Meet the Board
Your friendly League-Crew
As the QUBALI board, we take care of everything that comes up within the club: managing memberships and costs, providing information about the league, promoting the project, and overseeing match operations.
The board is elected at the annual delegates’ meeting. Currently, we are five members: Thomas from Leipzig, Christian from Düsseldorf, Stefan from Hamburg, Timo from Essen, and Dominik from Cologne.
We are all experienced queer badminton players of various levels and also play with our teams at QUBALI.
Christian
Governance
I’m a founding member and one of the initiators of QUBALI.
I’ve been playing badminton with passion for over 12 years, starting with the French sports club BAG Nantes.
Today, I play at SC Janus and OSC Düsseldorf, where my team, ‘Smash ‘n’ Awe,’ is based. Many of us are also active in the regular league play of the DBV.
As a board member, I am responsible for executive tasks and the internal organisation of the club’s work. Currently, I’m also focused on the data protection-friendly digitalisation of the club.
Stefan
Match Operations
I’m originally from the Rhineland and now live near Hamburg.
I started playing badminton at school and first got involved in the queer scene in 1999 with SC AufRuhr e.V.
Since 2000, I’ve been playing with the queer sports club Startschuss in Hamburg. Since then, I’ve participated in over 80 queer badminton tournaments and also helped organise several.
As the board member for match operations at QUBALI, I’m responsible for planning the season and ensuring everything runs smoothly on match days. I also make sure that the QUBALI match regulations are followed during play.
Timo
Website and Socials
I’m a founding member of QUBALI and have been involved from the start.
My badminton journey began in school, where I played in the school team for the Essen City Championships. After a break, I joined Wattenscheider Badminton Club 1974 e.V. in 2016, playing there for six years and occasionally helping out in the second team.
In 2022, I joined the queer badminton community at SC AufRuhr e.V. and now play for ‘Die AufRuhr Schläger’ in QUBALI.
I am responsible for public relations, mainly handling social media and the website.
Dominik
Finance
I’ve been playing badminton since I was 12, and since 2016, also in queer clubs. Before I started with badminton, I did athletics. But when a good school friend took me along to a badminton session, I was hooked.
At queer tournaments, I compete in the A-field. In QUBALI, I play with the Sassy Smashers.
As the board member for finance, I handle everything related to money. This includes reimbursing costs for organising match days and the annual financial planning.
Thomas
Membership
I’ve been living in Leipzig for over twenty years and playing badminton with ROSALÖWEN e.V. and in a private group. I’ve also competed in local and queer tournaments, mainly at B-level.
I joined QUBALI in 2023 after discovering it at the XMAS tournament in Frankfurt. The team competition idea really resonated with us, so ROSA LÖWEN has been part of QUBALI since the first regular season in 2024.
On the QUBALI board, I’m responsible for membership, including managing team and player registrations, and I also reach out to clubs and players to encourage them to join our competition.