Yesterday saw the week of the Handicap Tournament 2025 come to an end and the winners were crowned! A variety of new winners will now have their names engraved onto the trophies forever, whilst others managed to reclaim one of their titles.

Your Guernsey Handicap 2025 Winners :

– WS A – Grace Edwards

– OS A – Andy Barker

– OS B – Jayden Hallett

– WD – Maxine Fitzgerald & Sarah Garbutt

– WD40 – Maxine Fitzgerald & Sarah Garbutt

– OD A – Robert McVean & Andy Ward

– OD B – Jayden Hallet & Simon Hearne

– OD40 – Jay Allu & Raja Vallapureddy

– XD A – Ellie Saunders & Alex Tapp

– XD B – Dayana Freitas & Noah Millar

– XD40 – Sarah Garbutt & Andy Ward

Congratulations to all of the winners and runners up. We certainly saw some stars of the future during this tournament and once again it was excellent to see everyone enjoying themselves.

Thank you to everyone that took part, and also a big thank you to everyone that got involved to help run the tournament all week.

Both streams can be found on our YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/@GSYBadminton

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We are happy to announce that entries for the Guernsey Handicap Tournament 2025 are now available!

The tournament is open to EVERYONE of all ages! Whether you are a badminton member or not, get involved and have some fun!

The tournament will take place between Monday 27th January to Friday 31st January – and is open to everyone! Entry can be completed by completing the form online, linked to this post.

For the Handicap Tournament, players are given either a plus or minus starting value to try and balance the matches. You could start anywhere from +18 for a complete novice, all the way to -14 for our seasoned pros!

For example, one match could start -12 vs +13. The +13 player only needs 8 points to win the game, whereas the minus player needs to get 33!

Please note that the Singles “previous winners” competition has been axed this year, and previous winners for singles will be entered into the main draws and handicapped accordingly.

ENTRY LINK: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfg1VmQubrHYys2l963FBc0SXnZLbo4iPBWTp0BUAuYV4RyyQ/viewform

JUNIOR CLOSED TOURNAMENT 2024

To any junior that is aiming to take part in the Junior Closed Tournent of 2024, the closing date for entries is this coming Friday, 4th October at 23:59.

Please ensure that your entry is submitted on the Badminton England website prior to this date to be included in the tournament.

The link to the tournament can be found below:

https://be.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/8426AE2D-2BDB-474F-BBEE-B18C897D1427

We are very happy to announce that St Michael’s Junior club will be starting up again THIS SATURDAY (21st September 2024), from 15:00 to 17:00.

The cost for each junior is £3.

If your child wishes to come along but doesn’t have their own racket, there will be rackets available to use so they will not miss out.

We look forward to seeing lots of the juniors again on Saturday! 😀🏸

We are super excited to welcome two special guests to the Guernsey next weekend. The 2022 Bahrain International winners, 2024 English National Badminton Championship winners, Yonex All England participants with a career high ranking in 2023 of 28th in the WORLD!

Otherwise known as “Badminton Insight” on YouTube, we have the privilege of welcoming Greg & Jenny MAIRS to Guernsey on the 14th and 15th September.

During their time here they will be running multiple coaching sessions for our different squads over the course of Saturday and Sunday.

On the Sunday evening between 18:00 – 19:30, Greg & Jenny will be competing in challenge matches against ANYONE should they wish to challenge and try their best against a world pairing! You do not have to be part of any squad to get involved in this. Come on down and experience playing against the best!

After this there will hopefully be a small exhibition match where the MAIRS pairing will play against a Guernsey pairing, and there will be opportunities for you to take pictures with Greg & Jenny following this.

From 20:30 – 21:00 Greg & Jenny will be doing a small Q&A session, should you have any questions you would like to ask them.

We look forward to welcoming them to the island.

The Guernsey Badminton Association would also like to thank Sarnia Hotels for their kind contribution towards the visit of Greg and Jenny Mairs, helping to make this amazing opportunity possible. Thank you.

The league entry form is now available for the upcoming 2024/25 League Season.

This form contains all dates that leagues will be played on.

If you wish to enter the Leagues, please complete, and e-mail this form to League@badminton.org.gg by Sunday 15 September 2024.

• – GBA 2024-25 League Season – Entry Form and Rules

Unfortunately the St Michaels Junior Club that runs between 15:00 – 16:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays has been cancelled. We are currently uncertain about when these sessions will resume.

However, for the time being we have scheduled a replacement session, to take place on Saturdays from 15:00 to 16:30.

Are you passionate about badminton? Are you a highly enthusiastic and skilled communicator who is dedicated to advancing the sport in Guernsey? Do you enjoy supporting young players and helping individuals reach their goals? If so, this role may be a great fit for you!

We are currently accepting applications to take on the role of Badminton Development Officer for the Guernsey Badminton Assocation.

If you are interested and would like to know more about the role, please click on the link below.

View Job Opportunity HERE – Badminton Development Officer for Guernsey Badminton Association

Applications will close on Saturday 15th June at 23:59 BST.

Any questions related to this role, please email: secretary@badminton.org.gg