of all standards to achieve all different types of goals. That variety is what keeps my job interesting. Since becoming Head of Badminton at WRFC I have been able to help a lot of players and it brings me great joy. Please ask for advice whenever you want.”

4 PHIL RUSHWORTH £26/40 MINS 07749969425 or PHILLIP@WIMBLEDONCLUB.CO.UK
HEAD OF SQUASH AT WRFC Has been head of squash for the past 10 years. HAS SET UP ONE OF THE STRONGEST SQUASH ACADEMIES WITHIN WIMBLEDON RACQUETS & FITNESS CLUB. High performance coach – England squash level 4. ENGLAND SQUASH REGIONAL, ASPIRE & EDP JUNIOR COACH. ASSISTANT ENGLAND COACH AT THE WORLD JUNIOR U19 CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014. INSERT PERSONAL BLURB HERE

5 GEORGINA BLAND £20/HOUR 07922121336 OR gebsport123@hotmail.co.uk
UKCC LEVEL 1 AND LEVEL 2 BADMINTON COACH. REPRESENTED ENGLAND AS A JUNIOR AT U17 AND U19 LEVEL. SURREY 1ST TEAM PLAYER FOR THE PAST 6 YEARS. HIGHEST RANKING OF 4TH IN ENGLAND FOR LADIES SINGLES (SENIOR). CURRENT MEMBER OF THE NBL TEAM SURREY SMASHERS. HAS HELPED COACH OUR SATURDAY JUNIORS AS WELL AS COACHED A RANGE OF PLAYERS OF ALL STANDARDS. AVAILABLE ON MONDAY, TUESDAY AND THURSDAY EVENINGS. “I started playing badminton when I was 10 years old through a club at my junior school. Since then I have represented Surrey through the junior ranks (U13 to U17), and continue to do so as part of the senior county squad which competes in the county championships; Prem A. Additionally, I was given the opportunity to represent England at 16, gaining my first junior cap at the U17 Six Nations. I graduated from UCL in August 2015 with an MSci in Biological Sciences but decided to follow my dream of becoming a professional badminton player and now train full-time down at Wimbledon Racquets and Fitness Club. The speed of the game and the need for both physical and mental strength are the main factors that appeal to me and are what make my passion and love of the sport so great. I am currently ranked 6th in England for ladies singles and compete on both the national and international circuits. As a coach I am enthusiastic and keen to help those of all standards who want to learn, improve and enjoy playing. We will work together to reach specific targets you may have, continuously reviewing and adapting the lessons to suit your needs.”

6 TOM SAUNDERS £20/HOUR 07816447838 OR tom_saunders16@hotmail.co.uk
UKCC LEVEL 1 AND LEVEL 2 BADMINTON COACH. HAS PLAYED FOR SURREY TEAMS SINCE HE WAS U11 AND NOW A PART OF THE SENIOR SURREY 3RD TEAM. PLAYS TOURNAMENTS REGULARLY AROUND THE COUNTRY. WAS THE 2014 SURREY U18 CHAMPION. COACHES PERFORMANCE CENTRE SESSIONS ON MONDAYS, FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS. HAS BEEN DOING SO FOR THE LAST YEAR. HAS RECENTLY BEGUN DOING PRIVATE LESSONS WITH A VARIETY OF PROMISING JUNIORS. LOOKING TO COACH ADULTS AS WELL. AVAILABLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, THURSDAY MORNINGS AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS. “I started playing badminton at the age of 7 and began by playing in the Junior Saturday sessions here at Wimbledon, which is where my real passion for the sport started. From a young age I've enjoyed all kinds of sport and have represented school sports teams as well as the Surrey county squad for badminton from U11 through to seniors. In the last few years I have discovered my passion for coaching! Being able to help players progress to a higher level is what I find most rewarding.”

7 LOUIS TAM £19/HOUR 07833983921 OR louistam44@hotmail.com
UKCC LEVEL 1 AND LEVEL 2 BADMINTON COACH. HAS BEEN PLAYING AT WRFC FOR THE PAST 6 YEARS COMING THROUGH THE JUNIOR SET UP. A GRADED SESSION MEMBER WHO HAS REPRESENTED THE CLUB IN THE SURREY LEAGUES. PLAYS REGULARLY IN TOURNAMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY. HAS COACHED A RANGE OF AGES AND STANDARDS PRIVATELY AS WELL COACHED THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BADMINTON TEAM AND LOCAL SCHOOLS. AVAILABLE ON MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENINGS AND SUNDAY UNTIL 3PM. “I have been playing as long as I can remember, but it wasn't until I came to Wimbledon I realised how good the sport could be.  Along with how good I could be at the sport! . I have been competing around England for a few years now and since graduating from Cambridge University I am playing and coaching full time. Now I want to share my love of the game, and give anyone of any standard a chance to improve. I look forward to seeing you on court!”

