Ok, enough of this healthy sporting activity, lets drink and eat pizza! The Academy Badminton Club Christmas Social is taking place on Friday 11 December 2015 at 7.30pm We have a table (or four) booked at Pizza Express (Berkeley square – at the top of Park Street) for some Italian style Christmas dinner. We have […]
With the league season two months old most of Academy’s teams are well into their fixtures now and we’re starting to get a picture of where they might stand in their respective divisions. The most dramatic improvement has come from our ladies who started with a solid 4-2 away win at RWP and have gone […]
As discussed at this years AGM we will be creating an additional league team for the coming season. In addition to the current Men’s, Women’s and two Mixed teams playing in the Bristol Leagues we will be fielding a new Men’s team for the North Somerset League. They will be playing their home matches on […]
The Autumn term starts on 1 September so club fees are due now. The term runs from 1 September 2015 to 1 January 2016 and fees are £50 (£40 concessions), payable by 31 August. For those of you who play for the full three hours each week, that comes in at the bargain price of […]
Long standing member and part time club comedian, Colin turned 80 last week. For most of us, to still be turning out to play a couple of hours of badminton each week at his age would be an achievement. And while he might not be quite as quick around the court these days, he’s still […]
Sunday 4th January saw the start of a busy week for Academy Badminton Club with all our league teams in Action. Mixed 1 kicked things off with a healthy 5-1 win away at Frys – starting the way they mean to go on this year. Unusually, Wednesday sees both the men and women in action. […]
Due to the The Park being closed for the festive period the club will not be meeting for a couple of weeks. December 17th will be your last opportunity for a badminton fix before adopting the customary lack of activity and excessive eating and drinking the following two weeks demand. Play will resume on January […]
Some of you will have seen the sample shirt hung up by the pegs board over the past couple of Wednesdays and in fact some of you also signed up to order one. We are hoping to place that order on Monday, so this is a last chance for anyone who’s interested but didn’t put […]
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has announced that it is again considering changes to its scoring system During the recent Dutch Open Tournament a new system was trialed and is set to be reviewed later this month along with three other suggested alternatives to the current scoring system. Currently matches are played as best of […]
Amidst accusations of dirty tricks, the resignation of a campaign manager so he ‘could spend more time with his family’ and calls for a recount, Jon Bristow has been elected captain of Academy Badminton’s second mixed team, with a 20% majority over Mark Schofield. Election coordinator, Al West, confirmed the result to both candidates privately […]
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