Herts U13s are delighted to welcome Jo Goode as squad
coach for another season. For anyone who is not aware, Jo
won the Bronze Medal in mixed doubles at the Sydney Olympics
in 2000, and over her career, also reached the Final of
the world championships, won gold medals in Mixed and Level
doubles at the European Championships and Commonwealth games,
and won the Mixed doubles in the All England at Birmingham
in 1999.
Our squad members will have the benefit of all that experience
this year, as well as her inspiring coaching style and the
focus and dedication which took her to the very top of the
game.
Squad training runs from September to Easter, on Wednesdays
from 5:30pm to 8pm, on 6 courts at Herts Sports Village, and
will provide fitness, agility and technical training.
Coaching team & contact details
Squad managers give their time and experience for free
Tournament play, underpinned by regular high quality
training, is the most effective way to improve as a player,
developing your own skills and learning from other successful
players. So we encourage members of the squad to compete
regularly in these events.
All squad players should compete in the HSBA tournaments
at Stevenage Leisure Centre at both U13 and U15 events.
For details about the tournaments please click on the Tournaments
menu button or here. To download
entry forms please click on the Downloads menu button or
here.
We also expect squad members to play at least 3 Badminton
England tournaments during the season (although our more
ambitious players, and those of our rival counties, will
play many more) Performances in these tournaments count
towards gradings in the national ranking system. Entry forms
are available from the Badminton England website. Click
here to go to the BE download page.
Matches
Herts U13s play inter-county matches as follows;
Badminton England Team Challenge (One day event
in East Anglia in November, top two teams qualify for
national finals day in March)
Shires League (season long competition, with a national
play-off finals day in April)
Eastern region team events (one day events at various
venues in East Anglia)
Friendlies (arranged as the calendar permits)
Selection for representative events will be on merit,
but we try to give all squad members opportunities to develop
by playing competitively for Hertfordshire.
Results
The latest information about the U13 squad fixtures and
match results are shown on the Fixtures page
here. For Shires League results
please click
HERE and for more information
visit www.shiresbadminton.co.uk. For previous seasons
results please click
HERE.
**Eligibility Conditions Players are eligible to play
inter-county badminton for Hertfordshire if they live in,
were born in or are at school in, the administrative county
of Hertfordshire.