8 ARIPIN MARHADI £16/HOUR 07424086521 OR arif.fortwilliam@gmail.com
UKCC LEVEL 1 AND LEVEL 2 BADMINTON COACH. ORIGINALLY FROM INDONESIA WHERE HE RECEIVED PROFESSIONAL COACHING FROM A YOUNG AGE WINNING MULTIPLE TOURNAMENTS IN SINGLES AND DOUBLES. WAS A P.E TEACHER AND COACHED BADMINTON IN INDONESIA FOR 10 YEARS. MOVED TO ENGLAND IN 2011 AND JOINED WRFC BEING GRADED A. HAS PLAYED AND WON TOURNAMENTS AROUND ENGLAND SINCE MOVING HERE. HAS HELPED MANY PLAYERS OF ALL STANDARDS IMPROVE THEIR BADMINTON SINCE MOVING TO ENGLAND AND HAS NOW DECIDED TO BECOME A COACH MORE FULL TIME. "I fell in love with badminton at age 13 and have loved the game ever since. Growing up in Indonesia as a junior, I played competitively for club, region and university, both singles and doubles and was lucky enough to have received professional coaching there for many years leading to my game reaching ‘A’ grade standard. For as long as I can remember, I have always been enthusiastic about helping others to take up the sport and to strive for personal improvement. I believe badminton to be a unique sport in that it offers so much in so many ways: Overall fitness flexibility and a sense of well-being; dynamic, explosive action; delicate graceful precision; cunning deception; and most of all it’s heaps of fun. I like to think that my genuine passion for badminton and for coaching shows when I am on court. I want to share what I have learnt and always look forward to helping players of all standards whether beginner, intermediate or advanced to achieve their goals. Badminton and badminton coaching will always bring me great joy."

9 WRFC Open Session Badminton Coaches
All the information you need about our session coaches at Wimbledon Racquets & Fitness Club.

10 SAM PHILLIPS SAM’S SESSION THURSDAY 10AM-12PM
£5MEMBERS, £12 NON-MEMBERS ASK FOR ADVICE LUNCH OPTIONS FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE MATCHES PUT ON BY THE COACH TURN UP, PAY, PLAY, ENJOY Level 2 qualified coach Sam has represented Surrey 1st team for the last 3 years and has been a Surrey Champion at both singles and doubles. U19 National Semi Finalist and has been in many Senior Gold Singles Finals. Has been coaching for the last 5 years and has helped many club players and promising juniors and now runs holiday sessions for the developing players in the performance centre. Sam has been running this Thursday session for the past 2 years taking over from Stuart Wardell in SAM PHILLIPS

11 IAN BUCHANAN IAN’S SESSION FRIDAY 1:30PM-3:30PM
£5MEMBERS, £12 NON-MEMBERS ASK FOR ADVICE COACHING OFFERED FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE MATCHES PUT ON BY THE COACH TURN UP, PAY, PLAY, ENJOY Level 2 qualified coach. Ian has been coaching at the club for over 20 years. Has helped run sessions throughout the club and still coaches the junior club sessions on a Saturday as well as helps run the successful adult beginners courses we run twice a year. Ian has been running this Friday session for many years and is eager to partake in matches and offer advice. Ian’s enthusiasm for badminton is undying and he always makes everyone welcome at his sessions. IAN BUCHANAN

