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Havant
Hornets (or Havant Junior Badminton Club) is a friendly and
welcoming badminton club for young people aged between 8 and 16
years old.
We provide coaching and games at Havant Leisure Centre
giving young players a chance to learn and improve their skills
and to have fun at the same time.
We run two sessions of one hour each, between 4.00 and 5.00
pm and 5.00 – 6.00 pm on Mondays during normal school term
times.
We
have a wide diversity of playing abilities amongst our members,
from beginners to far more experienced players.
We will encourage you if you wish to train harder and learn
more skills but also if you wish to enjoy the game and just have
fun!
Our
coach, Peter Smith, is a well known and respected coach; he also
coaches young Hampshire players.
We also have assistant coaches who are on hand to help.
About
our coach Peter Smith
Peter
has been coaching badminton at various levels since 1993 and
qualified as a Badminton England Part one coach in 1995. His
initial coaching experience began when he coached his son, Andrew,
from the age of 8 until he was 14. During which time, he developed
into one of the county’s top junior players, representing
England on many occasions. Andrew has since moved on to become
ranked as the UK’s number 1 singles player and 28 (currently) in
the Worlds Rankings. Whilst coaching Andrew he was engaged to
coach the Hampshire Junior Squad at U13 and U15 age groups.
Following early retirement, he decided to concentrate on his
coaching at all age groups and levels in order to attract as many
people as possible to the game. His coaching responsibilities have
recently included,
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County
Squad
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3
Junior Clubs
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‘MIND’
charity
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Southampton
Solent University
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Southampton
Schools Squad
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Adult
education groups
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Badminton
for the disabled sessions throughout Hampshire,
We
were lucky to be awarded a grant from the National Lottery last
year and this has helped our club to increase from one session to
two, provide shirts for our members and pay for competition
prizes.
It has also helped our volunteers gain accreditation for
coaching and child protection.
All our adults have been Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)
checked.
In
addition to helping young badminton players enjoy the game, we
organise competitions inside the club between members and with
other local clubs.
There are regular opportunities to enter competitions run
by Hampshire Badminton at the Westgate Centre in Winchester and at
some other leisure centres, for example, some of our members have
played in competitions in Southampton and Portsmouth over the last
year.
We also have members who are part of the Hampshire
Development Squad and train either in Winchester or at Highbury
College in Portsmouth.
Badminton
is a great sport, it develops racquet skills, hand/eye
coordination, teamwork (when playing doubles) and is a sport that
you can continue to play and enjoy as an adult.
The
club is run entirely by volunteers although we receive great
support from Havant Borough Council.
If you have an interest in joining our club, initial
enquiries can be made through this website on our contact page or
via the Secretary, Maggie Phillips.
Please note: occasionally we operate a waiting list,
depending on current numbers.
Link
to Badminton England website
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