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Players and family will be holding a badminton-thon overnight in the Cockburn Centre Glasgow to raise funds for the club programme from 2030 on Friday 28th January through to 1300 Saturday 29th January. All players are welcome. We would also welcome any donations, however small or large, to help us continue deliver our coaching programmes. Our Club is operated entirely by volunteers and every penny raised is spent on the players.

There are some Saturdays between now and next March when we will have to find another location. Please see the Diary page for details.

To rercognise the time and commitment our coaches give to keeping ShuttleWorks operating, could you consider taking the time to nominate our coaches, (Amanda Currie, Phil McBride, Graeme Smith and David Stewart) for the BBC Unsung Hero Award. The winner will be announced in the BBC Sport Personailty of the Year programme on Sunday 19 December. The BBC are looking for an individual who, on a voluntary basis, makes a real difference to sport within their area. This person will give their time and talents to enable others to participate in sport. This may be in helping an individual, team or teams at any level.

The covering letter from the Convenor, Gillian Allan, is here (PDF) and their are five entry forms in the download file.

During the summer fees have been increased at the Cockburn Centre where Adult And Junior memberships have been replaced by one standard fee and the Court Charges have been increased to £8.50 per hour. Our Badminton Scotland Affiliation Fee has also increased. However, we have decided we can retain last season’s membership fee of £20 and weekly subscription of £3 (general members) and £4 (intermediate/advanced). This has not been an easy decision, given the Coaches provide their time on a voluntary basis.

The dates for the competitions from now until March 2010 have now been set. The covering letter from the Convenor, Gillian Allan, is here (PDF) and their are five entry forms in the download file.

That time of year has come around again to have a wee laugh and this year we have agreed to have a session with a Secret Santa Theme. The 12th December is our last session before Christmas and to celebrate the festivities we’ve come up with an idea, for everyone to bring along a wrapped gift worth £5 (the girls bring a gift for girls and the boys for boys). Players can get dressed up as elves, Santa and basically anything festive. The session will be free to paid-up members. Parents and guardians are more than welcome to join in on the fun games (this means especially the warm-ups!). Please let us know if you will be attending on Saturday 12th November (the last hour will be for people to catch-up and have a game) just to give us an idea of numbers. We hope to have refreshments available.

We start the new session on 29 August at the Cockburn Centre, 1000-1200 as usual. The location for later weeks will be confirmed as soon as we know.

We want you to design the T-Shirt for the Club. Yes, you! The guide for entries is here. Entries must be no larger than A4, use no more than 3 colours and must include the words ShuttleWorks Cockburn Juniors. Your entry can be emailed or handed into the Coaches by 13 June and the winner will be announced on the 27th June 2009.

Well done Dougie who has managed to book our Saturday morning sessions at the Cockburn Centre every week until 31 July. See you all there!

So far this season we have now had two very successful singles tournaments (26 October and 7 December). November saw our yearly team event at the Kelvin Hall and this time we had 80 juniors involved – a fantastic day’s badminton was had by all. So far this year we have had 104 kids taking part in the three events. Then on 1 February this year we had the Doubles Event.

Still to come is:

• 8 March 2009 - Singles Event 3. The entry form is here as a PDF.

The coaches and the committee would like to thank everyone who participated and helped on the Family Tournament, especially our glamorous mums in the kitchen. As you may know we raised £350 and the Teenage Cancer Trust have been informed of the Club's effort and we hope to arrange for a photo shoot shortly. If any parent/guardian would not wish their child or ward to be included in the photo shoot, please email me asap. Dates for this will be issued shortly.

A big thanks to the individuals who had contributed to the Tombola by buying tickets and donating the gifts. We were surprised at the very generous nature of some of the prizes and perhaps we'll need to increase the ticket prices next time!

The AGM is to be held on 31 January at the Cockburn Centre during the competition:

• Attendance registration
• Chairpersons comments
• Treasurers Report
• Coaches update
• Current committee stand down
• Nominations and election of new committee
• Date and time of next AGM

The Family Tournament being organised by Amanda Currie will also take place on 31 January between 0930 to 1330. All the proceeds from the event will go to the Teenage Cancer Trust. If you have unwanted presents from Christmas bring them along and we’ll add them to the raffle prizes. If any parents are good at baking or arty crafty stuff please bring along anything you’d like to donate.You can email us if you want an entry form.

Following the meeting on Saturday 20 September we have several volunteers willing to serve on the committee and also to help out in other ways. We now have to formalise this with and AGM and we will set a date as soon as possible. A formal agenda will be circulated for the meeting. If there are any other parents willing to help out please make yourselves known to us on a Saturday.

Several ideas have already been discussed including:

• Healthy options tuck shop
• Tea/Coffee facilities for parents on a Staurday morning
• Club members award scheme
• Fund raising events

We will keep you up to date with regular newsletters and on the website as these initiatives progress. Remember this is your club so if you have any ideas or comments please let us know.

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