About Us
The Ballinderry League was formed in the late
1960's by three members of the Ballinderry Badminton Club; Betty Totten, Eddie
Kidd and John Mairs. It was formed to provide competitive badminton between local
clubs. It started with 4 Clubs in 1 Mixed Division and grew to 8 divisions and
was one of the largest leagues in Ulster.
However as with most sports
there was been a dip in the number of teams playing badminton and this reflects
in a reduction to what is running today.
The League in its early days was run by three
people and has progressed to this current time being run by a Committee, which
enables the workload of the League to be shared.
The Clubs who play in the league comes from
Lisburn and its surrounding areas, Dungannon, Portadown, Belfast and its
surrounding areas. With travel not
being a problem teams are welcomed from all areas of the Province.
As time moved on the League introduced changes to
attract more players and teams in, and to this end a Gents, Ladies and Juvenile
sections were introduced. This has had
beneficial effects as new clubs entered the League in order to participate,
which has greatly strengthened us.
The League is part of the Ulster Branch of the
Badminton Union of Ireland and we have representations on the various
committees that they operate, this helps in the development and participation
of the League.
For further information on our history and the make up of teams
within the League follow link
History
For information about our League
contact League Secretary Tony Clarke either by telephone (028) 9267 0500 or
e-mail: tony.clarke7@btopenworld.com
The
League Committee, elected at the League’s Annual General Meeting in April from
the clubs that participate. At the first
meeting of the new season the League Committee appoint the people responsible
for the various positions within the League.
The Clubs they come from and the positions they hold within and outside
the Ballinderry League are shown below.
In addition to these elected members there is one Life Member, who also
serves on the Committee
Name |
Club Represented |
Position |
Alec McCullagh |
Magheragall Pres |
Chairperson & UBBUI Council
Member |
Graeme Clarke |
Killowen |
Treasurer |
Tony Clarke |
Killowen |
General & Fixture
Secretary UBBUI Council Member |
Terry Reid |
Ballinderry |
Committee Member |
William Martin |
Loughaghery |
Member & UBBUI Council Member |
Eddie Kidd |
Ballinderry C of I |
Committee Member & Life
Member |
Lisa Martin |
Loughaghery |
Committee Member |