Hildenborough Badminton
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The 2020-2021 Season - one to forget and move on from we hope, very few results to report but the coaches were very proud of how many of the junior players responded to the multiple lockdown situations. It was certainly a difficult year for many families. We made as much coaching happen as was possible in the circumstances.
The summer of 2020 saw a series of successful summer camps go ahead with many visiting coaches and good participation levels, including friendly matches against local senior teams who were very keen to get playing again.
August 2020 - Senior Nationals were held almost behind closed doors. Our ex junior Rory Easton (one of our visiting coaches) who is now a full time player in Milton Keynes reached the final (men's doubles) for the 2nd year in a row, but came 2nd again. 3rd time lucky next year we hope Rory!
Holly Williams also made the draw in 2 events, ladies doubles and mixed. This is no mean feat with only 16 pairs being accepted in each discipline.
NEW SEASON STARTS - here we go ................
New England Junior Pathway Selections
New England Junior Pathway Selections
Congratulations to our 3 new junior players from the left Kavin Karunakaran, Shraddha Gopalikrishnan and Mili Patel who join Holly Williams and Sofia Bao on the England Performance Pathway.
26th- 27th August: Kent Futures Junior
26th- 27th August: Kent Futures Junior
This was a tournament for those juniors who are new to the sport and have not yet represented the County. Many medals awarded to brand new HBC players - full results here:
https://be.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=bcdb9c24-f066-43db-b029-d6c4271b23cd
More photos to follow I hope
4th - 5th Sept: Kent Senior Restricted
4th - 5th Sept: Kent Senior Restricted
Congratulations to all our HBC winners and finalists.
Mens Singles: Rory Easton
Mens Doubles: Nikita Kolomnin (partner Tom Long)
Ladies Singles: Holly Williams
Runner Up: Sofia Bao
Ladies Doubles: Emma Goddard (partner Jess)
Runners Up: Holly and Emily Tilman
Sadly Emily Tilman was injured, unable to play the ladies doubles final with Holly and in A&E at the time this photo was taken- we wish her a speedy recovery.
Mixed Runner Up: Emily Easton and Laurence Nemestothy- full results here:
https://be.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=5570cb9a-8d9c-4fa9-9c90-d4da09eb515f
2nd photo includes a couple of young supporters!
Mili Patel
Mili Patel
Mili was disappointed to have to miss the Kent Senior restricted due to a clash with an U15 Gold age group event. But a win in in the Girls singles Gold cheered her up and guarantees entry to the Gold Star next time! Semi finalist also in the girls doubles.
11th - 12th Sept: Kent Junior Restricted
11th - 12th Sept: Kent Junior Restricted
Huge congratulations to all participants. We think this was the largest entry in our memory.
Results to follow with more photos I hope from our roving photographer Hugh Bao.
Some of the action as it happened!
Some of the action as it happened!