Squad Photos

End of 2023-24 Season

Award Winners

Squad Player of The Year: William Royle

Best Attendance Records: Mirra Kuripka and Vanya Serevetnoy

Most Improved Player : awarded to Joshua McCombe

Christmas Fun Day

Another successful and fun morning with parents joining in the games on our Annual Christmas Fun Day. Unfortunately, our full coaching staff were not available due to other commitments, but Lead Coach, Martin managed to keep everyone busy, with as usual, some surprising form from the parents. Refreshments were supplied by various parents completing the morning of festive cheer.

Anniversary extravaganza

On Sunday, November 26, we celebrated our 20th season by hosting a badminton extravaganza, with former Olympic players Julie Bradbury and Nick Ponting presenting a masterclass session for coaches and youngsters. As a bonus, they also brought with them the current World Over 50 Women’s’ Singles Champion, Janne Vang Nielsen from Denmark.

The event was attended by the regular ESJBA squad players, former members, players from the Sussex Junior Squads and students from Mayfield College, along with one of their teachers. Several parents and guests, including two of the original committee members that initiated the academy 20 years ago, also oversaw the proceedings in the viewing gallery.

William Brown, Chairman, presented the competing pairs with medals, read out the achievements that the academy has made over the years and concluded that this had been an inspirational day with a fantastic opportunity for our youngsters to see such high-level players and our coaches to work alongside them.


The Morning Session with the coaches	Chris Spice, Mitsuyo Kondo, Julie Bradbury, Nick Ponting and our Chairman, William Brown	The Afternoon Session

The end of a full successful season after the Covid epidemic was highlighted by Awards and Presentations presented by Chairman William Brown.

The awards were:-

Group 1 Squad Player of the Year- Zhan Phoa

Group 2 Squad Player of The Year-Elsie Byrant

Group 3 Squad Player of the Year-Blake Hawkins

Overall Squad Player of the Year-Amber Seymour

There were two more very prestigious awards raised in honour of previous Committee Members.

The Kevin Marquis Award went to Amber Seymour and the

Allen Gales Award went to Elizabeth Hutchinson.

Squad and Coaches

Group Squad Players of the Year- Tai Zhan Phoa, Elsie Byrant, Blake Hawkins, & Overall Squad Player of the Year-Amber Seymour

The Kevin Marquis Award went to

Amber Seymour

Allen Gales Award went to

Elizabeth Hutchinson


Felix	Amber	Zhan	Hazel	Connor	Barnaby	Lily


Ivan	Alexander	Blake	Joshua	Elsie	Richard

Attendance and Performance Medals for all

Christmas Fun Day-Pictures

Blake at the Tinuy-an-Falls Badminton Club, Philipines

End of season 2021-2022 Fun Day & Presentations

Players Player of the Year Award Dylan Taylor

The Coaches Player of the Year Award Curtis Lynam

The Allen Gales Award

Amber with the Allen Gales Award

The Allen Gales Award Nominated across the three squads and marked on attendance, commitment, improvement and attitude. To: Amber Seymour

Heathfield Squad Group 1 Led by Head Coach Martin Bilton. two players that have shown great effort, enthusiasm and perseverance with learning badminton. Lily- May Josling and Leo Picton.

Heathfield Squad Group 2 Led by Head Coach Nigel Perry. Coaches player of the year – Amber Seymour

Most improved player – Roman Bitca

Hastings Squad led by Head Coach Sean Newberry. Players’ Player of the Year – Dylan Taylor.

Coaches Player of the Year – Curtis Lynam

All the group winners and squad awards recipients.

2021 – 2022

Heathfield Combined Squads

Hastings Squad with Assistant coach-Adam Newberry

Big Hit at Heathfield & Hastings

Latest Squad Pictures

Awards were presented by the Academy’s Chairman, William Brown to the Player’s Player of The Year (nominated by the other players) to Taegan Byroo, Player of the Year (nominated by the coaches) to Tom Napier (1st year with the squad) and as fun award the Congeniality Award, was made to Tristan Hyland, who had managed to keep the players and coaches smiling throughout this problematic year. Finally the Allen Gales Award went to Jacob Williams, for overall achievement, improvement, attendance and good attitude.

New – Beginners Squad at Bexhill

Successful start with all squads back at Heathfield, Bexhill and Eastbourne

Between the Lines

‘Chairman William Brown was invited to attend each of the Squads and made presentations at Bexhill where the Squad Player of the Year Award plus the Allen Gales Award went to Harvey James. . At Heathfield the Squad Player of the Year-voted by the players, went to Tristan Hyland and the Bexhill Heathfield Squad the Player of the year-voted by the coaches plus the Kevin Marquiss Award also went to Ryan Burdett. This is the first time that two awards have been presented to the same players. Due to the current Coronavirus situation, William presented Harvey’s trophies at his home.’

‘Four players gained the new Coaching Foundation Qualification. Adam Newberry and Abbey Spencer. Zara Hyland & Bradley Lynam also gained theirs but were unavailable due to injuries. Also in the picture is Jessica Newbery who qualified two seasons ago was home from Uni.’

Eastbourne Squad 2019‐20

Tom & Ryan

Harvey

Sean & Ryan

Sean & Tristan

Ryan

Adam & Georgia

Adam, Jessica & Abbey

Heathfield Squad 2019‐20

Heathfield Squad – April 2018

‘The U18 Heathfield Squad ended the season with an internal tournament and awards were presented to the Squad’s Players of the Year. Squad Player of the Year went to Abbey Spencer and the Coaches’ Player of the Year went to Callum Napier. The pictures show the full squad and their individual achievements during the year plus the two Player of The Year recipients, Abbey and Callum with Chairman, William’