SOAS Badminton

SOAS Badminton Team Pics 2025/26 💛🖤

🏸 SOAS Badminton Committee Elections 2025/26

Hi everyone! It’s time to start our committee elections for next year.

If you’re interested in helping run the club and getting more involved, this is your chance to join the team (with perks like committee dinners, free sessions, and free training).

Available roles:
• Social Session Secretary
• Treasurer
• Social Media Manager
• Welfare Officer

President and Vice President are available only to current committee members.

How to apply:
Fill in the Google Form in the Profile Bio, choose the role(s) you want to run for (you can apply for 2), and write a short 50–100 word manifesto about why you’d like the role and what you can bring.

📅 Application deadline: 24th April
🗳️ Voting: 27th April

🏸 SOAS Badminton Committee Elections 2025/26

Hi everyone! It’s time to start our committee elections for next year.

If you’re interested in helping run the club and getting more involved, this is your chance to join the team (with perks like committee dinners, free sessions, and free training).

Available roles:
• Social Session Secretary
• Treasurer
• Social Media Manager
• Welfare Officer

President and Vice President are available only to current committee members.

How to apply:
Fill in the Google Form, choose the role(s) you want to run for (you can apply for 2), and write a short 50–100 word manifesto about why you’d like the role and what you can bring.

📅 Application deadline: 24th April
🗳️ Voting: 27th April

Form link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenRMfiKDiPUwGESSN8pZr7CTTqcCNMawmFyTiAtENllyed9w/viewform

If you have any questions about the roles, feel free to message!

SOAS draw 4–4 vs LSBU 🤝

That’s a wrap on our 2025–26 competitive season, finishing with a hard-fought 4–4 tie against LSBU. We’re incredibly proud to end the season undefeated and top of the league 💪

Huge thank you to LSBU for hosting us. This was one of our tightest matchups yet. We took 3 singles and 1 doubles, while LSBU pushed back strong with 1 singles and 3 doubles wins. Going into the final matches they led 4–3, and we just managed to clutch one last win to secure the draw.

This also marks our 100th post on the SOAS Badminton page 🎉
Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the journey this year, it’s amazing how much we’ve grown and improved over the past 6 months.

We hope you’ll stick with us for another year of great badminton and even bigger achievements ahead 🏸🔥

🏆 SOAS Awards Night 2026 🏆

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the end of an amazing 2026 BUCS season with our slightly chaotic but very cutesy awards night 💫
And also thank you to Matcha Mochi for letting us use this space.

We had some elite categories this year from Biggest Crashout to Best Dressed and Best Duo. Here are the winners of the night:

⭐ Best Committee Member: Maxine
🔥 Most Passionate: Ricky
🏅 MVP: Rishi
👔 Best Dressed: Kisuk
💥 Biggest Crashout: Konrad
👏 Coach’s Player: Konrad
📈 Most Improved: Konrad
📣 Biggest Supporter: Eleanor
🤝 Best Duo: Jefferson & Maxine
🌟 Rookie of the Year: Jefferson

SOAS 4–5 UCL RUMS

And with that, we conclude our 2026 LUSL Mixed Badminton season with a bronze finish in the league 🥉 — trailing just behind Imperial and UCL RUMS 2.

It’s been a great season filled with some amazing matches. Although we gave it everything, we weren’t quite able to break through UCL’s defence, losing narrowly 4–5 in the final game.

A huge well done to everyone who played and supported throughout the season — we’re proud of the fight the team showed all year 💪🏸

Keep scrolling for some close-up shots from the match… and a sneaky little collab 👀

SOAS Win 5–4 St George’s

Big win for SOAS University of London – could’ve gone either way!

Great fight from the team. Let’s keep the streak alive 🔥⚽

BUCS NATIONALS 2026 💛🖤

We made it! What an unforgettable weekend — from the late-night pillow fights to the early morning starts, every moment was worth it. The team spirit, the laughs, the support… the group dynamic couldn’t have been better.

Huge love to our honorary “parents” Rishi & Eleanor and Jefferson & Maxine for keeping the chaos (somewhat) under control and putting up with all the antics 😂

On court highlights:
🏸 Rishi battled his way to the Round of 32 in Open Singles after two hard-fought matches, eventually falling to a strong Sheffield Hallam side.
🏸 Ricky & Rishi fought through to the second round of Open Doubles, beating Keele in 3 sets before a tough match against Cambridge (13–21, 19–21).
🏸 Ricky & Eleanor reached the second round of Mixed Doubles, beating York in two clean sets before losing to Sheffield Hallam.
🏸 Maxine & Eleanor narrowly lost a nail-biter 19–21 to Aston.
🏸 Yang & Kisuk gave it their all against Oxford Brookes but the opposition was too strong.

Every match showed heart, grit and pride. All in all, a hugely successful BUCS for SOAS — couldn’t be more proud of every single one of you. 💛

Another tough one today 💔💔
SOAS 1s 1️⃣ - 7️⃣ UCL 4s 🙉
Good effort from our astonishing pookies on Wednesday 🧸🍓⭐️
We’ll come back stronger next time🦭💪
Special shoutout to the birthday boy Kisuk 🥳🎂 #21

Your long-awaited shirts have finally arrived, now’s your chance to rep SOAS both on and off the court! 🏸✨ Pick your favourite design, add your name (for team players), or keep it classic with the SOAS logo.
💰 Prices:
£24 for members | £26 for non-members
📅 Deadline: Friday 31st — 11:59PM
Get your orders in before then, or we won’t be able to include you in this batch!
📲 Order now through the Google Form in our Linktree (in bio) — make sure to fill it out and send payment to confirm your shirt.
Here’s the link to view the order sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ctn0T4fjFu0Tdd-l0DBuwPR-zWyzxQRrKwzuB1AkL3I/edit?usp=sharing