About Us

We play on Wednesday evenings all year round from 7:30pm to 10pm. We do lose the occasional evening if Christmas or New Year fall around a Wednesday or if the college are using the hall (this is very rare).

We can be found at the Wellington Health and Fitness Club which is in the grounds of Wellington College. There are shower facilities and a great sports bar where we tend to socialise after club night. The badminton is played in an excellent sports hall which houses eight courts – we normally have at least four courts throughout the season for club use. If there is a home match, this is played across two courts (but the club night players will still have four courts).
 

Our intermediate level assumes you have previous experience playing badminton in a club or league environment and have a good foundation of both technical ability and tactical knowledge of the game. But don’t worry: if you are unsure of your level or haven’t played in a while, we would still encourage you to come along and try us out and we can see if we are the right club for each other.

Unfortunately we do not accept beginners.
 

Members pay monthly, which covers courts, shuttles and affiliation to the local leagues and Badminton England. We currently charge an additional £4 for each home and away match you play in a league.

We try to keep things relatively informal, but as you would expect, we have a committee, a constitution and a safeguarding policy (as we welcome members who are under 18).

We operate a ‘peg’ system for picking matches during the club night and this provides members with a variety of games throughout the evening.
 

We usually only play doubles, both level and mixed. If you want to play predominantly singles, then we are probably not the club for you. However, if you want to play the odd singles game towards the end of a club night when the courts are less busy, that is fine.
 

We currently use Babolat hybrid shuttles.
 

We know it’s difficult to tell how your standard might fit within a club (and whether you would enjoy playing in the club). For that reason, we normally suggest that you get in contact with us and we will arrange for you to come along for up to three club nights to check how well it works.

We charge a guest fee of £7 for each club night you attend. We have a card machine, so can take payment on the night. If you would like to come along, please get in touch with us via the contact page.