It's All Change on Tuesdays and Wednesdays

The two sessions that play on these nights have swapped. 'C' now play on Tuesdays and 'A' now play on Wednesdays.

Badminton Club Championships 2007

The club championship preliminary rounds will take place from 26th February through to 5th April, with the final on Saturday 21st April. Details of the final will follow.

Click here for a schedule of the preliminary rounds.

Click on Competitions in the adjacent column for the Competition Rules.

National Badminton Week 14th - 22nd October

Badminton England is promoting special events that include the "1 minute challenge". Click here for the rules.

Whilst many counties have additional events planned, Surrey appears not to have any, so why not organise your own?

BE - Badminton week details

Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics

At the Badminton committee meeting on 31st July, it was agreed that the club adopts the Badminton England Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct.

Hard copies will be put up on the notice board, but the Codes can be viewed on the Badminton England website. The Codes can be found from the main menu by following Coaching -> General Information -> Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct, or simply click here.

New 'Rally Points Scoring System'

The Surrey County Badminton Association have posted an item titled "Adult News (Added 26th June 2006)" describing the 'consultation period' that Surrey is undertaking. The entry includes a downloadable letter and notes regarding the new system. The Association are asking secretaries and match secretaries to forward comments to them by 11th July, in time for a committee meeting on 14th July.

Copies of the notes and diagrams have been pinned on the section notice boards in the Wiltshire Room.

All members are encouraged to try out the new system and pass any comments to their section reps.

Badminton Coaching Courses

There are two Level 1 Assistant Coach Award sessions coming up - Monday 8th May (Brookland College, Weybridge) and Tuesday 30th May (NESCOT).

There is also a Level 2 Coach Award - Saturday 17th June, 29th July and Sunday 30th July 2006 (Ebbisham Sports Club).

Click here for details on the Active Sport website.

Badminton Finals Day 2006

The 2006 finals day took place on Saturday 1st April. Click here for a full report.

Spare Courts

Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings are reserved for matches, but not every night (especially Saturdays) has been allocated. If you are a club member and would like to book a court for match practice, coaching or just for fun, check with Maureen which dates and times are available.

Courts cost £5.00 per hour and players should provide their own shuttles. Players will be expected to respect those playing matches on adjacent courts. Rearranged matches will always take precedence over private bookings.

Vacancies for Improvers

We presently have space in our D section for enthusiastic regular club standard players and improvers. So - have you played badminton before and would like the chance to match yourself with some new opponents? If so Ebbisham would like to invite you to come and see what we can offer you. D section plays each Monday evening, and if you are interested to give it a try, contact the club manager to arrange a visit. We offer top quality dedicated playing facilities - better then you will experience almost anywhere else in the country. Call us now - 01372 720647

Coaching

Coaching … a term usually associated with our juniors but do all our adult players do the "right" things? Are you tactically sound? Can you execute all the strokes efficiently? Do you serve legally? Do you ever book a court in order to practice a technique or tactic?

If your answer is “NO” to any of these questions then how about getting some help? Mike Webster is our Coaching Officer who would be glad to organise some group coaching (not during the session evening) for interested parties. Talk amongst yourselves, get a group of kindred spirits together and ask Mike to arrange something.

The Club Star Accreditation Scheme

For those of you, eager and willing to introduce players to our club, you might like to mention that we participate in this scheme, organised by the B.A.of E.

In fact both our senior badminton club and our junior badminton club hold the highest, the 5-Star Award. There are only three clubs in Surrey to enjoy the 5-Stars and there are very few in the country. To find out what makes us the "bee's knees", consult the Surrey C.B. A. Annual Handbook.