Mansfield Junior Badminton Club
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To Parents and Carers
Mansfield Junior Badminton Club
As you are probably aware MJBC was announced as being one of the £1000 winners in the AVIVA
Community Fund awards for 2016. There is still some work to be done to evidence compliance with the
terms of the award but we should be receiving the funds shortly.
This award was not only a fantastic way to raise the profile of the Club but it also brought the whole
community together with everyone getting behind our entry which was amazing to see. A huge THANK
YOU needs to go to everyone who voted for us, be it yourself, your family members, friends or other
colleagues.
We have also been successful with awards of £1000 from Notts County Council’s Sport Fund and £750
from Nottinghamshire Badminton Association.
These much needed funds will be put towards both sustaining and developing the Club for the future.
We continue to be most grateful to all the volunteers and parents who help run and maintain the Club
but we are constantly on the look-out for extra help, particularly in areas such as:
1. Coaching and Player Development.
Many of our younger players would benefit from some initial ‘one to one’ help such as ‘shuttle
feeding’ and/or maintaining simple stroke rallies. This should increase enthusiasm for the sport,
improve co-ordination and build confidence to be involved in games, activities and
competitions. Subsequent coaching would involve developing the different strokes, footwork
and tactics for competitive play.
If you are interested in becoming a coach the Club will fully fund attendance at courses and
training to help you with this. Typical courses might be:
First steps into coaching
Delivering Engaging sessions
Code of Practice for coaches
Safeguarding and Child Protection
Badminton England level 1 (and higher) qualifications
Any help you give will require the completion of a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check
and the Club will pay for and give support through this process.
All we would ask is that you give a little commitment back to the Club for the investment made.
Mansfield Junior Badminton Club
Email: [email protected]
2. Fundraising Opportunities
Our aim is to keep the weekly subscription fee, which has remained at £3.50 since September
2012, as low as possible and generally this covers the hire of the courts, purchase of shuttles
and coach affiliation/accreditation costs.
The club coaches are constantly on the look-out for ways of gaining external funding to
maintain other club activities such as the annual presentation evening and the replenishment of
club shirts and equipment etc.
In these austere times it is becoming increasingly difficult to secure such funding and any help
or ideas for fund raising would be most welcome.
3. General administration
The Club is run by a small committee and share the necessary administrative duties. It would
be good to have one or two more parents on the committee, to save the grey hair brigade, and
maybe bring ‘new blood’ and ‘new ideas’ to the table. One specific task which you could assist
with is the management of the membership database which has to be kept up to date not only
for parental contact and team selection purposes but also to provide the base data for
registering members with Badminton England.
4. Website and Social Media development and maintenance
As you are aware the Club has its own website (www.mjbc.org.uk) which was initially developed
by Rob Marshall and latterly administered by Rachel Kingston – both parents of former club
members – who now wish to relinquish these duties. We thank both of them for what they have
done for the Club.
The current committee have very limited experience in this area and are very grateful that Alex
Cheung has ‘volunteered’ to take over these duties. With Alex’s IT background and enthusiasm we
are sure this will raise the profile of the Club further.
5. Club Welfare Officer
A requirement of having Premier Club status is that the Club has named designated officers for
positions such as Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer etc. The role of Welfare Officer has been carried
out admirably by Girish for many years but as part of the Premier Club re-accreditation process,
due in March 2017, Badminton England has indicated that this position should be held by
someone who is not part of the coaching team. So ……….. Do we have any volunteers out there?
Any necessary training will be supported financially.
Mansfield Junior Badminton Club
Email: [email protected]
6. Publicity
The Club’s success and future lies with its membership and the committee has a desire to maintain
the Club’s profile and status as high as possible to attract new players. To some extent this has
partially been achieved in the past through selected publicity and marketing opportunities and,
currently, ‘taster sessions’ are being run in local primary schools.
Maybe this is an area which can be developed further, e.g. articles/reports in the local press, and
any help or ideas with this would be welcomed.
Dates for your Diary
Besides completing the NJBA league fixtures for this season, please make a note of the following dates
for the Club’s restricted events:
1. 28 April 2017
The Dave Goodall Memorial competition
This is a singles event for players in school year 6 or below
2.
5 May 2017
3. 19 May 2017
A doubles competition for those in school year 7 and above.
Presentation Evening
All Club members will be expected to take part in their respective age group event.
If you think you can help with the Club’s activities in any way and would like to get involved please
speak to Girish or one of the other coaches.
Remember, this is YOUR Club and any extra support would be most welcome and help maintain
MJBC’s position as being one of the most successful Clubs in the County.
GIRISH, STEVE, TREVOR and ROB