Published on:
28
November 2013
Hundreds of young people in Clackmannanshire have been inspired to play badminton thanks to the various opportunities that the Council's Sports Development team have been offering in conjunction with Badminton Scotland.
The area's first ever badminton carnival saw over 200 P4 children from 14 different primary schools take part. There was such an enthusiastic response from the schools that the event had to be split over two venues, Ochil Leisure Centre and Tullibody Civic Centre. Primary schools entered teams of up to 10 children to take part in a series of skills stations designed to develop the children's forehand, backhand, serving, overhand and underhand shots. Pupils earned points for their team at each station and the overall winning schools were presented with certificates.
St. Bernadette's won the event held at Tullibody Civic Centre and Strathdevon scored the most points at the Ochil leisure Centre. The events ran smoothly and successfully thanks to school and facility staff, volunteers and coaches recruited by Sports Development.
The Clackmannanshire Primary Schools Sports Association badminton league is proving to be extremely popular again this year with 16 schools taking part in two leagues of eight teams. Over 150 P6 & P7 children are playing against each other at Lornshill Academy on Friday afternoons.
The primary school PE teachers, class teachers and Active School Co-ordinators have been working together to provide additional coaching for the primary school players in order to prepare them for the singles, doubles and mixed doubles events that they have been playing in the league competitions.
Senior pupils from Lornshill Academy, volunteer coaches and sports development staff referee the games and after all the group games are played the top three teams from each group will come together to play each other on finals day in January 2014.
This year Badminton Scotland and Central Schools Badminton Group have created a pathway for secondary pupils to move from local to regional and national competitions. Clackmannanshire Secondary Schools Sports Association held three age group qualifiers in October and November to identify pupils who will represent both their schools and Clackmannanshire in the Regional Championships in December at the Peak in Stirling.
On Friday night more than 40 children and young people aged 5-16 years attend the open badminton sessions from 5.30-9pm at Alloa Academy. These sessions are run through the Council's Sports Development and participants can turn up and play games against others of their same age.
If you are interested in attending the Friday night sessions or want more information about how to get involved then contact Sports Development at vstephen@clacks.gov.uk
Singles : Girls
1st Gina Beveridge - Alva
2nd Iona Baxter - Alva
3rd Holly Simpson -
Singles : Boys
1st Michael Gillespie - Alva
2nd Joshua Hatcher - Alva
3rd Ben King - Alloa
Doubles : Girls
1st Gina Beveridge/Kara Fleming - Alva
2nd Anna Dryden/Holly Simpson - Alva
3rd Iona Baxter/Lisa Mather - Alva
Doubles : Boys
1st Ben King/Callum Marshall - Alloa
2nd Adam Lawrie-Kent/Aiden Briggs - Alva
3rd Michael Gillespie/Logan Fraser-Alva
Mixed Doubles
1st Callum Robertson/Gillian Reid-Alloa
2nd Michelle Mclean/Euan Smith-Lornshill
3rd Ben King/Lauren Milheron-Alloa
Singles : Girls
1st Ashley Robertson - Alloa
2nd Gillian Reid - Alloa
3rd Laura Clark - Alva
Singles : Boys
1st Finlay Nelson - Lornshill
2nd Michael Gillespie - Alva
3rd John Gilmour - Alva
Doubles : Girls
1st Hazel Bryce + Hannah McDermott - Alva
2nd Ashley Robertson + Morgan McGinigle - Alloa
3rd Rachel Cowie + Kate Smith - Alloa
Doubles : Boys
1st Finlay Nelson + Cameron Brolly - Lornshill
2nd Logan Fraser + Joshua Hatcher - Alva
3rd Aidan Cameron + Dean Reid - Alloa
Mixed Doubles
1st Finlay Nelson + Sarah Kerr - Lornshill
2nd Hannah McDermott + James McNeil- Alva
3rd Hazel Bryce + Sheraz Afzal- Alva
Singles: Girls
1st Erin Wick - Alloa Academy
2nd Jennifer Smith - Alloa Academy
3rd Laura Kerr - Alva Academy
Singles : Boys
1st Ross McCorgray - Alva Academy
2nd Ryan McNaught - Lornshill Academy
3rd Telfer Gray - Lornshill Academy
Doubles : Girls
1st Erin Wick + Jennifer Smith - Alloa Academy
2nd Sarah Harris + Erin Sharp - Alva Academy
3rd Neve Carberry + Keiti Corcoran - Alloa Academy
Doubles : Boys
1st Ross McCorgray+ Keiran Forbes - Alva Acdemy
2nd Jack Money + Craig Duncan - Alva Academy
3rd Dan Bryceland + Charles Dawson - Alloa Academy
Mixed Doubles
1st Jennifer Smith + Andrew Currie - Alloa Academy
2nd Erin Wick + Gregor Crowe - Alloa Academy
3rd Lauren Binning + John Munro - Alva Aacdemy