Development Team Contacts

The Badminton Ireland Development Team are in place to assist existing clubs and to create new opportunities to play in both school and club setting.

Below is a list of some of the areas of work of the Badminton Ireland Development Team. Please scroll down for individual Development Officer contact details

  • Support of existing clubs
    • Adult Clubs
    • Juvenile Clubs
    • Disability Groups - both learning and physical disability groups
  • Development of new clubs
    • Sending out information on how to set up a club
    • Information on local badminton structures for them to feed into
    • Advice on basics for Badminton Clubs
    • Code of Conduct and other necessary information
  • Delivery of development workshops to club &county/league associations on
    • Club Structures &Funding
    • PR & Organising Competition
    • Ideas for Running Badminton Club Nights
    • Information Evenings on our new on-line database - FixturesLive
  • Support & Organisation of events for National Badminton Week - October
    • In clubs, schools, with County Badminton Associations and others
  • Promotion of Badminton at the National Ploughing Championships - September
  • Assistance with organisation of Coaching Courses in all areas
    • Introductory, Instructors Courses, Level 1 and Level 2Coaching Courses
  • Assistance with organisation of Summer Camps in All Areas
  • Promotion and organisation of the Badminton Ireland schools programmes:
    • Schools competitions
    • First Badminton & Buntús Badminton - primary schools programme
    • Schools Partnership, Transition Year Module, NEW Badminton Basics Module & Leaving Certificate Applied module - secondary schools
    • Organisation of school blitz events linked to programmes outlined above
  • Communication
    • Answering general queries - Everything you can imagine from "where can I buy nets in Leitrim?" to "how does the scoring system work?" and "where is my local club in Tipperary?"
    • Regular e-mailings and development diaries on www.badminton.ie
    • Regular contact with members of Badminton Ireland, County/League Associations and clubs
    • Regular contact with Local Sports Partnerships and Council Sport Development Officers to find out about additional programmes, funding and support that our clubs can tap into

 As you can see, they all carry out a large amount of work in each area - while you might not see them all of the time, they are always working away and are always contactable by phone or e-mail.

Tom Hehir

Mayo, Galway, Clare, Limerick, Tipperary, Westmeath

CLOAKING

087 6412 769

 

Richard O'Dowd

Laois, Offaly, Kildare, Kilkenny, Carlow

CLOAKING

086 8359 757

 

David Magee

Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Longford, Cavan, Monaghan, Louth, Meath

CLOAKING

087 6412 724

 

Ryan Prentice

Antrim, Derry, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Armagh, Down

CLOAKING

0789 450 7435

  

Brenda Barry

Kerry, Cork, Waterford

Women in Sport Coordinator

087 6412 760

CLOAKING

 

 

Wicklow, Dublin, Wexford

01-8393028