The first gold tournament of 2023 saw success for Jamie Pearcy winning the Mens Singles at the 2023 Northumberland Senior Gold. 

The gold circuit is the top tier of national competition in England with just 5 tournaments taking place over the course of the season. The circuit is for the elite and top level players competing to qualify for the English National Championships which this year takes place on the 4th/5th February in Nottingham. 

The 23 year old made the 500+mile round trip in search of his first gold tournament win and seeded 2 was always in with a good shout. He started off with a bye in Round 1 followed up with a comfortable win against Yorkshire’s Jonathan Bedford. In the quarter finals it was another 2 set win against the 5/8 seed Harry Jones where he would compete against Wiltshire’s Saahen Shetty for a place in the final. Having dropped the first set Jamie turned the match around  winning 19-21, 21-18, 23-21.

The final promised to be a tight affair against Rohan Thool, although unseeded the Middlesex man toppled the number 1 seed in the semi-finals. Again Jamie dropped the first set but regained his composure to take the next two sets relatively comfortably running out the eventual winner 17-21, 21-12, 21-12. 

Well done Jamie!

You can view the full tournament results by clicking here.

Both Junior and Senior restricted tournaments were held over the weekend of the 24th/25th September. The weekend was a great success with a record 139 participants competing over all age groups. This is a great trend for the county and long may it continue:

All the results can be found by clicking here 

Well done to everyone who competed as well as all winners who can expect their engraved trophies soon. 

If you have any photos from the weekend, please send them to director@badmintonglos so they can be uploaded to the website!

Thank you to all who attended the AGM and for those who have volunteered to help run badminton in Gloucestershire for the coming season. 

All the reports and minutes can be found on the General Info & Documents page under the county section on the menu but for ease here they all are:

BG County AGM 2022 Minutes

Community Report

Directors Report

Junior County Report

Masters Report

Performance Centre Report

Senior County Report

Tournaments Report

Wednesday 25th May 

7pm

Hucclecote Community Centre
Hucclecote Road
Gloucester
GL3 3RT

Chris Travis has kindly arranged with Badminton England to run a Foundation Award in Coaching Badminton. This course is the starting point for people who would like to get into coaching badminton and become a coaching assistant.

Below are all the details you need including a link to book onto the course. Funding is also available to help with the cost, for further information on this please contact andywoolway88@gmail.com

Course Dates & Times:

Day 1 – 04/09/2022     9:00am – 5:00pm

Day 2 – 11/09/2022     9:00am – 5:00pm

Venue Information:

Balcarras Sports Centre, East End Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

CLICK HERE TO FINE OUT MORE AND TO BOOK YOUR PLACE!

There is a Coach Education course in Gloucestershire at the end of October.

Course details:

Course: Foundation Award in Coaching Badminton

Location: Leisure @ Cheltenham

Day 1: Saturday 23^rd October 2021

Day 2: Sunday 24^th October 2021

Cost: £175 for BE members, £195 for non-BE members.

Criteria: Learners must be over 16 yrs on Day 1 of the course.

To book a place, or for more information please click here.

Great news…. the Gloucestershire Restricted is back!

The Junior restricted will be held on the 18th September with the seniors competing on 25th/26th September, both at Leisure@Cheltenham.

PLEASE NOTE YOU CANNOT ENTER ONLINE AND WILL NEED TO USE THE FORMS THAT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD HERE:

Junior

Senior

You can view the tournaments online using these links:

Junior

Senior

Guidelines are in place for clubs, coaches and players on how to return to badminton safely. Please click here to see the latest guidance from Badminton England.