CAMBRIDGESHIRE BADMINTON ACADEMY

CAMBOURNE JUNIOR BADMINTON

Sandra Dennis

Head Coach 

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9th JULY 2024

2024/2025 Season

Dear  Member

I would like to take this opportunity to say what a pleasure it has been to see our club expand and see our junior players improve and enjoy playing and learning.  I would like to say a very big thank you to our coaching team. I would also like to thank all the parents that have helped with the running of our very successful Junior Badminton Club.  All help is very much appreciated and helps our youngsters improve at a quicker rate and enjoy the experience.  If anyone would like to offer their help, please let me know.  

Due to our continued success I am receiving requests to join our junior club every week.  At Christmas it was evident we were not going to be able to accommodate more players and our waiting list was growing ever bigger.  Giving this a lot of thought, from Easter we were able to secure the gym on a Tuesday evening 6.30 to 7.30 and have been lucky enough to have enough voluntary coaches and helpers for this session to now be available for beginners.  Unfortunately the school are not able to let us have the main hall for this hour, which would have been ideal as this session is now also at full capacity.  

Our coaching pathway is now as follows:

6.30 to 7.30 for beginners on a Tuesday Evening

6.30 to 7.30 for improvers on a Friday Evening

6.00 to 8.00 for advanced players on a Friday Evening

I do apologise for the disruption due to exams since Easter, we are giving this a lot of thought going forward to find a solution for next year and will keep you posted.  In view of lost sessions we hope you will accept a £10 reduction on the fees for Sept to Dec term.  

We have to plan for next season (September onwards).  I would be very grateful if you would confirm the continuance of your son/daughters attendance going forward, to allow me to move players into the correct sessions, allowing more beginners in from the waiting list. 

We do not run the junior club during the Christmas holidays, Easter Holidays or summer holidays, but we do run during half terms.   

 

Now for the legal stuff…….

Each year I have to register players with Badminton England for insurance purposes.    There is a charge to the club for this and forms part of the fees.  Together with this fee we have hefty court charges and shuttles, but thankfully the coaching team and helpers give their time voluntarily, enabling us to keep costs at a minimum.  I can confirm we are able to keep our fees at £60 for one hour session and £120 for two hour session per term.  This fee should be paid before the new term commences.  I.e. end August, end December and end March.

A payment of £60 or £120 should be made by bank transfer per term to Cambs Badminton Academy. Sort code 52-10-46, Account number 25840045, ensuring you reference payment with junior players name.

One last request is completion of the membership form below. This is to ensure I have correct details for BE registration, phone contact in case of emergency and correct email address for any updates through the year.  I know many of you have only just filled this out, but every year I have someone who hasn’t received communication due to a changed email address, and it is very important for us to have an emergency number that is correct.  

Please hand print copy to me.

Many thanks  

Sandra Dennis

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