Start a club
Badminton clubs are essential to the ecosystem, providing high-quality playing and training opportunities for thousands of players nationwide. This menu page provides information and resources to support your club's growth and development and help you manage your club more efficiently.
Starting a new Badminton club can be a very challenging, but extremely rewarding experience. Before you jump in and plan the intricate details of your upcoming club, you will need to first be sure that your club will be able to run successfully.
Most Badminton Clubs, is simply the place to be. Fun, action packed, energetic and a very good place to network and enjoy socializing and having fun. In most community clubs. If you are a Visitor and don’t have a racket on club activities for nights. Depending on availability, you can be loaned a racket at no extra cost, as long as this is returned in the same condition at time of loan.
We have prepared a checklist of questions to challenge your thought process.
- Search Google and Social Media
- Ask Ghana Badminton
How many potential members are there?
- Ask your friends and family
- Start a Facebook group or ask around on other social media platforms
- Speak to your local newspapers and radio stations
- Talk to your local schools
Do you have a venue?
- Speak to your Local Assembly/Authority
- Speak to your Hotel/Guest House/local schools, colleges and universities
- Speak to your local Community centre
When will your Badminton sessions take place?
- Check the availability of venues in your area
- Ask your potential members what days are best for them
- Check the Ghana Badminton Competition calendar for any clashes
Where will you recruit your coaches and volunteers?
- Check the availability of venues in your area
- Ask your potential members what days are best for them
- Check the Ghana Badminton Competition calendar for any clashes
Have you considered a club committee?
- Think about who are the right people to be involved in a committee
- Consider carefully who will take on the roles of Chair, Secretary and Treasurer
- Will people be happy to volunteer their time towards your club?
What are your costs?
- How much will your facility cost to hire?
- Will you need to pay your coaches?
- Have you purchased equipment?
- Do you know the maintenance costs?
What funding streams are available to support?
- Contact your Local Authority to see if they have funding available
Ready to set up your club?
We do not want price to be a barrier to organizations enjoying badminton and so we’ve teamed up with our equipment suppliers to offer our Badminton at Work customers discounted equipment packages.
To benefit from these great deals, you must meet the following criteria:
- Badminton at Work packages are available for businesses in Ghana and their employees only. Any size business is eligible, however, ‘home offices’ do not constitute a workplace
- Businesses who order a Badminton at Work package must return monitoring and evaluation information when requested by Ghana Badminton
- Your organisation must align with Ghana Badminton’s commitment to equality and diversity, ensuring Badminton opportunities are inclusive and accessible to all.
- Badminton at Work packages are not available to businesses who intend for the court to be used by members of the pubic or paying customers
- The package cannot be purchased to replace old, tired or worn court mats and must create new or enhance existing Badminton provision
- Education providers may purchase a Badminton at Work package, but the court must be placed in a staff only area and is not available for pupils to use
Please note, organizations can only receive a maximum of two subsidized packages.
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