Leicestershire Badminton Association May 2023 Newsletter

Second season back and player numbers have started to improve, although their is still a distinct lack of female participants.

Myself (Ian Bosworth - President), Greg and Carole had a meeting with Sue Storey, the new CEO of Badminton England (BE) and realised we were not the only county to have suffered a significant decrease in players over the last decade. Sue didn't hide the fact that she has a tough job ahead, trying to re-structure the organisation. The reason for the tour of the counties, was to get a handle on what we needed from BE, as well as
seeing what we do well in our county.

Mark King and his team continue to doing a great job running the PC, and the junior clubs across the county are also going strong. This situation would not be possible without the early years work in schools by Carole and Greg, and the hard work of the LSBA and Coaches Association.

I'd like to thank all the members of the LBA committee for there efforts over the last year and thank all club committee members across the county for giving up their time to keep our sport moving forward.

Congratulations to all the league winners this year.

Our county can also boast success in the Masters competitions with Mark King and Carl
Jennings winning both the National and All England over 50s titles. What an achievement!