12 £6 MEMBERS, £12 NON-MEMBERS
MATCHPLAY AND COACHING ON OFFER GET GRADED INTO OUR WEEKDAY ADULT SESSIONS FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE FREE TEA AND BISCUITS ADVICE OFFERED, JUST ASK TURN UP, PAY AND PLAY BEGINNERS & IMPROVERS SUNDAY 5PM-7PM £6 MEMBERS, £12 NON-MEMBERS BEN BECKMAN TRACY HUTCHINSON KHALID AKBAR Level 2 qualified coach. Represented England at senior level and Essex County 1st team many times. A graded player, team player and team captain for many years at WRFC. Tracy has been coaching at WRFC for many years and has a wealth of knowledge and experience in badminton. Help set up the Beginners & Improvers session which as gone from a small session to a huge success where we are over subscribed. Head of Junior Performance. Level 2 qualified coach. Khalid has been a coach at this club for many years. Has successfully helped bring on our juniors from a young age into our elite system. Set up groups throughout the week that have now become our successful performance centre sessions. A prominent figure in junior badminton at the club. Head of Badminton WRFC. Level 2 qualified coach. Represented England 12 times and Surrey 1st team over 50 times. Winner of 2010 Croatian International in Men’s Singles. Ben has been coaching for 6 years. Helps with all aspects of badminton at the club like gradings, team selections, and changes made to the way badminton is run at the club.

13 WRFC Junior Performance Coaches
All the information you need about our junior performance coaches at Wimbledon Racquets & Fitness Club.

14 Sessions – Emerging (Monday and Thursday)
Ben Beckman Head Coach. Level 2 qualified coach. Represented England 12 times and Surrey 1st team over 50 times. Won many national tournaments, was a semi-finalist at the English Nationals 5 times and has been the Surrey Champion 5 times. Winner of 2010 Croatian International in Men’s Singles. Ben has been coaching for 6 years, helps run the top end of the clubs elite players and also offers coaching to people of all ages and abilities. Helps with all aspects of badminton at the club like gradings, team selections, and changes made to the way badminton is run at the club. Sessions – Emerging (Monday and Thursday) Sam Phillips Level 2 qualified coach Sam has represented Surrey 1st team for the last 3 years and has been a Surrey Champion at both singles and doubles. U19 National Semi Finalist and has been in many Senior Gold Singles Finals. Has been coaching for the last 5 years and has helped many club players and promising juniors and now runs holiday sessions for the developing players in the performance centre. Sam now runs our Performance Centre Developing sessions on Wednesdays. Sessions – Developing (Wednesday)

15 Sessions – J3 and J4 (Saturday)
Khalid Akbar Head of Junior Performance. Level 2 qualified coach. Khalid has been a coach at this club for many years. Has successfully helped bring on our juniors from a young age into our elite system. Set up groups throughout the week that have now become our successful performance centre sessions. A prominent figure in junior badminton at the club. Sessions – J3 and J4 (Saturday) Karen Beckman Level 2 qualified coach. Karen is our most successful player who coaches at the club. Represented England over 80 times throughout the 70’s and 80’s winning countless titles across the world and several Commonwealth Gold Medals. Was the world bronze medallist at the 1980 Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia. Has represented Surrey 1st team over 200 times and has won countless Surrey Championships. Has been coaching at the club for over 20 years and now runs the J1 and J2 performance centre sessions on Saturdays. Sessions – J1 and J2 (Saturday) Craig Buchanan Craig has been a coach at the club for many years and has helped out many juniors at the club as well as adult members. Regularly travels to tournaments around the country to help our top juniors like Dan and Alex Green. Craig runs the J1 and J2 Performance Centre sessions on Saturdays alongside Karen Beckman. Sessions – Beginners,J1,J2 and sometimes J3 and J4 (Saturday)

16 Sessions – Beginners,J1 and J2 (Saturdays)
Tom Saunders Level 2 qualified coach. Tom is another junior who has come through our junior set up. One of the top juniors in Surrey he regularly plays across the country. He helps assist our Club and Performance coaches on a Saturday as well as running our Monday Raw session with Luke Pearce. Tom is also the leading coach for the Friday Performance Centre Session from 5-7pm. Sessions – Beginners,J1 and J2 (Saturdays) Raw (Monday) and Raw (Friday) Luke Pearce Level 1 qualified coach. Luke is our top junior badminton player and is currently ranked 2 at singles at U19 level. Luke was selected for the 2015 World Junior Championships in Peru. He has competed across Europe being successful in the 2014 Irish Junior International where he finished runner up in the Boy’s Singles. He is one in a whole line of players who has progressed through our junior set up at the club. Luke is new to our coaching staff and assists our Performance Centre Coaches on a Saturday as well as running the Monday Raw session with Tom Saunders. Luke assists Sam Phillips in running the Wednesday Developing group from 5-7pm. Sessions – Beginners,J1 and J2 (Saturdays) Raw (Monday) and Developing (Wednesday)

17 WRFC Junior Club Coaches
All the information you need about our junior club coaches at Wimbledon Racquets & Fitness Club.

