Tigers Sport & Education Trust

Tigers help launch Badminton stars of the future

(posted: 09/02/2012)

Hull City’s Tigers Trust Premier league 4 sport project enjoyed a successful Badminton competition on Sunday 5^th February at The Hull Badminton Centre.  Although the snowfall on the Saturday night did not help in preparations the competition still saw a great turn out.

Children from the programmes four school clubs took part in the grass roots tournament which saw many players competing for the first time.

The morning competition was held for the under 12 age group .  No under 12’s girls competition was run.

The current clubs run at St. Marys, Malet Lambert, South Hunsley and Beverley High School.  This years tournament was open up to accommodate players from other schools who may be potential players at the Tigers Trust clubs.

The Premier League 4 Sport project is an initiative that sees Football Clubs link up with local sports clubs to help attract young people to take up one of the following Olympic sports, badminton, judo, table tennis, Netball and volleyball.   Each Football club is linked to a community sport clubs (Hub Club) which have developed 4 satellite Clubs.  In total the project in Hull has developed 16 new sports clubs around the region.  The project has seen some great success over the last two years and because of this has been given a further two year funding period to take it pre and post the Olympic year.

The afternoon session saw the U15’s competition take place and a healthy 28 children registered.

The quality of the play was at times very good to say that this was the first time the players had, had that competition type play before.  Matt Conway, Hull City’s Tigers Trust Premier League 4 Sport Co-ordinator said “The competition was designed so that is was attractive to the very grass roots players.  There were players here that had only picked up a racket 4 weeks ago.  The great thing about the Premier League 4 sport project is that anyone can have a go and take part in days like today and with the Olympic only a few months away it will hopefully ignite the children’s imagination.  The coaches have worked extremely hard in making the project a success and we can take some big positives out of today”.

Results:

U-12:- Boys – Barnaby Teasdale (st. Mary’s) / Girls – N/A 

U -12’s Doubles: Boys –Kieran Mortimer & Barnaby Teasdale  / Girls – N/A

U -15’s Boys – Jonathan Beharrell (South Hunsley) / Girls – Amy Knott (Mallet Lambert)

U15’s Doubles:  Boys– Callum Everitt & Ricky Tang ( South Hunsley) / Girls – Danielle Mauer & Alisa Ibramhimovic (Newland School)

Roger Tanner the tournament co-ordinator and coach at the Malet Lambert school club was pleased with the response the children had.  “It can be a difficult situation for a young player to enter a competition as it has different pressures to club practises.  It provides a stepping stone for young players wishing to compete, but not yet in a Badminton England affiliated club and to showcase the junior club opportunities to players and parents.”

For further information on all Tigers Trust Community programmes please contact 01482 304758 or matt.conway@tigerstrust.co.uk   or visit www.tigerstrust.co.uk

Or for further information on The Hull Badminton centre and associated clubs please visit www.hullbadmintonclub.co.uk  / www.humbersport.com

 

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PL4S Badminton Tournament

(posted: 16.01.12)

Young Players from School Badminton Clubs around Hull and the East Riding will be given the chance to play in a tournament organised by Hull City’s Tigers Sport and Education Trust and The Hull Badminton Centre.

The grass roots tournament is part of the Trust’s Premier League 4 Sport Project.   The Premier League 4 Sport project is an initiative that sees Football Clubs link up with local sports clubs to help attract young people to take up badminton, judo, table tennis, Netball and volleyball.   Working with the sports' governing bodies, the Youth Sport Trust and Sport England, the Premier League clubs have set a target of getting young people aged between 11 and 19 more active and to join local sport clubs in the build up to the Olympics in London this summer.

Hull City’s Badminton Clubs have been extremely well attended and have seen several children progress onto the Hull & East Riding Performance Centres.  The Clubs are all run after school by dedicated and qualified coaches at St. Mary’s Sports College, South Hunsley School, Beverley High School and Malet Lambert School. 

The tournament will take place on Sunday 5^th February 2012 and will be held at the Hull Badminton Centre, Chanterlands Avenue North, Hull HU5 4ED.  The tournament will start at 9:30am for the U-12’s and 13:30pm for the U-15’s competition.

Paul Pratt, Lead coach for the Premier League 4 Sport Programme said of the forth coming event “The ethos of the competition is a further playing stepping stone to encourage participants who haven’t experienced a badminton tournament to hopefully generate the confidence for them to want to consider joining one of our junior badminton clubs.  We will be there to provide some leaflets and general information to those players who are interested.”

For further information please contact Tournament Secretary, Mr Roger Tanner on (01482) 783016

For information on The Premier League 4 Sport project or The Tigers Sport and Education trust’s work in the community please visit www.tigerstrust.co.uk or call (01482) 304758.