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This site acts as a shop-window for Hadley Badminton
Club and the Barnet & Disrict Badminton League but also provides help
for anyone looking to play badminton in North London. This information is
biassed towards the match-playing clubs around Barnet and Enfield because
that is where I am involved, but I will try to add in mentions of other clubs,
courts for hire, if asked.
There are sections on :
Hadley Badminton Club which will play club-nights
on Thursday nights (2008-9 winter season) on hired courts in Southgate,
and plays summer-club and matches at Enfield Drill Hall.
Barnet & District Badminton League which
organises a competitive structure for teams of 6 players (3 men, 3 women),
playing doubles (level and mixed). The BDBL section also includes brief
details on the clubs.
Enfield Badminton League (The Barnet and Enfield
leagues work in cooperation)
Non-League Badminton Please give me something
to put in here.
Badminton Courts to Book
Useful Badminton Links
Hadley Badminton Club
General
The club plays club-nights at 2 locations according
to season. Ashmole Sports Centre, Cecil Road (off Arlington Road), Southgate,
London N14 5RJ on Thursdays from 8-10pm.
The location on Google maps from this post code is not totally accurate. The entrance and car-park
is at the end of
Cecil Road on the far side of Arlington Road (away from Osidge Lane). The sports centre is right
at the far end of the whole Ashmole complex - walk down on the left hand side to get there.
The club welcomes new players of match-playing standard, or close to it.
Unfortunately we cannot take on beginners. A junior section was running at Dame Alice Owens
School, Potters Bar but numbers made it uneconomic to continue in this
large venue. Who knows when we may restart it ? Check out these sites for details
of other junior clubs: Unfortunately, no coaching is available at Hadley at present. The club runs 5 or 6 teams in the local leagues
(Barnet,Enfield,Middlesex,Hertfordshire). Home matches are at Enfield Drill Hall on Tuesdays
at 7.15pm during the winter season.
Winter season : Ashmole Sports Centre, Southgate, London N14 on Thursdays from 8-10pm.
This is roughly from September to end of March. The club has 3 courts.
Summer Season : Enfield Drill Hall, Tuesday, 7.00pm(ish) - 11pm(ish).
This runs from April to August on 2 courts. During the winter these courts are used for matches.
Finding the Halls
See Ashmole
Enfield Drill Hall (EN2 6PJ) is on Old Park Avenue, Enfield, near the junction with
Windmill Hill.
Street map : Drill
Hall Membership
We have no women this season, hopefully for no reason
other than numbers had steadily declined to below the critical level to provide ladies' doubles. I would
hope we can reestablish a nucleus at summer club, after Easter. Please email me if you are interested.
We usually go for a drink after the club session and all are welcome to
join us. Junior Badminton
Middlesex Junior Badminton 1
Middlesex Academy
Some of them are engaging in league matches. Coaching
Steve Willis (Hadley's
former Club Coach) Steve also provides raquet stringing services
John Howley
I believe there are coaching sessions for juniors and ladies at Queen Elizabeth Girls',
Barnet on Thursday evenings.
Teams
Contacts
Please call Gary : 07828 185067 or email as above.
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Barnet & District Badminton League
General
The BDBL is an association of badminton clubs, which are affiliated to
the Badminton Association of England and the Middlesex County Badminton Association
(or Hertfordshire). Its main purpose is to organise a competitive league
for teams. The league comprises 4 divisions of about 5 or 6 teams, which
play each other home and away during the badminton season (late September
to end March). Each match involves 3 men and 3 women from each team. Each
person plays 3 rubbers (normally the best of 3 sets) of doubles, each with
a different partner,2 men's/ladies' doubles and 1 mixed doubles.
Applications to join from new clubs/teams would be welcome, and are needed
to reverse the decline over the last few years.
Current League Table
Some Club Details
Details are also available from some of the links further down.
Background for anyone unfamiliar with English league/club badminton
All organisation at club level is based on the scarcity of court-time,
which is still usually the case even now. Sports halls are not built on the
scale I have seen abroad. The home team organises the hall/court(s), shuttles,
refreshments etc. for a match. The hall is typically either a church-hall
providing a single court, or a sports hall with 2 courts in use for the match.
