Badminton
Local contact
Rachel Frobisher
Regional Officer Durham, Tees Valley and South Tyne and Wear
BADMINTON England
Tel: 07827 350 401
Email: rachelfrobisher@badmintonengland.co.uk
Rachel Frobisher is the regional officer for Badminton England. Rachel's remit spans across County Durham, South Tyne and Wear and Tees Valley.
Durham City Community Badminton Network
Durham City Community Badminton Network (CBN) provides a way of linking up all of the badminton activity that takes place in Durham City. The network is made up of a mixture of professional partners and volunteers, with the idea being that by working together we can get more people playing badminton in Durham City and provide a place for anyone of any age and ability to play. The aim for Network is eventually to be the "come to place" for anyone wanting to play badminton, or organise badminton.
Click here to find out more
National contact
Website: www.badmintonengland.co.uk
Find a club
To find a badminton club near you, use the North East Club Finder or BADMINTON England's Club Finder: http://clubfinder.badmintonengland.co.uk/be/index.cfm/club-finder/
Alternatively to find any badminton activity taking place near you head to Play Badminton: http://www.playbadminton.co.uk/
Find a course
To find badminton courses in the region, please seach on North East Course Finder or also see the BADMINTON England website: http://www.badmintonengland.co.uk/text.asp?section=1050§ionTitle=Find+a+Course
Olympic sport
Badminton will feature in the London 2012 Olympics. For further details please visit www.london2012.com/games/olympic-sports/index.php
Whole Sport Plan
Sport England funds national governing bodies to deliver their three outcomes - grow, sustain and excel and provides additional support to help them achieve this. Each sport has developed a Whole Sport Plan that explains how it plans to achieve these targets. This summary also helps partners identify possible opportunities to work together.
Click here to view the Badminton Whole Sport Plan
Sport factsheets
In June 2008, Sport England published sport factsheets which highlight detailed results from Active People Survey 4 for each of Sport England's NGB 09-13 funded sports and include demographic breakdowns, regional breakdowns and frequency of participation data, providing insight into the profile of sports participants.
Click here to see the Badminton Sport Factsheet 2009-2010
General information
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Badminton Serving Yorkshire & the North East outlines the regional impact of Badminton England's plans for 2009-2013. It sets out the aims and plans for Badminton England within Yorkshire & the North East - for the development, results and standards, and for the contribution to the quality of life of Yorkshire & the North East.
Read 'Badminton Serving Yorkshire & the North East'
News from Durham City CBN
What has Durham City Community Badminton Network done so far?
- Run a 12 week junior programme for local schools based at Freeman's Quay Leisure Centre
- Durham Doubles Adult Annual Tournament
- Midweek Adult Beginners session
- Change 4 Life Badminton Club at New College and Premier College Application planned
- Durham University:
- Recruited 2 new Higher Education Officers to increase participation
- 2010/2011 saw an increase of 300 people playing badminton at Durham University due to promotion and new programmes supported by Durham City CBN
- Staff Badminton Club promoted and funded
- Coaching Bursary granted to train Coach to deliver Disability Badminton
- Small Grant Application submitted and successfully granted to support a new Junior and Adult Badminton Club in Durham City. The Network has been funded £9911.00 to start up the club, and do extensive Outreach projects in schools and colleges across the City. This new club is called Durham Swifts Badminton Club.
What is next for Durham City Community Badminton Network?
- Promote, Launch and Run Durham Swifts Badminton Club
- Macmillan Cancer Pilot
- Parkinson's UK Project
- Durham Johnson Premier School Application
- New College Premier College Application
- Workplace Badminton Scheme/Weight Management Badminton Scheme
- Sportivate Projects to start
PlayBadminton web portal
PlayBadminton gathers all information about badminton opportunities in one place and offers those seeking badminton activities in England an easy way to search and find out what's going on in their local community or area of interest. Click here for widget and i-frame instructions so you can see what they look like and to see one already embedded, check out www.badmintonengland.co.uk.
You can support the PlayBadminton campaign by doing the following:
- Add the PlayBadminton widget to your websites
- Get Involved with the Facebook campaign and like the site
- Check out our Pete Stokes page on Twitter and re-tweet all his cool badminton tricks.