Top Flight Badminton Club
Top Flight is a friendly badminton club that has been running for over 30 years. We are the only club in Hampshire offering a full pathway of badminton.
We provide a welcoming environment and offer a variety of options for all standards of player.
The club is run for the members by a committee:
- Chairperson – Linda Bennett
- Club Secretary – Kelvin Wong
- Match Secretary- Adam Long
- Treasurer – Matt Bryant
- Welfare Officer – Emma Aldred
- Social Secretary- Cath Mead-Wong
News
Badminton is back!
Top Flight going on Tour!
In March 2024 a 16 strong team will be playing against Paola badminton club in Malta
Top Flight Members Pull On England Shirts
It’s not every day that you get to pull on an England shirt and represent your country in an international sporting event. If you are not a professional athlete, such opportunities are incredibly rare.
The 2023 England Team featured Top Flight’s Adam Long (pictured below).
The 2019 England teams included 4 players from Top Flight: Stuart Preston, Adam Turner, Oliver Eames and Lauren Thomas (pictured left).
Play
League Club
We are Hampshire’s most successful League Club.
Sundays 7pm-9pm, Hiltingbury Sports Hall.
Offering a competitive team practice session for league players.
Visitors of league standard are welcome.
Coached Intermediate
Sundays 5pm-7pm, Hiltingbury Sports Hall.
For all intermediate players.
Coached sessions and matchplay.
Offering a pathway into our League Club.
Coached Beginners / Refreshers
Sundays 3pm-5pm, Hiltingbury Sports Hall.
Aimed at beginners / players getting back into badminton.
Informal coaching and games in a friendly environment.
Junior Club
We now run 3 fully coached junior sessions open to players aged 6-16 on Saturdays at Hiltingbury Sports Hall
9am-10am – beginners
10am-11am & 11am-12pm progression by coach invitation.
No Strings
Fridays 10am-12pm, Hiltingbury Sports Hall.
All players welcome.
Social mix in session.
Ladies Only
Tuesdays 10am-12pm, Hiltingbury Sports Hall.
All abilities welcome.
Informal coaching included.
Practice
Our coaches
Our Coaches
Linda
Linda is a Badminton England registered UKCC Level 2 coach and is DBS checked. Linda competes in the Masters and Senior circuits
- Ranked 16 in Mixed Doubles (Badminton England Masters 2019)
- Represents Hampshire in the Masters County Championships
- Plays for Top Flight BC in the local Winchester and Southampton leagues
- Committee member of the Winchester District Badminton Association.
Compete
Tournaments & County Representation
A number of our members represent Hampshire and Dorset at Junior, Senior and Masters levels
They also compete on the Badminton England Tournament circuit
Notable results:
Adam & Nick were runners-up in the MD50 at the 2021 West of England Masters Silver tournament in January 2022 and also in the MD50 at the Essex Masters Silver tournament in May 2022.
Adam & Nick represented England in the World Senior Championships in Huelva, Spain in December 2021.
Adam & Nick were runners-up in the MD50 at the 26th Cumbria Classic Masters Silver tournament in October 2021.
Our very own Chris Shepperd playing with Steve Smith winners of the UBA Super Series Tournament played at Places Leisure Eastleigh on 18th August 2019
Adam & Linda runners up in the XD45 at the 2018 West of England Masters Silver tournament, November 2018.
