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The success of this style of club teams event highlights that many ACT clubs welcome the atmosphere of such a social, club-versus-club, competition.

Eight clubs (over half of the total number of ACTBA affiliated clubs) put in 28 teams across all four grades, with 126 players participating.  What was particularly pleasing to see was the number of younger children participating; indeed the ACTBA Committee has decided that the next InterClub (tentatively scheduled for early October) will see an ‘E’ Grade (‘E’ for enthusiastic) which will limited to U13s and so enable a much fairer competition for these youngsters.

Great work

This is the first Shuttle Time course offered in Canberra (ACT) this year and we had 10 enthusiastic participants who attended. The majority consisted of badminton players, some having previous coaching experience and badminton training history.

Course Date: 6th February 2021
Course Location: Australian National University Sports Hall

North Road, Acton ACT 2601

The course structure was based on the Shuttle Time Teachers Reduced Course recommendations with the addition of having the attendees divided into two groups, each group presenting two lesson from the Shuttle Time App. The App is easy to use and the participants had no problems demonstrating

The 2020 AGM was held at Kaleen High School on 13 December, with a large number of affiliated clubs represented.  One key outcome was agreement for a paid (on a casual, contract basis), Junior Development Officer/Pathway Manager position that draws together all of the great work being undertaken on junior development/coaching in many ACTBA clubs and schools.  Indeed, on the latter, 15 school PE teachers were trained in ‘Shuttle Time’ over recent weeks to enable even more teachers to coach basic badminton at their schools.

The AGM also approved the nomination of Walter Lim for a Life Member Award for

The ACT Closed was held at Amaroo High School Sports Hall on 21-22 November 2020.  It was changed from the previously postponed ACT Open (due to be played at the AIS in May) to meet COVD-19 safety issues.  It was very well supported with over 140 players across all grades representing 10 of the 14 ACTBA affiliated clubs and was held in a wonderful spirit of ‘competitive friendliness’.

The junior participants in the D Grade were particularly respectful, friendly and honest in their games, ensuring that those players not as advanced were also able to have fun.  Congratulations to all

Following on from the Years 7&8 competition on Monday, 26 October, the Years 9&10 competition was held on Friday, 30 October at the ANU Sports Hall, also in a fun and social atmosphere.  The winning team was Telopea 1 (see photo), with Alfred Deakin 1 the runner-up.  Nine schools sent 12 teams to the event.  Congratulations to all.  See the link below for results.

​https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament?id=ABACADD2-E407-4BBA-9A52-4F00394A433E

Over both days, 22 teams from 11 different schools, comprising over 170 students, participated in the competitions.  This was necessarily lower than those participating in 2019 given limitations on numbers as

The ACT Interschool Year 7-8 Badminton Competition organised by the ACTBA was held on Monday 26 October 2020 at the ANU Sports Centre. Due to the Covid19 limitation, only 10 teams of 8 were able to participate. Congratulations to the Winner: Telopea 1 and the Runner Up: Mount Stromlo. Well done to all.

For more details, please go to https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament?id=9FFE32B1-017E-4339-BC6B-785A1F086133​

In the ACT’s first tournament since the end of the ACT’s COVID-19 lockdown period and relaxation of restrictions on indoor sports activities, the InterClub Teams Challenge held on Saturday, 26 September was the best ever.  Notwithstanding the unusually cold day for this time of year (with snow on the Brindabella Mountain Range), 133 players from 11 clubs (out of 13 active ACTBA clubs in the ACT) formed 30 teams across four grades (Open, B, C & D) to play a round-robin event in a wonderful spirit of friendship and camaraderie.  It clearly showed that badminton in the ACT remains strong