Colin Hyde Maidment

[4][5][6] A solicitor by profession, Maidmont was a partner in the Dublin legal firm of Messrs Longfield, Jameson and Hamilton at the time of his death in 1955.

[13] Maidment continued playing league badminton until 1954 and competed in the mixed doubles of the Midland branch tournament a month before his death in 1955.

[14][15] Maidment was actively involved in the administration side of Irish badminton by 1942, when he was noted as being elected honorary secretary of the Midland branch.

[17] 1946 also saw Maidment step down as honorary secretary of the Midland branch, so that he could focus more attention of national Badminton Union of Ireland business.

[20] In 1949 year he represented the Badminton Union of Ireland alongside Geoff Trapnell at a meeting seeking to form an Irish sporting federation.