The League Presentation Evening took place on Friday 19th May 2017 at Dee Sailing Club. Congratulations to all those that won a trophy and thanks to Peter Colebourne, our President, for making the presentations. The evening was a great success and enjoyed by all who attended. A big thanks to Linda Smith for organising everything and to Sue, Paula, Sally and Glynis for helping out on the night.

Andy Meredith has produced the attached information about the WBDG. Copy and paste this link into your web browser for an on-line version:- https://www.flipgorilla.com/p/24942796347542916/show

The finals of the 2017 Birkenhead and Wallasey Cups were played on Saturday 22nd April 2017 at Birkenhead School. The level of competition was very high and the two finals were very close. Moreton Seacombe won the Wallasey Cup beating St Catherines on a points count-back after drawing 9 all in games. St Andrews Meols beat St Andrews Peninsula 10 -7 to win the Birkenhead Cup. Congratulations to all finalists and well done to the 2 winning teams (& the handicap sub-committee!).

Please find attached latest Results and Tables as prepared by Sue Marcks.

Barnston Summer Badminton Club starts this Thursday, 13th April 2017 St. Anselm's College sports hall. 4 courts 7.30-10pm Cost: £6 (concessions available)

Woodchurch Badminton Club will be running a summer club.

Two Wirral junior teams played in the annual U15 Dave O'Leary and U19 Thornley Inter-League competitions at Christleton SC on Sunday. U19's were unlucky to have a losing draw against Chester but got a winning draw against Warrington. They lost 3-5 to Crewe though so finished in 3rd place. U15's were all young players and had varied match experience. They had some close individual games but lost all of their matches, so they finished in 4th place. Chester league won both competitions. Many thanks go to Tim as Team Manager having devoted a lot of time getting the teams together. He praised and motivated the young players throughout the afternoon. Credit and praise go to the all players as well for their enthusiastic and competitive play.

Andy Meredith has prepared the attached summary of the results of the Club and Player Survey. The Development Group will be considering the findings and will be preparing an action plan. Should anyone have any questions regarding the results of the survey Andy can be contacted at andymeredith@tiscali.co.uk

Congratulations to our team that won the Baxter Trophy over the weekend. This is team Captain Alex Bergh's Report: We played Crewe first and won 5-1, only conceding (just) the ladies doubles. Tara Priestley won her ladies singles 7&5 and got the singles bug, was happy to stick to the singles after that!) Second up was a 6-0 victory over Runcorn/Widnes, the flapjacks I provided clearly working. Finally we beat Chester 5-1, only conceding the mens singles in 3 after Adam Bridson won the first but went over on his ankle in the 2nd. He hobbled out. Star of the show and worth a mention was Tara Priestley who didn’t mind playing the first singles of the day but then insisted on carrying on with singles which is unheard of, beating a well known Crewe lady who is a regular at County Level (can’t remember her name). Alex Bergh Thank you to Alex for Captaining the Team. Attached is a photo:- L-R Men: Ashley Stokes, Dave Walker, Ben Proctor, Adam Bridson, Rich Bergh L-R Women: Claire Woodward, Laura Mumford, Tara Priestley, Jess Markey, Tara Moorcroft