Racquetier Badminton Group

We have a session tonight 7-8:50 at Nechells! DM if you want to join

Our first session of the year may’ve been cold, but the play was hot! Our players dropped, tapped and smashed their way back into the new year 🥳

Here’s last night by the numbers:

26 players
Average 8 matches per person
Average match duration approx 8 minutes 25 seconds (excluding warm up times)
The average match scores 21-16 (excluding anomalies from the reset like 21-6 and 24-22)

Newbies may be asking, what’s a rank reset?

We reset everyone’s rankings on the games system - ebadders - so that everyone can start from 0. Nothing says fairness like starting on the same playing field 🏸

Book your slot via the sportas app. If a session is full, add yourself to the waitlist and you’ll be notified when a slot becomes available.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/sportas-play-casual-sports/id1605677585

Our next session: 13th Jan 2026. Just follow this link: https://sportas.co.uk/games/43081

Sportas - Play casual sports App - App Store

Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄🥳

As a present from us, we’ve booked everything you asked for:

The same date (the 1st Saturday in December)

The same start time (6:30pm)

More awards 🏆

Dinner in a private room within budget (up to £50pp)

And ANOTHER private room for an after party in a nearby venue (only 2 minutes walk away!)

We’ll be able to book for up to 50 people, and the after party can accommodate up to 90! Players, family, friends, all will be welcome!

We won’t be taking deposits for a good while, but save the date in your diaries.

Xoxo

Laura Simmons
Organiser

In January, we’ll be having a rank reset. This means, everyone’s going to start from 0 and will earn their new rankings! 💪🏻

Since our final session is casual (no ebadders), here are some stats:

We had 88 NEW people in 2025

With 229 TOTAL having attended at least one of our sessions

Our Christmas/end of year meal scored approximately 9/10 by our members.

Our survey said you wanted to have dinner on the same date (the first Saturday in December), with a private room for dinner and for the afterparty. This is still in progress, but for now,

SAVE THE DATE:

SATURDAY 5TH DECEMBER 2026

On Saturday, we had our end of year meal and awards. Here are the results:

STATS:

Best Beginner (players who have played for a year or less):

Maria Tirnovanu⁩

Best Female Player:

Phuong Pham⁩

(Other tops - Laura Simmons and Teresa Dang⁩)

Best Male Player:

Dhee⁩nesh Dhillon

(Other tops - Tajinder Dhanoya ⁩and Felix Malek⁩)

BASED ON VOTING:

Best New Member (joined since January 2025)
(nominees):

Maria Tirnovanu⁩ (WINNER)
Kian⁩ Dewhurst
Jo Jackson⁩

Most Entertaining (nominees):

Laura Simmons (WINNER)
Gurv⁩ir Bhela
Dhee⁩nesh Dhillon

Best Team Player (nominees):

Dhee⁩nesh Dhillon (WINNER)
Felix⁩ Malek
Rob Spurling⁩

Best Team (nominees):

Phuong Pham⁩ and Wai⁩ Lau (WINNERS)
Andrea Spurling⁩ and Rob Spurling⁩
Felix Malek⁩ and Rob Spurling⁩

Most Improved (nominees):

Andrea Spurling⁩ (WINNER)
Denise Rohland⁩
Laura Simmons
Phuong Pham⁩

Most Agile (nominees):

Felix⁩ Malek (WINNER)
Phuong Pham⁩
Rob Spurling⁩
Wai⁩ Lau

Most Popular player (nominees):

Alex Robinson⁩ (WINNER)
Felix⁩ Malek
Laura Simmons
Michelle Cooke⁩
Rob Spurling⁩

CONGRATULATIONS to all nominees and winners! 🥳

Thank you to everyone who came and I am excited for next year! 💃🏼 🥂

Congrats to our tournament winners!

1st Salil and Miraz

2nd Dev Dey and Aariz

3rd Prab and Fahim

Let’s hope we get to do another one in a few months! 😄

Hey, we’ve noticed more people following Spiral! Our next 2 sessions are (currently) fully booked, so if anyone’s interested in playing soon, please comment.