Join Badminton Wales Today – Play, Compete, Save!
Insurance, tournaments, coaching discounts & exclusive perks.
Join the Welsh Badminton Community
Whether you're a player, coach, or club, there's a membership designed for you. As a Badminton Wales member, you'll enjoy:
- Exclusive benefits including public liability insurance and partner discounts
- Access to competitions and leagues
- Development support for players and coaches
- The chance to be part of a vibrant, growing badminton community
Find the membership that suits you and become part of our journey today!
Supporting Welsh Badminton
By joining, you're also helping us reinvest in the sport through projects and initiatives that strengthen badminton across Wales.
Choose Your Membership
Select the package that matches how you play or coach across Wales.
Competitive
- ✓ Full insurance
- ✓ Physio cover
- ✓ Tournaments & leagues access (Badminton Wales & Badminton England)
- ✓ Performance pathway eligibility
- ✓ Discounts
Social
- ✓ Insurance for social play
- ✓ Club & community access
- ✓ Discounts on travel & kit
Paid / Professional Coach
- ✓ Coaching insurance
- ✓ CPD & resources
- ✓ Eligible to coach in clubs/events
- ✓ Discounts & official recognition
Club Affiliation
- ✓ Sport & Recreation Liability Insurance
- ✓ Access to sanctioned leagues across Wales
- ✓ 10 free tickets to Badminton Europe Welsh Int.
- ✓ Clwb Mark tiered club development
- ✓ Full Welsh Sports Association (WSA) benefits
🏛️ Club Affiliation Guide (£30 / Season)
Comprehensive overview of Badminton Wales support and affiliated club responsibilities.
BW Membership Benefits & Support
- Sport and Recreation Liability Insurance: Protection for your club operations.
- 10 free tickets: Free spectator passes to the Badminton Europe Welsh International.
- Clwb Mark: Tiered affiliation rewarding clubs supporting the Welsh badminton community.
- Sanctioned League Access: Official eligibility to enter leagues across Wales.
- Regional Support: Development guidance from Regional Community Managers.
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Club Setup Toolkit:
- Advice on club bank accounts
- Grant & funding applications
- GDPR compliance
- Risk assessments
- Safeguarding advice & officer support
- Session plans & drills
- Welsh Sports Association (WSA) Membership: Full access to WSA member benefits, including finance & governance consultants, online templates, legal, and fundraising resources.
Competitive Club Responsibilities
- AGM & Voting Rights: Provide a club representative to support the AGM and exercise voting rights on governance changes.
- Player Affiliation: Ensure every club member is affiliated with Badminton Wales and holds an active Individual Membership.
- Complaint Management: Handle internal club matters and escalate formal concerns to Badminton Wales as required.
- Clwb Mark Progression:
- Standard (for senior clubs)
- Bronze (all Junior clubs must meet bronze criteria on affiliation)
- Silver & Gold tiers
- Event Support: Actively promote and support Badminton Wales events.
- Welfare Officer: Maintain a designated, named Safeguarding Officer.
- Community Engagement: Regular liaison with BW Regional Community Managers.
- Safe Sport: Promote badminton as an inclusive, safe sport utilizing provided welfare resources.
- Social Media: Support the sport by sharing and promoting Badminton Wales updates.
Insurance at a Glance
An easy guide to what is covered, what is not, and why all players should be insured members.
1 Personal Accident
What it is: Cover for Badminton Wales members if they are injured during recognised badminton activity.
Who is covered:
- Senior players and coaches who are fully paid members, up to age 85
- Junior players who are fully paid members, up to age 19
When it applies:
- Playing & Practising
- Coaching or training
- Travel to and from recognised activity in the UK
2 Public Liability
What it is: Cover for the club or league if they are legally liable.
What it does not do:
- It does not cover an uninsured player personally
- It does not give an uninsured player liability cover of their own
If an uninsured player injures someone:
- The uninsured player has no liability cover of their own
- The club's policy would only respond if the club was negligent
What if a club knowingly allows an uninsured player to play?
This creates a serious risk. The insurer may argue the club failed to take reasonable precautions or deliberately ignored the risk:
- A deliberate breach of league or governing body rules
- A failure to take reasonable precautions
- An increased risk the club allowed to exist
This could give the insurer grounds to decline a liability claim.
