Team England
Para-Badminton Squad 2012
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12 / 13 May 2012 The Sports Centre, University of Nottingham
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BADMINTON England
BADMINTON England have invited 12 Para-Badminton players to form the newly introduced Team England Para-Badminton squad for 2012.
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Gobi Rangathan & Rachel Choong (Front) |
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Nottinghamshire Blazers Wheelchair Badminton Club
Owen Kilburn, Oliver Ward (Coach) &
Paula Robinson (L to R) |
6 stars, including some well known names on the global Para-Badminton circuit, have been pinpointed as Podium Performance players whilst a further 6 will form a Podium Potential group.
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PODIUM POTENTIAL |
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| Gobi Rangathan |
WH2 |
Owen Kilburn |
WH1 |
| William Smith |
SL3 |
Paula Robinson |
WH2 |
| Bobby Griffin |
SL4 |
Martin Rooke |
WH2 |
| Rachel Choong |
SS6 |
Bruno Forbes |
SL4 |
| Oliver Clarke |
SS6 |
Antony Foster |
SL4 |
| Andrew Martin |
SS6 |
Krysten Coombs |
SS6 |
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| RESERVE/S |
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| David Follett |
WH1 |
Daniel Lee |
SL4 |
| Lee Hill |
SS6 |
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The squad, featuring representation across 6 classifications of disability, was selected by a panel made up of the Team England Para-Badminton head coach, Disability Manager, and BADMINTON Council Member.
To draw up the squad list, the panel reviewed results from the 4Nations Para-Badminton series and other international competitions over the past 2 seasons – identifying consistent ability to reach Finals - as well as the longer term prospects of individual players’ ability to reach a world ‘top 3’ ranking based upon new BWF classification.
In addition, younger players who have demonstrated long term world class potential and commitment with the ability to perform under pressure have also been named within the squad.
The squad has 2 clear performance objectives laid out:
• Achieve English representation in a minimum of three finals at the European Para-Badminton Championships 2012.
• Achieve English representation in a minimum of 6 semi-finals at the European Para-Badminton Championships
In order to put unrivalled focus on these objectives, all players named in the Team England Para-Badminton squad will now benefit from a specific Team England training camp as well as invaluable support at the 2012 European Para-Badminton Championships, hosted by Germany in June.
In addition, players selected for the ‘Podium Performance’ group will receive additional support for entry into the French International Parabadminton Open in April 2012 and the European Parabadminton Championships.
Speaking on the unveiling of the Team England Para-Badminton squad, BADMINTON England’s Disability Manger Tom Webster (pictured below) stated “BADMINTON England’s new Disability Strategy is in place to drive up playing standards and help the sport gain Paralympic recognition.
“Our ultimate aim is to develop and maintain a minimum of 3 players ranked in the Top 3 of the BWF world rankings across all classifications and disciplines and this squad gives us maximum opportunity to achieve this”.
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