Michael Watt (badminton)
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| Nationality | British (Northern Irish) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 December 1964[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Alpha BC, Lisburn | ||||||||||||||
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Michael Watt (born 27 December 1964), is a former international badminton player from Northern Ireland who competed at two Commonwealth Games and was an eleven-time champion of Ireland. In 2002 he broke the singles wins record of eight set by James 'Chick' Doyle in 1961 and extended the record to ten.
Biography
[edit]Watt was a member of the Alpha Badminton Club in Lisburn.[2] He represented Ulster at provincial level[3] and all-Ireland at international level.[4]
Watt was the one ranked player in Ireland for extended periods of time throughout the 1990s[5] and represented the 1994 Northern Irish team[6] at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada,[7] where he competed in the badminton tournament.[8]
He attended a second Commonwealth Games for the 1998 Northern Irish team[9] at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he competed in two events.[10]
In 1999 he won his seventh national title[11] and in September 1999 he became the Irish national team manager,[12] although he also continued his playing career.[13]
He was an eleven-times Irish champion at the Irish National Badminton Championships, winning the doubles with Eugene McKenna in 1987[14] and the singles ten times.[15][16]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Smash 'N' Grab". Coleraine Times. 11 December 1996. p. 37. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Badminton". Belfast News-Letter. 6 April 1992. p. 20. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Badminton Ulster team". Belfast Telegraph. 25 February 1994. p. 37. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Badminton stars off to Holland". Evening Herald (Dublin). 7 April 1994. p. 47. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Michael Watt, Irish Badminton Number One". Banbridge Chronicle. 7 January 1999. p. 31. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Who's going to the Games?". Ireland's Saturday Night. 4 June 1994. p. 16. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "The best ever, says McColgan". Belfast News-Letter. 14 June 1994. p. 39. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Northern Ireland Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Hot-shot Bobby misses party". Belfast News-Letter. 16 June 1998. p. 45. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Northern Ireland Kuala Lumpur 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "McGinn and Watt dominate". Irish Independent. 9 February 1999. p. 23. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Michael Retires From International Competition". Banbridge Chronicle. 30 September 1999. p. 40. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Bruce topping the Irish rankings". Ireland's Saturday Night. 28 December 2002. p. 13. Retrieved 23 March 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Badminton Ireland National Champions Men's Doubles 1912-Present". Eirball. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Badminton Ireland National Champions Men's Singles 1912-Present". Eirball. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Irish Senior Nationals Winners". Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
