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Ridder elected onto Commission
Birmingham Lions'Dutch international doubles specialist Koen Ridder has become one of three players to be elected onto theBadminton World Federation (BWF) Athletes Commission.
Ridder, an ever present for the Lions in this firstseason, was one of the first overseas players to sign up to the NationalBadminton League (NBL) and made an immediate impact with match-winning performancesand crowd-pleasing celebrations.
He joins Japan's Shintaro Ikeda and China's Tang Yuantingas new members on the BWF Players Commission after ballots were cast at theVIVO BWF Sudirman Cup for two of five candidates.
Ikeda and Ridder were elected after gaining the mostvotes, while Tang Yuanting was given a place by virtue of being the onlyfemale nominee.
Each will serve a four-year term on the Commission.
Ridder joins the likes of Belgium's Yuhan Tan,Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark and Indonesian Greysia Polii, who are allhalfway through their four-year stints.
The UK's first ever National Badminton League (NBL) season comes to a thrilling finale on Sunday, 7 June, at K2 Crawley.
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