I have recently been appointed by Badminton England as Regional Disability Junior Coach, and I am hosting two training days for anyone wanting to try Parabadminton.  These are in Bridgwater on Saturday 22nd April, and 27th May.  Contact me for more details.

Oxley Sports Centre is hosting two residential camps during the Summer. 12th and 13th August is for league standard players over 18, and 13th to 17th August is for strong junior players.

This is taking place on Sunday July 2nd 2023 at Westlands in Yeovil. Please see Rickysansom.com for more details.

For the second year I took the Avon Under 18 team to the annual Team Championships at Nottingham University.  Four days of frantic, noisy badminton, and some very close matches, In fact 26 of our games were won or lost 15-14.  An excellent 9th place finish, and a great experience for everyone there.

Oxley Sports centre recently hosted its second adult residential weekend.  We had 16 league standard players on court for a total of 12 hours, plus a social on the saturday night.  A great couple of days, with many coming back for the next one in August.

Oxley Sports Centre, Sherborne are running both an adult and junior camp, with accommodation, during Summer 2022.  I am Head Coach for both. Adults- Saturday 16th  – Sunday 17th July. 12 hours court time.  Accommodation and food provided. For league and county standard players aged 18+ . Cost £160 Juniors – Sunday 21st – Friday […]

Im running 3 ‘return to play’ sessions over Easter at Oxley Sports Centre. All 2-4pm Tuesday 13th April for over 14s Wednesday 14th April for under 15s Thursday 15th april for over 14s   contact me for more details

Junior badminton can restart on April 12th!  and adults on May 17th.  Details of what sessions i will be running will be put on here as soon as more is known.  See you soon!

Back in the summer i was invited by UKcoaching to take part in a podcast discussing how coaches can stay fresh and motivated. Its now up on the Ukcoaching website – search for it under podcasts – ‘Discussing boundaries’ https://media.blubrry.com/uk_coaching/b/content.blubrry.com/uk_coaching/94421_UKCIA_Podcast_-_Boundaries_in_Coaching.mp3

Many thanks to http://Www.Yonex.co.uk and BaTsports for providing kit for this season, in these difficult times.