The Chelmsford Badminton Federation was formed in 1953 and the first clubs in the league were Barclays Bank, Willingale Farmers, Galleywood, Runwell Hospital, The Technical College Writtle and Hoffmans. The following year they were joined by Old Maldonians, Maldon 21, Witham and Phoenix. Of these original clubs, Old Maldonians is the only one still in the league.
The league reached its peak in the 1970s when there were 52 clubs competing with a total of 85 teams. There were 11 mixed divisions, 8 ladies and 6 mens. Virtually all matches were played in single court village halls each of which had its own character and many a match lasted until after midnight. Marconis, Hoffmans and Crittalls all had more that one court.
As the original clubs became smaller, some have since merged to form larger clubs and make use of the multi court sports halls now available. Today there are 13 clubs competing with a total of 68 teams. There are 3 mixed 6 divisions, 2 mixed 4, 2 ladies 4, 3 men’s 6 and 3 men’s 4.
President
Ron Pharaoh
Important Please Read - Committee Vacancies
The General Secretary and League Secretary will be standing down at the end of this season. If you are interested or know of anyone else who may be interested in taking over either of these posts next season please contact one of the below:
Sue Frost (General Secretary) 01245 320888, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Ann Weathersby (League Secretary) 01245 380070, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Alan Royle (Chairman) 01245 261069, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Volunteer Webmaster
Paul Weathersby our Website Developer will also be standing down at the end of this season so we are looking for a Volunteer Webmaster to take over the maintenance of the website next season. If you are interested or know anyone else who may be interested with a knowledge of websites please contact Alan Royle or any committee member (details on Contacts page)
