 After some consideration we have decided to change the entry requirements for the BWF Level 1 coaching course starting on the 28th of November. There are no prerequisites for the course now; however, if you currently hold a coaching qualification such as BWF Shuttletime that will be of advantage to you in the application process and during in the coaching course. Applications close on the 19th of November and then successful applicants will be contacted. Please email applications to Stuart Rowlands: SRowlands@stpeters.sa.edu.au Please CC in Development Officer, Callum Dunk, in your application to Stuart: sabaparticipation@gmail.com Please use the form attached below 
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 Badminton South Australia is wanting to host a Shuttletime course before the end of the year. Please complete the survey in the link provided to express your interest: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JCJXMSD
 Badminton South Australia is pleased to announce a BWF Level 1 coaching course in partnership with Badminton Oceanica. The course will take course over 4 days at St Peter's College (55 Hackney Road, St Peter’s 5069). The course will begin at 8:00am on Saturday the 28th of November and conclude on the 24th of January at 6:00pm. Days and times you would be required to attend are:
The course will be conducted by Stuart Rowlands from Badminton Australia. There is no cost for this coaching course; however, if you register for the course and do not attend all four days you will be charged $150.00 (regardless of your pass or fail status). Attendance at all four days of the course is a mandatory requirement. To register for the course, you will be required to have a current BWF Shuttletime certificate. You will also be required to have current coach registration with Badminton Australia. A successful application is required in order to gain entry into the course, please showcase your badminton coaching background within your application. *Please note there may be changes regarding entry requirements, if so further announcements will be made on the website and social media pages. Please fill out the application form below and email it to Stuart Rowlands by Thursday the 19th of November in order to be considered for the course. Stuart can be contacted via his email address: SRowlands@stpeters.sa.edu.au Please CC Development Officer, Callum Dunk, in your email application: sabaparticipation@gmail.com
 Badminton South Australia is excited to announce that Development Officer, Callum Dunk, will be coming to Jamestown. Callum will be working with Jamestown Community School as part of the Sporting Schools program. Whilst in the regional Callum will also visit Port Pirie and work with our club located in Port Pirie. Should be a fantastic week! The trip will begin on the 16th of November.
 Badminton South Australia is excited to announce that Development Officer, Callum Dunk, will be going to the Riverland on the 9th of November. Callum will be working with Our Lady of the River School as part of the Sporting Schools program. Callum will visit a few other schools in the area to promote the participation of Badminton in regional areas of SA.
If you are from the Riverland and would like to get in contact with Callum please contact him via his email address: sabaparticipation@gmail.com  Please be advised that the association has included an under 15's event in the Joy Twining and Joan Jones tournament starting on the 3rd of November. Please note there are strict conditions regarding entry.
The conditions include that the event is limited to players who have not been selected in a state junior team at any age level. Players who have been selected in a state team but have not actually participated in it (for whatever reason) may enter the event. Players who have participated in squad training but have not been selected are eligible to enter. https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament?id=3C2212EC-74F3-4AAC-975A-7EF6E8251A7E  Please be advised the Joan Jones and Joy Twining event will go ahead on the evenings of the 3rd and 4th November and days of the 7th and 8th. The tournament will be spread out more than usual for obvious reasons. All grades are being offered. It is extremely important to read the terms and conditions before entering the tournament. The requests for the tournament to go ahead have been overwhelming, so thank you for all your support, it is fantastic to get competitions back up and running.
The deadline to enter the tournament will be the 1st of November at 11:59pm. No late entries will be accepted. To enter the tournament please use the link provided: https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament?id=3C2212EC-74F3-4AAC-975A-7EF6E8251A7E  The board of Badminton South Australia with its associated clubs is in the process of updating its Strategic Plan for the 2021-2024 period. To ensure that the people who care about badminton in South Australia shape its future, especially club members, we are undertaking a survey to better understand the views, aspirations and satisfaction levels of players and other stakeholders.
This survey, which will take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete, will inform the draft Strategic Plan about which there will be further consultation in the coming months. The survey is open for completion from now until the end of October 2020 when the results will be collated and analysed. Everyone who completes the survey and agrees to join the Badminton South Australia distribution list will go into a draw to win one of four free hours of court hire at WA Satterley Hall. Please click here to complete the survey.  The booking links to our 'October School Holiday Clinics' are now available please use the following link to register:
Come and try badminton session 1 (5 - 7 years) https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/come-and-try-badminton-session-1-5-7-years-tickets-118253014951 Come and try badminton session 2 (8 - 11 years) https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/come-and-try-badminton-session-2-8-11-years-tickets-118253474325 Come and try badminton session 3 (11 - 17 years) https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/come-and-try-badminton-session-3-11-17-years-tickets-118253851453 There is no cost to attend the clinics, please ensure that you book online before. There will be no walk ins on the day. SABA needs to comply with the COVID restricitons.  Badminton South Australia urgently require 3 new board members to join us starting from the 1st of November 2020. We currently have 3 board members and the association requires 4 board members to continue operating as we currently are. The association also requires 1 female to be present on the board at all times. For more information please see the position description attached below: 
 Sporting Schools applications for term 4 has been extended until the 11th of September. If you apply for the Sporting Schools funding please select Badminton as sport of interest so that we can contact you and make a booking. We have lots of coaches who are keen to get involved at the schools before the end of the year.
So far in 2020 we have visited 20 schools through the Sporting Schools funding and we are aiming to reach 30 before the end of the year! Please help us on our mission if you can. If you have any questions about Sporting Schools please contact Development Officer, Callum Dunk, sabaparticipation@gmail.com  The junior tournament scheduled for the 20th September will not proceed at this time. An updated calendar is now available on this post as well as on the website in the 'Players' section.
