The BIG HIT Junior Coaching – Free Sessions

The club will be offering FREE one-hour sessions on Wednesday 15th March 2023 from:

  • 4:00pm to 5:00pm (school years 3 to 10).
  • 5:00pm to 6:00pm (school years 6 – 11).
  • 6:00pm to 7:00pm (school years 10-13).

These are part of Badminton England’s The BIG HIT Week – YONEX ALL England Edition. These sessions are targeted towards Juniors as a free trial session for those new to badminton. The junior coaching session will be fun, engaging and encourage juniors to play badminton more regularly.

Please see the poster below and contact Ray Phipkin (rayphipkin@harboroughlcjuniors.org.uk) to book a place.

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Yonex All England 2023 – Free Tickets

Harborough LC Junior Badminton Club have obtained 20x complimentary all day Category C tickets for the Yonex All England Championships for Thursday 16th March 2023. For more information see https://www.allenglandbadminton.com/.

These are being made available to Junior Members of the club including their parents and will be allocated based on first come, first served basis.

Initially the free tickets will be restricted to two tickets per application (i.e. the Junior member & their parent). If any tickets are still left over would be made available to the people who have already been allocated tickets.

Below is a suitable letter that as a parent/carer you could use to seek permission a child to be away from school to attend this event. If you would like tickets, then please contact Ray Phipkin (rayphipkin@harboroughlcjuniors.org.uk) as soon as possible and certainly by Wednesday 8th March 2023.

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Doubles Tournament – Sat 11th Feb 2023

The Derek Meakin Junior Level Doubles Tournament will be held on Saturday 11th February 2023 at Whitwick & Coalville Leisure Centre, Stevenson’s Way, Coalville, Leicestershire LE67 3FE.

This Doubles tournament is a great junior Badminton event for all players of the club to consider entering, especially as this tournament excludes any player who trains in with the Leicestershire Performance Centre at any weekday sessions (Mon to Thurs) or has played in any County matches in the current season.

Players do not have to be current members of Badminton England, so you do not have to enter with a player from the club therefore could be just a friend or if you do not have a partner just insert on the form  “Partner Required”.

In the past members of our club have been winners & runners-up in the different age groups.

The tournament includes:

  • Boys Doubles (primary aged up to year 6) – 9am-11am
  • Girls Doubles (primary aged up to year 6) – 9am-11am
  • Boys Doubles (years 7-9) = 11am-1pm
  • Girls Doubles (years 7-9) = 11am-1pm
  • Boys Doubles (years 10-12) – 1pm-3pm
  • Girls Doubles (years 10-12) – 1pm-3pm

Note that players entering with an older partner out of their age group must play up in the older age group. For full details, please see/download the entry form below.

Entries must reach the organiser (Carole Spencer) by FRIDAY 3rd FEBRUARY 2023.

Please send entry form & fee of £5 per person to the organiser, with cheques made payable to Whitwick Juniors B. C. or alternatively pay by cash on the day.

Forms should be sent to: Carole Spencer, 16, Rockland Rise, Whitwick, LE67 5BF. Telephone Number 01530 811984 or email your ENTRY Form to carolespencer5525@gmail.com

We hope as many players as possible from the club take part.

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Summer Pay As You Play

We are again offering our Pay As You Play junior badminton sessions during August on the following dates:

  • Wednesday 3rd August 2022
  • Wednesday 17th August 2022
  • Wednesday 24th August 2022

There will be two sessions as follows:

  • 4-5pm – for school years 3 to 11.
  • 5-6pm – for school years 8 to 13.

The sessions will be £4 per session and non-members (e.g. school friends) are welcome.

For more details, please see the poster below.

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Trophy Presentation – 4th May 2022

It is the time again to let you know about our plans for the Trophy Presentation Evening on Wednesday 4th May 2022.

We try to do something every year. However, the last time we were able to enjoy a Trophy Presentation celebration was two years ago as COVID put paid to internal tournament events.

You may remember that we invited parents to come along to the Christmas Party event in December 2021 and were encouraged to join in with some fun badminton and larking around.

The fun stuff will take place before we serve the food, which will be a change this year to hot dogs with veg sticks plus a soft drink for the youngsters. The kind members of the club committee will also lay on plenty of crisps, nibbles, and cakes. What’s not to like?

It all starts at 4pm in the main hall at the Harborough Leisure Centre and will finish by 7pm. 

The presentation will be from 5pm to 5:30pm with medals presented to all the winners and runner-ups of both the Girls & Boys U10’s; U12’s; U14’s; U16’s; U18’s Single and Level Doubles events. In addition three trophies for the most improved player in respect of either 4-5pm or 5-6pm or 6-7pm sessions. The annual trophy for the “Outstanding Club Member” will also be presented.

The food will be served at 5.30pm. Please either complete and return the form provided or RSVP to Lynda (07901 935105) confirming the member’s name, whether a meal is required and if a photo is allowed.

As before, we really don’t expect you to stay for the whole thing, but we would be delighted to see you.

LBA Junior Tournament – 20th March

The Leicestershire Badminton Association (LBA) is running a junior badminton tournament on 20th March 2022 at Babington Academy, Leicester.

This is a non-county singles event, which is a great opportunity for new players to badminton to experience a tournament. The exclusion of county players really gives a greater opportunity for players from the club to acheive good results.

Notes:

  • This tournament is a singles event (i.e. boys or girls).
  • The tournament is based on school years (i.e. not Badminton England age groups based on your birthday from 1st January).
  • Hard copies of the event form will also be available to hand out on Wednesdays from 2nd March 2022.
  • Also please note this Tournament is being run independently by the LBA Junior Club and both (i) “Harborough LC Junior Badminton Club or (ii) the Leicestershire Schools Badminton Association (LSBA) are not involved in the organisation and/or rules associated. Therefore, all players are representing themselves and not anyone else. However, should they decide to wear club shirts we would expect them to comply on the day with the organiser’s requirements.

For full details, please see the entry form below. The entry form with player’s name and the £5.00 entry fee should be returned to the tournament organiser by Thursday 17th March 2022 (NOT TO RAY PHIPKIN AT THE CLUB).

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