Nomads Badminton Club based in Loreto Sports Hall on the Vevay Road  in Bray have been in existence for over 40 years. The club currently operates in both the Dublin and Wicklow Leagues. We cater for Divisions 4 to 9 in the Dublin League and Grades 3 to 7 in the Wicklow League.





Where to find us

Leinster Champions

14 April 2024

Our Grade 5 teams had to travel and overcome Carlow to qualify for the semi-finals. They took on a strong Mullingar team in the morning and qualified for the final. The Final against Dundalk was hard fought with lots of three setters. A brilliant result all around, with special thanks to Brenda for playing in the semi-finals and super sub Dearbhla replacing Brenda in the Final.

Now best of luck to the team in the All Irelands which will be played in Galway on the 18th of May

2021-2022 Season Update

02 March 2022

We would like to welcome all our new members this season. The Dublin League has already started and we are delighted to be in a position to field 9 Teams. There is no Dublin Cup or Wicklow League this season, but we are expecting them to resume next season.

Please note that the hall will not be available on Tuesday 22 March 2022 or Thursday 24 March 2022 due to the School needing the facility.

Important Notice regarding Covid-19

12 March 2020

In line with Government and health service advice our hall at Loreto School Bray is closed with immediate effect until March 29th minimum. All Home games are in the process of being cancelled with the relevant clubs. The Committee has also taken the decision to cancel the remaining Away games as many of these clubs have also closed.

Further updates, when available, will be provided by the club. Please keep safe and well. 

Inter County Success

01 March 2020

Wicklow County has progressed to the last 4 in Leinster in Grades 2, 4 and 5. Nomads and former Nomads players feature in all of these teams. The semi's and finals are scheduled to be played on the 29th of March in Baldoyle. We wish them every success!

Christmas Bonanza

More success for Irina who partnered Amy Davis again to win the Ladies Division 3/4 Final in Baldoyle on Sunday 29th December 2019.

Deirdre & Conor narrowly missed a medal on Saturday in the Division 6 Mixed

Leinster Individuals Championships 2019-20

Dave Stapleton is Grade 6 Leinster Singles Champion! 

Irina won the Grade 3 Ladies Singles Final and then went on to win the Grade 3 Ladies Final with Amy Davis from Roundwood

Pamela and Louise went down 22-20 in the third set of a brilliant Grade 5 Ladies  Doubles Final - They will be back!

Well done to everyone else from Nomads who participated in the competition. Special mention for Erica Ledwidge who put in a fantastic performance in her first ever Leinster Competition with Dave in Grade 6 Mixed

2018-19 Season 

We have Leinster Champions!

Irina has just won the Grade 4 Ladies Singles in the Leinster CAC Graded Competition. Having lost the first set of a very tight game, she came back to win the 2nd and 3rd sets to lift the trophy!

Then Irina & Karen went on to win the Ladies Doubles in a fantastic all-Wicklow final - A great day for Nomads!

Grade 4 Ladies Doubles Winners

Irina & Kathryn have finally taken the title having been runners up in their last two attempts! Well done ladies!


Leinster InterLeague Finalists

Congratulations to our Nomads Grade 4 team: Alison, Karen, Pamela, Irina, Jon, Alan, James & Richard who recorded a victory over Portlaoise in the Semi's, but went down fighting against Ardee in the final. Brilliant games to watch and thanks to everyone who turned up to support them.

Wicklow Cup Finals 2018-19

Best of luck to our Grade 4, 5 and 6 teams who have all reached the finals of the Wicklow Cup. The finals are being held in Roundwood on Wednesday April 24, 2019.

DDLC Grade 6 Ladies Finalists

Congratulations to Yvonne, Deirdre, Lorraine & Louise who have qualified for the Grade 6 Ladies League Final. The final is being played in Baldoyle this Thursday 11th of April. Get out there and show your support! Go Nomads!

Wicklow Grade 5 Champions

Congratulations to our Grade 5 team who overcame a very strong Roundwood team last Saturday night 2019-02-23. 

Wicklow Grade 4 Runners-Up

Despite winning the league, our Grade 4 team lost out to an extremely strong Roundwood team on Sunday. Special thanks to Pamela and Conor who stepped up and played brilliantly alongside Alison and Jon.

Wicklow County Team - Grade 5

Nomads were well represented on the Grade 5 Wicklow County team involved in the play-offs in Kildare on Sunday 2019-02-10. The game against Kildare was a very tight 4-3 loss and the game against Laois was another tight game resulting in a 4-3 win for Wicklow. Kildare go through based on sets won.

Wicklow Championships Results - 2018-19 

Fantastic night for Nomads at the Wicklow Championships! Well done all. Leinsters here we come.



Well done all! And best of luck to all of us going though to the Leinsters!

Mixed Success!

Irina Ciorcila & Alan Dunne - Winners of Division 4 Mixed in the PBAI Tournament - 2019-01-05 - Great start to 2019

Wicklow Championships

The Wicklow Championships are now in full swing. And yes, they are being held much earlier than in previous years, this is due to change on the Leinster Badminton calendar.

Congratulations to those who have already progressed to the finals and best of luck to those yet to play.

The finals will be held in Roundwood on Saturday, January 12, 2019 with the subsequent Leinster Individual Championship finals being held on Sunday, January 27 2019.

Fixtures Meeting

The usual organised chaos in Whitehall Road at 8pm, October 08, 2018. Games all scheduled for the 2018-19 season!

Conor is Leinster Champion!

Nomads are delighted to report that Conor McGoldrick is the Grade 6 Mens Singles Champion! He overcame two strong opponents, both from Portlaoise to win the title in Baldoyle on April 22, 2018. Also pictured are former Nomadians Aoife, Gareth & Dave who cleaned up in Grade 2

Ladies 2 progress to League Final

Congratulations to Ladies 2 who overcame very strong opposition from Rathfarnham & St Brigids to progress to the Division 7 League Final. This game will be payed in Whitehall Road, Terenure at 7:00pm on Thursday April 19, 2018. Your support will be most welcome!

Playoff's Update 2018-04-04

Congratulations to our Mens 1 who have progressed in the playoffs - Good luck on Thursday night!

Mixed 1  are in action in Whitehall road tonight April 4, 2018 and Ladies 2 are in action on Thursday night - We wish both teams the best of luck!

Our Wicklow Grade 6 and Grade 5 teams will both be in action on April 15 at 10am in Baldoyle for the Leinster Inter-League semi-finals. The finals are to be played in Whitehall Road at 2pm on the same day, fingers crossed for both teams.

We still have quite a few players in the Leinster Individual competitions, playoffs are taking place next Tuesday night April 10  in Roundwood at 7:30pm.

All Ireland Champions 2017

Congratulations to our Grade 5 and Grade 6 Wicklow Teams who came top of their respective Leagues. The Grade 6 team went onto become Leinster Champions and then overcame teams from Connacht and Munster to lift the title of All Ireland Inter-League Champions.


Dublin League Division 5 Champions

Our Ladies Division 5 team came runners up in the Dublin Cup and won the Dublin League. Alison Collier and Sandra Lindsay who are not pictured also played a crucial role on this team. To put this win into context, the Dublin League is the largest Badminton League in Europe!


Successful 2016-17 Season

In addition to the successes above, the club had a fantastic season with numerous awards in competitions in both Dublin and Wicklow. This picture shows some of the silverware that was won last season.