May 2: Badminton Wales was present and engaged actively at the 12th edition of the BWF Members Forum and Annual General Meeting, hosted in Chengdu, China on 26th-27th April, 2024. Led by President Poul-Eric Hoyer, the forum commemorated BWF’s 90th anniversary and brought together delegates from around the world. As one of nine founding members…
NEWYDDION | NEWSNational Schools Championships Results Boys 🥇St Michael's A 🥈 Crickhowell B 🥉 St Michael's B Girls 🥇Gwyr A 🥈St Michael's 🥉Gwyr B Congratulations to all the players and teachers who made it such a successful day. See you all next year.Entering International Competitions Entering International Competitions is now easier than ever thanks to…
The NEWJB league season concluded on Sunday with the return of the Gareth Coppack Memorial Tournament. 84 boys and girls from Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wrexham and 2 Chester clubs competed for the trophy which has been a tradition since 1988. The competitiveness and sportsmanship was exceptional. Players from age 8 to 16 competed in this handicapped…
We are keen to hear from individuals wanting to join the Board for the first time and also incumbent Directors seeking a new term of office. Short-listed applicants will be interviewed by an independent Nominations Panel which will make recommendations to the Badminton Wales Board (for Independents) or AGM/EGM (for Badminton Directors). We welcome interest…
On the 20th of April, players travelled from all over Powys for Brecon’s Dragon Event. This event was one of the first junior tournaments to be played in the area since Covid, and some brilliant junior badminton was played! Play started promptly at 12pm with the U13 and U17 singles. We saw some brilliant sportsmanship…
GB Badminton is responsible for the participation of the Great Britain teams in international badminton events, including the Olympic and Paralympic Games. GB Badminton brings together all four Home Nations and has appointed Badminton England as the Lead Home Nation until March 2025. The Lead Home Nation takes responsibility for the operational delivery of the…
Following another successful year of our Shuttletime Schools Competition, 744 players from 49 schools across 7 local authorities competed in our Shuttletime events this year. The competition structure was supported by a number of hugely helpful volunteers from local schools, colleges and universities who completed our Youth Leadership & Teacher Training workshops ahead of the…
NEWYDDION | NEWSSchool competitions have been a great success this month, with all qualifying rounds culminating a North and South Shuttletime Final. Earlier this month we had 21 teams battle out our North finals across 4 categories; Year 7-8 girls, year 7-8 boys, year 9-10 girls & year 9-10 boys. This week will see another…
BWF LEVEL 2 COACH EDUCATION COURSE. Badminton Wales is keen to deliver it’s first BWF Level 2 Coach Education course and are looking for an expression of interest from all existing BWF Level 1 coaches who may be looking to further their own knowledge and increase their qualification level. The course comprises of 6 contact…
North Wales Regional Community Manager Josh Hart was travelling again this past weekend after a quick turnover from his time in Ireland with the U14 Celtic Challenge team. This time to take part in Badminton Europe’s Shuttle Time Tutor/Trainer Course. Shuttle Time is the Badminton World Federation’s (BWF’s) Schools Badminton programme. Which aims to make…
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