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Leisure Centre Indoor Sports Survey Results

A massive thank you to all those who took part in our recent survey regarding the future of the sports hall at Market Harborough Leisure Centre. We have now produced a report showing the results of the survey, which is available to view or download below.

Some key findings were:

  • Users rated the main sports hall highly, with an average rating of 8.3 out of 10 for quality.
  • Users rated the Arena poorly, with an average rating of 4.4 out of 10.
  • 94% of respondents stated there should be more capacity/availability in the future.
  • 99% of respondents said they would be concerned if the main sports hall was no longer available for indoor sport.
  • 98% of respondents said they would be concerned if there was an overall reduction in capacity/availability for indoor sport in Market Harborough.
  • 86% of respondents said they would not support any decision to use the main sports hall for other (non-sport) activities.

Although this was an informal survey, this clearly suggests that users and clubs believe the main sports hall should be retained for indoor sports and that the Arena is not a suitable alternative.

The report has been sent to all Market Harborough district councillors for review ahead of any decision being made on the future of the sports hall. We hope they will consider your views, that are reflected in the survey, alongside HDC’s own consulation. Hopefully a sensible decision will be made that really does reflect the best interests of the community and not purely commercial interests.

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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.

BIG HIT Junior Coaching – 27th Sept

For the Badminton England BIG HIT event, the club is running free one hour junior coaching and play sessions on Wednesday 27th September at Harborough Leisure Centre. The sessions are at 4-5pm, 5-6pm or 6-7pm.

See the below poster for details and to book please contact Ray Phipkin.

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AGM – Tues 4th July

The club committee again invites you to the ninth AGM of Harborough LC Junior Badminton Club to be held on Tuesday 4th July 2023 commencing at 7:30pm.

The meeting will be at The Three Swans (21, High Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7NJ) and we should be in the small ground floor area to the rear of premises adjacent to the car park.

The meeting will be hosted by the current club chairperson (Steve Chapman). All committee member positions are up for election/re-election with a current vacancy for “Parent Representative”, “Welfare Officer” and “First Aid Officer”.

It would be appreciated if you would please advise the club secretary Lynda Haynes (lindahaynes@harboroughlcjuniors.org.uk) if you are able to attend this meeting and also whether you are interested in volunteering or in any committee member positions.

A copy of the agenda is below. Please see here for details of Club Constitution, Minutes of last year’s AGM etc.

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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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AGM – Tues 22nd Feb 2022

The club committee invites all parents, carers, volunteers and memebrs to the eighth AGM of Harborough LC Junior Badminton Club to be held on Tuesday 22nd February 2022 commencing at 7:30pm.

The AGM will be held at The Three Swans, 21 High Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7NJ and we will be located in the small ground floor area to the rear of premises, adjacent to the carpark.

The meeting will be hosted by the current club chairperson, Steve Chapman.

All committee member positions are up for election/re-election with a current vacancy for Parent Representative.

It would be appreciated if you would please advise the club secretary Lynda Haynes if you are able to attend this meeting and also if you are interested in any committee member positions.

Phone/Text: 07901 935105

Email: lyndamckeown@harboroughlcjuniors.org.uk

A copy of the agenda is available below. We hope to see you there.

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