TAXI FOR CHRISTY

This week Badminton England announced another internal re-shuffle.

Images of musical chairs and pass the parcel comes to mind.

In August Wembley will host the World Championships and then next summer there is the little matter of the London 2012 Olympics. A once in a lifetime opportunity for UK badminton to shine.

As Gail Emms, probably the best known badminton star in England reiterated to the BBC – ‘the sport is in a bit of a state now, which is sad. They should have had a complete overhaul after the Beijing Olympics and started from scratch.’

Even the thickest skinned BE mangers and board members should feel embarrassed by the current performance of badminton in England.

Over the past four years the current Chief Executive directives with board approval have resulted in badminton’s decline. The now infamous strategic ‘100 point plan’ with expectations of medals in major championships has proved to be a disaster and taken Badminton England in the wrong direction.

No amount of spin from BE can hide the facts.

Why should the current management who have overseen an increase in administrators and a fall in the number of funded badminton players be given another four years and millions of tax payer’s money to fail again.

They should be queuing at the nearest taxi rank.

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