Roger Mills

Roger Jeffrey Mills (3 March 1942 – 16 October 2020) was an English international badminton player and coach.

Biography Mills won nine English National titles; the singles three years running, 1965, 1966, and 1967, the doubles in 1967 and 1970 and the mixed doubles 1965, 1968, 1969 and 1971.

He won the 1969 All England Badminton Championships in mixed doubles with Gillian Perrin when this tournament was considered the sport's premier event (aside from the international team world championships, Thomas Cup and Uber Cup).

Mills competed for te England team in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, winning the gold medal, in the mixed doubles with Angela Bairstow and a bronze medal, in the men's doubles with David Horton.

Four years later he won a silver medal, in the mixed doubles with Perrin at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.

He represented Surrey and spent many of his years coaching in Surrey, most notably at Guildford University and at the Wimbledon Squash and Badminton Centre.

After his playing career, Roger continued his love of the sport of Badminton by becoming one of the leading coaches in the country where he took the position of Senior English National Coach before moving his focus to the development of youth badminton. In addition, Roger was the Part-Time Scottish National Coach in 1976 until 1980 where he provided new age coaching techniques to a generation of Scottish Badminton champions.

Mills' coaching and dedication to badminton resulted in the development of many champions at all ages and levels. Mills has written and published a number of books on badminton and is a 1974 Winston Churchill Fellowship.

All England Badminton Championships

Commonwealth Games

English National Badminton Championships Juniors

Open Badminton Championships

Winston Churchill Fellow The Fellowship was established by public subscription in 1965 as the living legacy of Sir Winston Churchill. Its stated mission is to enable individuals to learn from international experiences for the benefit of the United Kingdom.

Roger was awarded the Winston Churchill Fellowship for his overseas research on Badminton in China. AwardYearCategoryAwardWinston Churchill Fellowship 1974Adventure, Sport & ExplorationCoaching of badminton

Published books