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Welcome to the official site of the Oldham and Rochdale Badminton League. We are one of the longest standing badminton leagues in the North West, formed originally in 1950’s after a group of friends decided to form a competitive mixed doubles league. Its fair to say we have had our ups and downs but today we are enjoying a resurgence of interest with our open league now expanded to 3 Divisions and teams from across Oldham and Rochdale joined by new teams from Bury and Edenfield. Because its an open league, any combination of men and women can play as long as they can regularly field 6 players. You will find on our web site details of all the current clubs, when and where they play and you are welcome to contact any of them or me as the league chair if you are interested in playing at a club. Most clubs will welcome people to come down and give it a go before you decide if its for you and a smaller number of clubs run social badminton during the evening where you can practice, make friends and have fun whilst getting fitter. If you are interested why not get in touch and try it out. You might already play regularly with a group of people and be looking for more competition and challenge. If so then you are ideally placed to enter a team or possibly play some friendly matches against existing club teams just to see where you stand. If so please get in touch The league starts playing match fixtures at the end of September and plays through until the end of March. A number of clubs do play social badminton throughout summer.
Badminton is played throughout the world. Its a great sport for ALL ages. Within the UK we have a great historical track record and have produced olympic medalists. We encourage young players. Within our locality there are junior and adult badminton clubs. There are also performance centres and academies all which will be accessible from this site.
We are looking for new teams and clubs to join us can you help!There are six people to each team (but we suggest that you have eight people so you have extra players for any eventuality). We play Monday to Friday evenings and we can help you find a venue if required.Juniors and ladies more than welcome.All our clubs started somewhere and we can help you to almost any extent to get you started. We have as few rules as possible as our intention is to play badminton not politics.Your standard is of little consequence as every new team has to start in the bottom division and work their way up.
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All New Players and New Clubs are Welcome
Following on from Gary’s e-mail, the Committee discussed this issue once again last night. In relation the illegal serving, I have been personally witness to this in recent matches and without exception they are back handed serves. I am sure everyone knows the rules but I have looked up a link to a useful You Tube video which very clearly demonstrates what a legal and illegal back hand serve looks like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szrBCAFkd0w Could all club […]
The Leagues Open tournament takes place on Monday 25th March with Mixed doubles and Mens and Ladies Singles. On Wednesday 27th March, the Mens Doubles and Ladies Doubles open tournament takes place. All events will be at Falinge Park High School starting at 8:00pm on Monday and 7:30pm on Wednesday. Entry fee is £5.00 per person per event and only players currently registered with ORBL are eligible except in the case […]