Formed in 1947 with the purpose of managing and administering competitive badminton in the area, the B & D B A is an Association of 16 Clubs in and around Blackpool.
The Association offers:

- League - 6 divisions of 8 or 9 teams each. Mid-September to end February
- Trophy competitions - March & April
- Tournaments - for juniors & adults
- Coaching - for juniors & adults
- Coach education & development
- Representative teams in Lancashire Inter-League Competition.

Contacts: Chairman - Dave Greer
Secretary - Darren Bagley
Press - Neil Cooper

Recent Blackpool and District News

Alan Jones 1932-2008

Blackpool & District Badminton Association Council Member 1949-2008

Alan Jones joined the Association Council in 1949, the youngest member ever recorded. He very quickly became involved in events, and was responsible for arranging the 1st Gazette Trophy Final at St. Johns Church School in Blackpool, in 1952.
He was one of the people who helped to revive the mixed doubles tournament, held at Albany Road Stadium in 1962, today still being played as the Crusaders Mixed Handicap Tournament, (it attracted 100 couples), and also helped to instigate the Championships, which ran for 30 years, starting in 1968.
The Association celebrated its 21st Birthday in 1968, with a glittering exhibition of badminton with international players taking part, in the Winter Gardens Ballroom, to be repeated in 1972 in the Silver Jubilee Year. Both these prestigious events were in no small part thanks to the tremendous input from Alan.
The Bottrop badminton exchanges from 1974-1991, again were very much due to the personal input from Alan Jones and his strong connections, both with his personal connections in the Blackpool Borough Council, and in Germany, through the Bottrop 1st Sporting Club.
The Blackpool Schools Badminton Association was formed, thanks to an original suggestion from Alan, who at the time was Head of Grange Park Junior School, and this followed on with Lancashire Schools, and English Schools Badminton Associations.
The present very strong junior initiative, which the Association currently enjoys, has its roots in an idea first put forward by Alan, in 1993, to hold "Play Days" at the Blackpool and Fylde College, for junior age groups. Russ Whitaker was one of the "Helpers" in those days, and has proved to be an enthusiastic mainstay of the present organisation.
Alan Jones was Chairman of the Association from 1953-1956, President from 1965-1968, and was made a Life Member in 1997.
Our Association has benefited greatly from his continual commitment, foresight and enthusiasm for the game, and deservedly warrants a place in the history of the Blackpool and District Badminton Association.