when are the yorkshire junoir tournaments?

[steph666]

hi does anyone no whether there are any yorkshire junior tournaments coming up because i need to get playing in more of the tournaments in my area :p

[ADZ1]

the yorkshire u19 tournament is on my bday!!! 21st and 22nd of august, entry form on baofe.co.uk
adz

[JohnEllis]

Yorkshire Under 17 Open is on 9th October run by YCBA.
Yorkshire Under 16 Open is on 30th April 2005
Yorkshire Under 14 Open is on 14th May 2005
Yorkshire Under 12 Open is on 23rd April 2005
Entry forms for the last three will be posted on Yorkshire Schools website ysba.org.uk.
The results of last seasons results can be found by clicking on the events icon.

[markhawker]

Hey, as Adz said, that's the next one I think. Adz, do you play county badminton? I'm looking to enter the doubles tournament, even if I will get trounced! Where are you from Steph? Next year hopefully my club will be having a tournament where we hope to attract more county players. Mark

[steph666]

hi i'm from redcar and am struggling to get in to a county squad i can't get into durham because i live in the wrong area, however i'm going to a yorkshire coaching weekends in september and will hopefully get in to yorkshire that way. I go to training non-stop so hopefully that might help. :)

[markhawker]

That'll be good then. How old are you? Hate to be rude! There's a few juniors from our club going to those coaching sessions, should be a good experience for them. I've never actually been to any trials or anything, wish I had now! I'm 18, going on 19, so hope to enter a few ESBAs with a friend of mine.

[steph666]

im 15 going on 16 in october and ive never got the chance before to go to any of these trials or any others n i'll be dead nervous coz i won't know wot to do but it should go pretty well.

[markhawker]

Well good luck, I'm sure you'll do great. Don't be nervous, its not worth it, just do your best and I'm sure you'll impress!

[steph666]

thnx and good luck in the tournaments you enter in

[ADZ1]

sorry mate i already have a partner for that event and probably for the season. i play senior county for buckinghamshire. :cool:

[markhawker]

No it's OK, I was just wondering what standard people who are entering were. I have a partner so it's OK. Heh heh, we don't really stand a chance!

[Richard.!]

HI,
IM ALSO GOING TO SOME SORT OS TRIALS / COACHING IN SEPTEMBER IN YORK. iVE NEVER BEEN TO IT BEFORE! IVE NEVER PLAYED IN A PROPER MACTH AND IVE ONLY PLAYED FOR A SMALL CLUB FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS!! I JUST PLAY AGAINST MY DAD ALOT.
IVE GOT KNOW IDEA WHAT 2 DO THERE!

[markhawker]

Ah well good luck buddy, you'll enjoy it! Where are you from? I might pop down to see how some of our players get on!

[Richard.!]

hi,
im actually from york so its olny gonna take me a few mins to get there! are u some sort af coach?

[markhawker]

Ah right, nice and easy then! Well, not as such, I'm taking my Part 1 Coaching Award, been through the 3 days. I'm only 18, would have liked to have gone to York training but don't know whether they do it for my age. I do coach our junior members with the help of a qualified coach!

[Richard.!]

im only 13 at the moment. Are the juinors playing at the railway institute?

[markhawker]

I'm sure they are, I'm not sure what ages they do, U17, U15 and U13 I think. It's definitely junior though!

[Richard.!]

ive been put in for under 14 and under 15 an the 11th and 12th ( sat and sun)
i just hope im good enough!

[markhawker]

I'm sure you'll do fine. If not though, it's excellent experience for you. I've never been given the chance like you have so just do your best! Next year our club is going to host another Tournament that you're free to enter, it is in Keighley though (about an hour or so drive from you.) If you visit www.keighleybc.co.uk, look for the Kobras section it's got a bit of info about us on there.

[Richard.!]

i had a look at the photos . how many joinors are going? have you ever played at york r i before

[markhawker]

Well, overall we had about 50 unique entrants. That was without advertising or looking at other regions. Next year we hope to invite a lot more people and advertise a bit more. To traning we get about 40 kids over two sessions. It's something that you can look towards for next year, just keep in touch.

[Richard.!]

thats alot !! how many r of in september though. the jonior club i play with has about 20 max!!! small compared to ures. we play at the raiway insitute evey friday. there 9 courts so its easy to got playing!

[markhawker]

As far as I'm aware, there'll be about 8 of our juniors going. Yeah, the RI is a nice venue, Rotherham's nice too, had a lot of courts there! We have 4 courts here, so a bit less spacious.

[Richard.!]

so far im the only one going. yey im on my own!!!althogh there might be anouth 2 from the joiniors.
i watched a county competition a while ago and the Kids are very good...
so im gonna try and go down somtime this week and practise( ALOT) with some of my mates.

[markhawker]

Yeah, there are some good players. I've seen a few England juniors, a lot of emphasis on net play and movement. Obviously there's not as much strength but that'll come. Good on you, good luck anyway. I may see you there if I have a drive up.

[Richard.!]

IS IT ON THE 11TH AND 12TH YOUR CLUB IS GOING
ALSO WILL YOUR TEAM BE IN THE SAME KIT? MY CLUB DOENST HAVE A KIT

[Richard.!]

when is the next major event in yorkshire?

[markhawker]

There should be a few on them days, check out http://www.ysba.org.uk/ for confirmation of your 11/12th dates. We have t-shirts, but it's not a major thing about kit. As long as you wear something badminton-like, not your favourite Marilyn Manson get-up you'll be fine!! You can buy t-shirts there if you'd like one. I might pop up on one of those days, but am not sure yet.

As for next event in Yorkshire, I'm in the dark. Hopefully being part of the BAofE will help me find out. Check out there web site for more details.

[Richard.!]

hi, what is YSBA? some sort of training club?

[markhawker]

The YSBA is Yorkshire Schools Badminton Assosiation, they're an organisation, as such, who control all of the badminton events around Yorkshire.

"Yorkshire Schools Badminton Association exists to promote and provide badminton opportunities for players of school age.

Organisation of the Associations activities is by a committed group of volunteer teachers, friends and coaches."