Members of the Edinburgh University Badminton Club were donating blood over the last week during two sessions organised by our health and safety officer, Annie Tucker. We had a great turnout with 13 members successfully donating blood in the Edinburgh Blood Donor Centre! We will be planning more donating sessions Read more…
This year’s championship has been a record year for the club attaining two new titles, men’s singles and doubles, for the first time in recent history. Alongside these new titles, we have retained the women’s doubles title from last year’s championship.
Over the month of March, EUBC have been proudly working alongside the Sports Union to deliver a coaching programme as part of the EDex initiative. Our Club Captain, Tommy Reynolds, organised and developed a four week plan which covered all the basics of badminton, including techniques such as grips, overhead Read more…
Here are the results from last weekend’s BUCS Nationals: Men’s Singles: Stuart Pittman had an unlucky draw against a very strong player from Strathclyde Uni, sadly losing 21-16 21-18. Jacob Reynolds stormed through the third round and claimed his spot in the last 32 of the competition. Despite an admirable Read more…
On Saturday the 28th of January ten members from EUBC, mostly consisting of social badminton players, volunteered at the LDBC – SDS Disability Badminton Championships. Throughout the event the volunteers helped with score keeping, umpiring, aiding competitors with learning difficulties and general housekeeping within the hall. The tournament was run Read more…
With the end of the 5th week of Semester 1 just finishing it seems a reasonable time to have a look at how well the Edinburgh University Badminton Club is doing. It is a fairly straight-forward answer in that EUBC is currently going from strength to strength as both a Read more…
On the 10th of November, 17 EUBC members went to the Edinburgh Blood Donation Centre to donate blood. Of our 17 members, 13 were eligible to donate. Only one member was a returning donor, meaning that this initiative has encouraged 12 new people to become more involved in giving back to Read more…
To all current EUBC members, So this year is coming to an end, you have voted in your new committee and we have lots of great ideas in store for you. However before I begin I would like to thank the committee from this year on another great year for Read more…
So it is nearing that time of the year again, deadlines are fast approaching, work is building up and then there is these things called exams also nearing. However the badminton club has been enjoying recent success with our teams. BUCS Nationals At the end of February our top players Read more…
EUBC1 On the 1st of November our first team played Herriot Watts first team and won 12-0. Another really good win again from the team. Kevin had a tough singles match but managed to pull through after losing the first set. In particular a special mention to all the girls Read more…