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Quite a racket has been made for a 88-year-old badminton coach to celebrate his teaching of the sport for 65 years.Colin Bedford, from March, Cambridgeshire, took up the game when he was 11 and is believed to be one of its oldest coaches in the country.Current and former players gathered at Neale-Wade Academy to mark the landmark achievement, in the hall that was named after him.

Mr Bedford said he had no plans to stop and over the years had taught "thousands and thousands to play".At the special party that was held to mark the momentous anniversary, Mr Bedford told the BBC he started coaching at 23.

"I'm the oldest badminton coach in the country," he said.

"It's a great honour to have everyone here for my special day - I hope I'm going to go for many years yet."Their work goes unnoticed by many but they do such a great job and if I can come away with a world record at the end, then happy days, but the main thing is to raise as much money as I can for Prospect," he said.

Mr Barkham added with the clock running continually throughout he would have to limit his food and drink intake."The main thing is not to try to drink much. I'm not going to drink any alcohol, probably until about 10pm when I know I'm close. Hopefully I can celebrate with a beer at the end."

He said he would continue throwing if he exceeded the 160,000 target, to try to "get as many points as possible".Plans to help critically endangered bats in a nature reserve have moved a step forward.