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Contacts
For further details contact
Ryan Amos
Sports Development Assistant
Sheffield Hallam University
r.amos@shu.ac.uk
0114 225 5765
Alex Marritt
Head Coach
Performance Centre Coach
alexmarritt@hotmail.co.uk
Ex-players and achievements
Several of the University badminton players
have gone on to play for England, most
notably Robert Adcock who studied sports
management. Robert was on the World
Class and High Performance programmes
at Sheffield Hallam, achieving success in
the doubles and mixed doubles categories.
He won numerous competitions nationally
and internationally as a junior before making
his debut for the senior England team in
the European Championships in Denmark
in 2008. He had an impressive record in
BUSA (now BUCS), going unbeaten in his
first year at university.
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The University men’s first team
currently compete in the British
University and Colleges Sports
Championships (BUCS) Premier
North division, the highest level in
university badminton. We have two
men’s teams and one women’s
team competing on a Wednesday
afternoon in BUCS and in national
and regional competitions
throughout the year.
The teams train on a Tuesday and
Sunday evening, playing their fixtures
on a Wednesday afternoon at the
English Institute of Sport. The 1st teams
receive additional coaching and training
on Monday and Thursday evenings
at the Performance Centre based at
the Abbeydale Sports Centre, training
alongside the elite performers in
the district.
The team is coached by Alex Marritt
who is a level 3 coach and part of
the coaching team at the Sheffield
Performance Centre. The club receives
further support with access to the worldclass
High Performance Hallam strength
and conditioning suite, physiotherapy,
and individual practice sessions during the
week in the Pearson building.
Sheffield Performance Centre
The Sheffield Performance Centre is a
consortium of badminton clubs offering
a range of high-quality badminton
coaching across Sheffield. The Sheffield
Performance Centre’s Performance
Pathway is a programme of coaching put
together with the aim of developing the
elite athletes of the future.
All sessions are played using feather
shuttles and you are coached at Abbeydale
Sports Centre by some of the best
coaches in the country. Once on the
Performance Pathway, you are regularly
monitored and given every opportunity to
develop.
Sheffield Hallam University
The range of world-class facilities in the
city, and the unrivalled spectrum of sports
research and education on campus,
makes Sheffield Hallam University a great
choice for elite athletes and students who
want to compete in sport. Sport Hallam
works in partnership with the students
union to provide all students with a wide
range of facilities and activities, from health
and fitness, to recreational and competitive
sport in the BUCS programme.
The English Institute of
Sport (EIS)
The EIS is a world class venue and home
to Sheffield Hallam University sport. It is
the largest multi sport English Institute of
Sport facility in the country and caters for
participation at every level including double
Olympic champions. Its State-of-the-art
facilities include: six lane indoor 200 metre
oval banked athletics track plus specialist
facilities for seven Olympic sports including:
boxing, judo, table tennis, volleyball,
badminton, netball and athletics.
High Performance Hallam
Programme
The High Performance Hallam programme
aims to attract talented student athletes
to study at Sheffield Hallam University and
offer support to balance their university
life and achieve their sporting potential.
Support available includes Gold and
Silver High Performance Scholarships
(up to £3000 to assist with tuition and
accommodation fees and competition
expenses) and High Performance Squad
membership offering a comprehensive
support package. For more details see
the website www.sporthallam.co.uk/
performance
City of sport
Located in the heart of England, Sheffield
is the perfect location for training, with
direct road and rail links to London.
Several venues within the city and region
feature in the London 2012 Pre-games
Training Camp Guide. Sheffield has a
fantastic sporting pedigree and hosts many
major sports events, including the BUCS
Championships.
Sheffield Hallam University is actively
involved with developing many potential
Olympic competitors and associated
organisations, and works closely with
major sports clubs, many of which are
based in Sheffield. The wide spectrum of
venues and support services available to
athletes means Sheffield is an ideal centre
for sports students, athletes, and sports
organisations and associated disciplines.
“sheffield is a big
sporting centre
with fantastic
facilities like the
English Institute
of sport ... I want
it to be a centre
of excellence
where athletes can
prepare.”
Lord Sebastian Coe, Chairman of
London 2012 Organising Committee