SOAS Badminton

That’s a wrap on SOAS Badminton 2025/26 🏸
What a year. From your committee, it’s been an absolute pleasure.
We’ve had our lows. We said goodbye to Sanjuthra mid-year as she headed back home, and to our committee member Azir, who stepped away for personal reasons.
But the highs? They’ve been something else.
🏆 Our Men’s team finished 1st in the league and not by a little. We took the top spot with a lead of over 10 points on the next best team.
🥉 Our Mixed team finished 3rd, narrowly losing against UCL RUMS and Imperial 2’s.
✨ A massive shoutout to our postgrad superstar Rishi, who’s been racking up gold medals in singles across the Badminton England Tier 4 circuit. And to our president Ricky, who’s been placing podium for ISO, Crossfire and other local tournaments in both mixed and men’s doubles.
None of this would’ve been possible without our committee (Ricky 邓文杰 .03 Yang 李子扬 kisuk.jng 啟正 azir Serraon) the socials, BUCS, All England and all the events. You guys made this society what it is today.
To everyone who came to a session, played a match, or cheered from the sidelines, thank you for an unforgettable year. We hope to see you on court again in September 💛
Officially passing the baton to our new president Konrad and the incoming committee ( 啟正 )

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. 💛