We are a junior badminton training club established to train students for ages 6 to 18 operating out of the gyms of John Fraser Secondary School on Wednesday nights and Saturdays, Friday at St. Joseph Secondary School. Our badminton season runs from mid of September through April.
Our programs are divided into groups by age and skill level. There is coaching (skills, drills & games) on Friday and Saturday but no coaching on Wednesday Play (games only). Two volunteer parents coordinate these games.
Our club is a volunteer driven non-profit organization in our 56th year of operation with qualified NCCP trained unpaid volunteer coaches therefore volunteering is a condition of membership … parent and or child (i.e. school volunteer hours). Volunteering is very flexible. A few examples … with the Wednesday Play program the time commitment would be 2 hours once every 5 weeks; setting up or scoring at one of our two annual tournaments for a morning or afternoon; assisting the coaches with drills; etc. … your choice.
Our registration for next season begins in late April after pre-registration for our members closes. Details will be posted on our website in News when registration is open to the general public. Registration can be done online and the only preferred method.
We offer instruction/play for 3 different age groups (age as of Dec.31st). They are as follows:
- Bantam … ages 6 yrs. to 9 yrs. (1 parent/guardian is required to be present; this is the volunteer requirement for this group)
- Junior ….. ages 10 yrs. to 13 yrs.
- Senior ….. ages 14 yrs. to 18 yrs.
We offer the following programs:
- Bantam………………….Sat. 9:00am – 11:00am
- Junior……………….……Fri. 6:00pm – 8:00pm | Sat. 10:30am – 12:30pm
- Senior……………………..Fri. 6:00pm – 9:30pm | Sat. 12:30pm – 2:20pm
- Jr. Play…….……………Wed. 6:00pm – 8:00pm (play only; no instruction)
- Sr. Play………………….Wed. 8:00pm – 10:00pm (play only; no instruction)
- High Performance…..Wed. 6:00pm – 10:00pm | Fri. 6:00pm – 9:30pm
Enrolment fees are as follows (we offer a 10% discount to families registering more than one child):
- One Day……………………………………………….…..…….$170.00
- Two Days………………………………………………………..$300.00
- Three Days………………………………………………………$400.00
- High Performance Two Days…..………….……………..$450.00
- High Performance Three Days..………….……….……..$450.00