ULSTER BRANCH BADMINTON IRELAND

ULSTER LEAGUE - SEASON 2015 - 2016

Apartment 4

The Old School House

Mill Village

Comber

Co. Down

BT23 5GT

30th August 2015

Dear Secretary,

If you are no longer secretary of your club would you please pass this correspondence on to the new secretary as soon as possible.

The League officials for this season are:

President Bob Colhoun

Chairman Derrick Jobb

Hon. Secretary Lorna Beattie

Hon. Treasurer Patsy Kavanagh

Match Secretary Stephen Waddell (07977217680 ; )

I enclose the League Entry Form . Would you please return this to me with a cheque for £25 per team, made out to the ” Ulster Badminton League”. Your player’s registration number for this year will be the same as last year so please fill it in.

Match Fees. The match fees are unchanged at £24 per team per match i.e. £3.00 per player.

Please note that their BI Registration Number must be recorded against each player. This number is mandatory in all BI and UBBI competitions since it denotes that the player is affiliated and fully insured.

You will be receiving Affiliation paperwork from the Badminton Ireland office in Dublin, and you must return the form and money to Dublin by 31 October. The club fee covers your juvenile club also. You should not wait until all members are known as some players may join you late and these can be returned separately then.

The dates for each Division are likely to be as follows but there may be changes when the entries are received. PLEASE DO NOT ORGANISE YOUR MATCH NIGHTS UNTIL YOU HAVE CONFIRMATION FROM ME AFTER THE MEETING OF THE ‘ULSTER LEAGUE’ ON THE 29/09/2015.

PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME DIVISIONS BELOW MAY BE ON A DIFFERENT NIGHT THAN LISTED BELOW :

DIV 1&3 Monday 5 Oct. 19 Oct. 2 Nov. 16 Nov. 30 Nov (14Dec if rqd) 4 Jan 18 Jan 1Feb 15 Feb (29 Feb if rqd)

DIV 2 & 5 Monday 12 Oct. 26 Oct 9 Nov. 23 Nov. 7 Dec. (21Dec if rqd) 11 Jan 25 Jan 8 Feb 22 Feb 7 Mar

DIV 6 Wednesday 7 Oct. 21 Oct 4 Nov. 18 Nov 2 Dec. (16Dec if rqd) 6 Jan. 20 Jan 3 Feb. 17 Feb 2 March

DIV 4 Wednesday 14 Oct. 29Oct. 11 Nov. 25 Nov. 9 Dec. 13 Jan. 27 Jan 10 Feb. 24 Feb 9 March

Division 7 Thursday 8 Oct 22 Oct 5 Nov 19 Nov. 3 Dec (17 Dec if rqd) 7 Jan 21 Jan 4 Feb 18Feb. 3 March

Division 8 Thursday 15 Oct 29 Oct 12 Nov 26 Nov 10Dec 14 Jan 28 Jan 11 Feb 25 Feb 10 March

Please return the Forms by the 24th September 2015, AT THE LATEST, to give me/committee time to allocate teams to divisions.

We will be holding our cup competition at the end of the league programme. In this, the top team in a division will play in a knock-out cup with the teams in the next higher division. Details later.

We have decided to specify Yonex AS 30 shuttles again this year and only these may be used in matches and the price will be £19.50 per dozen. As usual you can provide the shuttles yourself or buy them at reception either by cash or by signing for them and paying later when billed or from the shop if open.

On each night the teams should report at 7.45 for an 8.00 start. If courts are available earlier then the match may start early and if extra courts become available later, near the end , then matches may be played on them. ALL PLAYERS MUST BE IN THE HALL READY TO PLAY BY 8.45 OR THAT PLAYER’S DOUBLES MATCH WILL BE FORFEIT.

After the matches all players (18 years old and over) are welcome to have a drink and a chat in the Racquets Club lounge.

This year team captains do not need to text/phone in the result . Therefore, it is even more important that the ‘Match-sheet’ is completed accurately with all names & scores given.

Stephen Waddell

(Match Secretary Ulster League 2015/16)