Note that the Sunday sessions are free to members, but are to be used for team selection.

That’s gonna hurt…

Matches start W/C 22nd September, so we’ve 3 weeks of Monday nights to prepare before club nights revert to 1 court 8-10. I’ve put the initial dates in the club calendar (see also this entry and the google calendar button in the side-bar) and I’ll add details of the matches once I get sight of the new handbook.

The fee structure is unchanged from last year, and can be seen in full on the welcome page.

• Club Nights re-start on the 3rd, 7pm – 10pm;
• Afternoon Selection & Match Practice – Sundays 9th and 16th September;
• Matches start W/C 24th September.

This gives us 3 whole club nights for selection and practice before the matches start again. We have also booked 2 afternoon sessions on the 9th and 16th September, purely for selection and match practice. These will take place at Salt Ayre, where we have 2 courts for 2 hours between 2.30 & 4.30.

This season, club night will be restricted to 1 court 8-10 on Monday nights at the college when matches are on.

All dates and events will be updated to the club calendar as they become known.

Hope to see you there.

For information, the ‘A’ team lost their cup match this last week to Ripley ‘A’ by 30 points. The handicap was 68 points in Ripley’s favour. The excitement as we opened the envelope at the end of the night was almost too much to stand.

Our treasurer, Lorraine, is making a list, and checking it twice, trying to find… well, you know the rest.

Seriously, if you haven’t paid in full, no vouchers. It’s a £15 saving, think about that!

• ‘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, however, be the Thursday club night at Salt Ayre, 8.30 – 10.30, so everyone’s welcome to that…

…except the ‘A’ team, who are away to Sunnyside ‘C’ on Thursday night (LRGS, 7pm) – Note that this is a change to the published arrangements.
The ‘B’ have no match this week (so will be itching, no doubt, to go to club night to keep their skills sharply honed).
The ‘C’ team are away on Monday night to Moor Hospital ‘B’ (Morecambe High school, 7.30pm PROMPT).

That’s your lot.

Next weeks matches are:

• ‘A’ Team – Home, Bolton-Le-Sands ‘A’
• ‘B’ Team - Away, Garstang ‘D’, Tuesday 8pm (Garstang Leisure Centre).
• ‘C’ Team – Home, Bolton-Le-Sands ‘D’

Bolton-Le-Sands ‘D’!? Sheesh, how big is the catchment area for Bolton-Le-Sands badminton club!?

This means there will be a club night on Thursday night at Salt Ayre, 8.30 – 10.30, but no club night courts available on Monday night. Speaking of club nights, one deviation from the expected pattern, and NOT as advertised on the recent flyer handed out by Cynthia, is that there will NOT be a club night on Monday 21st November. Check back here nearer the time to see if there’s going to be a club night on the Thursday that week (I suspect there might be). I’ll put up the complete list of club nights on a separate page shortly (check the side bar for the link –>).

We have now booked the Xmas meal. We have 24 places booked at The Gatehouse on Friday 2nd December. Cost is £20 per head (this is exactly the same as the cost for the Xmas meal at the Gatehouse in 2003). Further details, like the menu and stuff, will be posted shortly. In the meantime, get your £5 deposit to one of the Social Committee (James Illingworth or Stuart Allan), and check out the pictures from the last time we were there back at the old website…

For those who qualify, the free club night vouchers should be available tonight, assuming my printer doesn’t pack up, and I can get down there. If you don’t know what this means, please refer to the minutes of the AGM which were certainly delivered into your clutches way back before the start of the season…

The A team lost their home match against Garstang B on Monday night, 11 – 7. Quite a respectable score against a strong club, I think, and it was a fun match. Worryingly, they weren’t at full strength, it would seem, with 2 regulars missing. Hmmm.

The C team had a good win against Brookhouse C, 14 – 4. We’re rattling along nicely there, although it’s too early to get excited, I suppose.

The B team played last night, and I haven’t news of that yet. I’ll post later tonight if I can find anything out at the club night. Also, watch this space for details on the recent committee meeting and the plans for this years Christmas meal.

Results this week are mixed – the A team lost on Monday, to Salt Ayre, at Salt Ayre, 12- 6. This is a poor result, and I’m not going to go into the reasons right now, suffice it to say it was a frustrating match and I’ll bet beer to crisps we can flip that result (or better) at our place. The ‘B’ team, on the other hand, are flying, taking down Hest Bank ‘D’ 17 – 1, no doubt partly because of some inspired pairing decisions from the selection committee (Pam).

The C team rested this week.

Once again, there will be NO club night this Thursday (13/10/5), because everyone had their fill on Monday at either matches or club night, and the committee are meeting that evening too, so many of the club night stalwarts are otherwise engaged in club business, looking out for your future…

Next weeks matches are A and C at home to Garstang B and Brookhouse C (so no club night then, either, watch this space for news on next Thursday for a club night), and the B team are away to Kirkby Lonsdale D, Wednesday night, 19.30, Queen Elizabeth School.