The Club AGM will be held this Thursday (22nd June) during the club night. The proposed draft agenda is below. All members are encouraged to attend.

1. Apologies
2. Minutes of previous meeting
3. Matters Arising from Previous Meeting
4. Chairman’s Report
5. Treasurer’s Report
6. Secretary’s Report
7. Captain’s Reports
8. League Representation for the Season 2017/18 – Rugby and Coventry leagues and request for statements of willingness to play
9. Potential merger of Hunters with QDJC
10. Club Arrangements for Season 2017/18 – to confirm locations, evenings and costs.
11. Updates from R&DBA and Coventry AGM’s – ladies playing in men’s league, Britannic trophy arrangements.
12. Club summer night out – date/location
13. Election of Committee
14. AOB

** Postponed until a later date to be agreed **

Message from Steve Turner:

It has been suggested by a few members that we arrange a club meal/get together to celebrate the season and the move to the new venue.

 We will be organising the night out on the 29^th April so it clears the Easter school holidays. The night out would be for club members (adult and junior (if appropriate age) and partners.

 The plan is to go for a meal somewhere in town first, then those who want to have a few drinks after can do.

 Can you please contact Steve Turner with interest and suggestions of where you would like to eat.

After two years of being split between Bilton and Ashlawn halls, dealing with the problems of white walls and slippery floors, the committee have finally secured a permanent, high quality home venue for the club!

Rugby High School on Longrood Road have completed the build of their new sports hall. Steve, Pete and Rosemary visited the venue on Wednesday 25^th January for a tour. The sports hall has been designed with green interior walls and a blue rubber type floor which we believe will suit the club perfectly, loads of free space around the courts and lighting between the courts. The school are also providing lockable storage for private hirers. The facility has brand new changing/shower facilities and we would also have use of the classroom in the venue for any meetings.

An emergency committee meeting was held on Thursday 26^th January, attended by Pete Pugh, Rosemary Pugh, Steve Turner, Simon Piercy, Mark Taylor and Martin Toms. It was decided with the high interest in the venue from other hirers we should go ahead and book the venue.

Therefore, following the Easter school holidays we will be moving the club’s permanent venue to Rugby High School. Throughout the summer we will be running club nights from 7.00 – 9.30 on a Thursday night.

From September we will be moving both Tuesday and Thursday sessions to Rugby High School. The Tuesday match session will run from 7.30 – 10.00 and the normal Thursday club night will run from 7.00 – 9.30.

Exact dates will be confirmed with details of subs to be paid for the summer sessions in due course.

If any members have queries regarding the move please contact either Rosemary or Steve who will answer any questions.

Please consider signing this petition. It only takes a few minutes.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/175561

The website has been refreshed now the new 2016/17 season fixtures are out. All the 2015/16 results, match reports and league tables are still retained.

Message from Steve Turner:

For those of you that don’t know, I am one of a few Badminton England Level 2 coaches in the club. I have experience with county coaching (ran U13 and U15 county teams for a number of years) and I coach a number of Warwickshire junior players on a one on one basis.

After a number of requests for a coaching session for club members I am planning to run a couple of coaching sessions over the summer break if there is enough interest.

The session(s) would be 2 hours long, probably on a Tuesday night and hopefully at Bilton School. I would look to include the following:

• Practice of basic shots and advice where needed
• Doubles serving and return practice and advice on how to serve, the rules of serve and how to receive serve
• Doubles tactics, doubles positioning, working with your partner

I will also open it up to requests for any other topics submitted in advance.

If you would be interested in attending any of the sessions please contact me directly or indirectly through Rosemary or Andy Lees with some suggested dates between the last summer session and the first session in the new season and I will arrange the sessions and advise on costs.

I won’t be at club night on the 12^th July, but will be there the week after so feel free to come and have a chat.

This Tuesday we will be trialling feather shuttlecocks at the club.

At the AGM there was a proposal to introduce feathers at the club, and as a first stage of this it was agreed these would be trialled and then the membership can vote on their preferred approach for next season.

Feather shuttles are generally a better option in terms of play, but they are more expensive. For a more detailed explanation see this article.

It would be great if we can get as many members as possible to try out and also to vote.

The comittee will be asking the club to choose between:

1. The club will play with only feather shuttles. New shuttles will be used for matches, good knock-ups or new shuttles (where needed) will be used for club nights. This will raise the club fees by approximately £30 a year for all members.

2. Only teams 1 and 2 in both leagues will use feather shuttles for matches. Feathers will be made available at club night for team practise. This will raise match fees for the affected teams by approximately £2 per player.

3. No change – continue using yellow mavis 300 plastic shuttles. Club fees will remain unchanged.

The presentation night planned for Friday 1 July has been cancelled.

There are 2 new UKCC Level 1 badminton coaching courses at King Edward VI Aston School (B6 6DJ) now live online and taking bookings. Completing your UKCC Level 1 qualification is a great start on the coaching pathway and supporting the coaching at your club is a great way to share your knowledge and passion for badminton.  Full details can be found below and you can click here to visit the Badminton coaching web pages to book your place online or complete and return the attached form.

Course A Dates & Times:

Day 1: Sunday 23rd October 2016 – 9.30am – 4.30pm

Day 2: Sunday 30th October 2016 – 9.30am – 4.30pm

Day 3: Sunday 13th November 2016 – 9.30am – 4.30pm

Price: £225 (£215 for BE members)

Booking Deadline: Friday 23rd September 2016

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Course B Dates & Times:

Day 1: Sunday 5th February 2017 – 9.30am – 4.30pm

Day 2: Sunday 12th February 2017 – 9.30am – 4.30pm

Day 3: Sunday 19th February 2017 – 9.30am – 4.30pm

Price: £225 (£215 for BE members)

Booking Deadline: Friday 6th January 2017

What are the course learning outcomes?

By the end of the UKCC Level 1 Award in Coaching Badminton learners will be able to:

 – Understand the role and responsibilities of the coaching assistant

 – Understand the principles of hitting technique and provide an accurate demonstration

 – Understand the mechanical principles of movement and provide an accurate demonstration

 – Understand basic singles and doubles tactics and be able to communicate to their players

 – Understand the principles of warm up and cool down and be able to plan and deliver  them appropriately  related to a coaching scenario

 – Understand and apply the basic underpinning knowledge related to the physical demands of badminton and the mechanics of movement

 – Understand and apply the main laws of badminton in support of the competitive situation

 – Assist with the delivery of badminton coaching sessions

 – Assist with the review of badminton coaching sessions

Is there any pre-course or work required to be completed away from the course?

All UKCC Level 1 courses involves pre-course e-learning modules that are assessed. These e-learning modules include:

 – An introduction into the how to coach skills of badminton

 – An introduction to the rules of the game

 – The underpinning knowledge related to the physical demands of badminton and the mechanics of movement

What does UKCC endorsed mean?

The Coaching Qualifications we currently deliver as part of our coach education programme are endorsed by UKCC and sit on the Qualifications & Credit Framework. Across the three levels of the UKCC Qualifications they aim to introduce and progress learners knowledge of technical and tactical elements of the game as well as the “art” and the “science” of coaching by introducing coaches to the “How to” skills of coaching.

We look forward to seeing you there

Kind regards

Rob

Robert Flack
Workforce Officer (East Midlands & East)
Badminton England

The Annual General Meeting will be held at Bilton School on the evening on 21st June.

More details to follow.