 Thank you to all of the players who have attended the Junior Development Squad sessions since the middle of July. The program will be continue as it normally is on Monday nights and Saturday afternoons. Monday will continue as normal for the time being, while Saturdays will continue as normal until a Junior Coaching Coordinator is announced to manage and run all junior trainings. Thank you to those who have expressed their interest in coaching.
 Sadly due to a lack of interest we have decided to cancel our Shuttletime course we had planned this week in Mount Gambier.
 The Board of the South Australian Badminton Association invites you to attend our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday the 31st of October at 3:00pm. The AGM will either be held at WA Satterley Hall Lockleys or via Zoom depending on the restrictions due to COVID-19. We will advise the location of the meeting closer to the date of the meeting.
The following three elected Board positions become vacant with retiring members: 1. Simon Oaten normal appointment 2-year term 2. Supattra Hom-On normal appointment 2-year term 3. Vicentiu Todoran normal appointment 2-year term Nominations for the above positions are now called and close at 2.00pm on Friday 2nd October, 2020 addressed to: Secretary Badminton SA email: badmintonsa@bigpond.com Please note that this will include a Volunteers afternoon tea and the presentation of the Ken Hall Volunteers Award (COVID Restrictions Pending)  Just a reminder that the email address for Callum Dunk has changed. The old 'development@badmintonsa.com' email address no longer exists and any emails sent to that address will be bounced back straight away. We understand a few people have tried to email Callum with no success and we apologise for any inconvenience caused from this email address. If you wish to contact Callum please use sabaparticipation@gmail.com
 Badminton SA is delighted to announce that our Development Officer, Callum Dunk, will be heading to Mount Gambier for a regional trip starting on the 31st of August. The main purpose of this regional trip is to work with Suttontown Primary School using the Sporting School funding. Our trip will also include providing free participation clinics at Melaleuca Park Primary, Truro Primary School and Tension Woods Catholic School.
A Shuttletime course will be conducted on Tuesday the 1st of September in the evening, the time and location is still TBC. Callum will meet with the Grant Badminton Club in Mount Gambier to meet the members during their Monday night social session. We are looking at holding a Come N Try event at a local sport centre. Looking forward to getting back out into the country. First regional trip of 2020!  Sporting Schools applications for Term 4 2020 are now open. The applications close at COB on Friday the 28th of August. This is going to be the biggest term in Sporting Schools history with extra funding available to make up for the lost time in term 2 due to COVID-19. If you have any questions regarding Sporting Schools please email Development Officer, Callum Dunk, sabaparticipation@gmail.com
 Badminton SA is pleased to announce a School Holiday Program for the upcoming holiday break. We are delighted to be partnering with the City of Western Torrens Council again after a succesful holiday clinic back in July 2019. More details to come in the next few weeks. Thank you for your patience.
 Badminton SA is calling for expressions of interest for a coach to co-ordinate Badminton SA's junior training/junior coaching. This position will be confirmed in September.
Coach must have the following requirements:
*Please note this is only an expression of interest at this current time.  Badminton SA is excited to announce that Adelaide will host the 2021 Under 15's National Tournament. The tournament will be held from the 25th of September and run until the 2nd of October. This is fantastic news for the assoication in what has been a tough year so far. Make sure you stay tuned to our website and social media pages for more updates about the tournament.
 The newly announced 'Junior Development Squad' starts on Saturday the 18th of July and will continue every Saturday and Monday until the end of August. Players are strongly encouraged to attend both sessions each week to continue development and improve fitness levels.
Players who are attending please bring the following items to each session:
Players who would like to attend please email Callum Dunk (sabaparticipation@gmail.com) and/or Sharon Riggs (badmintonsa@bigpond.com)  Badminton South Australia is pleased to announce a 'Junior Development Squad' for players aged between 12 and 18. Players who may be interested in future state squad selection are strongly encouraged to attend the sessions. This program is designed to develop future talent and make our competitions of a higher standard.
**This development program is completely seperate from our state programs. The first session of the program will take place on Saturday the 18th of July 12:00pm-2:00pm at WA Satterley Hall, Lockleys. The sessions will continue Saturday from the 18th of July and every Monday (5:30pm-7:30pm) until the end of August. The sessions will run for 2 hours each and will cost $10 each. The program will be run by Badminton SA accredited coach (Saket Angrish) and Development Officer (Callum Dunk). Saket will coordinate the skills and technical training while Callum will incoporate a fitness element into the program. In order for the program to go ahead we need a minimum of 16 players to attend each session. To register your interest please email both: -Callum Dunk (Development Officer): sabaparticipation@gmail.com -Sharon Riggs: badmintonsa@bigpond.com SA's own Paul Godden was featured in Badminton Australia's newsletter, The Shuttler, as coach of the month. Paul has had a strong involvement in South Australian Badminton for a long period of time. Paul has previously been a board member of SABA and is currently involved with Sturt Badminton Club. Paul has previously been involved as a coach for our representative state squads. Congrats Paul! If you would like to read 'The Shuttler' please use the following link: https://mailchi.mp/badminton/badmintons-new-national-newsletter-the-shuttler-july-5808669?e=96c003c04a  As of the 6th of July the showers and changerooms will be available to use at WA Satterley Hall Lockleys. The venue will be cleaned on a daily basis in order to comply with COVID restrictions. The kitchen at Lockleys is still not available at the present time.  |
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