We are the Somerset Badminton Association, which comprises everything from Juniors, through Seniors to Masters (O40s upwards, was called Veterans)
Although most of the news you might see is about the teams representing the County at different age levels, we have a good league and club structure across the county for all levels and we hope to keep you up to date with information on clubs for juniors and adults around the county, league positions, upcoming tournaments and their results. There are several active groups of beginners and improvers alongside clubs catering for players of all levels all across the county. If you want to learn more about Badminton in Somerset please feel free to have a look around the website. A short version of the news is shown on the homepage, but feel free to look at the whole story on the full News page. If you see a "..." at the end of a news item then click on the item to see the whole story and click into the story to be able to use any enclosed links.
For information about what is going on from the ground upwards around Somerset try:
I Play Badminton in Somerset group on FaceBook.
@SomersetBadm tweets on Twitter
Keep up with SASP sports development activities through:
The Somerset Activity & Sports Partnership page on FaceBook
@SASPsomerset tweets on Twitter
Other places links to useful information sources on Badminton include:
See the Coaching and Development pages for information on the Regional Badminton Development Officer
Click here to go to the Latest News page of the BE Website
Click here to go to BBC news on Badminton
Click here to go to GB Sport online to watch top class Badminton for free
Click here for Daily Telegraph news about Badminton
Click here to go to the BWF website to download the rules of Badminton Have a look, they may be slightly different from when you first learned the game! Apart from the rally point scoring there have been some changes in the rules for serving and a few other minor changes. Make sure you know the latest.
See the How Do I? page for more links to useful info
Dont forget you can send us information through the Feedback page