Welcome to the Cambridgeshire Badminton Association (Cambs BA), a County association affiliated to Badminton England.
Cambridgeshire Badminton Association is dedicated to the development and promotion of badminton throughout the whole of Cambridgeshire. The county consists of around 30 affiliated clubs as well as hosting Junior, Senior and Masters teams playing in the Inter-County Championships.
This web site is designed to enable Cambridgeshire Badminton Association to promote badminton through providing news and information on local, County and national badminton. Please visit this web site regularly to keep abreast of all the latest developments.
Spaces are available for an inclusive badminton workshop from 1:30-4:30pm on 28th May at Trumpington Sports Centre.
Come and find out how to make your sessions more inclusive with this free workshop.
The workshop is hands on and you will have time on court and the ability to try out what it’s like using a sports wheelchair.
Places are limited and need to be booked: contact Philip on 07910 755135 or email: coaching@cambridgeshirebadminton.org
For more information see the flyer.
On 19th September, to celebrate the incredible success of the GB Paralympic Badminton squad there was a Disability Badminton Festival held at Trumpington Sports Centre.
This event was supported by Cambridgeshire Badminton Association, Badminton England and led by Philip Gray - Head Coach of Aspire Badminton Club and County Coaching Co-ordinator.
The Disability Badminton Festival was a fun-filled day of skill-based activities and on-court games.
The event had 30 people attend, including Julie Pike from Badminton England. Most attendees had learning disabilities, some had autism, Aspergers, and/or ADHD, and two were physically disabled.
To celebrate the incredible success of the GB Paralympic Badminton squad (a silver and a bronze!) our local badminton clubs and coaches are hosting a disability badminton festival.
This festival provides the opportunity for all disabled people to get involved so why not try a new sport? Or if you have experienced badminton previously, it’s time to get back on court!
The Disability Badminton Festival can be enjoyed by all and promises to be a fun-filled day of skill-based activities and on-court games.
The festival is at Trumpington Sports Centre 12:30-3:30pm on 19th September.
This is part of a programme of events across the country.
We are delighted to announce that Cambridgeshire Badminton Association will restart junior training following the most recent pandemic lockdown period, starting on 15th April 2021.
The session on 15th April will begin with a wider age group of players of the ages approximately 14 years old and below. The age groups and sessions will be a little more flexible for the first few weeks as these sessions get re-established, and we are able to determine which players are still interested and available to represent the Cambridgeshire region, and encourage new players to try out for the various squads.
The sessions will now run twice a week depending on age group, with sessions on Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesdays will be at Northstowe from 7:45pm (location and time still subject to final confirmation), whilst Thursdays will remain at Swavesey Village College starting at 6:40pm.
To begin with, sessions will be pay-as-you-play until the programme is established. For safety reasons, attendance must be strictly monitored, so please do not attend unless you have booked a place beforehand.
Open trials sessions will be held in April and May. If you are a parent or guardian, or a coach, of a player who is 16 or under who is not currently a County player, but who you think is capable of competing for a place or shows the potential to do so, please contact badminton@bates.net to arrange to attend.
More details and a full schedule for the sessions are available on the Junior Squads page.
The county is running a trial for children who are at County level or looking to train to become county level to eventually play for the county.
The trial is on Sunday 30 June from 12-2pm, at Cambridge Regional College and will cost £5 per player - please bring the exact amount.
Please let Perveez Mody (U16 Team Manager) know if you plan on attending: perveezmody@gmail.com
The plan for the new season is that players who are selected will be able to attend training sessions, which will hopefully run once a month from September at Swavesy Village College:
- Runs at 6:30pm-8:30pm, every fourth Thursday night, at Swavesey Village College (4 courts);
- Cost £10 per session (should be 7 or 8 sessions depending on how the dates fall), paid up front (cost includes shuttles and coaching).
The session will run on a 4-weekly rotation:
- Week 1 - Senior/Masters;
- Week 2 - U14 and younger;
- Week 3 - Senior/Masters;
- Week 4 - U16 and older;
More details will be given to those selected to train with the County.
Following Badminton England’s recently published commitment to improving diversity, this initiative addresses the gender imbalance and lack of women and girls playing the sport at a recreational level and the depth of talent along our performance pathway. Badminton England also hopes this initiative will increase the number of female role models within coaching with the aim to attract, retain and develop more women and girls in badminton from an earlier age.
Currently women make up 35% of UKCC Level 1 learners, 32% of UKCC Level 2 learners and 29% of UKCC Level 3 learners, whilst overall accounting for 30% of all accredited badminton coaches. Whilst these figures are above the UK average figure of 17%, this initiative will further increase the percentage of women and girls qualifying through our coach education system and working with players of all ages and abilities across the country.
Central to the new initiative will be:
More information will be released in due course however as we start to shape this initiative, Badminton England is keen to hear from female coaches who are willing to share their experiences; what has worked well for you and what can be improved.
Badminton England would also be interested to hear from women who are thinking of becoming a coach or improving their coaching knowledge and experience. Whether your interest is at grass roots level or working within our talent pathway, we would love to hear from you so please contact coaching@badmintonengland.co.uk.
We are delighted that there will be two coaching courses in the Cambs region in the near future.
Venue: One Leisure Huntingdon, St Peters Rd, Huntingdon PE29 7DA
Dates: 13/01/2018, 14/01/2018 & 20/01/2018
Price: £225 / £215 for BE members
Booking Link
Booking Deadline: 15/12/2017
Venue: One Leisure Huntingdon, St Peters Rd, Huntingdon PE29 7DA
Dates: 10/03/2018, 11/03/2018, 14/04/2018 & 12/05/2018
Price: £380 / £370 for BE members / £355 for registered coach
Booking Link
Booking Deadline: 09/02/2018
Don't forget that Cambridgeshire Badminton Association will offer bursaries to coaches who can demonstrate that they will be coaching in the area.
