About us
The Langside and District Churches Badminton League – also known as the Langside League – is a competitive adult-only badminton league located across Glasgow’s south side, South Lanarkshire and East Renfrewshire. You can read more about the history of the league here.
We welcome all levels of competitive player — from social through to intermediate and advanced. We wouldn’t be suitable for beginners, but would recommend beginners getting in touch with either BASE Badminton or Strathclyde Badminton Club to start their badminton journey.
Eight clubs currently make up the Langside League, who compete in Mixed Doubles, Women’s Doubles and Men’s Doubles. They are:
Most of our clubs also offer social club nights for members and would welcome you to join. You can find out contact details and further information on the ‘Clubs’ page.
We also welcome new clubs in the south side of Glasgow, East Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire areas to join the league. Get in touch to have a chat about registering your club with the league.
We also have a competitive club, made up of players across all eight Langside clubs, that participates in the Glasgow & District Churches Badminton League in Mixed and Doubles matches. We also enter this club in to team tournaments, offering the more advanced club players in the league the opportunity to play in tournaments and competitive leagues in the west of Scotland and beyond.
Langside League Committee
| Convener | Claire Rae |
| Treasurer | Graeme McDonald |
| General Secretary/Events Convenor | Keegan Friel |
| League Secretaries | Kirsty Flockhart — Mixed Division 1 Stephen Hendry — Mixed Division 2 Taylor Stewart — Women’s Doubles Claire Rae — Men’s Doubles |
| Club Representatives | Katie Feyerabend Newlands South Rep (Name TBC) Greenbank Rep (Name TBC) |
Club Secretaries and Captains
| Eaglesham | Stephen Hendry (Secretary, XD Captain and MD Captain) Email: eaglesham@langsidebadminton.co.uk |
| Greenbank | Brian McAleer (Secretary) Ally Kirkwood (XD Captain) Email: greenbank@langsidebadminton.co.uk |
| Netherlee | David Evans (Secretary) Carla Mackenzie (XD Captain) Email: netherlee@langsidebadminton.co.uk |
| Newlands South | Sally Binnie (Secretary) Andrew Grant (XD and MD Captain) Email: newlands@langsidebadminton.co.uk |
| Newton Mearns | David Mair (Secretary and XD Captain) Catherine Kerrins (WD Captain) Taylor Steawrt (MD Captain) Email: newtonmearns@langsidebadminton.co.uk |
| Old Parish | Claire Rae (Secretary, XD Captain) Susan Smith (WD Captain – joint with Eaglesham) Graeme McDonald (MD Captain) Email: oldparish@langsidebadminton.co.uk |
| Orchardhill | Shona Fletcher (Secretary) Kirsty Flockhart (XD Captain) Rachel Denholm (WD Captain) Email: orchardhill@langsidebadminton.co.uk |
| Shawlands Trinity | Neil Armstrong (Secretary) Chloe Lydon (XD Captain) Katrin Feyerabend (WD Captain – joint with Newlands South) Josh Bracewell (MD Captain) Email: shawlands@langsidebadminton.co.uk |
| Langside Competitive | Linzi Greig Email: linzi@langsidebadminton.co.uk |