The next Goslings Social will be this Friday at The Albert Arms (1 Gladstone Street, Southwark). This social will coincide with the first Friday badminton session. The social will start from 2030 onwards and for those playing on Friday please join after the session has ended.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Michael

This Thursday is Open Night, where we welcome members and non-members to join our session from 7pm at Talace Sports Centre. So tell your friends, partners, neighbours, colleagues, and family.

Afterwards we will have our usual social event where we will announce this month’s Thursday Member of the Month.

There is still time for nominations, please email thursday.badminton@goslingslondon.com before Thursday.

See you there!

Michael, Lucy and Ubaid xxx

London Women’s Badminton Club are organising a weekend of coaching on the 24th & 25th June with Badminton England at Milton Keynes (arrive Friday 23rd June). They are running 2 sessions, one for B- and above players and one for C players and currently have places available for both groups. The cost for this is £200 for a shared twin room and £220 for a single room (limited availability)

The price includes:

· 12 hours coaching (6 hours Saturday and 6 hours Sunday) withcurrent/past National players and coaches
· Accommodation on Friday and Saturday night
· All meals from Friday night till Sunday lunch
· Complimentary courts on Friday night (if available) including shuttles
· The use of gyms (if you have the energy)
· Free parking

Draft programme of what the sessions could cover is below.

If you are interested in attending, please contact Simone at contact@londonwomensbadmintonclub.co.uk

Saturday
10.00am – 1.00pm Session 1 Warm up
Overhead Strokes and Movement.
Underhand Strokes and Movement
Lunch at 1.00pm
2.00pm – 5.00pm Session 2 Serving and Return of Serve
Multi Feed Routines developing shots/movement from Session 1

Sunday
9.00am – 12.00pm Session 3 Drives and Defence
Multifeeds and restricted practice routines. Lunch at 12.00pm
1.00pm – 4.00pm Session 4

Tactics
Rotation
Multifeed
Games to put lessons into Practice
Option to go over what has been done or particular requests.