glos*stars
badminton club
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- 2011-12 Match results
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About Us
- We are a Badminton England accredited Premier Club and the link club for the Badminton Gloucestershire Performance Centre.We have a long term vision and commitment to work in partnership with other badminton clubs and sports organisations in Gloucestershire to produce badminton players from beginner to elite across all ages, to provide fun, training and competitive opportunities for players and to promote the sport.
above: Glos-Stars team members and coaches at the BG Performance Centre.
Our club was set up in 2007 and is now an established club competing in the Gloucestershire Badminton League.We are also, through the Badminton Gloucestershire Performance Centre and other local networks, a gateway to training, development and competition opportunities for players at all competitive standards.For the 2012-13 season we are aiming to:- host 2 mixed, 2 mens and a womens’ teams competing in the Gloucestershire Badminton League
- visit schools in the Gloucester City catchment area with the SMASH badminton project and
- set up a weekly junior and improvers' senior club at GL1 Leisure Centre
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Sessions
- TuesdaysNo Strings social sessions at GL1 Leisure Centre 6pm - for players that want a simple pay and play hour of social badminton. For more information visit the GL1 website and the national No Strings website.Wednesdays - Chosen Hill Sports Centre. An opportunity to improve the technique aspect of your play while training and practising on court. Please contact Tony Drury for more information.Fridays - During the Season (Sep-Apr) this is our match night at Chosen Hill Sports Hall. Out of season please contact us to confirm match practice and club sessions from 7pm. Suitable for advanced players.Junior Club - starting September 2012 at GL1 Leisure Centre.
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Players
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Performance Centre
Our club is the link club for the Badminton Gloucestershire Performance Centre.
Please visit www.bgperformance.co.uk for more information about the Badminton Gloucestershire Performance Centre.
To find out general information about the Badminton England National Performance Centre Programme please click here.
Please contact Dave Woolway if you are interested in joining or for any other enquiries relating to the Badminton Gloucestershire Performance Centre.
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SMASH project
- GAVCA funded junior badminton projectEarlier on this year we successfully applied for funding from Gloucestershire Association for Voluntary and Community Action for a junior badminton project that we're calling the SMASH project. Click here for the official site.
above: Glos-Stars, Gloucestershire and England U15 player Nicola GrestyWe'll be visiting schools in the Gloucester City catchment area with a Badminton Roadshow and organising a Badminton Festival at GL1 Leisure Centre later on in the year.
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Calendar
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Posts
Final Mens 2 match of the season. Well done Oli, Toby and Craig for playing against experienced players and not making it easy for them.
Thanks to Liam for stepping in as captain midway through until I’d sorted out babystuff. Thanks also to the players:
James Siddle, Si Cromey
and the players that stepped up for us from Mens 3 and 4 teams:
Ben Compton, Oli Wintle, Toby Woodford, James Sibbet, Richard Tullet and Craig Bronger
Mens Div 1 - 02/03/12
Glos Stars (5) vs Cleeve (7)
Final Mens match of the season. Thanks to James and Liam for stepping in. Great season, thanks to everyone who took part.
CheersJoe
Cleeve Mens 2 (7) v Glos Stars Mens 3 (5) - Monday 12 December 2011, Bishops Cleeve Sports Centre
Glos-Stars Mens 3 (10) v Hatherley Mens 1 (2) - Friday 09 December 2011, Chosen Hill School
Gloucester Mens 2 (9) v Glos-Stars Mens 2 (3)
Thanks to our subs for this match Richard Tullet and James Sibbet
Severnside Mens 4 (4) v Glos-Stars Mens 2 (8) - a night of framed shots, double hits, hitting it out, into the net and missing the strings
Glos-Stars Mixed 2 (9) v Severnside Mixed 4 (0) - Friday 18 November 2011, Chosen Hill School
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Map - for matches
- Chosen Hill School, Churchdown, Gloucester GL3 2PL, UK
