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Welcome to the Richard Vaughan Badminton Academy (RVBA) supported by Memory Lane Cakes, a non profit Cardiff Junior Badminton Club with the best Badminton Coaching.

The Richard Vaughan Badminton Academy is directed by Double Olympian and former World No7 Richard Vaughan from Wales. RVBA badminton coaching staff include Chinese National badminton player Zhu Min, Irish Olympic Badminton Coach Donal O Halloran, Indonesian badminton player Charlesandro, and former World No32 badminton player Piret Vaughan. Top Cardiff Sports Physio Clinic provides physio support for the badminton players.

Badminton Coaches from the RVBA have worked at every level from junior badminton development, all the way up to the Elite badminton level at the Olympic Games.

In addition to being a European, Commonwealth Medallist, Richard Vaughan has a BSc in International Economics & Politics, and a Masters from Bath University. Consultancy roles include badminton coaching for Badminton Europe, the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

For the best badminton coaching or if you simply need advice for your badminton club, contact the Richard Vaughan Badminton Academy!

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NBL Badminton Pro League


The 2010 National Badminton League will be offering live streaming of all matches this season as the LA Strings, Pasedena Racquets and California Walnuts go off against each other in a three match tie competition taking place over Sunday 25th-Tuesday 27th July.

Some of the worlds top badminton players will be on display after the US badminton open. The matches will be taking place at these venues/times 

Sunday July 25 - Los Angeles @ Pasedena - 4:00pm (PST - GMT-7)
Monday July 26 - Los Angeles @ California - 7:00pm (PST - GMT-7)
Tuesday July 27 - California @ Pasedena - 7:00pm (PST - GMT-7)


Thomas Selected for Commonwealth Games!


The RVBA’s Sarah Thomas was today confirmed as officially qualified for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. A great achievement for the seventeen year old, adding to her double national title success earlier in the year. This season Sarah has reached the highest rankings of 48 in mixed doubles, 60 in ladies doubles, and 107 in Ladies singles.

Sarah commented “It’s great to be selected for Wales; I have been waiting some time to hear confirmation so now I can concentrate on the hard training that needs to be done to be ready for Delhi. The only negative is that Rachel (Thomas) and I seemed to have missed out in the ladies doubles which is a pity as we must have been awfully close to selection.”

RVBA Head Coach Richard Vaughan "The Commonwealth Games will be a great learning experience for Sarah, and hopefully will give her the experience needed for events later in the year such as the European Junior Championships where she will hopefully be competing for a medal. I am sure India will do a great job with the Games, and as Badminton is a popular sport there it will be a terrific experience for all the team."

With just over 3 months until the start of the 19th Commonwealth Games, all eyes will be fixed on Delhi, who will play host to the Games between 3rd October – 14th October 2010.  The 19th Games will be the largest multisport event held in India's capital city. This year’s Games will be the 2nd time the event has been played in Asia, the last being Kuala Lumpa 1998. Welsh Badminton has had success in past games including Gold at the 1998 Games in Kuala Lumpa (Kelly Morgan) and Bonze in Manchester 2002 (Richard Vaughan).

Badminton will run throughout the games from 4th-14th October at Delhi’s Siri Fort Sports Complex alongside the Commonwealth Squash event. 


Live Sports Events

The Live Sport Event website is  a new site which allows you to watch Badminton Live from across the Badminton Asia Confederation, Badminton Confederation of Africa, Badminton Pan Am,  Badminton Europe and Badminton Oceania events, all under the Flag of the Badminton World Federation.

At the end of the badminton season the men compete in the Thomas Cup and the women's battle it out in thier final compeition – the Uber Cup. The competitions happen once every two years, and 2010 is the next tournament year. The finals consist of 12 teams, which is cut down from 50 as players qualify and get dropped from the schedule. You'll also be able to catch the Sudirman Cup – the mixed team event that started in 1989.

Badminton has been an Olympic Sport since 1992, when it premiered at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The top thirty two players in the world compete in the Olympic Competition, with three players from each country. In the BWF Championships, the format remains the same with 3 players submitted from each country. You'll also be able to watch the newest Badminton Tournament started by the BWF, the BWF Super Series, which has only been played since 2007.

Don't miss all of the Badminton action live at www.livesportsevent.com. We'll have high definition feeds and live streaming action, with complete recordable capabilities to watch the games over and over. Don't miss this year's Badminton action – so sign up for your membership today! The Badminton World Federation competitions are going to happen this year once again and www.livesportsevent.com has all the badminton court happenings you could want. If you want to see this Olympic Sport played live in competitions throughout the world you can watch in high def, with live streams and feeds directly from the event all throughout the 2010 Badminton Season.

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