World Futures Silver player Ben Beckman recently attended an EBU Summer Training Camp in Mulheim, Germany. He has written a report to share his experiences.

Announcement

BADMINTON England, the governing body for the sport in England, have announced the appointment of iSPORTmarketing as their new magazine partner. iSPORTmarketing will be responsible for the management and production of BADMINTON MAGAZINE - the main magazine for the sport, and a key benefit to all members of BADMINTON England.

A new organisation, Sports Officials UK, has been started to address the common issues which are found by all sports officials - badminton umpires, football referees, cricket umpires, track marshals and so on.

The "London Badmintonathon" is an event which will last 50 hours non-stop from 26th August 2005. Over 500 participants will hopefully take part ranging from absolute beginners up to international standard.