Katy Howell

Howell, from Swansea^[2] represented West Glamorgan at county level^[3] and Wales at international level.^[4][5]

She specialised in doubles play and her partners included Gail Osborne and Kelly Morgan in women's doubles^[6] and Andrew Groves-Burke, John Leung and James Phillips in mixed doubles.^[7] She won both the women's doubles title with Gail Osborne and the mixed doubles title with John Leung at the 1998 Welsh National Badminton Championships.^[8]

Howell subsequently represented the Welsh team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,^[9] where she competed in the singles, doubles and team events.^[10] Shortly after the Games, Howell joined the sports department at the Graig campus of Carmarthenshire College as a lecturer.^[11]

Howell partnered Kelly Morgan when finishing runner-up in the 2001 women's doubles final at the nationals,^[12] and went on to secure a second national mixed doubles title in 2008.^[13]