Lauren Carey-Love never expected to find herself coaching badminton.
A full-time farrier by trade, the 39-year-old juggles work, admin and her own sporting commitments, yet also finds time to run the thriving junior set-up at Peterborough Badminton Academy.
For the past three years, she has dedicated countless hours to running Friday evening coaching sessions for junior players at a modest cost of £5.50 per session, whilst also setting up Wednesday sessions for home-educated students.
Those sessions started following an idea from a friend whose child was pulled out of school. She soon realised there were very few sporting opportunities for teenagers in Peterborough, so she created her own.
“There’s loads of sports for little kids in primary school, but not much for teenagers,” she says. “Ironically, my friend’s son never joined, but the group filled up anyway.
“It’s really warming. There’s a lot of complicated…
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