Royal Approval for Scottish Badminton World Championships Bid
BADMINTONscotland will step up their bid to stage the 2005 Sudirman Cup World Team Championships when they hold a sponsors’ reception on Thursday evening during the Yonex All England Badminton Championships at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham.
BADMINTONscotland’s Patron His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex who has helped to raise the profile of Scottish Badminton throughout the world, most recently by his two visits to support the medal winning team at the Commonwealth Games commented, 'From my experience of attending BADMINTONscotland championships, the spectators always appear to have thoroughly enjoyed the events as well as the countless numbers of young scots who attend the sports clinics' in his strongly worded letter of support.
Scottish badminton is already backed by Yonex, who have just signed a new extension of their original three-year deal to support the game in Scotland, and the bid for the Sudirman Cup is the latest move in BADMINTONscotland’s efforts to bring top-class sporting events to the city of Glasgow.
It follows a bold tradition established in the 1990s. In 1997 the Scottish Badminton Union – as BADMINTONscotland was then known – staged both the Sudirman Cup and the World Individual Championships in a two-week badminton spectacular.
But Scotland was already established as a big badminton player by staging the Pilkington European Championships and hosting the European qualifying stage of the 1994 Thomas and Uber Cups.
Since then the use of both the famed Kelvin Hall and the new Scotstoun Centre, which is about to become the jewel in Scottish badminton’s crown, have been used to showcase international events.
BADMINTONscotland Chief Executive Anne Smillie will lead a strong delegation to Birmingham to show the Scots mean business as they prepare to submit their formal bid at next month’s 2003 Sudirman Cup in Eindhoven, Holland.
These include:
* Ian Robson, Chief Executive, sportscotland
* Ann Marie Harrison, the Executive Director, Scottish Institute of Sport
* Bailie Elizabeth Cameron, Convener for Cultural & Leisure Services for Glasgow City Council
* John Swanson, Head of Sport, Cultural & Leisure Services Glasgow City Council
BADMINTONscotland’s links with the City of Glasgow are plain for all to see. Their partnership, plus the support of stalwart sponsors like Bank of Scotland and Yonex, will provide the backbone of the Scotland bid to bring the Sudirman Cup to Glasgow in 2005.
Anne Smillie says: 'You only have to look at our track record to realise we are more than capable of staging big events. We have the support of financial institutions in the City of Glasgow and UK Sport. We have a small but dynamic administrative team and we have that other essential ingredient – a willing team of volunteers to ensure all our events go smoothly from start to finish.
'If we are successful with out bid, the IBF can rest assured that the Sudirman Cup will be in good hands. The Scotland team may not win the cup but BADMINTONscotland’s team would win any cup for organization.'
For further information please contact:
BADMINTONscotland
William Kings
M: 07787 51 53 53
BADMINTONscotland’s Patron His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex who has helped to raise the profile of Scottish Badminton throughout the world, most recently by his two visits to support the medal winning team at the Commonwealth Games commented, 'From my experience of attending BADMINTONscotland championships, the spectators always appear to have thoroughly enjoyed the events as well as the countless numbers of young scots who attend the sports clinics' in his strongly worded letter of support.
Scottish badminton is already backed by Yonex, who have just signed a new extension of their original three-year deal to support the game in Scotland, and the bid for the Sudirman Cup is the latest move in BADMINTONscotland’s efforts to bring top-class sporting events to the city of Glasgow.
It follows a bold tradition established in the 1990s. In 1997 the Scottish Badminton Union – as BADMINTONscotland was then known – staged both the Sudirman Cup and the World Individual Championships in a two-week badminton spectacular.
But Scotland was already established as a big badminton player by staging the Pilkington European Championships and hosting the European qualifying stage of the 1994 Thomas and Uber Cups.
Since then the use of both the famed Kelvin Hall and the new Scotstoun Centre, which is about to become the jewel in Scottish badminton’s crown, have been used to showcase international events.
BADMINTONscotland Chief Executive Anne Smillie will lead a strong delegation to Birmingham to show the Scots mean business as they prepare to submit their formal bid at next month’s 2003 Sudirman Cup in Eindhoven, Holland.
These include:
* Ian Robson, Chief Executive, sportscotland
* Ann Marie Harrison, the Executive Director, Scottish Institute of Sport
* Bailie Elizabeth Cameron, Convener for Cultural & Leisure Services for Glasgow City Council
* John Swanson, Head of Sport, Cultural & Leisure Services Glasgow City Council
BADMINTONscotland’s links with the City of Glasgow are plain for all to see. Their partnership, plus the support of stalwart sponsors like Bank of Scotland and Yonex, will provide the backbone of the Scotland bid to bring the Sudirman Cup to Glasgow in 2005.
Anne Smillie says: 'You only have to look at our track record to realise we are more than capable of staging big events. We have the support of financial institutions in the City of Glasgow and UK Sport. We have a small but dynamic administrative team and we have that other essential ingredient – a willing team of volunteers to ensure all our events go smoothly from start to finish.
'If we are successful with out bid, the IBF can rest assured that the Sudirman Cup will be in good hands. The Scotland team may not win the cup but BADMINTONscotland’s team would win any cup for organization.'
For further information please contact:
BADMINTONscotland
William Kings
M: 07787 51 53 53