Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Hastings YMCA Badminton Club Local Badminton Club ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [All England Badminton Championships 2025!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/all-england-badmintin-championships-2025/) - Tim Leakey (Club Chairman/Membership Secretary, officiated at the All England Badminton Championships 2025 in Birmingham this year. This is the oldest Badminton Tournament in the world, having first been played in 1899. A long but fulfilling week with world-class games being seen up close (Tim actually covered nearly 87 km and nearly 117,000 steps in - [In House tournament 11th June](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/in-house-tournament-11th-june/) - A week after the first tournament another was held for the other pairings looking to enter. There were 7 pairs with a total of 21 games played on the night. All pairings played well throughout leaving to some close games including a tie breaker for 2nd and 3rd place as well. 3rd place were Jack - [In House Tournament 4th June](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/in-house-tournament-4th-june/) - We recently held another in-house tournament for members of the club with the first tournament having 9 pairs entering for the night. A total of 36 games were played with each pair having 8 games to 21. Overall the competition was close with only 1 point between the top w pairs. Trophies were give to - [AGM Awards!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/agm-awards/) - At the AGM held on the 14th May two awards were once again handed out by the club to promising members who have performed well over the last year. Will Brand Memorial Trophy Woody Lewis was chosen as the winner of the Will Brand Memorial trophy for most improved player. Woody started with our club - [93rd Eastbourne Badminton Tournament!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/93rd-eastbourne-badminton-tournament/) - Recently Neal and Callum from YMCA Badminton club entered the men's doubles tournament this year which was well attended with 3 groups of men's attending the day. The tournament ran from 2pm till 6pm with pairs playing at least 5 games each to 21 with no Setting. Callum and Neal were also able to win - [English National Badminton Tournament 2025!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/english-national-badminton-tournament-2025/) - Tim Leakey (Club Chairman/Match & Membership secretary) recently officiated at the English National Badminton Tournament at Nottingham University. Great matches were played by the players with a player from Sussex winning the men's doubles (Zack Russ). - [Inhouse Tournament Part 2!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/inhouse-tournament-part-2/) - The rescheduled other half of the internal tournament was played recently after having to be rearranged due to bad weather. Despite the change of date, the event was still well attended with 11 pairs entering the tournament. See below for some pictures from the night. All pairs played well and the tournament ended up being - [In-House Badminton Tournament 2025!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/in-house-badminton-tournament-2025/) - We recently held the first of two In-House tournaments in which all members can compete if they wish. The other tournament which had unfortunately been delayed is now happening on the 12 February. This tournament saw 7 pairs play to 15 twice against each other leading to close matches and at least one victory from - [U-17 Gold Tournament!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/u-17-gold-tournament/) - There was the U-17 Gold Tournament at the National Badminton Centre at Milton Keynes recently, where Tim (Leakey - Club Chairman/Match & Membership Secretary) officiated.A good all-round tournament at the National Centre, which is currently undergoing an extensive refurbishment.It is also home to the National Badminton Museum, that shows the eras of the game from - [U12 Sussex Restricted Tournament](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/u12-sussex-restricted-tournament/) - Karthik a member of YMCA Badminton club recently had success in the U12 Sussex Restricted Tournament Winning Bronze in the Singles, Silver in Men's Doubles and Gold in the Mixed Doubles! - [Passing of Alan Smith](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/passing-of-alan-smith/) - Alan Smith, England Badminton Award winner, former Sussex County Chairman and Vice President and Eastbourne and District Badminton Chairman has sadly passed away. The Eastbourne Badminton League has created a tribute as well as funeral details on the Eastbourne badminton website, Where personal recollections or thoughts can be added. http://www.eastbournebadminton.co.uk/index.htm - [U-17 Gold Tournament Redbridge 2024](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/u-17-gold-tournament-redbridge-2024/) - Tim (Chairman/Match & Membership Secretary) officiated at the U-17 Gold at Redbridge Sports Centre recently. For those that don't know, Redbridge was built for the warm up Badminton courts for the 2012 London Olympics - [CLUB SOCIAL ACTIVITY!