BDBL Secretary 28/02/08
Trevor
has been League secretary since summer 1986- nearly 22 years and will stand
down at the end of this season.
In that time he has dealt with a multitude of tasks for the good of the
League.
The number of tasks is too numerous for me to describe them all, but
some of them are as follows:- he deals with all the paperwork between the
League and
club secretaries, District secretaries, Hampshire Badminton Association and
Badminton England.
He arranges venues for coaching courses and tournaments, and oversees
the applications, shuttles and running of the events.
All match cards are sent to him and he keeps detailed records of each
match result, the players and their individual performance. He is one of
the committee that plans the fixtures each year, types the chronological
lists and then sends all details of the seasons matches to club secretaries,
together with any information from the committee regarding the smooth running
of the League. He plans the A.G.M. agenda, produces the paperwork and arranges
the venue; then puts the new season’s composition to the meeting.
This web
site was set up by his neighbour, John Johnston, to whom we are greatly
indebted. It is updated and maintained by Trevor, and the regular articles
in the Gazette are written by him.
For the past 20 years, as Chairman of the League, I have worked with Trevor
and have relied upon him for his great knowledge of local players and clubs as
well as details of county and national badminton. He has been a most
meticulous and conscientious secretary, who has carried out all the
secretarial duties, plus many extras, with great cheerfulness and friendly
humour.
We shall have great difficulty in replacing him, but replace him we
must.
I know you will want to thank him for all his hard work.
A fitting response would be for another committed badminton player to
take over in July this year.
Ruth Cairns
26/02/08
Ladies
Matches 28/02/08 A 7/2 home win over a two pair Andover
Sports enabled Beechdown in the Ladies Division of 6 to leapfrog their
opponents in the table to gain second place.
Sandra Smith/Karen Southwell won their two rubbers for the
winners as did Hayley Kopp/Tracey King supplemented by one from Kate
Appleton/Leanne Francis. Both
of the two visiting pairs, Pauline Prior/Sandra McDonald and Ellen
Dennett/Val Wheeler won one rubber.
In the Ladies Division of 4 Waverley surprised leaders BH Pegasus
by beating them 4/2 at the Sports Centre.
Sophia Rapacioli took part in three winning rubbers for the
winners, Jo Beery and Heather Mountford took part in two and finally
Sarah Fenton in one in this victory.
Alex Hodgetts participated in both of the winning home rubbers
partnered in one case by Nicky Major and in the second by Sarah Mauser.
Notwithstanding this defeat BH Pegasus, with one match still to
play have won this division
Mens
Matches 28/02/08 Chris
Powell/Tim Cooper, Graeme Berry/Scott Wilkins and Carlo Rapacioli/Torben
Wachholz comprised the victorious Viking A side which defeated BH
Pegasus B 9/0 in Mens Division 1.
There were two matches in Division 2.
In the first Waverley lost 6/3 to visiting Phoenix A.
Matthew Hawkins/Paul Nightingale scored a maximum for the winners
supported by two rubbers from Jon Thomson/Greg Sudell and one from Mike
Taylor/Paul Verling. Ian
Aherne/Peter Bevell won two of the home rubbers with Richard Ford/Steve
Ineson getting the third. The other match saw Firefly beat a two pair
Phoenix A side 7/2 at the Hurst. Matthew
Hawkins/Paul Nightingale won the loser’s two rubbers while the winners
came from Phil Pike/Scott
Armstead, two, and Steve
Webb/John Weston and Mick Turrell/Colin Crockford one each.
Bob Thirkell/Ralph Pointer won the two home rubbers when
Alresford lost 7/2 to Beechdown B in Division 3.
Neil Marie/Mick Cummings won their three rubbers for the visitors
complimented by two each from Nick Jones/Tim Jefferies and Simon
Johnston/Bruce Scott.
Mixed
Matches
28/02/08 BH
Pegasus A maintained their position at the top of Mixed Division 1 with
a 7/2 defeat of Andover Sports A at Andover. David Gough/sue
Lorrain and David Burrell/Anu Davies both won maxima for the visitors
supported by one rubber from Marti Hill/Amanda Marsden. Shaun
McDonald/Pauline Prior and Chris Clarke/Sandra McDonald won one rubber
each for the home side.
James Skilton/Nicky Major and Dale Turpin/Jean Deverill won two rubbers
each when BH Pegasus C beat visiting Beechdown B 5/4 in Division 2.
Ramsey Dumloge/Sally Holmes supplies the fifth rubber for them.
Mark Bayliss/Cathryn Perkins won their three rubbers for the losing
visitors with Tim Williams and Sandra Smith getting the fourth.
LoddonSherpas B currently leading Division 4 lost 6/3 to Waverley
B at Waverley. The home victory was set up by Richard
James/Heather Mountford and Peter Bevell/Christine Fowler both winning
their three rubbers. Each of the loser’s pairings, Steve
Woodward/Ali Hodgetts, Jamie Webb/Sandra Jennings and Andrew
Long/Caroline Thompson won one rubber.
Knock-Out Cup 28/02/08 One semi-final on 30th March will be between BH Pegasus 2 and Beechdown and the other will be between Aldermaston and Andover Sports. Both matches commence at 9.40am with the final and third-place playoff as soon after the semi-finals as possible.
Easter Junior Coaching Course 28/02/08 Following the success of the course during February half-term Linda Rapacioli is organising a similar one over the Easter school holidays.Further details will be given as soon as they are available. Contact Linda on 07891 305179 or E-mail carlo.rapacioli@virgin.net
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