Sport/Event >
Badminton, Women’s and mixed doubles

Date and Place of Birth >
1988, Jersey

Coached by > Peter Bush

Teams >
England, TeamBath

Occupation > Student

Biography >
Mariana Agathangelou is rated as one of Britain’s most talented young badminton players. The left-handed player took up the sport aged eight. She has just started to study for a degree in Coach Education and Sports Development at the University of Bath, where she also trains at the University of Bath’s high performance badminton centre.

Among her achievements to date were some remarkable performances at the 2005 Island Games, when she won gold medals in all four events in which she competed – the women’s doubles, mixed doubles, women’s singles and team event. In March 2006 she won two titles at the English National Under-19 Championships, although still aged only 17.

But her biggest success to date came on her home courts when she won the women’s doubles title of Badminton England’s ASICS National Elite Open Circuit Grand Finals in December 2006, aged just 18 and partnering 16-year-old Gabby White. The pair beat the more experienced partnership of Suzanne Rayappan and Jenny Wallwork 22-20, 21-18 at the Sports Training Village.

Competitive Record >
England National Under-19 Championships: silver mixed doubles (with Edward Foster) – Milton Keynes, February 2005

England National Under-17 Championships: gold – women’s doubles (with Vicki Ingram), gold – mixed doubles (with Peter Mills) – Milton Keynes, March 2005

Island Games: gold – team event, gold – women’s singles, gold – mixed doubles, gold – women’s doubles – Shetland, July 2005

Welsh Open: silver – women’s doubles (with Rachel Howard) – Cardiff, December 2005

English National Under-19 Championships: gold – mixed doubles (with Dean George), gold – women’s doubles (with Jenny Wallwork) Milton Keynes-March 2006

Slovak International: silver – women’s doubles (with Gabby White) – Slovakia, October 2006

ASICS National Elite Open Circuit: gold – women’s doubles (with Gabby White) – Wimbledon, November 2006

Yonex Welsh Open: gold – women’s doubles (with Natalie Munt) – Cardiff, December 2006

ASICS National Elite Open Circuit Grand Finals: gold – women’s doubles (with Gabby White) – University of Bath, December 2006

Bank of Scotland International Badminton Championships doubles winner in Glasgow November 2008

Winner of the women’s doubles crown at the Yonex Welsh International Championships November 2008

Sport/Event > Badminton

Date of Birth >
1985

Coached by > Peter Bush

Occupation > Student
Carl is studying for a BA in Coach Education and Sports Development at the University of Bath. He was listed as seventh in the Badminton England’s men’s singles national rankings  in November 2006.

Competitive Record >
ASICS National Elite Open Circuit round three: qf men’s singles, Wimbledon, November 2006

Yonex Welsh Open: sf men’s singles, Cardiff, December 2006

Sport/Event >
Badminton, Mens Doubles

Date and Place of Birth >
1983, Bristol

Height > 6ft 2

Weight > 13 St

Coached by >
Peter Bush

Date Arrived at Team Bath > 2002

Course of Study >
Sports Performance, Coach Education, then MA in Sport and Education

Clubs >
La Havre (French Club – Division 1)
University of Bath

Occupation >
Badminton Coach and Student

Biography >
In 2001 George won the U18 National Singles Circuit and reached the top 4 as an English Junior.

Since joining Bath George has trained within the High Performance Centre and in 2005 became BUSA champion with Matt Hanson. George is a member of the Avon 1st team and won a silver medal in Premier A in 2004.

He represents English Universities and also plays for a French club in the top French league. George helped Bath’s first team win consecutive team BUSA titles and was named player of the tournament in 2007. George is now a doubles player and last season was runner-up in the Challenger Finals and played internationally in the European Badminton Circuit.

George is a TASS Scholar and is currently coaching whilst studying his Masters part-time.

Competitive Record >
Under 18 National Singles Circuit Winner
Under 19 National Championships Semi-Finalist
Won his first Satellite in 2003
BUSA individual champion 2005
Won his first Challenger in 2006
Challenger Finalist
BUSA Team winners 2006, 2007
In 2006\07 competed at the Scottish Open, Welsh Open, and the Velo-Dutch Open

Sport/Event > Badminton

Date of Birth >
1984

Coached by > Peter Bush

Biography >
Hayley graduated from the University of Bath with an HND in Coach Education and Sports Performance in December 2005. Achieved her biggest success to date at her second World University Championships, in Wuhan October 2006, winning a mixed doubles bronze medal with Rob Adcock. This was despite suffering a stress structure to a bone in one of her feet in August of that year, leaving her on crutches. Hayley’s performances in Wuhan earned her the TeamBath Athlete of the Month award.

Partnered fellow TeamBath player Heather Olver to win the women’s doubles at the 2005 Welsh Open.