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/club-social-activity/) - The club had three teams in a local quiz to raise money for a local charity that saves sight in Columbia. The quiz was written by Tim (Club Chairman) & Samantha(Club secretary) and the quizmaster was Tim. Great fun was had by all, raising £800:00 for the charity - https://theguruprojects.com/. Tim is going with the - [In House Tournament Part 2](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/in-house-tournament-part-2/) - We hosted the second part of our in-house tournament where more pairs went head to head to test their ability. It was another great night with all pairs doing well and having some great games played. Trophies were handed out to the top three pairs but all pairs walked away with something at the end - [Sussex Juniors Rising Stars 2024!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/sussex-juniors-rising-stars-2024/) - Recently our youngest member was involved in the junior tournament Sussex Juniors Rising Starts 2024 This tournament is for ages 11-17 with our member Karthik entering the U11 and he was very successful in winning the Tournament for his age group at 9 years old!!. - [In House Tournament!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/in-house-tournament/) - The club recently hosted another Inhouse tournament for our members with the first part of this happening on the 26th of June! This is a random draw where players play within that pair for the whole Tournament! The in-house summer tournament for our social non-league players was held recently to great success! It was well - [Will Brand Memorial Award!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/will-brand-memorial-award/) - At our most recent AGM we once again celebrated one of our player's improvements with the Will Brand Memorial Award! This year it went to Ben Carter one of our newer members within the last year. Ben Carter enjoys playing badminton with his daughter Lily. Ben now plays several times a week and has elevated - [Chairman's Most Improved Award!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/chairmans-most-improved-award/) - As we do every year we celebrate Members of our club who have made great progress in their skills throughout the year and this year we are lucky enough to have a second award. Chariman's Most Improved Lady Award! Lucy Rainer is a shy girl who has really come out of her shell recently. Her - [Member's Birthday!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/members-birthday/) - Anne Hobbs, one of our long-standing members who has been a member for 50 years has recently celebrated her 70th birthday at our AGM! A card was signed by members of the club and a cake given to celebrate. We hope she had a good day along with the surprise from the club. - [Charity Badminton Morning](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/charity-badminton-morning/) - One of the local league clubs Hailsham & Eastbourne badminton club are hosting a charity badminton morning and are inviting people to come along and participate. Please see below for details! Can we interest you in a morning of fun badminton to raise some money for two fantastic local hospices - St Michaels in Hastings - [80th Birthday!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/80th-birthday/) - One of our members celebrated their 80th birthday the other day! To celebrate the club arranged for a special cake made to celebrate as well as a few small gifts as well. Congratulations to Les on this day! - [125th Yonex All England!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/125th-yonex-all-england/) - Birmingham's stadium recently once again hosted the Yonex All England Badminton tournament. The is tournament is the longest running Badminton tournament in the world running for 125 years Tim Leakey Chairman of YMCA was one of the Line Judges for the event again as well! Lots of great games were held throughout the week with - [92nd Eastbourne Badminton Tournament Singles and Ladies Doubles results!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/92nd-eastbourne-badminton-tournament-singles-and-ladies-doubles-results/) - On the 30th March the Singles and Ladies Doubles section of the Eastbourne Tournament was held at Willingdon College. YMCA had one pair in the Ladies doubles tournament with Anni Schmalz and Emma Harris winning two out of their four games to just lose out on second place in the final game! The Mens singles - [92nd Eastbourne Badminton Tournament Mixed results!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/92nd-eastbourne-badminton-tournament-mixed-results/) - On the 23rd of March the mixed section of the tournament was held at Willingdon College. YMCA entered 6 full pairs into two of the three groups, with everyone picking up at least a win throughout the tournament day. One pair in group A of the tournament were even able to successfully win a trophy - [92 Eastbourne Badminton Tournament Men's results!