Annual General Meeting

The annual meeting of clubs will take place on Thursday 29th June at Colchester Sports Park (Northern Gateway), starting at 8pm.

Prior to the AGM we will have a short EGM / Special General Meeting to vote on some changes to the Constitution that we are proposing:

a. The Officers of the Federation, who form the Federation Committee, shall be the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson, The Honorary Secretary, The Honorary Treasurer, the Honorary League Secretary and the Honorary Tournament Secretary, together with such other Officers as the Committee may consider necessary.

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a. The Officers of the Federation, who form the Federation Committee, shall be the Chairperson, Treasurer, and League Secretary, together with at least two other Officers. No individual may hold more than one position. The Committee may co-opt additional members as necessary.

b. The Chairperson; or in his/her absence the Vice-Chairperson, shall take the chair at the Annual General Meeting, Special General Meeting, and meetings of the Committee and the Council.

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b. The Chairperson shall take the chair at the Annual General Meeting, Special General Meeting, and meetings of the Committee and Council. In his/her absence a chair shall be appointed from among the attending Officers.

Colchester Open 2023

The Colchester Open will be run as a Badminton England Tier 4 event again this year following the success of the format last time.

It will be played at Colchester Sports Park (Northern Gateway) on Sunday 30th July, with Men's, Women's and Mixed Doubles events played to a conclusion on the day.

For entries please go to Tournament Software - all players will need an active Badminton England membership.

Qualify as a Coach

We have arranged a coach training course to be held in Colchester at Leisure World Highwoods (Gilberd School). 

It is a Foundation Course (previously Level 1), which is a two day course: 11th and 18th June.

Further details and joining can be found here

Colchester Badminton Federation has some funds to support anyone who wishes to qualify and work as a coach in the area. Please contact a committee member.

Notice of Annual General Meeting

The AGM will be held at Colchester Sports Park (Northern Gateway) on Thursday 30th June 2022, starting from 8pm.

All member clubs are required to send a representative and may send two delegates.

Singles Ladder Positions

 The latest positions are

1. Jack H
2. Simon G
3. Martin S
4. Hugo J
5. Andrew H
6. Zameer
7. Alex E

I will try to post updates more frequently.

We play Friday evenings when courts are available at Leisure World. New players always welcome, please send me a message on 07746 380813.

Singles Ladder

We have started a singles competition in the form of a ladder.

We are currently meeting on Friday evenings at Leisure World, Cowdray Avenue.

Anyone interested in joining can contact Simon at simon.gilhooly@gmail.com or 07746 380813

European Championships 2021

Excellent coverage of the European Badminton Championships can be found at https://badmintoneurope.tv -- it's free to register and they are covering all the courts in High Definition.

English players are expected to be in the chase for medals in all the doubles events but sadly our prospects do not look strong in the singles. 

It's unlikely that any of the young, up-coming players will be able to upset top seeds Victor Axelsen and Anders Antonsen from Denmark. My money is on Antonsen to repeat his win in the recent Tour Finals. Remarkably it's possible, likely even, that the four semi-final places will all be taken by Danes as Vittinghus and Gemke have good draws. 

The women's singles is even easier to call with Carolina Marin being streets ahead of the pack, especially since #2 seed Mia Blichfeldt withdrew. Credit to Freya Redfern for progressing through the first round, another win would represent a good event for the top English player. 

Our medal prospects get stronger in the Mixed Doubles with Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith being #1 seeds. However Smith & Ellis are not in great form so French pair Gicquel and Delrue are my favourites with the Russians and Danes strong for the other semi final places. 

Sean Vendy and Ben Lane will be looking to continue their excellent recent results but face a tough top half draw while the other English pair, Ellis and Langridge, should progress to the semi-final for another battle with the Russian giants Ivanov and Sozanov. The top seeds from Denmark should be too quick (Astrup) and powerful (Rasmussen) for the rest and will probably collect gold. 

Possibly our best chance of a gold medal comes, unexpectedly, in the Women's Doubles; an event we have not been strong in for some considerable time. However Lauren Smith and Chloe Birch have improved considerably this season and if their attack is on song they could pose a problem for the Stoeva sisters from Bulgaria. 

What are your predictions? Let's see if you do any better than me: 

MS - Antonsen (Denmark) 

WS - Marin (Spain) 

MD - Astru & Rasmussen (Denmark) 

WD - Smith & Birch (England) 

XD - Gicquel & Delrue (France)