Badminton Birmingham – Premier League 4 Sport (PL4S)

During term times I am run the PL4S Badminton after school club at George Salter Collegiate Academy in West Bromwich. PL4S is where league football clubs sponsor 4 sports locally.  I was engaged by The Albion Foundation to run the badminton sessions on a Wednesday evening straight after school.

The PL4S and Aston Villa ran an [...]

Get Kids Going - Charity Bike Ride – Training

In preparation for the big days (August 20 and 21) with a target of 191miles, my friend Jon Lindsay (from Ashton Badminton Club) has been riding for years, took me out on Sunday for a training session. I managed 34 miles with Jon after doing 10miles on my own in the morning. I knew about [...]

Mad or What? - Solo Ride

After yesterday (Friday) I am now well up for my training. So a solo ride. Unfortunately I
don’t have the mod cons like Luke (Big Yellow) but hey I’ll give it a go. I had
only just go out of my road and hit a queue of stationary cars, so I went down
the outside to pass them. [...]

Mad or What? - Charity Bike Ride

In a moment of temporary insanity I agreed to do a bike ride for charity. The charity is
Get Kids Going. The bike ride is 191miles over 2 days around London. I am doing
it with a fellow 4Networker Luke McLaughlan from Big Yellow Self Storage in
Birmingham.

In preparation, yesterday (Friday 22 July) we met up and did [...]

Badminton in Birmingham

This weekend saw the Birmingham Bonanza Badminton Tournament organised by Badminton England.

The event was well attentend and busy on both days. I took part in a couple of events with friends and supported several of the WSBC (Warwickshire Schools Badminton Club) under 11 and under 13 kids that I coach. The family event where I played [...]