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/92-eastbourne-badminton-tournament-mens-results/) - On the 16th March the Men's section of the Eastbourne Tournament was held at Willingdon College. YMCA entered 7 pairs into all three groups with everyone having success whether from winning trophies, Matches or improving their own ability within a competitive environment. One pair in group A of the tournament were even able to successfully - [Mens Leage Winners 2023](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/mens-leage-winners-2023/) - After a hard-played season, our Men's division 1 team thought they had missed out on the trophy this year. - [In-House Tournament July 2023](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/in-house-tournament-july-2023/) - The club recently had its in-house tournament where members of the club play doubles against each other for prizes and a fun afternoon playing badminton. The turnout was great with 34 players attending from the club attending. There were two separate groups with Trophys for each of the top three pairs of each group. Scores - [24hr Charity Badminton](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/24hr-charity-badminton/) - Recently Members of the club participated in a 24hr Charity badminton session to help raise money for Annette Huggett. For more information about the cause and to donate yourself please see below. The Event itself raised over £1800 on the night and some Members ended up staying the whole 24hrs which is a great achievement. - [Will Brand Memorial 2023](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/will-brand-memorial-2023/) - With the Second year of the Will Brand memorial being chosen by the Committee the Winner of most improved went To Ashley Ellis who received his reward at the AGM this year. - [Ladies League Winners 2023](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/ladies-league-winners-2023/) - A big Congratulations to the YMCA Ladies team this year who Won the league by winning all their games to claim the trophy for the second year in a row. As well as the League trophy the club also presents a separate trophy to all Ladies who participated in the league this year. - [Badminton All England 2023](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/badminton-all-england-2023/) - Tim Leakey (Club Chairman) officiated at the Badminton All England 2023 this year, with things now back to normal though with extra precautions in place, the tournament was watched by many people including a number of the club's players. Great matches by the world's best players. - [Badminton England Gold Tournament 2023](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/badminton-england-gold-tournament-2023/) - Tim (Chairman) recently officiated at a BE Gold tournament in Winchester, Hampshire. Some great games from BE future stars on the game - [EASTBOURNE 91st BADMINTON TOURNAMENT 2023](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/eastbourne-91st-badminton-tournament-2023/) - This is the second oldest continuous badminton in the world. Only the All England Badminton tournament is older (in the 125th year this year). The Club had 23 unique players registered in the tournament this year, which was 7 more than last year. Although there were 23 players, a number played in more than one - [English National Badminton Championship 2021](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/english-national-badminton-championship-2021/) - The Tournament was held at the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes and Tim Leakey Club Chairman/Match & Membership Secretary) officiated at the Championships where some great Badminton was played by the best players in the country. The Sussex county was represented (playing separately) by Jonty & Zachary Russ who had some great games. Some - [Gold Sanctioned Tournament 2021](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/gold-sanctioned-tournament-2021/) - This centre was just a perfect space for Badminton with 12 courts (sprung floors) in one building that were divided to separate each hall of three courts. The most exciting game was a mixed match with Harry Goode (Son of Jo Goode MBE – Ex World No 1 Mixed Doubles & Andy Goode who also coached both of them) & Cara Collins who were 12-20 down in the third game and came back to win the match and the mixed final of the Tournament 21-23. It just shows that one should never give up in a match! See the photos of the inside halls during the tournament as well as the main centre. Tim Leakey (Chairman/Match Secretary) officiated at a Badminton England Under19 Gold sanctioned tournament recently in Hertfordshire at University of Hertfordshire, De-Haviland Campus. This centre was just a perfect space for Badminton with 12 courts (sprung floors) in one building that were divided to separate each hall of three courts. The most exciting game was a mixed match with Harry Goode (Son of Jo Goode MBE – Ex World No 1 Mixed Doubles & Andy Goode who also coached both of them) & Cara Collins who were 12-20 down in the third game and came back to win the match and the mixed final of the Tournament 21-23. It just shows that one should never give up in a match! See the photos of the inside halls during the tournament as well as the main centre. - [Level 1 Coaching Achievements!