Michael Watt

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 Watt was a member of the Alpha Badminton Club in Lisburn. He represented Ulster at provincial level and all-Ireland at international level.

Watt was the one ranked player in Ireland for extended periods of time throughout the 1990s and represented the 1994 Northern Irish team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, where he competed in the badminton tournament.

He attended a second Commonwealth Games for the 1998 Northern Irish team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he competed in two events.

In 1999 he won his seventh national title and in September 1999 he became the Irish national team manager, although he also continued his playing career.

He was an eleven-times Irish champion at the Irish National Badminton Championships, winning the doubles with Eugene McKenna in 1987 and the singles ten times.