Christmas Tournament results
10 September 2008
"Book-em Dan-O" .....Dan Ormesher in Double win
2008 - Christmas Tournament - London
Saturday 29th November saw us host our 35th Annual Christmas Tournament.
Our numbers were slightly down on last year, with a much higher than average ratio of men to women playing which created difficulties in running the mixed event in particular. The badminton at Woking was not without incident in the afternoon as play was interupted by a fire evacuation out into the cold and wet with about 100 excitable children who were attending birthday parties at the leisure centre.
In the ladies doubles Melanie Dorval from Air Canada Montreal and Julie Gentry from Air Canada UK triumph in the final against our own Kiran Durah and Amanda Mealey from Lufthansa Cologne.
The Mens doubles saw Steve Jenkins and Dan Ormesher, both BA win the final against Jas Bhambra (BA) and Garnet Earl who was entering the event for the first time as a guest from Bristol.
After winning the mens in the morning Steve & Dan were on opposite sides in mixed final, partnered by Arlene Mitcham from BA and Karen Sauermilch from Lufthansa Hamburg respectively. Dan & Karen came out on top in a closely fought final to give Dan his "double win".
Despite all the games during the day we all just about had enough energy left to keep the dancefloor occupied during a very lively evening.
I'd like to say a big thank you to Jackie & Billu in particular for all their help both prior to and during the event, also to the team of drivers who took the overseas drivers from the hotel to Woking and back.
I've now got a whole year and a week to organise next year's event on Saturday 5th December 2009 !!!
We'll post some photos of the event in the near future.
Simon Boon - Tournament Organiser
nd back during the day and retrun trip to the Concorde Club on Saturday evening.
Closing date for entry is 24th November 2008 but please book your hotel accommodation direct with Jury's Inn as soon as possible to ensure you can secure your rooms.
To book hotel rooms please email simon.boon@ba.com and i will send you a booking form and further details on the tournament. Once completed the form should be sent direct to the following email address heathrow_reservations@jurysinn.com
Details of the Jury's Inn can be found via the following link http://www.jurysinns.com/index.php?hotel_pid=43146
Getting to Jury's Inn from Heathrow Airport
There are several ways to get from Heathrow to the Jury's Inn. The only one which takes you direct to the door of the hotel is the H9 Hotel Hoppa Bus costing £4 for a single journey.
Alternatively you can get a 285 bus to Hatton Cross bus station for free (then 5 mins walk to hotel). The third option, and probably the fastest is to get an Underground train from any of the terminals to Hatton Cross which will cost £3 (then 5 mins walk to hotel). Please note that there are no lifts or escalators at Hatton Cross Underground station so you will have to carry your luggage up two flights of stairs. For more information on travel around Heathrow see link below :-
http://www.londontoolkit.com/lhr/hotel_hoppa_bus.htm
If you wish to arrange alternative accommodation in England AND make your own transport arrangements to both the Tournament and Evening Reception the package cost will be GBP 36 per person for players and GBP 23 for non-playing supporters.
Programme
Friday 28th November
Overseas guests arrive - Hotel Accommodation at Jury's Inn, Hatton Cross. (You are welcome to attend the BA Club to play badminton on the Friday evening (from 7pm onwards) and join us in the bar afterwards.... Contact us on arrival and we will arrange to pick you up from the hotel)
Saturday 29th November
08:00 - Transport from Jurys Inn to Woking Leisure Centre
09:00 - Start of tournament
12:45 (approximately) - lunchtime break - food available to purchase at sports hall
13:30 (approximately) - restart tournament
17:00 - Tournament ends - transport back to Jury's Inn
19:15 - Transport from Jury's Inn to BA Concorde Centre for evening reception. Sit down for dinner at 20:00.
01:15 - end of evening reception - transport back to Jury's Inn
Costs for London based players who don't need accommodation are £14 to enter the tournament, £23 for evening reception or £36 for the whole event, so saving £1. To attend just the disco at the evening reception (after 21:30) the cost is £5.
Look forward to seeing you all at the event.
Simon Boon - British Airways Badminton Club
Please contact me via email for any questions you have about the event.
