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

Ever thought of being an Umpire or other official? Click here to go to the Badminton Umpires Association of England (BUAofE)

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.

For a link to the SWCBA go to the Juniors page

See the How Do I? page for more links to useful info

Ok, so the Dec 2011 poll showed that people generally like the new website, but probably want more information on it. The January 2012 poll showed you want more information on (in order of votes counted)

1) opportunities to play/coaching 2) tournaments

3) information for coaches 4) results

Please have a look at the new poll below.

Dont forget you can send us information through the Feedback page