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It's been 6 months of planning and alot of hard work from the events team and the players to get to this point. The UKBA Cup Final between Lydney Town and Swindon Sharks.
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It will all be decided on 13/06/25 at Yate who will raise the UKBA Cup we wait to see.
CONGRATULATIONS QABC SUMMER SHIELD CHAMPIONS 2025
UKBA held the first of its finals on 06/06/2025 The Summer Shield between bottom of the tables Winchester and QABC who had worked through the Semi Finals.
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The match was full throttle with both sides putting out impressive sides and after the first three rounds it was points separating both sides.
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Round four saw QABC really find their form as they took 6 of the last 8 points to secure a 19:13 win over Winchester.
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Head Coach Ian Day was gutted for Winchester who gave their all but agreed that the best team won on the evening.
UKBA SUMMER SHIELD 2025 WINCHESTER v QABC
TEAM CHANGES FOR SEASON 2 UKBA INTERNAL LEAGUE
Season 2 will see some changes to team names.
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RWB Lime Kiln will change to Swindon Sharks.
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St Egwins will change to Waterford
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Salmunster will join the league following its playoff match to decide the Challenge Cup.
OUR FINAL TABLES IN THE SUMMER INTERNAL LEAGUE
WELL DONE TO RWB LIME KILN & SUNDRIDGE PARK WHO GO TO THE PLAYOFF FINALS
So where do the names come from in the UKBA Internal League?
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A question that gets asked all the time and whilst we play badminton many of us forget.
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Every name is a place that UKBA has coached and their are still many more to add as the league grows in numbers.
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Matches are playerd at Yate and Quedgeley at the moment with plans to develop a little further with support from a few friendly clubs.
The Summer Shield 2025 will be contested between Winchester, Sumatran Tigers & QABC. The Semi Final will be between Sumatran Tigers & QABC best of 50 games so first to 26 games.
Winchester Welcome Head Coach Ian Day
Winchester receive 25% time with Ian their new head coach for the next 6 months. Ian has started early and we await an update from the coach in his first address on the public facebook group.
UKBA CUP REPLAY GOES TO GOLDEN GAME
Friday 9th May saw th replay of the UKBA Cup between Lydney & St Egwins. The first meeting was a 5:5 Draw setting up a replay and if needed a Golden Game to decide who would progress to the Semi Finals.
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The replay was no different with both sides not not letting up. Lydney went 2:0 up but St Egwins levelled the match with the final match going to 1:1 setting up the first Golden Game of the competition.
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Sadaat Mumtaz/Tolu Wanimiogunnorin remained composed and secured the win to take Lydney through to the Semi Finals.
UKBA CUP TO REPLAY
In the UKBA Cup Lydney took on St Egwins for a place in the Quarter Finals.
It was certainly an entertaining match with neither side wanting to lose and some strong performances including Gareth Goundrill, Richard Bramley and Andy Jordan.
The match went right to the last game and a 5:5 draw forced a replay with the golden game to be played should another draw be the result.
The replay will take place on Friday 9th May with both sides again fielding strong sides for the evening.
June will see the bi-annual transfer window open as UKBA looks to balance teams out and prepare the top 4 teams for Champions League action players will be kept updated on moves and the website will be updated.
UKBA Chairman commented “The vision behind the league was to create a fun competitive league for all abilities and the Champions League a chance to showcase the best players and raise the level of other players”.
The League is growing in numbers now and including more players has already began.
Head Coach Talks More Ahead of Role
UKBA Head Coach Ian Day talks more about his new role with the League Champions.
We are still early days and I'm not going to speculate on winners etc. Once we know the team that wins the league my work will start getting players ready for the defence of their title and of course the Champions League.
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The winning team will get 75% of my time offering advice, tactics, thoughts and everything else. On match days I will be there but it has been agreed I will be on the sideline out of respect for the other teams on match nights.
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25% will be allocated to the team at the bottom which will be similar but I will dicuss more nearer the time on my role with the team at the bottom of the league.
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I have always been committed to the teams historically and I will be giving both these roles everything I have and I hope the teams get behind me they have to deliver the results after all, but if they do just maybe we can have celebrations.
If you would like to join the Internal League please use the link below it only costs £7.00 Per Match and you will be nominated 2 teams
Head Coach 6 Month Secondment Internal League
Ian has now confirmed that he will be appointed to coach/support the 1st and last placed teams in the Internal League. The first league concludes in June and the winning team will go into the Champions League with Ian's support, whilst the team at the bottom of the table will also receive tips and advice to help them in the Winter League July-December.
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"I am excited for both roles and I am watching all of the teams in readiness to get started". Ian commented
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UKBA Head Coach Ian Day continues the hard work on Wednesdays developing many of the players who feature in the Internal League. "I delivered in my previous role we won 4 disciplines and now I am putting myself out there again for 2 teams in the league hopfully to help make a difference."
UKBA’s Simon Forni travelled to Romania recently and had a fantastic tournament he was quarter finalist In the mens doubles and gold medalist of the mixed doubles winning his 2nd international tournament. UKBA usually competes in Strasbourg and does hope to return in the not so distant future.
