Sarah Thomas has been invited by Badminton Europe, to be part of the SOTX Team Europe 2012. Sarah will be involved in this exciting team who meets for 3 day camps throughout the year for high level training. Sarah will meet her fellow SOTX members in the first 3 day camp which will be held in Hungary during October.

Mid Glamorgan High Performance player Tsung Fong Mo enjoyed success at the weekend in winning the U15 singles title at the Harlow BE gold event.

Good start to the season for Tsung Fong Mo.

The Richard Vaughan Badminton Academy (RVBA) and Mid Glamorgan County Badminton Association have announced a partnership which will see the RVBA sessions become the High Performance centre for Mid Glamorgan Junior Badminton Association.

The current RVBA coaches will stay involved with the HP centre with the exception of Richard Vaughan who will move to his new position as CEO of Badminton Ireland with immediate effect. The high performance centre will benefit from a tie up with the Mid Glam senior team whom will supply any additional coaching services if required.
The Mid Glamorgan County team has won five consecutive division in the English County Badminton Championships and is looking to win this year’s division one and push in to the Premier division for the first time.

Today Badminton Ireland announced Richard Vaughan as the new CEO of Badminton Ireland after a very competitive interview process for this key position.

Mr Ronan Rooney,  Badmitnon Ireland Chairperson commented “Richard brings a unique combination of badminton and business experience to the critical role of CEO. From a business standpoint Richard has a proven track record in business development, IT, marketing and project delivery. His record in badminton, as a player, coach and administrator is second to none. As a player, Richard is a double Olympian and a former British number one with a world ranking of 7 in men’s singles.  As a coach, he created his own badminton academy, which has developed a number of highly successful international players, and has delivered a number of successful projects for the Catalan Badminton Federation. Richard holds a BSc. in Economics and Politics, an MA in Sports Development and is currently completing an MBA.”

 

WELSH Olympian Richard Vaughan has been appointed chief executive officer of Badminton Ireland.

Vaughan, from Llanbradach, near Caerphilly, competed in the Olympics of 2000 in Sydney and 2004 in Greece.

(www.walesonline.co.uk)

The RVBA's Vikki Jones won her opening singles match of the European Club badminton Championships in Holland today with a straight sets victory over the Belgium club - Saive.

Badminton club Seville Rinconada went on to win the match 6-1, leaving them favourites for the tournament and a semi final clash against hosts Dutch badminton club Velo.

Results can be found here - Badminton results

Classic Retro Match, the 1990 Asian badminton Games Mens Singles  Final Zhou Vs Yang Yang

The 2011 European Club Championships kicks off in Zwolle, The Netherlands this afternoon with 15 or Europe’s top clubs competing for the coveted title of Europe’s premier club.

Even without the top clubs from Denmark, Germany and Russia competing this year the European Club Championships always proves to be a fiercely competitive experience and a trophy that every European club wants to have in their trophy cabinet.

The 15 clubs head to Zwolle in the Netherlands for the second year running after BC Bischmisheim of Germany won the 2010 edition of the competition after winning the German Bundesliga in 2010.

This year’s favourites are Spanish club CB Soderinsa Rinconada with Richard Vaughan Badminton Academy player Vikki Jones who has been a key member in Rinconada efforts to retain the Spanish Badminton Club title again this year. Rinconada were the former team of Richard Vaughan, where they won a European Badminton Club Championship Silver and Bronze medal in 2008 and 2009.

Lara Lucas continued the recent success in the Spanish u15 and u19 national badminton championships by taking a silver medal in the u17 girls singles losing 21-15, 12-21, 17-21.

There were also bronze medals for Blanca Lucas and Ariadna Gallardo, winners of last week’s u15 Spanish National badminton title; and bronze medals for Blai Ramirez and Lara Lucas in the mixed doubles who narrowly lost to the tournament winners 23-25, 19-21.

Another great set of results for Catalan badminton. Next up will be the Spanish National Games at the end of the month.

More badminton news here - Badminton Catalunya.

In about 24 hours time, badminton will have a new world record to its name.

On Sunday, 5 June, 2011, more than 60 cities (including Barcelona, spain) and thousands of badminton fans across the world will “gather” for the largest badminton flashmobyet.

This initiative is the brainchild of Raphael Sachetat, a French photojournalist and the founder of a young independent badminton charity foundation, Solibad.

“This is a world’s first as it has never happened in sports before”, said Sachetat.