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Please allow us to congratulate Chris Tonks for taking up a new opportunity as Badminton England Junior Pathway Coach from Jan 24. Well done Chris, who deserves this new opportunity and we strongly believe that he will add value to the BE Pathway programme.

It's proud for BJBA to have such a long association with Chris Tonks as our Head Coach. We will continue work with him along with the support all of BJBA Players, parents, coaching team and Badminton England.

Details of the annoucement could be found from below link. 

England Junior Performance Programme confirm new performance team appointments | Badminton England

Photo courtesy from Badminton England.

Source: Badminton England February 2023 Round Up https://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/domestic-round-up-february-2023/

At the weekend, our Head Coach Chris Tonks continued his involvement with the Badminton England National Team, when he was on the selection panel for the Under 12 National Team.

The Under 12 team will play against a Japanese team on the finals day at the Yonex All England Super Series event in Birmingham in March. BJBA had a couple of players who were at the trials and who are hoping to be selected. A couple of BJBA narrowly missed out on the chance to be at the trial too. 

Unfortunately, when the team was announced, none of our BJBA players made the team. However, being in contention is itself a big achievement. 

Also in the BE February 2023 Round Up article, look out for BJBA players David Ng and Mudra Mayekar mentioned, for their amazing achievements.