What clubs should do (Guidance summary for clubs & leagues)
- Make sure all players are insured members
- Do not allow uninsured players to take part in league or club activity
- Follow governing body and league requirements at all times
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about joining, viewing, renewing, and upgrading your Badminton Wales membership.
Membership provides access to a wide range of benefits, including:
- Comprehensive insurance coverage for training and competitions.
- Eligibility to participate in sanctioned events and leagues.
- Access to coaching resources, development programs, and official rankings.
- Support for the growth and promotion of badminton in Wales.
All members receive:
- Public Liability Insurance: Protects you if you accidentally cause injury or damage during badminton activities.
- Personal Accident Cover: Provides financial support for injuries sustained while playing or officiating.
- Coverage applies to training, all affiliated club matches within sanctioned leagues and official events under Badminton Wales.
- Individual Player Membership: For recreational and competitive players.
- Coach Membership: Includes additional insurance for coaching activities.
- Club Affiliation: Provides benefits for clubs, including insurance and governance support.
You can register online via the Badminton Wales membership portal:
- Choose the appropriate membership type (Player, Coach, Club, etc.).
- Complete the registration form and payment.
- Receive confirmation and your membership number for event entry.
To build a Safer Sport, we need to ensure that junior players are registered by their parent or guardian. Follow these steps to register a junior:
- Create a parent/guardian profile for the adult.
- Select My Athletes.
- Select Add new athlete and enter the player's details.
- Select their profile and add a new Individual Membership.
Memberships are attached to individual profiles, so in order to see your membership make sure you have access to the relevant profile. To view your membership, follow these steps:
- Login to your membership portal account.
- Click your profile card to maximise your profile.
- On your profile menu click Memberships.
- You will now be able to view your membership.
To add a membership:
- Login
- Click Add on your profile card
- Follow the on-screen prompts to select your membership type and then complete the form
- Once your membership has been paid you will go into Current status (if you meet all the relevant requirements)
If the 'Add' button does not appear on your profile card:
- Click your profile card to maximise your profile
- On your profile menu click Memberships
- Click + Add Membership
- Follow the on-screen prompts to select your membership type and then complete the form
- Once your membership has been paid you will go into Current status (if you meet all the relevant requirements)
To renew your membership:
- Login
- Click Renew on your profile card
- Follow the on-screen prompts to complete your ‘Membership Renewal Details’
- Once your membership has been paid you will go into Current status (if you meet all the relevant requirements otherwise this will go into an Action Required status)
If the 'Renew' button does not appear on your profile card:
- Click your profile card to maximise your profile
- On your profile menu click Memberships
- Click either the Current or Lapsed status button
- Follow the on-screen prompts to complete your ‘Membership Renewal Details’
- Once your membership has been paid you will go into Current status (if you meet all the relevant requirements otherwise this will go into an Action Required status)
Memberships will usually have a renewal window of 30 days and this will mean that you can pay for your membership 30 days prior to your membership lapsing.
Sent via email to the primary contact of the member (if enabled by the NGB):
- 30 days prior to expiration
- 7 days prior to expiration
- 1 day prior to expiration
If you have not renewed your membership you will also receive reminders:
- 1 day after expiration
- 30 days after expiration
- 60 days after expiration
- 90 days after expiration
Where memberships can be changed or upgraded a Change Membership Type button will be available within the platform.
- Login
- Click your profile card to maximise your profile
- On your profile menu click Memberships
- Your membership will be displayed, click the three dots (•••) under ‘Actions’
- Click Edit and at the bottom of the form click Change Membership Type
- Change the membership type and then either click Save or click Checkout (you may need to make a payment for upgrades/changes)
Club affiliation offers:
- Insurance for club activities.
- Access to development programs, grants, and resources.
- Inclusion in the official Badminton Wales network, increasing visibility.
- Support with safeguarding, governance, and compliance.
A Competitive membership is required for participation in Badminton Wales sanctioned tournaments and for your results to count towards official rankings.
Adult competitive memberships run from 1st September to 31st August. All other memberships run for 12 months from the date of registration. Renewal reminders will be sent before expiry.
Refunds are generally not offered once membership is active, except in exceptional circumstances.
Members can purchase membership protection for a small fee on Sport 80.
If you do not wish to auto-renew, please log into your Sport 80 profile and deactivate your pre-agreed payment.