Peter Bush
Title: Head Badminton Coach
Date and Place of Birth: 1967, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
Players Coached:
Richard Vaughan (world no 15 and Commonwealth games Bronze medallist 2002)
Nick Kidd (National men’s singles champion)
Toby Honey (U19 National Men’s singles champion and 6 Nations champion)
Robert Nock and Rebecca Pantaney (Senior England Internationals)
Rachel Howard, Heather Olver, Hayley Connor, Mariana Agathangelou (all of which were National Champions at U19 level)
Biography:
13 Caps for England
Highest English Ranking: 2 (1993)
Highest World Ranking: 31 (1991)
Highest Danish Ranking: 10 (1995)
1989: Graduated from Chelsea School of Human Movement with 2:1 BSc Honours degree in Sports Science
1989 – 1991: Coach and Player for Kristiansand badminton club (Norway)
1991 – 1998: Coach and Player in Denmark
1998: Set up the Badminton England High Performance Centre based at the University of Bath
1999: Achieved Coach Part 1 Award
2000 – 2006: World Class Potential Cell Coach
2001 – 2006: National U17 Age Group Coach
2002 – 2006: Avon County Junior Coach
2005: Achieved Level 2 Coach award
2005: Became the University of Bath Head badminton coach to run the University teams along with the High Performance centre
Competitive Records:
Highest English Ranking: 2 (1993)
Highest World Ranking: 31 (1991)
Highest Danish Ranking: 10 (1995)
