The closing date for entries to the league tournament is this Friday, 10th February.
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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.
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.
So the ‘A’ and the ‘C’ played Bolton-Le-Sands ‘A’ and ‘D’ at home last night. The clash of the ‘A’ teams ended with honours even, but the ‘C’ team really flew the flag for the home club, winning 17 – 1. Well done (except for the pair who lost that game – you’re rubbish). The ‘B’ team are playing tonight at Garstang, so I’ll post the results when I have them.
Full details of the Xmas meal are now up, see the link in the side bar under ‘pages’. Or the link in the last sentence. A slight correction from the last post, btw – the deposit needs to be £10, not £5 as I stated.
Just a quick catch-up this evening to give details of next weeks matches, up-coming club nights and a brief heads-up about the Xmas meal. I’m not going to go into detail about recent results, mainly because I can’t – I’ve been a bit out of touch with the all the teams results since the events detailed in the last post – and you’re better off visiting the league’s results page, which is actually bang up to date as I write this. All I do know is that all of the teams are going along rather nicely, actually, but the ‘A’ team had a bit of a hiccup at Garstang ‘C’ last week, going down 10 – 8. Um. If any team captains (or any other members come to that) want to be able to post results and match reports directly to the site simply register a username and I’ll give you privileges to write posts!
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…
Members – There will be a club night tonight, 8.30 – 10.30 at Salt Ayre.
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.
Lightning quick post tonight, because a) I haven’t much time, b) I haven’t much to say, and c) nobody reads this anyway…
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.
Good wins at home for the ‘C’ and ‘A’ team on Monday night, both teams chalking up 14 points against Storeys ‘D’ and Overton ‘B’ respectively.
After moaning about the light at the University in the last post, I have to say it isn’t that much better at our place – one side of the hall definitely offers some advantage over the other. It’s difficult to say what the problem or difference is really, but it certainly affected most of the results, with the stronger performance from each pair coming from one particular end in all the cases I saw. Maybe it’s a little brighter, or something. Whatever it is, it just throws your timing slightly. Anyone else have the same problem, or notice the same effect? Or is it a case of the bad player blaming his sports centre?
The ‘B’ team play tonight (looking at the time, they will have finished, actually) against Storeys ‘C’, so I’ll post that result as soon as I know it.
Please note: There will be no club night this Thursday at Salt Ayre. Next club night will be next Monday (10/10/5) at the college.
Oops. Who spotted the error in the last post? The ‘C’ team were away on Tuesday night, not Monday, as I stated. Anyone turn up in Caton on Monday night on the say so of this journal? Thought not.
Results from last week were: the ‘B’ team beat Ingleton ‘D’ 13-5, the ‘C’ team lost at Brookhouse ‘B’ (5-13? Can anyone confirm this?) and the ‘A’ team lost at the University to Bailrigg ‘A’, 7-11 (I think – I’m maybe not the right person to be doing these reports…). This is not bad, on the whole, and everything is going to plan (there is a plan, honest). The ‘A’ team haven’t been demoted yet (wait ’til the end of the season for that one) and the ‘B’ team are on target for promotion, probably!
Thanks to Paul Gardner for turning out for the ‘A’ team, and Stewart Clark for the ‘B’.
The ‘A’ team result wasn’t too bad, considering. Bailrigg have a very strong ‘A’ team, and can’t have missed promotion by very much last year (a quick check in the pink book reveals that they finished third, not far behind Kirkby Lonsdale and comfortably ahead of 4th spot (history doesn’t recall their name. Well it does, actually, but I won’t mention it here)), so they’re likely to be up there again this year. Add to that the fact that the venue is rather unfriendly for the visitor, and 11-7 isn’t such a bad result for little old Torrisholme. That venue, though! If you’re from Bailrigg and reading this (not that anyone will be reading this), I know it’s not your fault, so don’t take it the wrong way, but when you can’t commit because you don’t feel you can trust your footing as the court is so slippery with dust, and you can’t see the shuttle because the light is just so awful in so many ways, with lights flickering out, vast dark areas, other sections where you feel you’ll need treatment for snow-blindness and that sodding balcony back-drop, you start to appreciate the true meaning of ‘home advantage’. The University sports hall should be such a great venue. I suppose with a few more games to get the old eye in, the light stops being such a hurdle, and you can concentrate on your game, but until you become acclimatized, well, boy!
Anyway, I thought it was alright, it’s just some of my team mates, you know, I’m just a reporter. Home advantage in badminton is a myth, if you ask me…
Next week:
W/C 03/10/2005
- ‘A’ Team – Home, Overton ‘B’
- ‘B’ Team – Away, Storeys ‘C’ (St. Martins College, Wednesday, 7pm)
- ‘C’ Team – Home, Storeys ‘D’
So, having 2 home matches means there’ll be no Monday club night courts. Watch this space for news on Thursday club nights.