SPORT Folami Iyiola – HUS Sports Officer Homerton + Emmanual College AFAB Football Team
Men’s Badminton team
Homerton Men’s Badminton At the turn of the academic year, Homerton assembled two teams to be entered into the College Badminton League. Following impressive showings during the last full season (Lent 2020), both the Men’s and Women’s teams were set to resume proceedings in the very highest tier of competition. The Men’s team were resigned to losing some of our strongest players from prior seasons but spirits were high going into what would be many of our shuttlers’ first experience of inter-College badminton. The team battled hard throughout
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The team began this year in Division 1 after a well-deserved promotion last season. We started strong, winning our first two games by a margin of two goals each. Our third game was a close one, with the opposition clutching a win in the final 10 minutes. Not deterred, we continued to win our next League game and are currently undefeated in Cuppers. We have had an excellent turnout from Homerton freshers who have performed exceptionally in training and on the pitch. This term we expect to hit the ground running and continue to work hard, running head-first towards the finals. As the first Cambridge University team to actively recruit transgender and non-binary teammates, we are always open to new players, experienced or not. The team’s success this year is a testament
to their continued and unrelenting hard work and camaraderie, and the rest of the season should be exciting indeed.
