Club News

The club night sessions on Monday and additional Wednesdays are very well attended.

Welcome back all re-newing members and many new faces.

We welcome visitors to come down and play – please get in touch. Visitor fees is £5 per visit and annual subscription is to be reduced by the visitor fees you paid if you decide to join the club later.

Matches are going to commence in October and we have entered five teams in the league:

• 3 Open teams
• 1 Mixed team
• 1 Ladies team

A selection committee is to assess who is going to be in which teams for those who want to play matches.

After our last club night before summer break on 19th July, we have some exciting news!

The NDBA committee have decided to run a “ladder” system for each competition rather than individual divisions for the coming season (2021/22).

Each team will be playing 12 matches (Home and Away) with six other teams of similar strength. The first matches are scheduled to play from early October.

There will be a trial that the Open competition (ladies can join the team!) replaces the Men’s competition.

Members – please check your email/ WhatsApp message for details.

We welcome visitors to come down and play – please get in touch.

Look forward to seeing you on Monday 6 September.

We had the good fortune of a message from Wayne at Community Spirit Thatcham in connection with this tankard. It is the Newbury Badminton Club Men’s Singles trophy.

The first winner was D.T. Jones in 1964, T.C. Snook won in 1968, A.A.M. Vockins 1969, R. Deasley 1970. The last winner was R.J. Haney in 1984. Some members still remember some of those names!

Wayne would not accept a donation for rescuing the trophy. If members have anything that they wish to donate to a charity shop go to Community Spirit Thatcham at 34 High St, Thatcham RG19 3JH. Visit their Facebook for more information.

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Newbury Badminton Club will be re-starting on Monday 2 November at 7.30.

Due to restrictions we will be running two courts from 7.30 until 9.30. We will be operating a booking system for members who will need to pay at the time of booking. Fees (‘pay and play’): £5.00 – adults; £2.50 – juniors. Visitors: Not accepted currently due to the restrictions.

Club Nights Procedures 2020/21 (due to COVID), COVID-19 Risk Assessment, and online booking sheet will be emailed to all those who were members during the 2019/20 season.

COVID-19 Officers: Fan Jiayang, Simon Jukes, Kevin Scarpe, Julia Eatwell, Pedro Cosa and Richard Cooper.
COVID-19 Treasurer: Richard Cooper.