Club Facilities

Saturday

10:00 - 12:00

Queensmead S.C. Ruislip

All standards + ages

5 courts

Sunday

13:30 - 14:45

Royal Masonic School for Girls, Rickmansworth

Beginner/Intermediate: 6-14 years

4 courts

Sunday

14:30 - 16:45

Advanced/Elite: 9-18 years

6 courts

Sunday

15:15 - 16:45

NBC Senior Squad Training

2 courts

Sunday

15:00-18:00

Northwood
Sports Centre

Northwood Badminton Club : League Matches

2/4 courts

Sunday

18:00-21:00

Northwood Badminton Club : Senior Club Night

4 courts

Club Coaches

Northwood has a number of official B.A.of E. badminton coaches, Part I, who are available for any members to help them improve their game and answer any questions relating to badminton, but if you do want to ask any other questions then go right ahead and wait for the colourful responses.

The main club coaches are Nigel Ball, Eddie Quah, Malcolm Pescod and Joel Barnett.

Club Documents

Middlesex League Scoresheet for Ladies/Mens/Mixed 2003-04
Registration Form 2003-04
Think About Your Shot - Coaching Information from the Northwood B.C. Coaches

Club News and Events

Sri Lanka : We're going back for more in 2004

Would you believe it, but we're sending another batch of young (and old) members over to Sri Lanka so they can run their little legs off and learn as much as they can about badminton while they're doing it. Anyone coming back with a great suntan will be ignored by the rest of us (who's jealous?) and will only demonstrate that they didn't spend enough time training but simply lounged about on the beach. Further details of the upcoming visit are here and important first aid information is here and hotel details are here.

Belgian Breakdown

Northwood just claimed its first permanent trophy thanks to all the members who went over to Belgium this year and did so well. We managed to win four events and come runner up in another which all together clinched the trophy for most successful club.

If my memory serves me correctly (otherwise it will be changed) the successful players were;
Steven Jacobs & Dominic Devito won the Mens Doubles C.
Steven Jacobs won the Mens Singles C1.
Sarah Dunkley & Kathryn Dunkley won the Ladies Doubles C.
Emma Dunkley won the Ladies Singles C.
Steve Whatley & Jean Wilkinson came runner up in the Mixed Doubles C.

Usefull maps and phrases for Belgium. Belgium Goodies.

Yuill Cup 2004

Another well organised event by John Sheldrick who still manages to keep the rowdy old timers in check. This year saw the emergence of some rather tough competition with notable performances from Daryl Jacobs who got through to the last eight and was then narrowly defeated by one of the finalists. In the end there were two mixed pairs and would you believe it but the two men were brothers, Diluka and Dinuka Karunaratne, with ladies Lesley Owens and Sarah Dunkley respectively. Quite a stunning final which left a few red marks here and there on the players as well as a visible red flush in the cheeks. Roll on next season so we can have another one like this.

Northwood New Year Raffle

This was drawn on Sunday 29th February 2004, 7pm and the winning tickets are.

The New Northwood Badminton Season 2003-04

What a great start to the season this year. First the Sri Lanka trip for a number of the junior players and some members of Chequers badminton club showing that clubs can get together to make a bigger impact and it doesn't have to be one club goes it alone.
Also, just recently in the Middlesex Under 17s Junior Restricted tournament all five categories were won by juniors who are playing in the senior club this season, some of which are here for their second year. This is quite an achievement and it just shows that these youngsters will be picking the club up by the ears and dragging it kicking and screaming into a higher level which will benefit the senior members as well as themselves.
The Results were as follows with Northwood members shown in bold;

It is also worth noting here that finalists included Daryl Jacobs & Kate Dunkley in the Mixed Doubles both of which are junior members of Northwood. Daryl is a new member of the senior club and Kate, I am sure, will be joining us next season if we are all nice to her.

So next time you're playing against one of these youngsters in club just remember that it is only a matter of time before they're kicking your ass so you had better try your hardest to beat them while you still can. Don't be fooled by those cute, innocent looks. They know they will beat you soon and they're just waiting for when they can make you look like an elephant on an ice rink, you can see it in their eyes if you look hard enough.

Nigel, the club chairman, is also shown in the photo and has worked hard to provide the juniors with ample access to courts, coaching & practice sessions.

Sri Lanka Survival Report

News of how this visit went can be read here Northwood/Sri Lanka Diary  and pictures of the trip can be seen here Sri Lanka Pictures.

 Northwood juniors take on Sri Lanka and get a great holiday to boot

With a great deal of organisation from Nigel and Louie a group of youngsters with a few lucky parents/coaches are soon to travel to Sri Lanka where they will train in one of the top facilities and travel around taking on various local teams. If the heat doesn't get them then the exercise will (or the number of injections/tablets they had to have before going). They start off with a gruelling training session and then play a few teams whilst sightseeing.

Another possible trip for the future could be Portugal as we have had contacts from there come over to see us with the prospect of doing an exchange visit. All thanks to Nigel driving the club ever forward which is proving very beneficial for all the youngsters involved.

Well done Nigel.

Teams

This season we are playing thirteen teams.
  Hillingdon 2 x Mens, 2 x Mixed & Ladies.
  Hammersmith Mens & Ladies.
  Hertfordshire Mens.
  Middlesex 2 x Mens, 2 x Mixed, Ladies

Historical Pages

Club News 2000-01

Club News 2001-02

Club News 2002-03

Match Results / Fixtures

Matches 2000-01

Matches 2001-02

Matches 2002-03

Matches 2003-04