Nottinghamshire Badminton Association Update December 2014

Nottinghamshire Badminton
Association Update
December 2014
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Introduction
This report provides an update on work undertaken by BADMINTON England in the County of
Nottinghamshire for the period October - December 2014. Feedback on the content of this update is
welcome and should be directed, together with any queries, to the Regional Delivery Manager for your
region.
National Update
National Update
Over the past 18 months, the Community Game Team has been focused on delivering its quest to inspire a
bigger, stronger sport. I’m delighted to report that almost all targets in this period were met or exceeded,
building a strong infrastructure upon which we can build in the next 18 months. Achievements nationally are
set out below and this report updates on what has been delivered in your county area, together with some
case studies of impact at a local level:
64 Community Badminton Networks in place
Volunteer (workforce) Strategy launched
1525 Smash Up sites
514 Play Badminton leisure centres (89% active)
56 Higher Education Officers
23 Inclusive clubs
Well over 600 No Strings Badminton Franchises
32,000 participants in CPNSC with a far more efficient delivery model
Junior club league, Essentials and Battle Badminton created
A Summer of Badminton delivered with 125,000 people visiting our website
Capital Investment programme fully spent supporting Play Badminton sites, CBNs, Performance Centres
and CBAs
Domestic Competition Strategy created
Inter County Championships reviewed
Tournament entry process gone online
Regional Delivery Managers have been busy over the past couple of months sharing our exciting plans for
the next 18 months with County Badminton Associations as we are very keen that the work undertaken
aligns with yours and adds value to it. Our aim is to build on the success of the previous period and continue
to grow participation in Badminton and include some areas of work that we believe will support the growth
of our sport locally, in response to feedback from you. This includes our aspiration to develop a programme
targeting children of primary school age, grow the domestic competition programme and recruit more
volunteers . If you want more information on these plans, please contact your Regional Delivery Manager
who will be happy to discuss with you further.
This is my final communication as Community Game Director as I am leaving BADMINTON England to set up
my own business. Julia Strong will take over the reins from 1 January 2015 and with her extensive
knowledge of the sports sector and huge passion for Badminton I know that she will do an excellent job. It
has been a pleasure serving this great sport over the last seven years and in particular working with so many
committed volunteers in clubs and counties who make Badminton the nation’s favourite racket sport!
Yours sincerely
George Wood
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Staffing
The current Team for the Yorkshire and East Midlands region consists of:
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Rachel Tallon – Regional Delivery Manager 07901 005318 [email protected]
Nick Cartwright – Partnerships Manager [email protected]
Andy Royles – Participation Manager 07725 413878 [email protected]
Emma Smethurst – Workforce Officer 07825 624282 [email protected]
Play Badminton
19 PlayBadminton agreements have now been signed by facilities in the County (full list available upon
request), of these 11 are already actively delivering sessions.
SmashUp! sessions have continued to flourish at Lammas Leisure Centre on a Monday night with up to
20 attendees on a regular basis, these sessions will soon be extended to accommodate 40 participants
given the demand. Further to this Monday will become a designated Badminton night at Lammas
incorporating all of the PlayBadminton products.
Battle Badminton
Battle Leagues can now be set up by anyone to provide enjoyable but competitive social experience for
Pay and Play participants - http://battle.badmintonengland.co.uk/
Young People
17 schools in the County have signed up to deliver Smash Up. (Full list available on request)
15 schools of these schools have sessions up and running.
Center Parcs National Schools Championships
Closing date for entries has now passed with Level 2 competitions taking place up until Christmas.
For the 2014/2015 competition Rod Tyler from the Nottinghamshire Badminton Association has
been confirmed as the Nottinghamshire County round organiser.
The details of the Nottinghamshire County round are as follows:
 KS3 Round: Thursday 26th February, Lee Westwood Sports Centre, Nottingham Trent
University
 KS4 Round: Friday 27th February, Lee Westwood Sports Centre, Nottingham Trent University
Carole Spencer from Leicestershire County Badminton Association has been confirmed as the East
Midlands Regional round organiser, proposed venue is Loughborough University, proposed date is
10/03/2015.
Performance centres/CBN’s
Nottingham PC
Neil White the new Head Coach has been appointed this season. Neil is from Nottingham originally and
was a successful national/international player himself. He comes from working with High Wycombe PC.
They have also appointed Kristian Roebuck who is an ex England international player to work with their
developing squad.
Since Neil has started 10 players have progressed from Raw to Developing and there emerging squad
has doubled in size.
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Review being carried out for further details contact [email protected]
Community Badminton Network
Greater Nottingham
The Greater Nottingham CBN’s delivery plan for 2014-15 was finalised and signed off providing the
group with funding of £3,800 to increase local participation. This will support a number of projects
including new adult sessions in the community, primary school club links, and Young Leaders training.
Clubs
Accredited Premier Clubs (Clubmark)
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Recently BADMINTON England updated the processes that clubs undertake to become accredited
Premier Clubs (Clubmark). As a result clubs can now apply and work towards accreditation online.
More information can be found at
http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/text.asp?section=156&sectionTitle=Premier+Club+%26+Club
mark#.UpySF8RdUxM
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Nationally, there are 185 clubs accredited as Premier Clubs (Clubmark) with another 30 currently
working towards. In the county there are currently two clubs accredited.
Workforce
Confirmed coaching courses across Yorkshire & East Midlands are as follows.
Level One:
Venue
Wisewood Sports
Centre (Sheffield)
Kesteven & Grantham
Girls School
County
Dates
South Yorkshire
21/02/2015
22/02/2014
07/03/2015
Lincolnshire
14/03/2015
15/03/2015
25/04/2015
Level Two:
Venue
Etwall Leisure
Centre
Kesteven &
Grantham Girls
School
County
Dates
Derbyshire
31/01/2015
01/02/2015
07/03/2015
28/03/2015
Lincolnshire
14/03/2015
15/03/2015
25/04/2015
09/05/2015
Badminton England Workforce Officer has met with the Sport Nottinghamshire Coaching and
Education Officer. The outcome is to create a workforce plan to increase the amount of individuals
qualified to deliver BE programmes across the county. Please feed information to Emma Smethurst
to support this.
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AOB Updates
National Badminton League
Led by captain Chris Adcock, University of Nottingham Badminton have been on the losing end of 2
very close fixtures against MK Badminton and Birmingham Lions, losing 3-2 on both occasions.
Video highlights and a match report of the fixture against Team Derby can be found online here:
UoN Badminton v Birmingham Lions: http http://www1.skysports.com/othersports/news/20894/9589167/badminton-birmingham-lions-claim-battling-victory-over-universityof-nottingham
UoN Badminton v MK Badminton: http://www1.skysports.com/othersports/news/20894/9548969/national-badminton-league-mk-edge-nottingham-thriller-derbybounce-back-against-loughbrough
UoN Badminton’s next fixtures are as follows:
o Monday 26th January 2015 – vs Loughborough Sport at the Albert Hall, Nottingham
o Monday 23rd March 2015 – vs Surrey Smashers at the Albert Hall, Nottingham
o Monday 27th April 2015 – vs Team Derby at The Derby Arena
To purchase tickets visit:
http://tickets.sky.com/Badminton/National-Badminton-League
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