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/level-1-coaching-achievements/) - Congratulations to both Callum Napier (Social Media and Website Committee Member) and Ryan Burdett for recently qualifying for their Level 1 coaching certificates. Great work and Well Done to both of them. - [In-House Tournament November 2021](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/in-house-tournament-november-2021/) - YMCA Recently had a inter-house Fun tournament! See below for the games throughout the day. We had Two groups within the tournament with random partners assigned for everyone. The top three pairs for Courts 1 & 2 are below The top three pairs for Courts 3 & 4 are below A big thanks to Samantha - [National Badminton England 2021](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/national-badminton-england-2021/) - Hastings YMCA Badminton Club was very proud to be represented at the National Summer League Finals in Milton Keynes Last weekend. The club had entered two teams into the league in order to gain experience and as a club we had not expected to qualify for the finals. It was a very special day for all involved as they got a chance to play on the National team Courts. It was a very challenging day as the opposition were from performance centres and were by far the best players our team had ever played against before. Despite the uphill challenge our team kept their spirits high and enjoyed every moment and even managed to get some impressive scores. It was certainly a day to be remembered for all the right reasons despite not bringing home the trophy. Onwards and Upwards whilst looking forward to another tournament later next year. - [Will Brand Memorial](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/will-brand-memorial/) - Unfortunately within the last year a member of our club, Will Brand passed away suddenly. In honour of him we have renamed the ‘Chairman’s Most Improved Player Award’ to ‘ Will Brand Memorial Most Improved Player Award.’ The winner of this award this year chosen by the committee was Julie Newberry who has shown great - [Commonwealth](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/commonwealth/) - Tim Leakey (Club Chairman/Match Secretary) officiated for Badminton at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham this year. It was a great experience and an honour to have been chosen to officiate. There were some fantastic matches between the commonwealth countries that were seen as close as one can get! The opening and closing ceremonies were unique - [U17 ENGLISH NATIONALS](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/u17-english-nationals/) - Tim Leakey (Club Chairman/Match and Membership Secretary) recently officiated at the under 17 English Nationals at the National Badminton Centre at Milton Keynes. It was so great to see the rising stars of English Badminton competing for the titles at this great National centre for Badminton. - [We are on Facebook!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/we-are-on-facebook/) - Come join our facebook page! Freedom YMCA Badminton Club | Facebook - [Club Members Birthday](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/club-members-birthday/) - The Club recently celebrated the very special birthday of one of its players, Garen Tarassian with a special cake that was a replica of his badminton bag and was almost all edible - including the shuttle!! ## Pages - [Welcome to the Hastings YMCA Badminton Club!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/) - Local Badminton Club We Welcome all players to contact the club to come and play. - [Hastings YMCA Badminton](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/about/) - We’re a friendly, vibrant mainly adult club welcoming players from improvers to league and county players. All club nights will involve a mixture of men’s, ladies' and mixed doubles badminton games. We believe the best way for everyone’s game to develop together is by playing a mixture of games with different ability players, and expect - [Club Committee](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/club-committee/) - Club Chairman - Tim Leakey Club Secretary - Samantha Leakey Club Treasurer - Linda Offen Club Match Secretary - Tim Leakey Membership Secretary - Tim Leakey Welfare Officer (Adults/Children) - Samantha Leakey Committee Member - Anne Hobbs Committee Member - Paola Dorigato The Committee can be contacted by emailing admin@hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk Non-Committee - Website & Social - [Policies](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/policies/) - Club Equity Statement This club is committed to ensuring that equity is incorporated across all aspects of itsdevelopment. In doing so it acknowledges and adopts the following Sport Englanddefinition of sports equity:Sports equity is about fairness in sport, equality of access, recognisinginequalities and taking steps to address them. It is about changing theculture and structure - [YMCA Ready For New Season With New Shirts!