Annual General Meeting.

  Wednesday 6th July 2005 at Basingstoke Rugby Club, Pack Lane, Basingstoke commencing at 7.30pm

End of Season Party 06/05/05  Sue Lorraine’s 2^nd “End of Season Bash” was another success, this time raising £715 for The Childrens’ Hospice, Naomi House.  They are re-furbishing some rooms so that families may stay with their child for a period of time and Sue has asked that the proceeds from her venture be used to help in this refurbishing.  She wishes to thank all who supported the party either by attending and/or supplying prizes for the raffle and looks forward to a bigger and better “Bash” next year!

Ladies Match Report 06/05/05   As both divisions have been completed there are no further matches to report

Mens Match Report 06/05/05  The last Mens card received, which was for a match played in early April gave Viking A their eighth victory of the season, this a close 5/4 away win over BH Pegasus A at the Sports Centre.  In the match  BH Pegasus A had to concede two of the rubbers and Tim Cooper and Jonathan Phillips won two rubbers for the winners supported by one from Neil Hodges/Graeme Berry.  Tony Ashworth/Abdul Khan won two rubbers for the home side as did David Burrell/Martin Davey

Mixed Match Report 06/05/05    In the Mixed Section of the Ian Dewar (Castlegate Investments) sponsored league Viking C finished in second place 17 points behind leaders St Marys when they defeated Beechdown C 8/1 at John Hunt School.  In three close games Mark Bayliss/Jan McDonald won the solitary rubber for Beechdown C.  Ian Shoard/Ruth Cairns and Horace Mitchell/Susie Hubbard both recorded maxima for the winners complemented by two rubbers from Graeme Berry/Sarah King.  

Waverley B beat Beechdown D 9/ 0 to complete the Division 4 programme and gain the second promotion spot from the division behind their A side

Knock-Out Cup Final 06/05/05    In the final of the Knock-Out Cup Waverley (+10) beat St Marys (+2) 177/130 at the Sports Centre last Sunday.  Although St Marys won two of the three Mens Doubles Waverley won all the Ladies matches to leave them leading by 25 points going into the Mixed.  St Marys won the 1^st of these 21/16 but lost the other two to finally lose out by 47 points.  Tony Glinos won one Mens doubles and his Mixed for the losers  while the three successful Waverley ladies were Sandra Jennings, Sally Holmes and Debbie Symes.  The latter two won all the doubles in which they took part in the match.  The trophy will be presented at the League AGM on 6^th July.  This was the first time that the competition has been on a handicap basis and the handicaps set by the committee at the start of the season worked well with all the matches being closely fought

Veterans Badminton 06/05/05   Congratulations to the Hampshire Over 60’s team which won the Southern Counties League early in March and went on to play in the National finals at Hatfield on 23^rd/24^th April.  On the Saturday, in the semi-final they defeated Nottinghamshire on a countback having finished at 6 games all.  On Sunday Staffordshire were their opponents in the final. A score of 9/3 meant that the Hampshire side were the winners of this age group.  Diane Cooper from the Viking club was the only representative from the Basingstoke League in this team.  Overall the Hampshire veterans sides have performed well this season.  The Over 50’s, Over 60’s and Over 65’s all won their leagues in the Southern Counties Inter-Counties Championship and therefore qualified to play in the final early in April.  The Over 50’s and Over 65’s came 3^rd whilst the Over 60’s finished in 4^th place.  There is plenty of Badminton for the “more mature” player.  Anyone interested should contact Diane Cooper on 01256 771794.