Competitive Record >
Welsh Open: gold – women’s doubles (with Heather Olver) – Cardiff, December 2005

World University Championships: bronze – mixed doubles (with Rob Adcock) – Wuhan, China – October 2006

ASICS National Elite Open Circuit round three: sf women’s singles, sf mixed doubles (with Mark Constable) Wimbledon, November 2006

Sport/Event >
Badminton – Singles

Date and Place of Birth >
1985, Dartford

Height > 183cm

Weight > 75Kg

Coached by >
Pete Bush, Simon Hardcastle and Nathan Rice

Date Arrived at TeamBath >
23rd September 2007

Course of Study >
MA in Education (Sports Coaching)

Length of Course >
2 Years

Clubs >
University of Bath

Occupation > Student

Sport/Event > Badminton

Date and Place of Birth >
1987

Height > 5ft 8

Weight > 81kg

Coached by >
Peter Bush

Date Arrived at Team Bath >
September 2006

Course of Study >
Sport Performance

Length of Course > 3 years

Clubs >
Luneray
Avon County 1st team
University of Bath 1st team

Occupation >
Student / Labourer at home

Biography >
Adam started playing late at age 13 as a punishment in an after school detention!

Competitive Record >
Have represented England junior squad
Highest senior national ranking : Mens doubles – 27, mixed doubles – 22
Highest junior national ranking at end of juniors (u19-2005) – mixed doubles – 6, mens doubles – 11
Numerous junior domestic national titles, county titles, and recently won first senior competition on national circuit

Sport/Event >
Badminton – singles, men’s doubles & mixed doubles

Date and Place of Birth >
1992, UK

Height > 185cm

Weight > 71kg

Coached by >
Pete Bush

Sponsors >
Forza

Date Arrived at Team Bath >
May 2002

Occupation >
Athlete

Biography >
Chris is one of England’s most talented young badminton players – a status that was recognised in March 2011 when he collected the Badminton Writers’ Association Young Player of the Year Award.

The following month he produced the best result of his career to date to win men’s doubles title with at the European Junior Championships  partnering Matt Nottingham.

In October 2011 he was runner-up in the mixed doubles at the Turkish Open with Jessica Fletcher, and he won the men’s doubles titles at both the 2010 and 2011 England National Under-19 Championships with Nottingham.

Headline Result >
Gold – men’s doubles (with Matt Nottingham) – European Junior Championships, Vantaa, Finland – April 2011

England Badminton Athlete Profile >

Chris Coles

Sport/Event > Badminton

Date of Birth >
1985

Coached by > Peter Bush

Biography >
Matt, who is studying for a PGCE at the University of Bath, won a brace of medals at the BUSA Individual Championship – collecting a gold in the men’s doubles and a silver in the mixed doubles.

Competitive Record >
BUSA Individual Championships: gold – men’s doubles (with Harry Wright), silver mixed doubles (with Helen Ward) Nottingham, November 2006

Yonex Welsh Open: qf men’s doubles (with Harry Wright), Cardiff, December 2006

Sport/Event >
Badminton, Women’s & mixed doubles

Date and Place of Birth >
1986, Eastbourne, Sussex

Coached by > Pete Bush

Course of Study >
Degree in Coach Education and Sports Development at the University of Bath

Occupation > Student

Teams > Sussex, TeamBath

Biography >
Talented young badminton player who took up the game aged six. First represented England in 1999 at under-13 level. Won a bronze medal with the England team at the Bendigo 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games in Australia and was also a member of the England team that won the 2004 Danish Junior Cup in Copenhagen.

Ended 2005 in style, winning her first senior international title, the women’s doubles title at the Welsh Open, partnering fellow TeamBath player Hayley Connor.

Heather is currently studying for a degree in Coach Education and Sports Development at the University of Bath, where she combines her studies with training at the High Performance Badminton Centre.

Competitive Record >
World Junior Championship: 6th – team event (England) – Canada, October 2004

Danish Junior Cup: gold – team event (England) – Copenhagen – October 2004

Commonwealth Youth Games: bronze – team event (England) – Bendigo, Australia – December 2004

English National Under-19 Champs: gold – women’s doubles (with Jenny Wallwork); semi-finals – women’s singles; Milton Keynes, February 2005

Welsh Open: gold – women’s doubles (with Hayley Connor) – Cardiff, December 2005

Slovak International: silver – mixed doubles (with Matt Honey) – Slovakia, October 2006

Sport/Event > Badminton – singles

Date  of  Place of Birth >
1983, Milton Keynes

Coached by > Peter Bush

Occupation > Full-time player

Biography >
Nathan has established himself as one of England’s top men’s singles players. He took up the sport aged seven and won 10 national junior titles at under-12 to under-19 levels.

Transferred to train at the University of Bath’s High Performance Badminton Centre in September 2006. Just missed out on re-gaining the ASICS National Elite title, when he lost the final at the University of Bath to Rajiv Ouseph in December 2006.

Competitive Record >
Six Nations Championships – team gold (England) – 2002

ASICS National Elite Open Circuit Grand Finals: gold men’s singles – 2004/5

ASICS National Elite Open Circuit round two: gold men’s singles – Haywards Heath, Sussex, October 2006

ASICS National Elite Open Circuit: sf men’s singles – Wimbledon, November 2006

Bank of Scotland International Champs: qf men’s singles – Glasgow, November 2006.

Yonex Welsh Open: silver men’s singles, Cardiff, December 2006

ASICS National Elite Open Circuit Grand Final: silver – men’s singles – University of Bath, December 2006