I wonder why this was. Is it that the girls don't like playing in competitions? We have more girls than boys in in Kendal Badminton club, so it surprised and disappointed me.

I guess there are many possible explanations and will postulate a few.

1. Is it because parents do not like giving up there time to sit around in cold halls?

2. Is it because the competitive play has been derided in recent times, particularly in the school environment? Or is it that there are some many tests tables in education that when the children have free time they don't want to challenge themselves?

3. Or is it that the format of such tournaments isn't what the children want. If so can they let us know what they want?

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