Dr Ravi Badge, Upper Limb Consultant at Warrington and Halton NHS Foundation Trust is the National Sports Co-Ordinator for BIDA. He said:
“It is a great pleasure and honour to have been selected to this post and I recognise I have big boots to fill following 17 years, under Dr Hammady.
I have been involved with BIDA for that same time period, and played cricket for Wigan BIDA. I have witnessed first-hand the excitement and competitive spirit generated by our annual cricket tournament. Building on this success, we have broadened our offer to reach out and engage with more sports."
We are examining subtle rule changes to allow greater participation in our cricket tournament from across the regions.
A participating team from one of the divisions will be allowed to field three non-BIDA members.
We will be hosting an online meeting to ensure greater diversity and inclusion, through the divisions.
Following our success last year, we will be organising another golf tournament.
We will continue to work with the BIDA family, to ensure greater diversity and inclusivity.

We are bowled over by news that one of the families involved in our cricket competition has seen their daughter play for England!
The Badge family which includes orthopaedic consultant Ravi Badge, are a wonderful example of how BIDA engagement extends to families – helping build a strong community and reflecting enthusiasm, commitment, and camaraderie.
Daughter Diya has begun what we hope is a long international career by representing England Women’s Under-19’s in Australia.

Rain put pay to our annual cricketing competition final a few weeks ago.
And now we’ve run out of time to stage it this year.
But the drive to welcome international doctors to the UK through friendship and camaraderie persists and there will be plenty of activity going on, shortly.
Since our inception back in 1975, we have used sport to bring people together as they begin the challenge of working in a new country, helping our NHS.
Plus of course, it enables us to keep healthy and show an example to the rest of the community.
There will be more on our recent golf tournament coming soon.
That time, the elements didn’t put a hole in our schedule!
British International Doctor's Association (BIDA)
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