The National Badminton League
The National Badminton League
First launching in October 2014, it initially included six franchise teams before expanding to seven by the time it reached its final year in 2017. The National Badminton League returned for a pilot season in 2023-24, looking to build on the foundations established previously, but exploring a sustainable way of creating engaging competitive and fan opportunities.
Following the recent release our 2023-2033 strategy (‘Badminton – A Sport For Everyone’), Badminton England is continuing to actively pilot a National Badminton League competition. And following the successful running of the first year of the pilot (between December 2023 and March 2024), we are now seeking to build on the INSPIRE pillar of the strategy by running a second pilot competition in 2024-25.
The fixtures in 2024-25 are home and away, each team playing each other twice.
The dates for each fixture are as follows:
| Fixture date | Match | Start time | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18th November 2024 | University of Nottingham vs Wimbledon | 19:00 | University of Nottingham 4-1 Wimbledon |
| 19th December 2024 | Wimbledon vs Skyfall | 18:00 | Wimbledon 2-3 Skyfall |
| TBC | Skyfall vs Wimbledon | P-P | |
| 3rd February 2025 | University of Nottingham vs Skyfall | 19:00 | |
| 14th April 2025 | Wimbledon vs University of Nottingham | 18:00 | |
| 28th April 2025 | Skyfall vs University of Nottingham | 19:00 |
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The three teams competing in the 2024-25 pilot season are:
Team Skyfall (powered by MKBA and HBC)
Glebe Farm School, Burney Dr, Glebe Farm, Milton Keynes, MK17 8XY
University of Nottingham
David Ross Sports Village, Beeston Lane, Nottingham, NG7 2RD
| First name | Surname |
|---|---|
| Sam | Smith |
| Dillon | Chong |
| Adarsh | Palani Kumar |
| Archie | Bult |
| Shashwat | Dalal |
| Jacob | Weekes |
| Joe | Scott |
| Luke | Griffiths |
| Zhou | Meng |
| Yiyi | Tao |
| Tanika | Sequeria |
| Katherine | Arksey |
| Chloe | Dennis |
| Abi | Hong |
| Michael | Pang |
| Saahen | Shetty |
| Susanna | Ogden |
Wimbledon Racquets & Fitness Club
Wimbledon Racquets & Fitness Club, Cranbrook Road, SW19 4HD
| First name | Surname |
|---|---|
| Toby | Penty |
| Ben | Hunt |
| Jia Bin | Lee |
| Felix | Wright |
| James | Song |
| Alex | Oprisan |
| Lila | Dundas |
| Tranthini | Kumaravel |
| Tetiana | Potapenko |
| Matilda | Franklin |
National Badminton League 2023-24 | A summary of our first pilot year
Each team competed either home or away to their rivals, five events (Men’s & Women’s Singles, Men’s & Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles), each played to the best of 5 games to 11 points. At the end of the season, the top team was crowned the National Badminton League 2024 winner!
Having coasted to a comfortable 5-0 win over High Wycombe Performance in the opening fixture back in December, the University of Nottingham took early advantage in the tournament.
But Team Skyfall edged to a 3-2 win away to Wimbledon Racquets and Fitness Club in their opening clash before sealing a vital 4-1 victory at home, in Milton Keynes, to their Nottinghamshire rivals in February.
The title was theirs when they just overcame the challenge of High Wycombe – winning 3-2 at home last month to top the table with an unbeaten record in 2023-24.
Congratulations to all who took part in the pilot season of this year’s National Badminton League! And well done to Team Skyfall!
As part of Badminton England’s new ten-year strategy was an ambition to create more opportunities to watch players play live world-class badminton domestically to inspire and engage our nation in badminton. And incorporated into that objective was the aim to relaunch the National Badminton League as a sustainable, commercially viable league capable of increasing the sport’s profile and visibility with its players.
So take a look at this pilot season’s results and keep your eyes peeled for how we hope to develop the League in 2024-25!