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/ymca-ready-for-new-season-with-new-shirts/) - [National Badminton England Summer League](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/national-bardminton-england-2021/) - Hastings YMCA Badminton Club was very proud to be represented at the National Summer League Finals in Milton Keynes, which was the last time that this tournament/league was played. The club had entered two teams into the league in order to gain experience and as a club we had not expected to qualify for the finals. It was a very special day for all involved as they got a chance to play on the National team Courts. It was a very challenging day as the opposition were from performance centres and were by far the best players our team had ever played against before. Despite the uphill challenge our team kept their spirits high and enjoyed every moment and even managed to get some impressive scores. It was certainly a day to be remembered for all the right reasons despite not bringing home the trophy. - [Insurance](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/insurance/) - ProofOfCover - Policy 444900297154_20250718100131Download - [Dean George Coaching](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/dean-george-training/) - On Sunday 18th October members of YMCA Badminton were lucky enough to experience a coaching session with one of the best badminton coaches in England Dean George an Ex England and world number 50 player came down to assist members in improving their skills while also helping enhance how we played already. - [Club Night Sessions!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/back-to-play-club-night/) - [COVID](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/covid-update/) - COVID UPDATE The Club welcomes all players to come and join us as we have done before to enjoy a great game of Badminton. Covid is much less of an issue now, but is still currently within the community. As expected, please do not attend any session if you are feeling unwell or experiencing any - [Directions](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/directions/) - Hastings YMCA Badminton Club The Y Centre, Bohemia Rd, Hastings, Saint Leonards-on-sea TN37 6RS Bexhill Leisure Centre Down Rd, Bexhill-on-Sea TN39 4HS - [Contact](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/contact/) - [News Post's](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/post/) - [Inter-house Competition 2021](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/inter-house-competition-2021/) - On 14th June 2021 we finally managed to have our club tournament, which had been postponed several times due to Covid. We had to use a new format and use two groups. The new system worked very well and produced tightly contested trophies in both groups. Our shuttle provider sponsored us so we were able - [Will Brand Memorial](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/will-brand-memorial/) - Unfortunately within the last year a member of our club, Will Brand passed away suddenly. In honour of him we have renamed the 'Chairman's Most Improved Player Award' to ' Will Brand Memorial Most Improved Player Award.' The winner of this award this year chosen by the committee was Julie Newberry who has shown great - [Eastbourne Badminton Tournament](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/eastbourne-junior-badminton-tournament/) - Men's Doubles 5th March 2022 The 90th Year of the Eastbourne Badminton tournament is being held this month with the Men's Doubles occurring on Saturday 5th March. We had a great turnout with members from 5 pairings being from YMCA. All pairs did great each winning games within their respective groups. As shown below trophies - [In-House Tournament November 2021](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/in-house-tournament-november-2021/) - YMCA Recently had a inter house Fun tournament see below on the games throughout the day. We had Two groups within the tournament with random partners assigned for everyone. The top three pairs for Courts 1 & 2 are below The top three pairs for Courts 3 & 4 are below A big thanks to - [Gold Sanctioned Tournament 2021](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/gold-sanctioned-tournament-2021/) - Tim Leakey (Chairman/Match Secretary) officiated at a Badminton England Under19 Gold sanctioned tournament recently in Hertfordshire at University of Hertfordshire, De-Haviland Campus. This centre was just a perfect space for Badminton with 12 courts (sprung floors) in one building that were divided to separate each hall of three courts. The most exciting game was a mixed match with Harry Goode (Son of Jo Goode MBE - Ex World No 1 Mixed Doubles & Andy Goode who also coached both of them) & Cara Collins who were 12-20 down in the third game and came back to win the match and the mixed final of the Tournament 21-23. It just shows that one should never give up in a match! See the photos of the inside halls during the tournament as well as the main centre. - [Members Birthday on club night!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/members-birthday-on-club-night/) - One of our long standing players, Andy Dinsdale had a ‘special birthday’ and Samantha and Tim Leakey (Club Secretary and Club Chairman) had this themed ‘dairy free’ cake made especially - even the main part of the shuttlecock was edible! (Please enquire via ‘contacts’ if anyone is interested in any themed cakes (any theme is - [English National Badminton Championship 2021](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/english-national-badminton-chapionship-2021/) - The Tournament was held at the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes and Tim Leakey Club Chairman/Match & Membership Secretary) officiated at the Championships where some great Badminton was played by the best players in the country. The Sussex county was represented (playing separately) by Jonty & Zachary Russ who had some great games. Some - [Level 1 Coaching Achievements!