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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 05 June 2009 22:38 |
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 Calpe Badminton Club is one of the oldest badminton clubs in the Marina Alta area, having been formed back in 1991, and for the past eighteen years has offered competitive fun badminton to all nationalities in the area.
Calpe Badminton Club currently plays every Monday and Thursday morning between 9 and 11.30am at the Pabellón de Deportes, Avda País Valencia (the road where the Rastro is held on Wednesdays). Playing with feather shuttles on one of the six courts available, keenly fought matches are played to the latest IBF rules. Ladies’, mixed and men’s doubles are the usual format but when time, courts and stamina permit a few members even finish off the morning with a game of singles! Calpe Badminton Club is a very friendly association integrated into the local community and with an active social programme. Last year the club continued its tradition of support for the local community with a donation to the Maite Boronat Centre for the Handicapped, which it has supported over the past years. Last July and as part of the Calpe Ayuntamiento childrens’ summer activities, members of the club ran coaching sessions to encourage local children to take up and understand badminton from an early age. And off court club members mix and have a great time too. What with Christmas dinner dances, picnics, quiz lunches and paella parties all in all there always seems to be something going on. However badminton is what brings us all together and we take it fairly seriously too. Affiliated to the Valencian Badminton Federation, Calpe members often take part in local and Federation competitions and for a real challenge some members have even competed in National Veterans competitions and occasionally even win cups and trophies, keeping the club’s name well known in the  Valencian badminton fraternity. If you play badminton and are looking for a local club similar to that outlined above then do get in touch. On Thursdays we host the Calpe U3A badminton group, so if you don’t yet play but are looking to start playing then, subject to joining the local U3A, this might be the place to start! Whilst Calpe Badminton Club plays in the Costa Blanca town of Calpe, its’ members come from Calpe and the surounding area with current members coming from Gata, Benissa, Jalon, Altea, Alfaz, Benidorm, Javea, Morira and Teulada. The langage of our club is usually English with many members from the UK origins but in addition to this the club also boast Spanish, German, Dutch and Belgium. For more information please contact Carole on 687419983 or e-mail John at e-mail address
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 13 February 2010 11:30 )
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