5 or 6 hours court-time is needed to complete a match under B&BDL rules.
Matches normally start at 7pm or later on weekdays, or at any reasonable time
at weekends. In the B&DBL, either team can cut the match short if it
lasts a long time, but as these are probably the best, hard-fought matches,
your team may be split over carrying on or geting home at a civilised hour.
Geographic Spread
Most teams play in the Barnet/Enfield area, but teams from Swiss Cottage, Bushey, Waltham Cross and Tottenham do play or have played.
Enfield Badminton League
The Enfield Badminton League and the Barnet & Distrcit
Badminton League cooperate to provide complementary competions, while both
cover an area including both Barnet and Enfield. The E.B.L. runs leagues for
traditional mixed 6's, men's 4's ladies' 4's and a hybrid 4. A copy of their
handbook can be obtained from Simon Gouldstone (see the L.B. Enfield link
below). Here is a list of the clubs, the location of their club night, and
a pointer to a suitable contact list. Some Club
Details
Also see Links below.
Non-League Badminton Around Barnet and Enfield
If
anyone wishes to publicise their club or regular session which welcomes visitors,
then please send me some details. It could well take some weeks to get onto
the site. There are a couple of clubs listed on each of the L.B. Enfield
site and L.B. Barnet sites.
Nomads, Speedwell, etc. Where are you ?
Badminton Courts Around Barnet and Enfield
Courts can be booked on a casual basis at the following
Sports Centres :
Ashmole Centre, Burleigh Gardens, Southgate, N14 : 8368-4984
Burnt Oak Leisure Centre : 8201-0982
Compton Centre, Summers Lane, North Finchley, N12 : 8361-8658
Queen Elizabeth Centre, Meadway, High Barnet, EN5 : 8441-2933
Hendon Youth Sports Centre, Marble Drive NW2 : 8455-0818
Southbury Leisure Centre : ??? Can anyone tell me about this ?
The following sports halls are all managed by Enfield Council Sports Customer
Services Team, Tel 020 8379 3769 ???
:: Enfield College, Hertford Road
:: Chace Community School, Churchbury Lane, Enfield. EN1
:: Winchmore Secondary School, Highfield Road, Winchmore Hill, N21
:: Aylward Secondary School, Silver Street side entrance, Edmonton.N18
Enfield Drill Hall ; The following was provided by Alan R Hayes, Director, Drill Hall sports club, (enfield)
Ltd
Courts may be booked by clubs/
individuals, by the hour or 4 hour booking for club nights/ matches. Availability
over weekends, weekend nights limited . Hall is used by Enfield and Barnet
league clubs, there are also two junior clubs represented , they play on
Thursday/Saturdays. Most clubs welcome visitors who may wish to try their
hand. Further information (on Drill Hall bookings)can be found by either
ringing 0208-367-7770, mainly answerphone, or by e:mail at
drillhall@btconnect.com (no website
at present. meeting room also available for club agm's etc at reasonable
rates. Booking secretary Jenny Hayes )
Any managers of halls which would welcome either casual or block bookings are welcome to give me details to add in here.
Links to a few useful badminton-related sites :
Some good enthusiast's sites :
World Badminton
Badders.com UK biassed
Badminton
Central World coverage
BadZone
Official Sites for the county associations round London
Note that badminton's national structure is arranged by county. Central,
North and West London are covered by Middlesex, East London postal codes
North of the river by Essex, and South of the river by Surrey and Kent.
Middlesex County B.A.
Herts County B.A.
Essex County B.A.
Surrey County B.A.
Select Contacts or Links for club info
Kent County B.A.
Badminton England
Badminton information on Barnet and Enfield Borough sites
Courts for hire in Enfield : You're on your own, pal."Racket sports" are available at some leisure centres ?
See http://www.enfield.gov.uk/456/index456.htm
London Borough of Barnet : Barnet
Online The London Borough of Barnet's site provides some information on
the borough's own facilities and a PDF file with details of a few clubs.
Directories which may provide local information
Barnet4u I rather like this Barnet
directory
Just local history etc.
Middlesex Federation
Capital County
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