Sunny woop, who is your coach? does he do any summer training camps? I need some advice on physical training and "round the head smashes". I often end with stomach pain after those shots and I don't call my round the head smashes as smashes they are basically fast drops Lee Jae Bok is doing some limited coaching this summer during July and August. Details are still patchy as he only arrived back in the UK today. The Liba uk website will have details during the next week or so. www.libauk.com Skates
40 is the standard minimum age for Vets, but I think at international (and maybe national) level you get events with a minimum age of 35 links for Vets http://www.emptage-architects.co.uk/badminton/ and there is a section on www.baofe.co.uk for Vets
Satellites are great fun, that is the main point. I have had mixed results over the last few seasons. One time you might drive all the way to Nottingham only to have Roebuck take you round the back of the shed, pull down your pants and give you a sound spanking. Other times you might enter an Elite on your front door and have the fortune to be drawn against the Hampshire 'pan-handler' Butler. You never know, you just need to make up your mind if you enjoy it or not. There is no denying that playing the rankings game is a lot of fun too.
Welsh Senior Series FYI. The WBU is looking at having a series of 10 tournaments next season. 4 up North Wales, 5 down South Wales and one in the middle ! I run the South Glamorgan (Cardiff) tournament which will be early November. The RANGE of standards is quite big - with local club players (Me !) right up to the players like Paul Le Tocq, Joe & James who all either won or were runners up at the recent England Satellite Finals. As a club player it is great to play against a range of players - and likewise if you are good enough the qtrs/semi's and perhaps finals are more than achieveable. Sean
Wesh Seniors Tour Hi Sean Where can I get some more information about the tour? I emailed Lyndon Williams at the WBA website but have had no reply. I imagine entry forms will be posted a bit nearer the time but do you know if any details of the ten events are available as yet? Skates
Wss Skates - if you go to the WBU website > events section > Welsh Senior Series. There it has details (right down the bottom) about the tournaments that have been run recently. This will give you some idea of what will be happening for next season. I also understand that the WBU is trying to get co-operation with the BAoE to have the events ranked below the England Satellite points system, so if any English players go in them they will earn some points which can go towards whatever ranking system they have. I don't know whether this will happen for the next season - but at least they are thinking about it. Sean
anybody had any luck in these this year i'm going to enter the lancs and the cheshire opens - if anybody's looking for a XD or MD partner for them i'm certainly willing to pair up Coops
well.. it's happened.. on saturday i'm playing in the cheshire open.. my first satellite tournament since the lancs open 05 - meant to enter the 06 but had pulled my back again wish me luck everybody PS - anybody else going? COops
