Don’ forget the WMPC (West Midlands Performance Centre) hosts the Under 15 Bronze Tournament on 12 January 2013. It is at The Doug Ellis Sports College, Birmingham City University (Full details HERE).
URGENT – DEADLINE is 22 December 2012.
Your entry needs to be with Irene Williams (details HERE), before the deadline.
The draw will appear online approximately 48 hours prior to the tournament.
Category Archives: Tournaments
Under 15 Bronze – Entry DEADLINE
West Midlands Performance Centre are hosting an Under 15 Bronze Tournament on 12 January 2013 at The Doug Ellis SC, Birmingham City University (Full details HERE). Please note the DEADLINE is 22 December 2012. Make sure you get your entries in to Irene Williams (details HERE), before the deadline. The draw will appear online approximately 48 hours prior to the tournament.
Mom talks about badminton success for her son
New badminton player Joe Kamara joined the West Midlands Performance Centre recently. His mom tells us about his success so far. Click HERE.
Teachers – Can you answer this question?
Do you have the next English Badminton Champions in your classroom? Could one of the pupils in your calss be the next Nathan Robertson or Gail Emms? Then please encourage them to compete in the Unipart Schools Tournament that the West Midlands Performance Centre is hosting at the NIA, Birmingham, on Sunday 20 May all day in the Community Halls. The competition is about children trying badminton as a new sport, a sport they play in the garden or play during lessons at school and taking it further. For more information and entry forms click HERE.
Unipart and FZ Forza together sponsor Schools Tournament in Birmingham
Together Unipart and Forza sponsor a series of schools tournament on on Sunday 20 May 2012 here in Birmingham it comes tot he NIA.
The tournaments are aimed at players with little experience of playing the game of badminton and have yet to represent their county.
The tournaments offers the opportunity of competitive play without the worry of meeting county level players. For details click HERE. For an entry form click HERE.
And the winners are ……….?
The boys singles ran very smoothly, despite several contestants not turning up on the day. With the fantastic volunteers organising the event, time was made up. The boys singles semi-finals produced two worthy finalists. Rob Lowes took an early lead, but Matthew Smith clawed an important 3 points back to give 20-20. The next few rallies were nail-bitingly tease for spectators. Rob Lowes came up thrumps with a 26-24 victory.
The results are in CLICK HERE for the full Results
Local badminton – all spectators welcome.
This Sunday 4 March.
Badminton England BRONZE under 17 event being held in Birmingham welcomes all spectators.
Watch some of the up and coming youngsters from local counties competing in this event held by the West Midlands Performance Centre over two venues. Click HERE for more details.
No entrance fee, just loads of good badminton to watch.
What do you think of the new website?
It has been a rush creating the new website. The information for the BRONZE Acceptance List needed to be published quickly. So apologies for any inconvenience, especially Vicky Bowater (who has handled all the applications for the tournament and has been inundated with calls regarding the event). A BIG thank you to Alan Spink of Action Photography who has very kindly supplied the images for the site.
Your comments will be much appreciated.