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May 2013 News

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May 2013

North Ayrshire 4North Ayrshire Primary Teachers CPD- 22 Primary teachers from 12 schools in North Ayrshire attended a      2-hour CPD session at St Winning's Primary School on 20th May. The session covered content from BADMINTONscotland's Primary Curriculum for Excellence Pack including; warm-up games, practices to develop grips and serving skills as well as many fun on-court games. Each attending school received a resource pack and 1 year's affiliation, funded through North Ayrshire Active Schools. It is hoped that attendees will now start to deliver badminton as part of the curricular PE as well as in lunch-time and after-school badminton clubs.  

 

 

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Glasgow Primary Teachers CPD- 16 Primary teachers from the East End of Glasgow attended a 2-hour session covering BADMINTONscotland's Primary Curriculum for Excellence Pack. The training is one part of a partnership project between BADMINTONscotland, Glasgow Active Schools and Glasgow Sport; offering schools in Glasgow's Clyde Gateway Badminton Coaching, Resources, Equipment as well as training for Teaching Staff.

 

 

North Ayrshire Primary Teachers CPD- BADMINTONscotland will be delivering a Primary Teachers CPD on Monday 20th May in St Winning's Primary School. The session will cover content from BADMINTONscotland's Primary Curriculum for Excellence Pack and will show teachers how to safely deliver high quality badminton activities to large numbers of pupils in a one badminton court setting.

 

David Purdie

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David Purdie 22Date of birth: 1st July 1992           
Marital status: Single
Residence: Skelmorlie
Main event(s): Singles and Doubles
International Titles: N/A
Scottish Titles: N/A
Other notable achievements:
Silver in Irish 4 nation’s event in singles and Doubles
Selected for Scotland to compete at the 2012 European Para-Badminton Championships in Dortmund
4th Place within 2013 Spanish Para-Badminton International SL4 Men's Singles
Career Highlights: Playing in the European Para-Badminton Championships
Coach(s):
Previously - John Kent, Present - Kaity Hall and Fraser Michie
Sponsors:
D&N Joinery, Skelmorlie   
Stewarts Associates, Largs
Equipment used: Yonex Voltrix Racket
Badminton Goals & Ambitions: Win SL4 category at the 2013 World Para-Badminton Championships
Typical week Training Schedule:
3x fitness (either gym or swimming
2x court session
When did you start playing badminton and why?
Started playing about 10 years ago with the Boys Brigade. I had stopped playing football and needed a new hobby to keep me fit, I enjoyed playing badminton so it was the obvious choice.
First badminton memories:
Winning a semi final match in the BB national badminton competition, It was my first competitive match.
If not badminton then…: Either pool or snooker
Most admired badminton player: Peter Gade

 

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April 2013 News

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April 2013

SSBU Primary Championships take place this Saturday at Bells Sport Centre, Perth. Participating pupils have qualified for the event through various Regional competitions. BADMINTONscotland's Development Team will be attending the Championships and are available to speak to any teachers, parents, coaches or clubs to discuss how we can better support local schools areas. If you are interested in setting up a meeting please email John Shearer at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

We will be running 3 Teacher CPD sessions in Dumfries and Galloway this month. Details of the sessions are as folllows:

Wednesday 24th April- Primary Curriculum for Excellence CPD- 4.00pm-6.00pm- Dumfries

Wednesday 24th April- Secondary S1-S6 CPD- 4.00pm-6.00pm- Dumfries

Thursday 25th April- Primary Curriculum for Excellence CPD- 4.00pm-6.00pm- Sanquhar

If you are a teacher, parent volunteer or coach and would like to attend any of these sessions please contact John Shearer on 0141 445 1218.

 

February 2013

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February 2013

Glasgow Sport Badminton Camp

Glasgow Sport will be running a 5-day coaching camp from the 8th-12th April at the Cockburn Centre, Glasgow. The camps will run between 10.00am-3.00pm and are open to all junior players aged between 6 and 16 years old. To download and application form click here. All players must also complete a medical and photographic consent form. Please click here to download.

South Lanarkshire Teacher CPD

In partnership with South Lanarkshire Council's Education and Actice Schools teams we have successfully delivered a programme of Primary Curriculum for Excellence training and resources to over 60 primary teachers from across the Local Authority.

The feedback from staff has been really positive and we hope this will lead to an increase in curricular and extra-curricular badminton within South Lanarkshire Schools. Teachers will be given continued support by being able to access BADMINTONscotland's online Curriculum for Excellence support section, containing video clips, work sheets and cross-curricular content.

 

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