BPL 2015-16
Ladies League
| P | W | L | D | Pts | |
| Pembroke Panthers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Ailesbury Falcons | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| KADCA Killers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Men’s League
| P | W | L | D | Pts | |
| Ailesbury Falcons | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| KADCA Killers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Mt Pleasant Mavericks | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Pembroke Panthers | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Mixed League
| P | W | L | D | Pts | |
| Ailesbury Falcons | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Pembroke Panthers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| KADCA Killers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Mt Pleasant Mavericks | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
BPL 2016-17
| P | MF | MA | GF | GA | Pts | |
| South Dublin Spartans | 4 | 26 | 10 | 65 | 41 | 26 |
| KADCA Killers | 4 | 23 | 13 | 74 | 56 | 23 |
| Pembroke Panthers | 4 | 17 | 19 | 62 | 66 | 17 |
| Ailesbury Falcons | 4 | 14 | 22 | 60 | 72 | 14 |
| Mount Pleasant Mavericks | 4 | 10 | 26 | 30 | 67 | 10 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Final | ||||
| 05.05.2017 | South Dublin Spartans | 3 | KADCA Killers | 6 |
BPL 2017-18
| P | MF | MA | GF | GA | Pts | |
| South Dublin Spartans | 6 | 33 | 21 | 115 | 86 | 33 |
| Pembroke Panthers | 6 | 29 | 25 | 110 | 104 | 29 |
| KADCA Killers | 6 | 25 | 29 | 93 | 112 | 25 |
| Mount Pleasant Mavericks | 6 | 20 | 34 | 93 | 118 | 20 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Final | ||||
| 11.05.18 | Pembroke Panthers | 5 | South Dublin Spartans | 4 |
BPL 2018-19
| P | MF | MA | GF | GA | Pts | |
| *Mount Pleasant Mavericks | 5 | 31 | 14 | 107 | 60 | 31 |
| *Ailesbury Falcons | 5 | 28 | 17 | 101 | 68 | 28 |
| South Dublin Spartans | 5 | 24 | 21 | 84 | 79 | 24 |
| Racket Raptors | 5 | 23 | 22 | 85 | 85 | 23 |
| Pembroke Panthers | 5 | 22 | 23 | 86 | 84 | 22 |
| Dynamite 21 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 37 | 121 | 7 |
| Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | ||
| Final | ||||
| 10.05.2019 | Ailesbury Falcons | 5 | Mount Pleasant Mavericks | 4 |
BPL 2019-20
| P | MF | MA | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Ailesbury Falcons | 4 | 20 | 16 | 69 | 70 | 20 |
| South Dublin Spartans | 3 | 15 | 12 | 57 | 44 | 15 |
| Mount Pleasant Mavericks | 3 | 14 | 13 | 52 | 47 | 14 |
| Pembroke Panthers | 3 | 14 | 13 | 50 | 51 | 14 |
| Racket Raptors | 3 | 9 | 18 | 45 | 61 | 9 |
Note: *Qualify for Final.
Report
The first Badminton Premier League season in Ireland was in 2015-16, with separate Ladies, Men’s and Mixed Leagues. It was the first League of its kind in Ireland that aimed to be greater than a Local, County or District League, and soon attracted the best players from all over Ireland. For the second season in 2016-17 the League featured just the one section, with each fixture having Ladies, Men’s and Mixed Singles and Doubles Matches.
The League was won in 2016-17 by KADCA Killers, based in the Baldoyle Badminton Centre, who defeated South Dublin Spartans from the Terenure Badminton Centre, in Whitehall Road, 6-3 in the Final.
South Dublin Spartans again lost out in the 2017-18 Final, 5-4 to the Pembroke Panthers, also based in Terenure Badminton Centre.
Ailesbury Falcons won the BPL title for first time in the 2018-19 season, which featured two new teams: The Racket Raptors, representing the Munster/Connacht Region and Dynamite 21, a Leinster Region Under 21 team [Reference: 10-11]. These two teams replaced KADCA Killers.
Dynamite 21 did not return for season 5 in 2019-20, and the season was cut short by the COVID-19 virus Pandemic, and any of the four established teams (Ailesbury, Pembroke, Mount Pleasant and South Dublin) could have reached the Final on the Final days play.
Badminton has been played in Ireland for over a hundred years with the Irish Open the second oldest tournament in the World.
Badminton Leagues are played on a county or regional basis throughout the island, and in 2015 the Badminton Premier League was set up in attempt to create an Elite League featuring the top club players from all over Ireland.
All of the teams are based in Dublin, with the exception of Racket Raptors, representing the Munster/Connacht region, and Dynamite 21, representing a Leinster Under 21 selecton, with each fixture featuring Ladies, Men’s and Mixed Matches.
References
Websites
[1] Badminton Premier League (2016) Finals Weekend – Premier Doubles and Mixed [Internet] Available from: http://bpl.ie/ [Accessed 21 July 2016]
[2] Badminton Premier League (2017) BPL League Table after 5 Rounds of Fixtures [Internet] Available from: http://bpl.ie/ [Accessed 3 May 2017]
Social Media
[3] Badminton Premier League Facebook (2017) Facebook Post 7 May 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/badmintonpremierleague/posts/2361993280691967 [Accessed 9 May 2017]
[4] Badminton Premier League Facebook (2018) Facebook Photo 16 April 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/badmintonpremierleague/photos/pcb.2607589226132370/2607588462799113/?type=3&theater [Accessed 16 June 2017]
[5] Badminton Premier League Facebook (2018) Facebook Post 13 May 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/badmintonpremierleague/posts/2627404040817555 [Accessed 16 June 2017]
Images
[6] Badminton Premier League (2015) Badminton Premier League Logo [Internet] Available from: http://bpl.ie/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bpl-logo-1.png [Accessed 9 May 2017]
[7] Badminton Premier League Facebook Page (2020) Post April 7, 2019: “Badminton Premier League 2018/19” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/badmintonpremierleague/photos/pcb.2935191630038793/2935191440038812/ [Accessed 2 August 2020]
[8] Badminton Premier League Facebook Page (2020) Post April 7, 2019: “THE BPL 2019 FINALS NIGHT REPORT” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/badmintonpremierleague/posts/2964366713787951 [Accessed 2 August 2020]
[9] Badminton Premier League Facebook Page (2020) Post February 25 2020: “BPL 2019/2020 – League Table – After 4 Rounds” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/badmintonpremierleague/posts/3264853457072607 [Accessed 2 August 2020]
[10] Badminton Premier League Facebook Page (2019) Post October 24, 2018: “Team #6 (of 6) …. at last.Dynamite 21” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/badmintonpremierleague/posts/2800695713488386 [Accessed 2 August 2020]
[11] Badminton Premier League Facebook Page (2020) Post October 24, 2018: “Team #5 (of 6)The Racket Raptors” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/badmintonpremierleague/posts/2800087156882575 [Accessed 2 August 2020]
Images
[12] Badminton Premier League Facebook Page (2020) Post May 12, 2019: “BPL Final 2019 BPL Team Photo – Ailesbury Falcons” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/badmintonpremierleague/photos/pcb.2964366713787951/2964363900454899 [Accessed 2 August 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Nora Mulcahy, Declan Mulcahy, Joan Collins, Dave Raitt, Paul Hui, Sean Fagan and Steven Fitzgerald.
About this document
Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive
Last Updated: 2 August 2020.
(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2018-2020
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