U17 County Squad

HSBA would like to congratulate and welcome all the players who have been invited to play in the Herts U17 squad for the new season 2011/12.

Teams will be chosen from this squad to represent the County in the following events:

• Shires League matches
• Friendly matches
• Eastern Region team tournaments
• RIO - a 2 day team event in York
• ICT - a 4 day team tournament at Nottingham University

All the squad members are expected to play in both the appropriate local HSBA tournaments (click here) and National Badminton England tournaments. Successful players in the BE tournaments gain a National Ranking as well as a Grading which determines whether the player is eligible for the Gold, Silver or Bronze tournaments. To find out more visit www.badmintonengland.co.uk..

SQUAD TRAINING

• The Squad meets weekly on Thursdays at the Hertfordshire Sports Village 8 pm to 10 pm.
• The Training is on four courts and uses feather shuttles
• To be eligible to play in the squad a player must either live in or attend school in Hertfordshire and be born in 1994 or 1995.
• Squad manager - Pat Walker Tel: 01992 422073 | e-mail: pat.walker@auchy.com
• Squad coach - Chris Dakin Tel: 07908 639161 | e-mail: cdakin@hotmail.co.uk

County Trials

These were held in May but if you missed them and think that you are good enough to play for the County then contact the squad manager and you will be invited for a trial.

Fixtures

The latest information about the U17 squad fixtures and match results are shown on the Fixtures page here. Shires League results are displayed below. For more information please visit www.shiresbadminton.co.uk.