Where are we going wrong in Wales if England says Badminton is the top raquet sport and we have 5 a side football as the main interest of sports centers and players seem disalussioned with current plans.

It is clear that the infrastructure in place in England far outstrips that in Wales, after the production of players such as Richard Vaughan ,Kelly Morgan, Martin and Michael Lews, Joe and James why are we not churning out more Super stars.

Mid Glamorgan Badminton Has topped up its supply of feathered shuttles to last the 2008 / 2009 season after reading this email from one of the major Sports Houses.

Monday, 22 September 2008 14:43

Badminton Ireland today announced the creation of a new High Performance system to strengthen the development of Irish elite badminton. The National High Performance Centre for full-time professional members of Team Ireland will be based at Gentofte Badminton Club, Copenhagen, Denmark under the direction of the National High Performance Panel and the daily supervision of National High Performance Coach, Jim Laugesen

Article taken from www.badminton.tv

Phil Jones, Badminton Umpires Association of England - 07 Sep 2006

Had this dissapointing response from Badminton England :-

" I have checked with our events department and the arrangement is that Welsh and Scottish representatives are invited to take part in competitions, but they cannot be affiliated as their home courts are not in England (which is the criteria for membership).

The forum recently generated a heated discussion regarding match fees and training session costs and as a result we lost two valued members before our first match.

We would very much like a full team, we hope any issues can be overcome in this early stage of the county development.