Last weeks of winter club

Only two more weeks of winter club to go. The last night will be Wednesday 20 October.

We were unable to run our club champs this year, but will run a fun tournament on the last night of winter club and finish the night with prize giving in the bar. Please bring a plate of food to share.

Last night tournament

We will be running a fun tournament on the last night of winter club (Wednesday 8 October). It will be a regular night, but we will record the number of points you score in each game and work out the best A/B and C/D grade male and female player over the night. We will also announce our 'Most Improved' female and male player awards and 'Sportsperson of the year' award at the end of the night.

Te Awara Challenge

We will be organising our annual challenge with Te Awara club and will announce a date soon.

Summer Club

We need volunteers to help run our summer club this year and at least one person to organise the roster and remind people when it is their turn to make up games. Please let us know if you would like to help run our summer club. Without volunteers summer club will not run!

If you would like to help run summer club or have any questions about our club please email southern.badminton@gmail.com

There is no club night on Wednesday 27 August

We will not be running a club night on Wednesday 27 August due to the Wellington Badminton Association (WBA) hosting the 2008 Wisden and Slazenger Cup from 26-30 August at the badminton hall.

The WBA needs volunteers so if you are interested please email info@badminton.net.nz or phone 04 386 1689.

For more information visit the Wellington Badminton website

2008 Club Champs

The 2008 Southern Club Champs will be held on Saturday 13 September 2008, 10am – 4pm. The Club Champs are open to all members and casual players that have played at least three times at the club since March 2008.

You can enter Male and Female singles and doubles, and mixed doubles, which are divided into A/B and C/D grade. You may choose your doubles partner and we allocate a partner for you in the mixed doubles.

There is an entry fee of $10 per event or $20 to enter the singles, doubles and mixed competitions. Your entry fee includes a BBQ lunch and fish and chip supper and entry forms have to be in by Wednesday 10 September 2008.

You can enter online at http://tinyurl.com/champs08,

If the above link does not work try
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pXWXKTg1tGimYX19pV8O2HQ

Entry forms will also be available at club nights from this Wednesday.

We look forward to seeing you all at the club champs.

Wellington Secondary Schools Badminton Championships

Several junior players at Southern Badminton Club enjoyed success at the recent Wellington secondary schools badminton championships.

The girl's final was contested between Bronwyn Hopkin and Emma Garnham (both of Southern), with Bronwyn winning 21-15. The boys' doubles final saw Ishan Shah (Southern) and Tamati Leha defeat Natesh Chauhan and Rhys Hopkins (Southern) 21-14, 21-12. Chanmony Khieng was runner-up in a hard-fought girl's doubles final, Cheyenne Harper won the senior girls' singles plate final and Kel Quin won the senior boys' doubles plate final.

The Dominion Post wrote an article about the championships and is available here

2008 Interclub fees now due

Interclub fees are due and can be paid on club nights to the person at the desk. The interclub fees are:

• C/D grade, $50 per person
  
• A/B grade, $30 per person (excludes shuttles)
  

Coaching at club nights

For the next two months we will be running short coaching sessions at the club. The first coaching session is this Wednesday 21 May.

• There will be two half hour sessions beginning at 7pm.
• The first session is for C/D grade players and the second session is for A/B grade players.
• There is a maximum of 4 players in each session.
• Coaching is available to all members and casual players, but members and players that have not attended before have priority.
• You may book one week in advance by emailing southern.badminton@gmail.com, by registering your name on club nights or you can just turn up on the night.
  

Zhi Young will be running the coaching sessions. Zhi is an experienced player who is currently representing Wellington in Division 3 of the North Island Inter-Association competition.

Southern Badminton Club Notices, April 2008

Membership fees due Wednesday 30 April

- Adult - $220
- Full-time student & juniors (under 18 years) - $165
- Family (minimum two adults) - $200
- Senior citizen - $190

Players can deduct casual fees (paid from 1 March 2008) from their membership sub up to the end of April 2008. Please let us know if you would like to become a member, but are unable to pay you fees in full by the end of April.

Interclub competition

We have two B grade and one C grade interclub team this year. We will keep you posted on the team's results. The B grade competition starts Sunday 4 May and alternates with C grade, which starts on Sunday 11 May. Matches start at 6pm.

WBA Doubles Box Challenge 2008

This tournament will run every Tuesday from 6th May to 27th May 2008 at 7pm. The cost is $40 per player and players are to provide their own shuttles. This tournament is open to players of any ability, club and non club players, junior, senior and masters players. If you have entered the March 2008 Singles Doubles Box Challenge you will receive 20% discount on your entry fees. For further information email info@badminton.net.nz.

Cheers,

The Committee