Membership

Badminton England Membership Fee (2025-26)

• Members can either pay membership directly to Badminton England or ask the club to join/renew on their behalf.

• There is a discount available if the auto-renew option is enabled, but members have to set this up themselves.

• Please refer to the Badminton England Membership page for further information.

Club Membership Fee (2025-26)

• The club membership fee does not include Badminton England membership.

• Adult membership is  £175 for the season.

• Junior, Student or Concessionary membership is £87.50 for the season.

• Shared member, where a couple join and only one attends each week is £180 for the season.

• The club member fee can be paid either in full at the start of the season or in two halves, half at the start of the season and half at the end of January.

• We currently do not support a pay-as-you-go membership for the season.

• Members joining part way through the season will receive a discount, prorated based on the month in which they join.

Membership

• The membership fee covers: 

  • Club night court hire and shuttles throughout the season, i.e. beginning of September to the end of June.

  • Nottinghamshire Badminton Associate (NottsBA) membership. 

• The membership fee does not cover:

• • Badminton England (BE) membership.

  • Summer Club court hire and shuttle costs, i.e., during July and August.

  • Court hire and shuttles for league matches, there is a separate match fee to cover these costs.

Club Nights

• Club nights will be held at the The Nottingham Emmanuel School,  West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, NG2 7YF, England on Thursday from 7-9:30pm unless otherwise informed.

• Visitors are welcome to come along to our club nights, please refer to the Visitors page.

• A pegboard system will be in use during club nights, as follows:

  • The pegs of members not at a club night will be placed on the bottom row of the pegboard. 

  • When arriving at club night a member will find their peg and place it to the right of all other active players (for that night) on the middle row of the pegboard.

  • The person at the left of the the middle row will choose the next game, selecting 4 players from the 6 left most players.

  • The pegs for the 4 selected players will be moved to the top row and grouped together, all other players on the middle row are shifted to the left.

  • When a game ends, the pegs from the 4 players will be moved back to the middle row - to the right of all other active players and with the losing pair furthest to the right.

• Match Secretaries may arrange match practice for one or more teams during a club night, and occupy one or more courts during a session.

Coaching Sessions

• Ad-hoc coaching sessions may be arranged on club nights during the season.

• Participation in coaching sessions is optional for club members.

Communications

• The club will use a WhatsApp group to communicate updates to club members.