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Hollie Arnold

Caroline Matthews

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She plays centre for the Cardiff Celts winning the National League title last year.

Chloe Selfe

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Last year Chloe was U16 No3 for her weight and age but unfortunately her rankings have gone down slightly due to the fact that she broke her collar bone and the first competitions back were the Heart of England and the Nationals which rankings are taken from. This year she is working harder to be better than ever before and get back up the top.

In 2009 Chloe will be competing at the Welsh U20, Midland Age Band, Northwest Age Band, Kent International and the Ipswich U20. She is also aiming to win Gold at the National Championships.

To me I feel great being a SportsAid athlete because I feel I’ve been rewarded for my achievement in judo and all the hard work that has been put into it. The funding I received helps me in so many ways like coaching fees, entry fees, travelling and also physio treatment.

Chris Coles

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key achievements
• U17 England no.1, singles
• Current National Champion in Men’s
and Mixed Doubles
• U18 Circuit Champions

aims
• Junior World Championships 2010
• Progression to GB senior level
• 2016 Olympic Games

Chris is the current U17 National Champion in Men’s
Doubles and Mixed Doubles. The same two titles he won
in 2007 at U15 Nationals.

He is also ranked no.1 U17 player in singles in England for
2008-09 .

He and his partner (Matthew Nottingham) from Cheshire
are also the Current U18 Circuit Champions.
In 2007 Chris and Matt were the UK School Games
Doubles Champions.

Chris is currently in Malaysia as part of the squad
representing England at the u19 World Junior
Championships which starts Oct 23rd – 1st November . In
preparation Chris and teammates competed at the U19
Lausanne Youth International tournament in Switzerland at
the beginning of October where he reached two finals in
both Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles picking up two
silver medals then last weekend (9th October) flew to
Copenhagen to take part in the Danish Cup.

Chris is aiming to be selected to take part in the next
Junior World Championships which are being held early
next year in April.

Speaking of his spot on the SportsAid 16 for 2016 list he
said: "I am delighted at being recognised by SportsAid as
one of 16 athletes to progress to the 2016 Olympics in Rio
De Janiero. It has always be my long term goal to
compete in an Olympic Games and to be considered as a
potential contender by SportsAid and by Badminton
England makes all the hard training worthwhile. I am
really very excited about the future."

Christopher Lloyd

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Christopher Lloyd is an outstanding golfing talent and has performed consistently at the very top of his age group, winning a stream of competitions last year, including the U16 North and South West Boys. He has also demonstrated his 'star quality' by playing for the U16 England team, which were victorious against Scotland and Spain in 2007.

With a swing for success, already this season Christopher has won the Ernie Els World Junior Invitational event in South Africa, receiving the prize trophy from Ernie's Dad!

In the short term, Christopher looks to reduce his already impressive handicap to +3 whilst continuing to play for England at international level. Longer term, he hopes to be selected for the Walker Cup.

Chris is making fantastic progress and has been a top member of the Under 16 squad. He is one of the stars of his age group.Stephen Burnett, Assistant Director of Coaching at the English Golf Union.