Centre Rules
Badminton Wycombe is here to provide you and everyone else with the best opportunity to play and enjoy badminton, whether it is your first time picking up a racquet or you are training to compete at an international level. We ask you to follow the following rules so that everyone is treated fairly and players, staff and the Centre are all respected, enabling everyone to continue enjoying the facilities and playing badminton.
Membership
1. To play at Badminton Wycombe you will be required to become a Centre Member with either annual or day membership. Exceptions will apply if you are playing in a Badminton Wycombe sanctioned event including BADMINTON England tournaments and local league matches (as the away team only).
2. Annual Membership is valid for 12 months starting on the day of purchase. Membership is purchased by registering as a new user on our booking system or going through the online membership renewal process.
Day Membership gives players access to the Centre and its facilities for the day of the court booking - you may return on more than one occasion during the same day.
Day Membership rates do not count as payment towards Annual Membership and will not be refunded should Annual Membership be taken out at a later date.
3. We have a small staff and low Membership fees so, unfortunately, we are not able to provide Membership fee refunds.
4. To ensure the Centre continues to provide a safe, enjoyable and high-quality badminton experience for all, the Centre's users are expected to respect the property of and other users, staff, the Centre Rules and the Code of Conduct. In the event of serious or repeated breaches of the Centre's Rules, the Management reserves the right to revoke individuals' Membership.
Member Court Bookings
5. As an Annual Member, you can book a court up to 9 days in advance and you can do this:
a) Online, through our website; or
b) At Reception, either in person or over the phone.
6. All courts must be paid for at the time of booking.
7. Refunds will only be provided if you cancel, by phone or online, more than 48 hours in advance of your booking. At the discretion of the Centre Manager, refunds or an alternative time-slot may be offered in exceptional circumstances.
8. Please vacate courts promptly at the end of your booking to allow the next group to begin their session on time. Should you wish to extend your booking, please visit Reception, or make an additional booking online to make payment before continuing.
9. Please don't ask staff to bend the booking rules; it is not fair to the staff or the other players. If you have a non-standard requirement, please speak with the Centre Manager.
Footwear, Food & Drink
10. All users must wear suitable non-marking footwear in the Hall, which, if worn outdoors, should be cleaned. Please change your shoes after entering the Centre and before going into the Hall. Wearing dirty footwear inside increases our cleaning costs, damages the expensive court floors, which will only result in higher court fees.
Overshoes are available for any non-playing users who wish to enter the Hall.
11. Please do not walk across the back of courts whilst play is in progress - it is distracting to the players and potentially dangerous to both the players and you.
12. Only drinks in suitable screw-top or sealable plastic containers are allowed in the Hall.
13. Food should only be consumed in the kitchen or bar area and chewing gum is not permitted anywhere within the Centre
Photography & Filming
14. No photography is permitted in the changing rooms. Elsewhere in the Centre, please ensure you have the consent of all users before using filming equipment, including camera-phones.
Although not a rule as such, we would kindly ask that any items of lost property are handed in to Reception, who are also available to address any enquiries regarding lost property.
COVID Restrictions
15. All court bookings by members must be made online through our booking system.
16. We are only accepting card payments.
17. Customers must wait outside the Centre to be called in - this will be done in Court order (6 through to 1).
18. Customers must obey the one-way system, entering through the front entrance and leaving through the rear of the Courts.
19. Players may be asked to leave Courts up to 5 minutes early, so that we can facilitate an orderly changeover.
20. The bar and kitchen areas are both out of bounds, but the Viewing Area is now OPEN. Note: NO viewing in the hall/courts.
21. If you are on court and need to use the toilet, you will need to exit the building through the rear of the Courts, walk round and re-enter the Centre using the front entrance. The showers are back in use.
Should you have any questions about the Centre Rules or more general questions about Badminton Wycombe, please see the FAQ section of our Website and / or speak with Reception.
Published: 18 February, 2017
Revised September 2019
Revised April 2021
Revised July 2021
Revised December 2021
Membership
1. To play at Badminton Wycombe you will be required to become a Centre Member with either annual or day membership. Exceptions will apply if you are playing in a Badminton Wycombe sanctioned event including BADMINTON England tournaments and local league matches (as the away team only).
2. Annual Membership is valid for 12 months starting on the day of purchase. Membership is purchased by registering as a new user on our booking system or going through the online membership renewal process.
Day Membership gives players access to the Centre and its facilities for the day of the court booking - you may return on more than one occasion during the same day.
Day Membership rates do not count as payment towards Annual Membership and will not be refunded should Annual Membership be taken out at a later date.
3. We have a small staff and low Membership fees so, unfortunately, we are not able to provide Membership fee refunds.
4. To ensure the Centre continues to provide a safe, enjoyable and high-quality badminton experience for all, the Centre's users are expected to respect the property of and other users, staff, the Centre Rules and the Code of Conduct. In the event of serious or repeated breaches of the Centre's Rules, the Management reserves the right to revoke individuals' Membership.
Member Court Bookings
5. As an Annual Member, you can book a court up to 9 days in advance and you can do this:
a) Online, through our website; or
b) At Reception, either in person or over the phone.
6. All courts must be paid for at the time of booking.
7. Refunds will only be provided if you cancel, by phone or online, more than 48 hours in advance of your booking. At the discretion of the Centre Manager, refunds or an alternative time-slot may be offered in exceptional circumstances.
8. Please vacate courts promptly at the end of your booking to allow the next group to begin their session on time. Should you wish to extend your booking, please visit Reception, or make an additional booking online to make payment before continuing.
9. Please don't ask staff to bend the booking rules; it is not fair to the staff or the other players. If you have a non-standard requirement, please speak with the Centre Manager.
Footwear, Food & Drink
10. All users must wear suitable non-marking footwear in the Hall, which, if worn outdoors, should be cleaned. Please change your shoes after entering the Centre and before going into the Hall. Wearing dirty footwear inside increases our cleaning costs, damages the expensive court floors, which will only result in higher court fees.
Overshoes are available for any non-playing users who wish to enter the Hall.
11. Please do not walk across the back of courts whilst play is in progress - it is distracting to the players and potentially dangerous to both the players and you.
12. Only drinks in suitable screw-top or sealable plastic containers are allowed in the Hall.
13. Food should only be consumed in the kitchen or bar area and chewing gum is not permitted anywhere within the Centre
Photography & Filming
14. No photography is permitted in the changing rooms. Elsewhere in the Centre, please ensure you have the consent of all users before using filming equipment, including camera-phones.
Although not a rule as such, we would kindly ask that any items of lost property are handed in to Reception, who are also available to address any enquiries regarding lost property.
COVID Restrictions
15. All court bookings by members must be made online through our booking system.
16. We are only accepting card payments.
17. Customers must wait outside the Centre to be called in - this will be done in Court order (6 through to 1).
18. Customers must obey the one-way system, entering through the front entrance and leaving through the rear of the Courts.
19. Players may be asked to leave Courts up to 5 minutes early, so that we can facilitate an orderly changeover.
20. The bar and kitchen areas are both out of bounds, but the Viewing Area is now OPEN. Note: NO viewing in the hall/courts.
21. If you are on court and need to use the toilet, you will need to exit the building through the rear of the Courts, walk round and re-enter the Centre using the front entrance. The showers are back in use.
Should you have any questions about the Centre Rules or more general questions about Badminton Wycombe, please see the FAQ section of our Website and / or speak with Reception.
Published: 18 February, 2017
Revised September 2019
Revised April 2021
Revised July 2021
Revised December 2021
