Market Harborough Indoor Sports Survey

As you may be aware, Harborough LC Junior Badminton Club has recently been asked by Everyone Active to move our sessions from the newly refurbished sports hall at Harborough Leisure Centre into The Arena, so that the sports hall can be used for other activities.

Members of the club committee have inspected and trialed the arena and have raised a number of issues concerning it’s suitability for badminton with Everyone Active and Harborough District Council. There is also a wider concern about the reduction in overall capacity for indoor sport if the use of the existing sports hall is changed from a mixed use sports hall to something else.

As there has been very little consultation with users and clubs, we have put together a survey regarding indoor sport at Harborough Leisure Centre, with a focus on the existing sports hall and arena. Further background information is provided at the beginning of the survey.

We would be very grateful if you could complete this survey at the link below. It should take less than 5 minutes to complete and will close on 16th May.

https://tinyurl.com/mh-indoor-sports-survey

Please share this link with anyone else that uses the leisure centre for indoor sport (not just badminton) as we would like as many responses as possible.

Doubles Tournament – 16th March

The LSBA Junior Doubles Tournament takes place on Sunday 16th March 2025 at Babington Academy, Leicester.

The timings are dependent on age group as follows:

  • 9am-12pm – Primary age up to year 6.
  • 12-3pm – School years 7-9
  • 3-6pm – School years 10-12

Please return entry form to the organiser as soon as possible to avoid disappointment, as numbers for each event could be restricted due to only using 4 courts.

Full details are on the entry form below:

LSBA_Junior AmericanTournament Event Form 2025Download

Sessions in January

Club sessions will recommence after the Christmas holidays on Wednesday 8th January 2025.

We are disappointed to have to report that the Sports Hall at Harborough Leisure Centre will be unavailable on Wednesday 22nd January 2025 due to NHS blood donation sessions.

Unfortunately, this means there will be no badminton sessions on Wednesday 22nd January 2025.

Doubles Tournament 26th Jan

The Derek Meakin Memorial Junior Badminton Doubles Tournament will be held on Sunday 26th January 2025 at Babington Acedemy, Leicester.

The tournament will run at the following times for the different age groups:

  • 9am-12pm – Up to school year 6 (primary age).
  • 12-3pm – School years 7-9.
  • 3-6pm – School years 10-12.

The entry form (1 form per doubles pair) must be sent to carolespencer5525@gmail.com no later than Monday 20th January 2025. Numbers will be restricted as there are only 4 courts available, so we would suggest submitting the entry form as early as possible to avoid dissappointment.

For full details and entry form, please see below:

DEREK MEAKIN 2025Download

No Christmas Party Sessions 18th Dec

We are disappointed to have to report that Harborough Leisure Centre has unfortunately scheduled construction works in the new ‘Arena’ hall for the 18th December. This was the date of the club’s Christmas party.

Due to work on the floor in the main hall, we had already been relocated to a separate room in the Leisure Centre for our party food, with our traditional friendly and fun games of badminton due to take place in the new Arena (which has replaced the dome). We have now been informed that the Arena is not available.

Without some badminton, the club’s coaches and committee feel that the evening would lose its appeal, so we have cancelled all the three sessions (i.e. 4-5pm, 5-6pm & 6-7pm) and the party on 18th December 2024. Instead, we will look to run an event where family and friends can participate in the New Year.

Due to the cancellation, an adjustment will be made to the payment schedule at the end of the season to compensate for this lost session (and the other four lost sessions). For further information on this, please see the related email from the club.

Very best regards and season’s greetings from the coaching and committee team.

Sessions Restart 27th Nov

Our junior sessions are due to restart on Wednesday 27th November following the refurbishment at Harborough Leisure Centre, which we have been informed includes improved lighting and repainting in the sports hall.

We look forward to seeing existing and new junior players back playing badminton regularly.

LBA Junior Singles Tournament – 8th Dec

The LBA is holding a junior singles tournament on Sunday 8th Dec 2024 at Babington Academy, Leicester. Times are dependent on age group as follows:

  • Under 12s (school years 4-7) – 9am-12pm
  • Under 14s (school years 8-9) – 12-3.30pm
  • Under 17s (school years 10-12) – 3.30-7pm

Please see the entry form below for further details.

Please return the entry form by email to Terry Talbot as soon as possible to avoid disappointment, as numbers for each event will be restricted due to only using 4 courts. The deadline for entries is Thursday 5th December.

LBA Junior Badminton Tournament 2024Download

Cancelled Sessions in Oct & Nov

Harborough Leisure Centre (Everyone Active) has informed the club that, due to their ongoing refurbishments, the sports hall will now be used for exercise classes from 11th October to 8th November 2024.

This means there will be no badminton sessions on the following Wednesdays:

  • 16th October (due to exercise classes)
  • 23rd October (half term)
  • 30th October (due to exercise classes)
  • 6th November (due to exercise classes)
  • 13th November (due to sports hall refurbishment)
  • 20th November (due to HDC Sports Awards)

We plan to return as normal on Wednesday 27th November.

We apologise for the inconvenience, but unfortunately the availability of the sports hall is out of our control. We look forward to seeing all players at the remaining sessions.