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Sport: Badminton
Event:
Age: 17
Successes:
Holiday Times article - Easter 2010
2010
- U17 European 6-Nations Singles and Mixed Doubles Champion
- U17 National Singles Champion
- Selected for U17 England Team at 6-Nations Championships
2009
- U17 Badminton England Gold Tournament:
Winner - Singles
Finalist - Doubles
Semi-finalist - Mixed
- U19 Badminton England Nationals:
Last 16 - Singles
Goals For This Season:
2010
National/International:
Maintain training and fitness over the summer and prepare for a training camp and early season international competitions.
2011
National/International:
Win tournaments at U19 and above and to medal in European tournaments.
Goals for 2012 onwards:
To stay on the World Class Programme, to progress in the senior rankings and ultimately compete in senior internationals. The 2016 Olympics is a distant hope.
Coaches Reference:
"Emily is very committed to her sport, training on court 4 – 5 times per week and balancing this with additional strength, speed, endurance and flexibility work. She has an extensive tournament schedule which in-season involves competing 27 – 30 times out of a 39 week period. In addition Emily attends frequent training camps run as part of the World Futures Programme. Emily rarely misses training or competition and over the last 2 years has developed a more determined attitude in both training and competition."
"Emily has two vital attributes necessary to compete at the highest levels of badminton: speed and plyometric ability, she also has excellent racket skills and instinctive tactical ability, seeing and exploiting space effectively with appropriate shot selection."
Achievements:
| August 2009 - U17 Badminton England Gold Tournament - singles finalist, doubles winner and mixed doubles winner |
| September 2009 - Satellite/Herts Open - single quarter-finalist |
| October 2009 - England Selection for U17 Danish Cup |
| November 2009 - England Selection for U19 Northumberland International Team Tournament |
| December 2009 - U19 Essex - singles winner |
| January 2010 - U19 Derby/Notts - mixed doubles winner |
| February 2010 - English Nationals - mixed doubles quarter-finalist |
| February 2010 - U17 Badminton England Gold Tournament - singles winner, mixed doubles finalist |
| February 2010 - U19 Nationals - singles quarter-finalist and doubles semi-finalist |
| March 2010 - Satellite/Leicester Open - singles winner and mixed doubles finalist |
| March 2010 - U17 National Champion |
| April 2010 - U17 European 6-Nations Singles Champion |
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