In recent years, the Spring-Summer clock change seems to have been a synonym to “BSS Open” in the Badminton Playing Community of Rushcliffe Borough!
This year the local club Badminton Shuttle Stars (BSS) – who play at Rushcliffe Arena three times a week – held their much-anticipated adults’ badminton tournament on the last Sunday of March.
A total of 45 teams participated in Mixed Doubles, Women’s Doubles and Men’s Doubles categories. Unlike yesteryears the tournament was played with Hybrid feather shuttles instead of conventional plastic / nylon shuttles. The other change was in the format where a group draw took place. Prior to this year, the tournament was always played in a round robin style irrelevant of the total number of participating teams.
Due to the convenience of viewing gallery the event took place at NTU Clifton sports hall and was attended by total 75 players, friends and families. The BSS Open 2025 volunteers committee consisted of Aswin, Ayush, Bhagyesh, Balaji, Madhuri, Priyatosh, Rahul, Shailesh, Shailender and Suganya.
The event was lead by Club’s volunteer Trustees Sundari, Nishit and Nimesh. The prime sponsor was The Nimesh’s Amateur Badminton Coaching (The Nimesh’s ABC is an audible twist to The Nemesis ABC) who is a Level 2 Badminton England coach running weekly lessons at Rushcliffe Arena. The catering was supplied by The Spice Club of West Bridgford and sponsored by Matthews Lettings and Services of The Meadows area.
The winners of all the categories were presented with a trophy each and £100 cash price per pair. The presentation party included Notts County Badminton Coaches – Mike Storey (Outlaws Performance Badminton, Bingham and Notts), Steve Farey (Safari Badminton, Kimberley) and community representatives from Gujarat Samaj Nottingham and Nottingham Tamil Kuzhumam. The participants thoroughly enjoyed the day and are looking forward to the videos of final to be shared on the sponsors YouTube channel.
Please stay tuned to www.badmintonshuttlestars.org to join the club! For coaching enquiries, please visit www.thenimeshsbadminton.org
Written by Nimesh Christian