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Keep Badminton as a Top Exeter University Sport

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Haroon Bilal Khan
10 years ago

Been a big badminton player for 6 years now, I'd hate to see anything bad happen to the badminton program at Exeter.

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Emily Robinson
11 years ago

I ran for AU President in my last year at Exeter and am astounded by the news that Badminton will be dropped from the High Performance Programme. The squad have had great results over the last few years and I believe they deserve to remain a high profile sport.

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Emily Robinson
11 years ago Featured

I ran for AU President in my last year at Exeter and am astounded by the news that Badminton will be dropped from the High Performance Programme. The squad have had great results over the last few years and I believe they deserve to remain a high profile sport.

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Kate
11 years ago

I have seen the fantastic work of uebc and it would be a shame if this could not continue.

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Kate
11 years ago

I have seen the fantastic work of uebc and it would be a shame if this could not continue.

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carl saptarshi
11 years ago

exeter badminton as such high talent and that kind of talent is hugely maintained by the HPP so keep up the levels they play at through the amount of training! it would be a great loss to the unviersity AU to see the HPP be removed badminton

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carl saptarshi
11 years ago

exeter badminton as such high talent and that kind of talent is hugely maintained by the HPP so keep up the levels they play at through the amount of training! it would be a great loss to the unviersity AU to see the HPP be removed badminton

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Dan Fitt
11 years ago

After working so hard to make badminton a performance sport and seeing it double in size (and BUCS points contributions) it's a travesty to see it being dropped now. The University has been steadily rising through the ranks in terms of sports performance which is attracting another demographic of student, by dropping badminton as a performance sport it will impact admissions adversely and is a huge mistake from a budget perspective. Keeping Badminton as a performance sport will definitely attract foreign students who bring in the highest amount of money for the University. Honestly I can't understand how this move makes any sense.

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Dan Fitt
11 years ago Featured

After working so hard to make badminton a performance sport and seeing it double in size (and BUCS points contributions) it's a travesty to see it being dropped now. The University has been steadily rising through the ranks in terms of sports performance which is attracting another demographic of student, by dropping badminton as a performance sport it will impact admissions adversely and is a huge mistake from a budget perspective. Keeping Badminton as a performance sport will definitely attract foreign students who bring in the highest amount of money for the University. Honestly I can't understand how this move makes any sense.

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Nicholas Halliwell
11 years ago

Badminton at Exeter has benefited greatly from having HPP assistance. It seems a shame when both the guys and girls team are gaining their best ever results that the sport is dropped. The University may be having financial issues but surely restructuring all the sports programmes would be more appropriate. There have also been expensive costs taken on by the AU like unnecessary increases in staff and buying a finger scanning system for the HPP gym that doesnt work and is unhelpful.

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Nicholas Halliwell
11 years ago Featured

Badminton at Exeter has benefited greatly from having HPP assistance. It seems a shame when both the guys and girls team are gaining their best ever results that the sport is dropped. The University may be having financial issues but surely restructuring all the sports programmes would be more appropriate. There have also been expensive costs taken on by the AU like unnecessary increases in staff and buying a finger scanning system for the HPP gym that doesnt work and is unhelpful.

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Charlie Smee
11 years ago

It seems madness for one of the University's top-performing clubs to be dropped from the HPP programme which contributes so much to it's success!

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Charlie Smee
11 years ago

It seems madness for one of the University's top-performing clubs to be dropped from the HPP programme which contributes so much to it's success!

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Chloe Pepper
11 years ago

I've seen the badminton club grow over the past 3 years, all the hard work should not go to waste

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Chloe Pepper
11 years ago

I've seen the badminton club grow over the past 3 years, all the hard work should not go to waste

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Jake Redrupp
11 years ago

UEBC is such a well established growing club it would be a huge shame for it to lose it's HP status

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Jake Redrupp
11 years ago Featured

UEBC is such a well established growing club it would be a huge shame for it to lose it's HP status

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Carla Biddle
11 years ago

It would be a real shame and a loss for UEBC to lose this asset

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Carla Biddle
11 years ago

It would be a real shame and a loss for UEBC to lose this asset

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Hariprasad Chettiar Nadarajah
11 years ago

Badminton should remain as a HPP sport