Welcometo the web site of Bishops Stortford Badminton Club and Bishops Stortford Junior Badminton Club. Here you’ll find details concerning all aspects of the club and the way it works. We’re always happy to talk to potential new members so please don’t hesitate to contact us if you want to know more. Enjoy your stay with us !! Location:Our home venue is Birchwood Sports Centre which is located in the... Birchwood Highschool, Parsonage Lane, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5BD |
Contact:If you would like to find out some more details of the club please contact either Phil Barton or Carol Brocklehurst who will be pleased to hear from you. Phil Barton(Club Captain & Junior Club Coach) tel: 01279 654464 or email Phil Carol Brocklehurst(Club Secretary) tel: 01279 722363 or email Carol |
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BSBC InformationGeneral:Bishops Stortford Badminton club prides itself on being a friendly club catering for those who want to play their badminton in a competitive but relaxed atmosphere. Our home venue is Birchwood Sports Centre which is located in the Birchwood High School in Bishops Stortford. Our club nights take place on Monday evenings between 8.00p.m. and 10.00p.m. when we have four purpose built courts for the use of club members and invited guests. During the league season we also play on Wednesday evenings at Birchwood Sports Centre where we fulfil our home league matches. We field a large number of mixed, mens and ladies teams across the Hertfordshire County, Hertford Area and Braintree Area leagues making the most of our geographical location and proximity to the M11, A120 and A10 road link. Feather shuttles are our preferred option for club and match use giving a good combination of quality and durability suitable across a wide range of playing standards. |
New Members:We are always pleased to welcome new members to join the main club. Those players who are competitive and wish to improve to league and county standard are invited to contact us if they would like to be our guest at a club night. This gives an opportunity to meet some of our members and to see if you are comfortable with the standard of play. This first visit is £5 for a 2 hour badminton session with the club and you can be invited back up to twice more paying a further guest fee of £5 per night. At any time over these three visits you can of course be offered membership although our rules say that a decision on membership always has to be made by the club or the individual after the third attendance. The current subscription fee is £60 per half season, September to December & January to April inclusive. As a new member your subscription would be pro-rated and any guest fees already paid taken into account. See our rules section for more details of membership options and the fee structure. |
Junior Badminton Club:For further information please see our Junior Club section or contact Phil Barton, the Junior Club Coach. Phil Barton(Club Captain & Junior Club Coach) 01279 654464 or email Phil |
Summer Club:Between May and August we run a summer club which is open to non members of improver standard. This gives us the chance to help less experienced players, and especially juniors, with a view to improving their game sufficiently to make them candidates for membership of the main club. The summer club takes place on Monday evenings between 8.00pm and 10.00pm and the cost is £5 per session. Ring one of our contacts if you want to know more. Enjoy Badminton. No matter what your reason for taking up badminton we at Bishops Stortford Badminton Club believe playing the game should be a fun experience and enjoyment is what it’s all about. We hope the other sections of this site will help reflect this philosophy and, whether a new player or an old hand, we’d like to thank you for taking the time to visit us !! |
Nights we PlayMonday is our Club NightOur club nights run on Monday nights from 8pm til 10pm, this includes every Monday (excluding Bank Holidays) from the Season's start on the first Monday of September through to the last Monday in April the following year. Membership subs covers: all playing time on Mondays, feather shuttles, registration to the Badminton Association of England and associated insurances. |
Home Match NightsOur Match nights run every Wednesday night throughout this season from 8pm to 10pm and sometimes later Junior ClubOur Juniors section is run every Thursday Night from 8pm til 10pm and normally coincides with school term dates. If you would like further details about the junior club please contact our Junior Coach Phil Barton on:01279 654464 or email Phil |
JoiningBishops Stortford Badminton club is currently recruiting league Standard & County Standard players. If you have played before and are competitive, you are welcome to come along and play on a Monday Club night between 8 and 10pm. The price is only £5 to play and you will play badminton against some of our team members. Our normal trial period is 3 weeks (sometimes the 1st week is a clear indication), in this time it gives the committee a chance to see if Bishops Stortford Badminton Club is suited to your standard. If so, you will be invited to join our club. |
