Badminton
Introduction to Badminton
Badminton is probably the world’s fastest racquet sport. It’s similar to tennis, in that players compete to hit a shuttlecock back and forth over a high net, but speeds are much faster, with the shuttlecock sometimes flying at up to 300km/h. As a result, the players have to have lightning-fast reactions and incredible agility and stamina, often covering up to six kilometres in a match as they dart back and forth across the indoor courts. For contact details of the National Federation in Ireland please click Full story
Irish National Championships
The 2012 Irish National Championships is set to take place in Dublin at Baldoyle Badminton Centre this weekend and once again it has attracted Ireland’s top talent. With Irish Olympic Hopeful’s Scott Evans, Chloe Magee and Sam Magee all in attendance it is set to be an exciting weekend for …
Swedish Open
Valuable ranking points gained at the Swedish open where Ireland had two quarter finals. In a tournament that brought the best of Europe in the hunt of Olympic qualification Ireland had two quarter finalists. Irish number one Scott Evans in the men’s singles and Irish number one doubles player Sam …
Chloe Magee Feature
Her first Olympics in Beijing was a whirlwind experience for a 19 year-old but four years on Chloe Magee is older, wiser and ready to soak up all London 2012 has to offer. By reaching the quarter-finals of the Irish Open in Lisburn at the weekend Ulster and Ireland’s number …
Irish Open TV
Badminton Ireland are delighted to announce that viewers in the UK and Ireland will be able to watch the Yonex Irish Open on GBSport TV for matches on the Yonex TV Court Saturday and Sunday. Matches will also be available on the Badminton Europe TV stream for the Yonex …
Magee's win Norwegian Open
Ireland’s Sam and Chloe Magee won the Norwegian Open Mixed doubles title at the weekend in Oslo, Norway. The result is a great boost for their Olympic qualification and secures their position as first reserves for the Olympic Games. Earlier in the day Chloe lost in the final of the ladies …
Dutch Open 2011
Irelands Chloe Magee reached the quarter final of the Dutch Grand Prix with a three set win over England’s Elizabeth Cann in Eindhoven Thursday before losing in straight set against the tournament second seed and home favourite Ji Yao. Earlier Thursday the Irish pair of Chloe and Sam Magee were outplayed …
Quarter final for Magee
Ireland’s Chloe Magee competed at the weekend in the Bulgarian Challenger Event in Sofia, Bulgaria; looking to continue her Olympic qualification goals. First up for Chloe on Friday morning was Spanish No2 and European Junior silver medallist Beatriz Corrales. A difficult first round tie was confirmed when the Spaniard won the first …
Badminton doubles target
Irish players were challenging for crucial Olympic qualification points in Ukraine at the weekend. The Irish Team are riding high after the best Irish performances at the recent World Championships in London and were represented in Kharkov by Chloe and Sam Magee. Seventh seed Chloe Magee from Ireland started the …
Magee progress at Worlds
Already, 22-year-old Chloe Magee (pictured) ranked 53 in the women’s singles event, was first to nail an upset at the 2011 World Championships after defeating Indonesia’s Adrianti Firdasari, ranked 31 in the world, 13-21 24-22 21-13 at the Wembley Indoor Arena this morning. Sam, brother Dan and sister Chloe all hail …
Badminton Worlds in London
The 2011 World Championships in London,the Olympic Test Event for London 2012, means not only Olympic qualifying points for the players but also a unique Olympic feeling before the 2012 Olympic Badminton event. Following the event the Irish team will travel down to St Marys Twickenham and Wimbledon Raquets Club …
London 2012