We’re happy to announce that Peter Emptage has now been elected as the brand new Chair of Badminton England.
Peter has been overseeing the function, following the unhappy passing of former Chair Mike Robinson, performing as Interim Chair since January.
After a sturdy recruitment course of, the board nominations committee beneficial that the board appoint Peter as Chair – a choice which was duly ratified by the board of administrators.
Peter brings to the function an unlimited wealth of expertise and badminton information in addition to a deep reference to the game.
A World Senior, European Senior and All England Masters medallist, Peter boasts greater than 40 years of expertise as each a participant and an administrator inside the sport.
Alongside working his enterprise as a chartered architect, Peter has sat on the Board of Administrators at Badminton England since October 2020 and he additionally acts as an advisor for each the IOC (Worldwide Olympic Committee) and the BWF (Badminton World Federation) – two necessary and influential roles as we head into this yr’s Olympic and Paralympic Video games in Paris this summer time.
In 2023, Peter was elected onto the Badminton Europe Board of Administrators in Baku, Azerbaijan and has at all times dedicated himself to rising participation at a nationwide, continental and regional stage.
He has additionally devoted numerous hours to voluntary work which has each developed and championed the game, devoting time, effort, power and experience to the game of badminton while providing his full unwavering help to the broader badminton group.
Peter mentioned, “I vividly keep in mind the sense of pleasure felt once I was chosen to characterize my county third crew. I felt the identical pleasure once I placed on my England shirt for each one in every of our Masters circuit occasions. And pleasure is the sentiment that finest describes how I really feel about being elected as Chair of Badminton England.
“It’s a actual honour to be appointed to this function. Whether or not I’m Chair, a board member, or just an fanatic of the game…I wish to see badminton thrive. At elite stage, after all, however crucially I would like badminton to be a sport for everybody, a sport anybody and everybody can play, a sport which the subsequent technology can fall in love with, a sport folks watch with pleasure and enthusiasm, a sport folks can play with none boundaries in place.
“I additionally need the badminton group to really feel a better affinity to Badminton England, consider the game’s nationwide governing physique as ‘we’ reasonably than ‘they’.
“All of us need success for badminton. And through greater than 4 months spent as Interim Chair, diving deeper into our organisation and the extraordinary developments we’re making as we collectively try to fulfill the formidable targets set out in our ten-year technique final September, I’m vastly optimistic about the way forward for badminton on this nation. I stay up for guiding, difficult and supporting these continued efforts as Chair.”
Chief Government of Badminton England, Sue Storey, added, “It has been a pleasure and a privilege to work with Peter as a board member, as Interim Chair because the begin of the yr and now as Chair of Badminton England.
“A religious badminton fan, a devoted and passionate member of our board and a well-respected and trusted voice embedded within the badminton group, his dedication and help has been so useful to me and Badminton England as an entire. Collectively we type a powerful blended doubles pairing in collaboratively driving our sport ahead and I’m enthusiastic about the way forward for badminton in England with Peter in place.”
Badminton England want to formally welcome Peter to the function of Chair and we stay up for working intently alongside him and the Board of Administrators to additional develop the profile of the game and reinforce our dedication to creating badminton a sport for everybody.