Club HistoryThe oldest recordof the Club is the minutes of a "General" meeting on 14th September 1927. This makes the Club at least 75 years old! Not surprisingly, we are unable to trace any current members with memories of those days, when the Club membership was 25 shillings (that's £1.25p). Other gems from those minutes were the agreement to continue to pay 6d (21/2p) for refreshments, and a proposal to invite a "Colonel Duff" to lecture at an early date during the season. No record of this event has been traced to date. Earliest press cuttingis The Cambridge Daily News of Monday, March 3, 1930, which recorded a double victory for G. N. Robarts of Bishop's Stortford Badminton Club in "Granta's second annual tournament", partnering Miss Cockerell in the mixed doubles and A. H. Adnitt in the men's doubles. The General Meeting minutes of 1938are followed by those of 20th September 1946. (the gap presumably due to the Second World War). These minutes record the amalgamation of the Bishop's Stortford BadmintonClub and the Watemore Badminton Club, retaining the BSBC name. Hall availability and shortage of shuttles are cited as reasons. Earliest team photois of the first mixed team in 1968 while in the late 1970's and early 1980's the Club ran up to 16 teams in a season in the Herts. County leagues, the Hertford Area Leagues, the Harlow Leagues and the Bishop's Stortford District Leagues. The Club had around 50 members, reflecting the popularity of Badminton as a participant sport at that time. |
Since 1970the Club has had many "homes", starting at that time at the Burton End (now called the Mountfitchet School) in Stansted, then moving to The Margaret Dane School, The Water Lane Institute, Helena Romanes School Dunmow and Bishopsport, before moving to its current home at Birchwood in 2007. This move to the newly built Birchwood Sports Centre enabled the club to undertake a radical expansion and reorganisation. Teams began to be fielded in the Herts County League and Braintree District League as well as the Hertford Area League improving the standard of play whilst increasing the range of opposition teams across two counties. The junior section, first started in 2002, became formally established as an integral part of the overall club structure. In 2009the club fielded a Ladies team in the South Cambridgeshire League which therefore meant that teams were playing competitively in three County League structures covering four Counties. Other bits of history:The Clubs oldest trophy is the E.M. Barrett Cup. Dating back to the late 1940's, it is named after Elsie Barrett, a long-serving club member of the time, and is presented to the winners of the clubs internal mixed doubles tournament. One of the earliest winners of the trophy was Joe Gunn, who became another long-serving Club member and after whom the men's doubles trophy is named. Joe sadly passed away in 2001. The ladies doubles trophy, the Suzanne Sharpe Shield, is named after yet another long-serving club member of the 1960's and 1970's. In1977 the Club celebrated its (at least) 50th anniversary by holding a tournament open to local clubs, which it ran for many years. Before the advent of Sports halls badminton was played in Church, village and school halls. Low ceilings caused repeated "lets" when the shuttle struck low beams. Matches played at Water Lane Institute regularly finished well after midnight, however one away match played by the Clubs ladies team in the Herts. County league finished at 2.45am. The Clubs men's doubles tournament was once won by a lady. |
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JuniorsBishop's Stortford Junior Badminton Club is the junior section of the main adult club. Affiliated to Badminton England, and run by qualified coaches, there are about 35 members with ages between 12 and 18 and with a mix of boys and girls as well as abilities. Recruitment into the club is based on when there is a gap for a particular age, gender and ability as this helps ensure we maintain the right balance in the club and both experienced players and beginners can develop at the right speed. The emphasis is on enjoying the game, having fun, and developing a love of badminton that will continue into adult life whether playing competitvely or socially. If you would like further details about the junior club please contact our Junior Coach Phil Barton on:01279 654464or email Phil 
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If you would like to join Bishops Stortford Badminton Club....Please contact either Phil or Carol below and arrange a time when you can come to club and play. Phil Barton:(Club Captain & Junior Club Coach) 01279 654464or email Phil Carol Brocklehurst:(Club Secretary) 01279 722363or email Carol |