LSBA Junior Tournament – 21st April

The LSBA Junior American doubles tournament will be held at Babington Academy, Leicester on Sunday 21st April 2024.

The Boys and Girls level doubles events are being held for players in the following categories:

  • Up to school year 6 at 9am-12pm.
  • School years 7 to 9 at 12pm-3pm.
  • School years 10 to 12 at 3pm-6pm.

Entries are appreciated as soon as possible for organisational reasons, but must reach the organiser by Thursday 18th April 2024. One entry form per pair should be sent directly to Graham Forryan and not to the coaches at the club.

Fees of £5.00 per person per event can be made by cash on the day or a cheque accompanying the completed entry form with cheques made payable to Leicestershire Schools Badminton Association.

The tournament is only open to players that do not participate at county or performance centre level.

Full details are provided on the entry form below.

Sessions on Weds 3rd Jan

A reminder that junior badminton sessions will be running on Wednesday 3rd January at the usual times (4pm, 5pm & 6pm).

These sessions have been moved due to blood donations taking place in the sports hall on Wednesday 10th January. There will be no sessions on this date.

Junior Doubles Tournament – Sun 28th Jan

The Derek Meakin Memorial Junior Doubles Tournament will be held on Sunday 28th January 2024 at Babington Academy, Leicester.

The Boys and Girls level doubles events are being held for players in the following categories:

  • Up to school year 6 at 9am.
  • School years 7 to 9 at 12pm.
  • School years 10 to 12 at 3pm.

Entries are appreciated as soon as possible for organisational reasons, but must reach the organiser by Monday 22nd January 2024. One entry form per pair should be sent directly to Carole Spencer and not to the coaches at the club.

Fees of £5.00 per person per event can be made by cash on the day or a cheque accompanying the completed entry form with cheques made payable to Whitwick Juniors Badminton Club.

The tournament is only open to players that do not participate at county or performance centre level.

Full details are provided on the entry form below.

Summer Pay As You Play

The club will be holding Pay as you Play Junior Badminton Sessions on Wednesdays 2nd, 9th & 23rd August 2023.

  • Session 4:00pm to 5:00pm (school years 3 to 11) @ £4.00 per session per week.
  • Session 5:00pm to 6:00pm (school years 8 to 13) @ £4.00 per session per week.
  • Both sessions for only £6.00 per week.

These sessions will just be fun & games and are open to anyone in school years 3-13. This means current members can come along with their brothers/sisters/friends. There is no need to book in advance, so just turn up for the desired session.

Please see the poster below for more information.

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.

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.

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.