2008 is looking busy for the South East with many major sporting events coming to the region for the first time.
The 2008 Yonex English National U19 Championships took place at the National Badminton Centre, Milton Keynes and played host to some of England's finest young players including Sarah Walker, Fontaine Chapman, Marcus Ellis, Samantha Ward, Arthur Cheung, Nathan D'Cruz and Gary Fox.
A fantastic weekend, with over 130 matches played over three days (Friday 22nd February - Sunday 24th February) at BADMINTON England's base.
The Yonex All England Open 2008 4th – 9th March 2008
The 2008 Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships will be the 98th Championships, and will once again be sponsored by the world's No 1 badminton equipment manufacturer, Yonex. It will be the 25th consecutive year of Yonex sponsorship, making it one of the longest relationships in sports worldwide.
At the NIA Birmingham, this is one of the most exciting, if not the most exciting and certainly the most prestigious event in the badminton world.
Summer Intermediate Tournament
It has been a cause of frustration in the last few years that so many young players have been refused entry to Satellite events because of the number of entries in Singles events and lack of ranking points.
It has been proposed that a series of intermediate events be held during the summer months, restricted to players under 21 on the 1st September of that particular year.
The principle has been accepted and a “pilot” event will be held by OXFORDSHIRE on SAT / SUN the 12th / 13th July 2008. Sat 12th July will be Singles only (Male / Female) and Sun 13th will be Level Doubles only (Male / Female) except for S/Fs and Finals of Singles (dependent on entry). National ranking points will be available and prizes will be according to entry but (hopefully) as good as our usual Satellite prizes.
It will be straight knockout and restricted to players under 21 on 1st September 2008.
Comments are invited to jtate@f9.co.uk or matchplay@oxfordshirebadminton.co.uk
Entry forms will be available on the website in April.
To find out more visit www.badmintonengland.co.uk
 Following a success of Table Tennis Grand Prix's in the region last year, SESE once again supports the Butterfly Grand Prix which will take place at the Triangle Leisure Centre, Burgess Hill, West Sussex on 9/10 June 2007.
For 2008 calendar events and further Butterfly grand
prix around the country, please see www.englishtabletennis.org.uk
The most famous cycle race in the world, the Tour de France, is coming to the region on 8 July 2007. The race - the biggest annual sporting event in the world - will travel from London, across Kent, with the first stage finishing in the Cathedral City of Canterbury.
2008 Tour de France schedule:
5 July: stage 1 - Brest - Plumelec, 195 km
6 July: stage 2 - Auray - Saint-Brieuc, 165 km
7 July: stage 3 - Saint-Malo - Nantes, 165 km
8 July: stage 4 - Cholet - Cholet, 29 km (individual time trial)
9 July: stage 5 - Cholet - Chateauroux, 230 km
10 July: stage 6 - Aigurande - Super-Besse, 195 km
11 July: stage 7 - Brioude - Aurillac, 158 km
12 July: stage 8 - Figeac - Toulouse, 174 km
13 July: stage 9 - Toulouse - Bagneres-de-Bigorre, 222 km
14 July: stage 10 - Pau - Hautacam, 154 km
15 July: rest day
16 July: stage 11 - Lannemezan - Foix, 166 km
17 July: stage 12 - Lavelanet - Narbonne, 168 km
18 July: stage 13 - Narbonne - Nimes, 182 km
19 July: stage 14 - Nimes - Digne-les-Bains, 182 km
20 July: stage 15 - Digne-les-Bains - Prato Nevoso (Italy), 216 km
21 July: rest day
22 July: stage 16 - Cuneo - Jausiers, 157 km
23 July: stage 17 - Embrun - L'Alpe-d'Huez, 210 km
24 July: stage 18 - Bourg-d'Oisans - Saint-Etienne, 197 km
25 July: stage 19 - Roanne - Montlucon, 183 km
26 July: stage 20 - Cerilly - Saint-Amand-Montrond, 53 km (individual time trial)
27 July: stage 21 - Etampes - Paris Champs-Elysees, 143 km
For 2007 Kent event click here
 Selected 2012 Archery Training Venues
The archery venues featuring on the list of selected training camps, available for visiting teams ahead of the 2012 Olympics, are:
South East
ACS Cobham International School
Avon Tyrell, the UK Youth Activity Centre
Charterhouse School
Epsom College
Frensham Heights School
Gillingham Football Club
Goodwood Estate
Green Park Centre
Guildford Spectrum Leisure Complex and Guildford Lido
King Edward VI School
King Edward’s School, Witley
Milton Keynes Sports Club
Oaklands Park
Princes Park Stadium
Radley College
Sevenoaks School
St George’s College
St John’s School
St Lawrence’s Cricket Ground
Stoke Mandeville Stadium
Stowe School
Sutton Valence School
The Bowmen of Guernsey
The Rose Bowl
Tonbridge School
University of Kent
Wellington College
To find out more about archery please visit www.gnas.org
 A vibrant Olympic Sport, with an estimated 35 million people playing worldwide (FIVB 2007). An Olympic discipline since Atlanta 1996, the sport has rocketed in popularity across the globe. This is an exciting event that will be held in Brighton at Yellowave beach sports centre on 03-07 September. SEEDA have been instrumental in bringing this event to Brighton and are working closely with Brighton & Hove City  Council, UK Sport and Volleyball England to deliver a highly professional event, timed to coincide with the handover from the Beijing Olympics to London.
 NIVEA SUN Yellowave beach sports centre in Madeira Drive Brighton has been selected as an approved venue for beach volleyball training camps in advance of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In the weeks and months leading up to the Games, teams from around the world will be training and preparing for the competitions. While some teams will train in their home countries, others will use facilities in the UK for pre-games training camps. All approved venues are now listed in the ‘Pre-Games Training Camp Guide’, available from August 2007 to aid National Olympic Committees and National Paralympic Committees to identify suitable facilities and sites for their training camps.
For more information please visit www.brightonbeachvolleyball.com
Click here for press release of 2007 Grand Slam Finals in Brighton, held at Madeira Drive, Brighton, the UK's first permanent beach sports centre. This venue was also chosen to host the UK Juniors' Championships in Aug 07, supported by South East Sports Events (SESE) (a partnership of South East Development Agency, Sport England, Tourism South East and Culture South East)
SESE once again supported Europe's premier 10 mile
event the Great South Run which took place in Portsmouth on Sunday
28th October.
See website for new 2008 online entry method: http://gsr.realbuzz.com/
 The Corus Elite Series is the country’s only elite triathlon series, and attracts not only the very best triathletes from around the UK, but also from around the World. The series not only provides world-class competition, it promotes the sport to a wider audience communicating the sports challenge and excitement, whilst showcasing fantastic organisation and venue’s the sport enjoys. And this year Reading will host the England stage of this prestigious event with support from SEEDA.
Visit www.corustriathlon.com/en/elite/corus_elite_series/
for more information.
To find out more visit www.badmintonengland.co.uk or read the press release available here (Microsoft Word document 33Kb).
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