18 Sessions – Beginners,J1,J2 and sometimes J3.
Ian Buchanan Level 2 qualified coach. Ian has been coaching at the club for over 20 years. Has helped run sessions throughout the club and still coaches the junior club sessions on a Saturday as well as helps run the successful adult beginners courses we run twice a year. During the holidays he runs a Merton Schools Camp which is always busy. Ian’s enthusiasm for badminton is undying and he always makes everyone welcome at his sessions. Sessions – Beginners,J1,J2 and sometimes J3. Chris Richards Level 2 qualified coach. Chris has been coaching at the club for over 20 years and has plenty of experience. Coaches the Saturday club sessions throughout the day and also helps players of all ages throughout the week in his private lessons. Chris also helps run the adult beginners courses and the Merton Schools Camp during the school holidays. Sessions – Beginners,J1,J2 and sometimes J3.

19 Sessions – Beginners,J1 and J2 (Saturday)
Helle Nicolson Level 2 qualified coach. Helle has been coaching at the club the last few years and is a regular coach for a Saturday Junior Club sessions. Helle also helps run the adult beginners courses with Ian and Chris. Sessions – Beginners,J1 and J2 (Saturday) Kris Ramweeajon Level 2 qualified coach. Kris has only just recently joined the club and now coaches the Saturday sessions for the older J3 and J4 players in the afternoon. Kris has bought in a few new ideas as well as an ex-England junior Aaron Cheng to help encourage and motivate our young players. Sessions – J3 and J4 (Saturday) Sam Lyle Level 1 qualified coach. Sam is one of our promising young juniors who came through WRFC’s junior programme. He was the 2014/15 U17 National Boys Singles Runner Up. He regularly helps out in our Saturday morning junior sessions. Sessions – Beginners,J1 and J2 (Saturday)

20 WRFC Disability Badminton Coaches
All the information you need about our disability badminton coaches at Wimbledon Racquets & Fitness Club.

21 lorrainebrydie@hotmail.co.uk Tel: 07754371082 or Reception at wrfc
Level Two Qualified Coach. Lorraine has over 20 years coaching experience. She started coaching disability badminton in 2005. Introduced badminton sessions within Disability Fife Sport’s programme. In 2006 became a founder member of Scotland Disability Badminton Group, which is a steering group, initially set up to facilitate disability badminton within clubs in Scotland. After moving to London, established the Saturday disability badminton session at WRFC. With the support of Anders Foundation also established sessions with Oak Lodge School for the Deaf. This is now in its fourth year. Level two British Sign Language to help with communication. With Para-badminton featuring in the Tokyo 2020 paralympic games, Lorraine, together with other Level Two coaches, provide monthly talent spotting coached sessions to nurture our budding stars. For more information about the disability badminton sessions please contact:- Tel: or Reception at wrfc

22 HOW TO SPOT ONE OF OUR COACHES
SESSION COACHES KIT PRIVATE COACHES KIT ALL OF OUR COACHES WILL BE WEARING ONE OF THE ABOVE ITEMS OF CLOTHING. SESSION COACHES HAVE “COACH” ON THE BACK AND PRIVATE COACHES HAVE “PRIVATE COACH” ON THE BACK.

23 WRFC PRIVATE COACHING

24 WRFC SESSION COACHING

25 BOOK IN YOUR BADMINTON LESSONS FOR 2016 NOW
NEW CENTRALISED COACHING STARTING JANUARY 2016 BOOK IN YOUR BADMINTON LESSONS FOR 2016 NOW FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT BEN BECKMAN ON

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27 BADMINTON LESSON AT WIMBLEDON RACQUETS & FITNESS CLUB
ASA MY COACHES AND I ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AND HELPING YOU WITH YOUR BADMINTON. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE AND IT INSPIRES AND MOTIVATES YOU TO CONTINUE PLAYING BADMINTON. WE WILL GIVE YOU ADVICE ON YOUR GAME AS WELL AS WORK ON ANY PARTICULAR AREA OF YOUR GAME THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO. ALL OF THE COACHES AT WRFC ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND PLAYED TO A HIGH STANDARD. MYSELF, AS HEAD OF BADMINTON AT WRFC, HOPE YOU THOROUGHLY ENOY YOUR LESSON. MERRY CHRISTMAS BEN BECKMAN HEAD OF BADMINTON WRFC

28 1 HOUR BADMINTON LESSON WITH AN OFFICIAL WRFC BADMINTON COACH
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