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.

A new UKCC Level 1 badminton coaching course at  Tile Hill Wood Community Facilities (CV4 9PW) is 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 book your place online or complete and return the attached form.

Course Dates & Times:

Day 1: Saturday 12th November 2016 – 9.30am – 4.30pm

Day 2: Saturday 26th November 2016 – 9.30am – 4.30pm

Day 3: Sunday 3rd December 2016 – 9.30am – 4.30pm

Price: £225 (£215 for BE members)

Booking Deadline: Friday 14th October 2016- All learners must be 16 or over on the first day of the course.

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

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

Message from Mark Hope, RDBA.

Hi All,

Do you all remember as far back as the 21st February, (I know it might be difficult for some of you older ones !) when we had badminton players coming out of our ears, all wanting to play in THAT tournament.

Well, we managed to get 56 people playing badminton that day, and if we assume that all of those players know somebody, we have the potential for an RDBA presentation night.

On that note, the DUNCHURCH Social Club is booked for Friday July 1st from 7pm onwards for our presentation night. We could, if you like, have some Skittles (not sweets), some Pool (not swimming) and some Darts and some Food (not sweets again) and maybe a Quiz too.

There are trophies to be presented to worthy winners and maybe some spot prizes for non worthy winners.

How about it then. We got the Tournament going again, with everyone promising to play the next one, now, lets get our presentation night going again and keep it going.

I really would like numbers and names (you’ve all done that before with the tournament, so you know how it works).

I guess the cost will be around £8 per head.

To start the process, we have confirmed so far (we need a minimum of 50 to make it worthwhile)

Mark Hope

Tracey Hope

Please add your name to the list and send it back to me. I will send out revised figures as and when we get increases in numbers.

Come on RDBA, lets have some fun.

Thanks

Mark

Message from Steve Turner. Anyone from the club is welcome and partners too. Please contact Steve if you are interested.

Coventry Badminton Association End of Season Celebration Dinner

Winners Trophy Presentation and Disco!

Date:  20^th May 2016

 NEW Venue: The Village Hotel

The Vibe Suite, Dolomite Avenue, Coventry Business Park, Cov, CV4 9GZ Time: 7.45pm (8pm sit down)

Tickets: £16 pp

We hope you will all be able to attend and enjoy a lovely evening celebrating the end of the 2015-2016 season and help to congratulate those who have won a trophy this season.

To book your ticket numbers please email Rachael Jenkinson or Louise Taylor

Payments should be made direct into the CBA Bank (using your club name & PR “xxx_PR” as a reference for the payment) or payment by cheque.

Please mention in your email if you require a vegetarian meal/s.

Presentation invite 2016

 

 

Hunters 1 team secured the RDBA Britannic trophy after a nail-biting finish. After 6 hours of play, Hunters 1 were tied on points with Trinity 1, with the match to be settled on a first to 21 single match decider. Phil Pelton and Wing To stepped up, and overcame a handicap start to win the deciding game 21-19.

Photos of the winners holding the trophy are in the gallery.

Well played to Hunters 2, 3 and 4 who also competed in the marathon event.

Message from Steve Turner, match secretary:

As Match Secretary for Hunters BC and RDBA committee member I would like to thank all who took part in the 2016 Rugby and District Badminton Association Britannic Tournament today (Sunday 21^st Feb).

It was a fantastic day of badminton with some laughs, some passion, some tears (maybe) and some great games to be part of and watch.

The Britannic was once held every year at this time, played for by the RDBA league clubs. It has been some five years since the Britannic Assurance cup was last contested.

At the league AGM last summer, we committed to holding the event this year and see the cup once again contested. This happened due to a lot of hard work from Mark Hope and co; and it was great to see so many players of all ages and standards playing today.

After the success of today it is really important that we now continue to hold and support this event and events like them to keep the game being played in Rugby.

So I would like to thank Mark on behalf of the club and say a well done to all who turned out to play (especially the ones who dived in at the last minute!).

If you have any comments on how the day went or any feedback for the next event please catch me at a club night and I will feed them back to the league.

The league tables on the website have been updated with the latest league positions for all divisions.