Events
Invitations to Line Judge
The Association receives numerous invitations to provide line judges, both at home and abroad. Most notably our Members (who take priority in terms of receiving invitations) provide the majority of line judges at the All England Badminton Championships in Birmingham, which is now a Badminton World Federation (BWF) Premier Super Series event. Our Members also make up the majority of the line judge complement at the English National Championships in Manchester each year. In addition, we supply numerous more minor events.
In 2011 the World Championships take place at Wembley Arena, which will be a test event for the Olympics. For this, and the Olympic Games 2012, the Association’s Members will constitute the majority of the line judges officiating at the events.
Our Members have attended all the major tournaments over the last 30 years, including the Olympics, World Championships, Thomas and Uber Cups, the Sudirman Cup and the Commonwealth Games. The Association has provided three members of BWF’s prestigious International Line Judges Organisation; England is one of only three countries to achieve this distinction.
Each season the Association receives invitations from a number of other UK and overseas countries requesting line judges for their events. These normally include the Denmark Premier Super Series Tournament, the Scottish, Welsh, Dutch, Belgian, Norwegian, Austrian, Italian and Cyprus International or Open tournaments as well as European team events. In the 2010-2011 Season a total of 62 overseas line judge places were filled by the Association.
Trainee Opportunities
At the forthcoming World Championships, where the age restriction of 65 is in force, 22 of the 42 English line judges are the product of the Association’s training programme. By the time of the Olympics, they will be well able to perform with credit on the world stage.
In the 2010-11 season the Association supplied a total of 267 line judges to 12 national events including the English Nationals (33 BLJAofE Members), the UK School Games and Senior Diamond events. The All England had 97 line judges officiating, and of these, 24 came from the training programme.
Our Overseas Links
The Association continues to maintain its links and good relations with national associations of member countries of Badminton Europe. This has been of benefit in enabling our members to receive invitations to work overseas and to gain valuable experience at important events.
New Invitations
Information about all new invitations will be placed on the News page but selections will be made solely from the Association’s Membership and will be constrained, amongst other criteria, by available places. If you are a Member and are interested in receiving invitations to tournaments, whether at home or abroad, please use the Contact Form to send an expression of interest.
Insurance Cover
BADMINTON England supports the invitations to those court officials who are invited to officiate at European and International Events. BADMINTON England has confirmed that Members of the Association are covered and protected by BADMINTON England’s Public Liability insurance policy whilst on court in carrying out their official duties. Members should, however, note that the Liability policy does not provide any off-court or travel insurance cover and this should be arranged separately.