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/level-1-coaching-achievements/) - Congratulations to both Callum Napier (Social Media and Website Committee Member) and Ryan Burdett for recently qualifying for their Level 1 coaching certificates. Great work and Well Done to both of them. - [Badminton England Gold Sanctioned Tournament 2021!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/badminton-england-gold-sanctioned-tournament-2021/) - Tim Leakey (Chairman/Match Secretary) officiated at a Badminton England Gold sanctioned tournament recently at the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes. A Sussex County player and coach, Jonty Russ, was in the tournament and played in the semi-final of the mixed and won the Men’s doubles final with Oliver Baczala (both also play for England) - [Sussex Badminton Coaching Day](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/sussex-badminton-coaching-day/) - [All England Super Series 2021!](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/all-england-super-series-2021/) - From the 11/03/2021 - 15/03/2021 Tim Leakey (Chairman) was a International Line Judge for the All England Super Series. It was a very interesting experience as although it was televised across the world and on Badminton England TV, there were no spectators allowed so the arena and concourse were totally empty! The officials had to - [Spidernets Tournament](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/spidernets-tournament-2018/) - [Judging in Sydneys Olympic Park](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/judging-in-sydneys-olympic-park/) - [2019](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/2019-2/) - [Christmas Party 2016](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/christmas-party-2016/) - [Eastbourne Tournament 2020](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/eastbourne-tournament-2020/) - [Support Us](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/support-us/) - Did you know that whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be raising free donations for Hastings Ymca badminton club with easyfundraising? There are over 4,000 shops and sites on board ready to make a donation – including eBay, Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, Booking.com and - [Chairman's Awards](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/chairmans-awards-2017/) - Tim Leakey (Club Chairman) has had difficult choices when choosing the chairman's award for the most improved club player over the years. The annual award has been awarded over a number of seasons and is chosen by the chairman from members who have, in his opinion, shown great improvement in their game throughout the year. Nominations - [Eastbourne Tournament 2019](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/eastbourne-tournament-2019/) - The club competed in the Eastbourne tourament this year which is the oldest in the country after the Yonex All England and is in its 88th year from its inception. Tim Leakey (Club Chairman/ Match Secretary) Callum Napier (Mens/Mixed Player and Hastings League Match Secretary) came second in their division of the tournament - they - [Tim & Sam Perform for Charity](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/tim-sam-perform-for-charity/) - Both Tim Leakey (Club Chairman/Match Secretary) and Samantha Leakey (Club Secretary) played in Leeds at a Charity Event run by Jenny Wallwork (Former World Number 5 in Doubles) and attended by a large number of current and former England Players who intermingled with the non-professionals to play mixed and singles games. This was all in - [Tim & Sam Take Off at Heathrow](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/tim-sam-take-off-at-heathrow/) - Tim Leakey (Club Chairman/Match Secretary) and Samantha Leakey (Club Secretary) recently travelled 90 Miles to play in the Heathrow Spidernets 12 th Annual Open Badminton Tournament at Imperial College Cranford. There were four courts in constant use all day and both Tim & Samantha battled through to their respective Quarter Finals. In Tim's match it - [Tim and Sam Officiate Down Under](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/tim-and-sam-officiate-down-under/) - Tim and Samantha Leakey, pictured left, officiated at the 2017 Australian Super Series Open Badminton Tournament in Sydney recently. They both had a fantastic time will all the worlds best players participating in this tournament which was one of the top graded events in the world for 2017 - [Club Christmas Tournament 2015](https://hastingsymcabadmintonclub.co.uk/entry-forms/) - The Annual XMAS Club Night Tournament for all Club members was held just prior to the Christmas break as part of our annual Christmas festivities. A great time was had by all the players taking part during the evening. 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