The county first team will drop back to Division 1 next season after a difficult season. Unable to field our star player, Sarah Walker, in any of the three weekends and missing strong players on other occasions didn't help the cause and exposed our lack of strength in depth at the top level.
The second team won Division 3 South and therefore bounce back at the first attempt. However the team used an enormous number of different players and the regular faces may be looking to veterans badminton in the near future so the team is likely to find things difficult next year.
The third team had a good year and finished second in Division 4 South missing out to a strong Middlesex IIIs side.
A significant restructure of the County Championships is being proposed for the 2015/16 season, with all levels being played over a number of weekends at neutral venues and possible changes to eligability criteria for players.
In the Veterans competition three teams made it through to the national finals weekend played at Lilleshall. The O40 team including Stanway pair Andy Lager and Simon Gilhooly won the final against Leicester 7-5 and the O45 team with captain Trevor Rogers defeated Cheshire 8-4 to retain their trophy. Unfortunately the O50 team ran up against a very strong Yorkshire side in their final going down 9-3.