Welcome to the Evenlode Badminton Club Website !
Evenlode Badminton Club is one of the oldest badminton clubs in
Abingdon and was established nearly 60 years ago.
The club plays on a Monday night at St Helen and St Katherine School, Faringdon
Road in Abingdon. The Club plays social and league badminton during the months
of September to April. We also run a Summer Club from July to August. If you
would like to learn more about us, click on the links on the left hand side.
Andrew Woodmore
Website Administrator
News
03 February 2010 - New Document Added to Document Library
New document "Fixtures List for 2009 - 2010" added to document library.
28 January 2010 - Evenlode BC closed dates for adults and juniors.
Evenlode juniors and adults will be closed on the 1st and 2nd of march due to school exams.
We will run every monday and tuesday until the 27th april.
27 January 2010 - New Document Added to Document Library
New document "Fixtures List for 2009 - 2010" added to document library.
12 January 2010 - 18th and 19th jan juniors,adults and matches all cancelled.
Evenlode junior and adult club will be closed on the 18th and 19th jan.After the recent snowfall the school exams have been delayed,they will now finish on the 20th jan.Tuesdays matches have been postponed
We are sorry about this.
08 January 2010 - New Document Added to Document Library
New document "3 Discipline League tables to December 2009" added to document library.
25 August 2009 - The New Season
The new season starts on Monday 7th September 2009 and runs to the 26th April 2010.
Due to school exams there will be no club nights on 4th and 11th January and the 15th and 22nd February 2010.
Evenlode Junior club starts again on monday 7th 6-30pm to 7-30pm and tuesday 8th 6-30pm to 7-30pm.We have a waiting list for new players at moment,if you are not coming back please let us know.
29 June 2009 - New Document Added to Document Library
New document "Fixtures List for 2009 - 2010" added to document library.
23 July 2008 - Junior Club Members participate in the Vale of the White Horse Oxfordshire Youth Games Badminton Squad
Members of the Evenlode Badminton Junior Club particpated in the Vale of the White Horse 2008 Oxfordshire Youth Games Badminton Squad.
The team finished 3rd out of the five teams and were trained by the club's coaches.
23 April 2007 - Evenlode Badminton Club gain Club Mark.
Following a presentation by Nicki Gilder, Oxfordshire's Badminton Development Officer, Jo Patterson from Vale of White Horse DC and Steve Kemp representing the County Sports Partnership, Evenlode Badminton Club have joined only 2 other badminton clubs in the WHOLE of Oxfordshire to be awarded with Silver Club Clubmark. This accreditation process PROVES the club to be a well run, safe environment, offering development options for Juniors.
The Award was presented to Lee Ackrell who had led the Club through the Accreditation process in front of a good club turnout. Both Nicki and Jo reiterated the importance of knowing that the club had achieved Clubmark when putting it forward as a safe place for parents to let their youngsters go to. The Vale of White Horse DC are always looking for clubs to link holiday programmes into, and Evenlode will now be on the list!. Following a closely supervised programme, the Club Committee members attended workshops in Club Management, Child Protection and First Aid, all adding to the way the club is run. The club coaches also achieved a higher level of Coaches Award, giving their members access to 4 Level 1 coaches and 3 Level 2 coaches, a fantastic achievement by a local club. Steve Kemp has worked closely with the coaches enabling them to access funding to help with the costs involved with attaining the new coaching qualifications.
