Once again Shiregreen Sports Badminton club will be hosting a charity week at the club raising money for St Luke’s Hospice in memory of Jane Bilton. Jane Bilton was a long-time member of our club, who passed away due to cancer towards the latter end of 2017. St Luke’s supported Jane throughout the duration of her treatment and leading up to the last day of her life. On Monday 22nd and Thursday 25th October we will charge £3 per session with all proceeds going towards St Luke’s. If you want to kindly donate more than £3 this would be welcomed. SSBC will cover the cost of courts for this evening. Monday 22nd October details: Normal Monday session at Firth Park Academy. £3+ per member going towards St Luke’s. Thursday 25th October details: We will be hosting another Inter-club tournament, get your pairs ready and your game faces on! Prepare for a tournament of the ages! A selection of buns/cakes will be available to buy on the night with proceeds going towards St Luke’s. £3+ per member going towards St Luke’s. Some more information about the charity: St Luke's care for people aged 18 and above throughout Sheffield who have terminal illnesses. They aim to control their symptoms, alleviate pain, and give them the best possible quality of life – all free of charge. https://www.stlukeshospice.org.uk/what-we-do Click here to see the donation from last year: https://www.facebook.com/groups/shiregreensports/permalink/1461938947265239/ Shiregreen Sports Badminton Club are pleased to announce that we will begin our first league badminton campaign this year. We will be entering a Mens Plastics team into the Sheffield Badminton league for the 2018/19 season. We will be starting in the bottom Division (Division 5), and are hoping to finish in a strong position in the table at the end of the season. Over the past few weeks we have hosted two tryout evenings open to members who have shown an interest in playing in the team this year. In attendance at these sessions were Adam Hague (League Team Secretary) and Will Stocks (League Team Captain), who together are responsible for selecting players to play in the team. The team was chosen based on the following criteria: An element of Correct Technique
Textbook positional play
Overall ability
Here are the 12 members who will be representing SSBC by playing in the Mens Plastics Team in our first league campaign (in no particular order): Adam Hague Will Stocks Ross George Andrew Chan Tom Powell Maz Mo George Liu Jonathan Springer Lloyd Barker Gordon Atkinson Josh Bilton Adam Hopkinson Thank you to everyone who showed an interest and came to tryout for the team. To all other members wishing to play league badminton - opportunities may arise throughout the season so keep your eyes peeled. We hope we can count on members to cheer us along at our matches! |