(Credit: Rich Cooper)
The 2021/22 season has been highly successful for the club as we see a great interest in returning to play badminton. A pattern of slowly declining membership pre-COVID has been sharply reversed with many new members adding to the core who have played for more years than they might care to admit! Our club nights have been very well attended, with 4 courts regularly in play and matches played in a friendly yet competitive way.
Our club has been represented strongly in the various leagues we have entered with a full complement of players for every single match and no concessions. Our Open B and Mixed teams won their leagues, and the Open A , Open C and Ladies teams all competed hard and enjoyed some good matches. And the continued development through the ranks from Newbury Juniors to the Senior club was evident with Callum and Duncan Somerville combining their A-Level studies with captaining our Open C team.
We look forward to building on this next season when we return to play on Monday 5 September. But for those who can’t wait that long our Summer Club runs on a pay per play basis until the end of June.
Finally, a big thank you to everyone who has contributed to the success of our club. We are always looking for volunteers to support running the club and would welcome anyone’s contribution.
Core team members 2021/22 season:
- Ladies – Newbury/Shaw Joint
Sheila (Captain), Bryony (Shaw), Latha (Shaw), Hilary, Clare (Shaw), Vivien - Open Division 1 – Newbury Open A
Bryan (Captain), Simon, Craig, Dinesh, Pedro, Kevin - Open Division 3 – Newbury Open B
Suzy (Captain), Ravi, Julia, Nigel, Josh, Mark L, Callum (junior), Duncan (junior) - Open Division 3 – Newbury Open C
Callum (Co-captain), Duncan (Co-captain), Jai, Raghu, Mark R, Rich - Mixed “Ladder” Division – Newbury Mixed
Julia (Captain), Sheila, Suzy, Pedro, Dinesh, Simon, Nigel
