Torrisholme BC

With Christmas out of the way, it’s time to start organising some more social events for 2006. There’s always great difficulty in organising events which incorporate activities – it’s always very difficult to plan numbers because most people have serious committment issues. Yeah, yeah, we know – it’s difficult to justify spending time/money on activities with the badminton club when you’ve already got so much going on with family/work/golf/real-friends etc, we (the social committee) have those things too, so we understand. Also, finding nice group events which are inclusive and inexpensive is troublesome – not everybody likes bowling, not everybody likes paint-balling and not everybody likes zorbing. It’s hard enough to organise a badminton evening and keep everyone happy, so what chance have we got with white-water rafting?

That’s not to say we won’t be doing some of these things over the coming months, but it’s just another appeal for your assistance. Try and answer us when we ask you if you’d like to come to x event or if you fancy y activity (even if it’s “No, please stop bothering me”), and try and remember that we’re supposed to be working on all of this for your benefit. We’re not doing it just to piss you off (if we were, you’d know about it). If you’ve got any ideas for an event, or anything to contribute, then contact us.

So, anyway, with all of this in mind, a nice easy start to the social calendar for 2006. No activity, no hidden costs, just a nice, simple meal and a drink. No pressure to come, but everyone more than welcome.

• When: Saturday, February 4th. (time TBD, see below)
• Where: Quite Simply French, 27a St. Georges Quay, Lancaster.

So, what time? Wee-ell, that’s up to popular response. It has been suggested that we take advantage of the early bird menu, but, as the name cleverly suggests, we’d have to go early. Between 6 and 6.30. That’s going to be OK for some, but not for others, so majority rules on this one. We’ll need numbers and preferred times ASAP. I’ll canvas around the club this week, and I’ll make a booking by Friday of this week, after which the list will be closed. Obviously, if we can’t get in at QSF for any reason, we’ll find somewhere else to go.

So, a nice meal and then a few drinks. Who’s up for it?

Contact us by email or see James Illingworth or Stuart Allan in person, or leave a comment against this post. I mean, you’re reading this aren’t you, so you’re like, on the internet, right?

There is a new feature on the site. I’ve added a calendar system to be used to diary all club events. I’ve made a start, and I’ve added matches and so forth for the next few weeks. I’ll complete it up to the end of the season over the next few days.

Let me know what you think, or if you have any trouble with it.

I’ve put the link in the side-bar for future reference.

Normal service resumes this week, with all three teams having league matches.

• ‘A’ Team Garstang ‘B’, Away, Friday. Garstang Leisure Centre. 8 p.m.
• ‘B’ Team Kirby Lonsdale ‘D’, Home.
• ‘C’ Team Brookhouse ‘C’, Away, Tuesday. Victoria Institute, Caton, 7 p.m.

This means there will be a club night at the College this week, from 8 p.m. Sounds like quite a few people are going down, especially with the ‘A’ teams match not being until Friday night. Should be good.

The club committee are meeting this Thursday night, so if anyone has anything they want to raise at this level, please contact Cynthia Dickinson or Stuart Allan, or email Stuart at this address.

There will be 2 courts from 8:30 to 9:30, and a single court from 9:30 to 10:30 on Thursday night at Salt Ayre.

Wow. Both the ‘A’ and the ‘B’ won their cup matches on Monday night. The ‘B’ team game was a bit of a non-event, since B-L-S ‘B’ were fielding a reserve-weakened team, and conceded with 12 games still to go. Yes, 12. The ‘A’ team won theirs in the more traditional manner of actually playing badminton, beating Overton ‘B’ by some 60 points.

Happy New Year.

We’re heading now into the cup competitions. A bit of a bleak time awaits those who are knocked-out early, as you’ll get to sit out a few weeks between now and the end of the season, as league matches make way for cup weeks. There are cup weeks this week (w/c 9/1/6) and then w/c 23/1/6, w/c 6/2/6 and w/c 20/2/6, with the finals being played Saturday 18/3/6.

Our 3 teams each have a different competition to contest: The ‘A’ play in the Riley Cup, the ‘B’ in the Hayhurst Cup and the ‘C’ in the Seathwaite Cup. The ‘C’ team don’t have a game this week, as their first round match is to be held in the round 2 week… Don’t ask me why, I just report it.

The ‘A’ and ‘B’ are unusually both at home, playing Overton ‘B’ and Bolton-Le-Sands ‘B’, respectively. I don’t know what the points are, maybe it’s on the league website, somewhere… Oh, yeah, it is. The ‘A’ team match is an honourable scratch game and the ‘B’ team get a 60 point bounce on the ‘le-sands crew – scratch plays negative 60.

Don’t forget that points are everything and games count for nothing. Play the percentages when they’re serving and go all out when you’ve got the shuttle in hand. Good luck.