Jesmond Dene Badminton Club meets twice per week, on Monday and Thursday evenings from 7.30pm to 10pm. Visitors, potential new members and junior members who play to club standard are welcome. Please contact either the Club Secretary or Match Secretary for further details (see Contacts). The club can be busy on home match nights and we may have to refuse visitors on these nights due to limted court time (see Fixtures).
The fee for visitors is only £5 per session, you are welcome to come along and try the club as a visitor a few times before deciding if you want to join. We do maintain a minimum standard and unfortunately this means we cannot accommodate beginners or near beginners. Improving players or those who have had a break from the game, as well as more experienced players, are certainly very welcome to come along to the club and give us a try. After three sessions as a visitor we will invite you to join the club if our membership committee is satisfied that your level of play is compatible with the existing club membership. If you decide to join, fees are currently £110 for the season - this covers everything, we do not charge a session fee over and above this if you join the club. If you join the club late on in the season we will reduce the fees accordingly.
We play at Central Newcastle High School in Brandling Village, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne. We play at the school's sports hall which is located behind Clayton Park Square, near to the Collingwood Pub (map). To find us, turn onto Clayton Park Square by the Londis shop on Clayton Road. Continue straight on down the small lane past the Wine Glass off-licence and Brandling Bar. The sports hall is ahead of you, to the left, in a modern brick built building that also contains the school's music and drama facilities. The entrance to the sports hall is on the corner of the building nearest to the Collingwood - you will need an access code to get in, so please contact us before you visit the club. We have four badminton courts (see Gallery), changing facilities and toilets. There is street parking in the evenings around the hall and on and around Clayton Road. The pub car park is for customers only. The venue is walking distance from Jesmond Metro Station or bus stops on the Great North Road.
The club has been established for over 20 years and is affiliated to Badminton England through the Northumberland County Badminton Association. We play with feather shuttles and have two mixed, one ladies' and two men's teams playing in the Northumberland Badminton League (see Fixtures). We currently have around 40 members.
The main badminton club season runs from September until Easter. After the main season ends at Easter, we may run a summer club to which anyone is welcome to come along and play. If the summer club runs it will be for one night per week, and we will charge a small fee on the night. See Announcements or Contacts for more details if a summer club is operating.