NEWYDDION | NEWS
National Badminton Partnership
We are proud to announce that we are partnering up with National Badminton, a company set up by Julie Bradbury to provide the opportunity for young players to take part in our great sport and give Badminton Wales educated coaches a structure to help them get started. If you’d like to coach in Wales with National Badminton, email enquiries@badminton.wales and we will work with you to get started.
Entering International Competitions
Entering International Competitions is now easier than ever thanks to the Sport:80 membership system. Players wishing to enter any BEC or BWF tournament must now go through the “International Tournament Entries Service” which is now active on their personal profile at https://badmintonwales.sport80.com
Website Club Locator
In March we will be activating the Sport:80 club locator which will be linked to our site. This will make it easier for players to find your clubs and contact you to join. Your club admin needs to log in the system and update the details in the “Locator Preferences” section of the “Organisation Affiliation” section.
CYSRADLAETHAE | COMPETITIONS
Masters National Championships
Venue: Sport Wales National Centre
Date: Saturday 4th May 2024
All event information will be on the Sportity App- Password: Nationals
Entries will be opening in the coming weeks
If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact: bethan.chamberlain-carter@badminton.wales
Deganwy Juniors
The North Wales Junior Series will take place March 23rd and 24th
The competition calendar and entry details are available here.
BADMINTON DIOGEL | SAFER BADMINTON
Badminton Wales is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults and in turn is committed to achieving the safeguarding standards set by Sport Wales and the NSPCC Child Protection in Sport Unit.
Our Badminton Wales Lead officers are Genevieve Tyler (genevieve.tyler@badminton.wales) and Dave Bendle (dave.bendle@badminton.wales).
You can find all the Badminton Wales safeguarding resources and details on how to report any safeguarding concerns you have here.
We all want children and young people to enjoy taking part in sport – and parents play a key role in that.
Safeguarding & Protecting Children Workshop 18+
Wednesday, 20 March
Safeguarding & Protecting Children on-line workshop for any coach or volunteer based in Wales
Book a free place now
Child protection in sport and physical activity training
Required by all coaches and safeguarding officers in Wales
Stem4 free training – Digital literacy and mental health
Mind Self-care library – linked and attached
Talk Club – men’s mental health
Big Moose – Mental health charity with access to counselling
Listen Up, Speak Up – free 10 minute training from NSPCC
PERFFORMIAD | PERFORMANCE
The U13 Celtic Challenge team travelled to Dublin from the 23-25th Feb to compete with the best players in Leinster, Ulster and Lothian. For the first time in a long time the Welsh team was represented by 6 players from the South and West and 6 players from the North. While we weren’t able to register any team wins we had a very young team which augurs well for the future. A huge thank you o all the parents for their support and especially Sharon Kite and Josh Hart who looked after them so well.
UKAD
Tramadol is prohibited in-competition as of 1 January 2024. Get ready for the change. A summary of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s 2024 Prohibited List is available here
HYFFORDDI | COACHING
Expression of Interest
As the number of BWF Level 1 coaches increase, Badminton Wales are keen to host a BWF Level 2. We are looking for an expression of interest on whether we should host this detailed course.
For your information, the BWF Level 2 is only available to BWF Level 1 Qualified coaches. (As yet there is no transfer between UKCC 2/3 or equivalent). The course is run over 2 weekends starting Friday evening finishing Sunday. The cost of the course will be £650 pp (for BW Members) which can be applied for via the Be Active Wales fund.
Anyone who feels they may be interested in attending please can you e mail donal.ohalloran@badminton.wales and register your interest? The course will not get booked unless we have a minimum of 10 candidates.
CYLLID | FUNDING
The Be Active Wales Fund closes for this financial year on 31st Jan 2024, applications after this date will be processed in April.
Badminton Wales clubs have already successfully used these to buy 12 months of shuttles, coaching course places and court fees for new projects. Please see the Sport Wales Be Active Fund website for more details.
We can support your application, contact enquiries@badminton.wales to find out what your club or organisation can make a funding application for.
DISGOWNT AELODAU | MEMBER DISCOUNT
YC Sports
Individual members can use the code BW23 on the YC Sports websiteto get discounts on purchases made online.
Affiliated clubs can get discounted Yonex shuttles by setting up an account on the YC Sports website and contacting dave.bendle@badminton.walesto activate the discount.
