B.E.SUMMER COMPETITION

Badminton England is organising an inter club competition this summer to encourage a return to team competition. If any club wishes to enter, the details and entry form are attached.

Dear All

I hope you are well.

We are launching a new Summer Team Cup to try and support players and clubs, who are able to play, to get some competitive match play. With the regular season still several months away we want to get encourage players and teams back together on court through the summer months to motivate players at club nights and training sessions. This is also be an ideal opportunity for county players and squads, and I hope by counties making their players and clubs aware of the Summer Team Cup, and sharing details on how to enter, we can ensure as many players return to county and league badminton as soon as possible.

It’s free to enter, open to anyone, for teams of 4 players (2 men and 2 women). We are pleased to announce that Babolat have partnered with the new competition and provided 200 dozen shuttles for teams in a prize draw to celebrate the launch of their new hybrid shuttle! The new hybrid shuttle is a blend of feathers with a nylon skirt to provide a more durable and affordable shuttle than standard feather shuttles, but with feather shuttle flight quality. Regardless of what games you appreciate watching, whether it’s football, baseball, hockey, horse racing, or even esports, there are a lot of wagering potential open doors out there for you to exploit. You can discover here where you can place your wagers.

To find out more and enter a team go to https://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/summer-team-cup

 Entry closes 30th June

 Kind Regards

Mark

 

Mark Downie
Head of Competition
Badminton England
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League Season 20/21

Hi all,
I Hope this letter finds you well and coping with the uncertain times we have been through
and are facing.
As we have seen with a lot of sports lately, we believe we should start to make plans for the
return of league badminton. These plans will always be subject to change and in accordance
with the Government and badminton England guidelines.
As you will be aware, in normal times each club should be advising me of the number of
teams they will be entering by the end of this Sunday 30th August. This will not be
happening and I will now advise you of the new structure for this season.
As a committee we have made the decision to delay the forthcoming season. So, to cope
with the reduced timescale we will set the amount of divisions to 4 or 5 (depending on the
number of teams entering) thus resulting in less matches to play per team.

Dates for the Forthcoming Season
This year’s season will begin, week commencing Monday 18th January 2021 (Guidelines
allowing).
I will be needing the number of teams each club will be entering into the 20/21 season by
13th December 2020.
I will be emailing out club details forms in the coming months but I do understand that some
clubs may struggle with details as they still have little idea of when they will be allowed to
return to normal play.
I do ask for all clubs to contact me if there is any change to their current hall availability
status so I can continue to plan for the forthcoming season.
Many thanks,
Clayton Simpson.
(League Secretary)

Mallett Cup Quarter Finals

The draw for the Mallett Cup is:

BCA v Ryde Kings D

Vectis B v Ryde Kings C

Freshwater C v Westlands B

Ryde Kings A v Yarmouth

 

The draw for the Mallett Cup Plate is:

Wroxall A v Vectis A

Westlands A v Cowes

Fairway v Freshwater A

Newport v Freshwater B

Ties to be played week commencing Monday February 3rd

Please submit your teams to Kev Foss, 1 week prior to the match

The semi finals of both competitions are at West Wight Sport Centre on March 21st and the finals on March 28th

 

Mallett Cup update

The results of the first round matches were:

Ryde C 5 Wroxall A 0

BCA 5 Vectis A 2

Freshwater C 5 Freshwater A 3

Yarmouth 5 Freshwater B 3

Westlands B 5 Newport 4

Vectis B 5 Wroxall B 3

Ryde D 5 Westlands A 1

Ryde A 5 Fairway 2

Cowes awarded tie against Ryde B who withdrew.

So as to produce 8 teams for the quarter finals, it is necessary to play an additional match which will be Cowes v Westlands B, to be played before christmas.

Revised Masters Fixtures

The following fixtures have been rearranged since the original list was published

Over 45 v Devon now January 19th at Fairway

Over 65 v Somerset now February 16th

Over 65 v Cornwall now February 23rd

Over 65 v Wiltshire now March 15th