Am I competent or incontinent?

Charity bike ride

Building up for a charity bike ride of a 190miles (for Get Kids Going), I am putting in some training. I plan to go out as often as I can and do a least 10miles on my bike every day.
Friday 5 August schedules two rides, one short one in the morning solo. [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Badminton – The Albion Foundation

Last week I was asked to provide badminton coaching at the George Salter School in West Bromwich. These sessions are organised and funded by ‘The Albion Foundation’ Registered Charity No. 1081948.

The project ‘Premier League 4 Sport ‘ is run by all 20 clubs with in the Premier League, working with the government to improve on the [...]