Introductory Level Badminton Coaching Course

On Saturday 3rd October we hosted the Introductory Level Coaching Course at Boyle Sports Complex facilitated by Badminton Ireland Development Officer, Tommy Hehir, from Galway Lawn Tennis Club.

There were 18 participants in total and the course was very enjoyable and informative, covering many of the basics that most of us never took the time to learn properly before we started playing. Tommy also showed us some fun games and exercises to do ourselves and with beginners which will keep the game exciting, interesting and fresh.

Everyone had a great day particularly with Tommy's fun, patient and relaxed attitude towards coaching which made it a pleasure to take on board his advice and tips.

Thanks very much Tommy and as always thanks to the club "caterers" for the lovely refreshments!

National Badminton Week 23rd Oct to 1st Nov

As part of National Badminton Week, we will hold an open night on Thursday 29th October for adults at Boyle Sports Complex from 9pm - 11pm. This will be a chance for anyone who may like to give badminton a try to come up and meet our members, have a bit of fun on the court and enjoy some light refreshments afterwards.

There will also be a similar session for children aged 8yrs and upwards on Sunday November 1st from 6pm - 7pm. Places will be limited for this session.

Contact us on boylebadminton@gmail.com for any further information.

Loughglynn Badminton Open

This week we welcomed some players from Loughglynn and Ballaghadereen Badminton Clubs who joined us for a few friendly and very enjoyable games.

Loughglynn Badminton Club are holding an Open Competition on Sunday 15th November 2009 which will have categories for Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced players as well as for Junior and Senior players. This will be a great opportunity for all levels of players to get involved in a little friendly fun competition and meet players from different clubs.

For further information or registration forms contact Jim Fahey at loughglynnbadmintonclub@gmail.com or contact us at boylebadminton@gmail.com and we'll be happy to pass on your interest.

First Night Back!

Our new season opened last night, 7th September, with a great turnout at the complex. It was good to catch up with everyone again after the break and welcome some new prospective members. The courts look great after some of the club were in last week to touch up the lines and we had some great games.

We finished up with a cuppa and a chat about the season ahead. It's great to be back!

New Season to Commence...

The Club will resume play on Monday 7th September at 9.30pm in Boyle Sports Complex. Club nights will remain Mondays from 9.30pm - 11.30pm and Thursdays from 9pm to 11pm.

New members will be very welcome and we're hoping to be able to offer some coaching to anyone who would like to learn the basics or refreshers for those who haven't taken up their racquets for some time!

Looking forward to seeing all the familiar faces and hopefully some new ones too!

Boyle Summer Show - Sunday 30th August

Boyle Badminton Club is participating in the parade in the Boyle Summer Show on Sunday 30th August and it would be great to have the support and attendance of as many members and interested parties as possible.

We will meet at 1.30pm at the Family Life Centre on the day and if you have a club shirt please wear it otherwise a plain white polo shirt will be grand!

We look forward to seeing you there, lets show everyone what a great club we are all a part of!

Anyone got old badminton pics?

We're trying to put together a bit of a photographic archive of Boyle Badminton Club over the past few years, we have plenty of current pictures but hardly any going back over the years so if anyone has any photographs we could get a copy of please contact us by email on boylebadminton@gmail.com.

Thank you!