Sweaty Racket Players Badminton Group

The goal at SRP (sweaty racket players) is to bring a welcoming and fun badminton experience for players of all races, gender and skill types. whether you've never held a racket before and wanted to give it a go or your an advancing player looking to test your skills, we want SRP to be the place for you.

Our Constitution:

Sweaty racket players Constitution

## Constitution

This constitution outlines the clubs’ values, terms and conditions for all members and staff to comply with who are involved with the club.

1. Sweaty racket players is an adult only club based in West Essex/Greater London, no under 18’s make up our membership and will not be offered any membership.

 

2. Members who sign up agree to share only necessary personal information with coaches, organisers and any relevant third parties for only the use of badminton related activities and discussions.
   1. Members who sign up will only share: Full forename and surnames, D.O.B, phone number, address, emergency contact name and number.

 

3. Payments for sessions can be done on either a pay-as-you-go basis or a monthly membership (TBA)
   1. For pay-as-you-go members any cancellations for sessions made within 48 hours prior to matchday will still result in the session fee needing to be paid. Failure in paying will result in revoked access to future games until the debt has been paid.
   2. Sessions will have to be paid in full even if you do not stay for the whole session time.
   3. Bookings cannot be transferred to different session once the refund period has ended (48 hours prior to match time).
   4. Any players who cannot attend a session they have booked for, please as soon as possible update their RSVP status and remove themselves from the list to allow others who would like to join a chance to play.

 

4. Our club has a strict no violence and harassment policy, we do not tolerate any violence towards our organiser, staff and players by any members of the club or to non-members who are present on venue grounds. Anyone who violates these rules will be immediately have their session terminated and will be removed from the session playgrounds with revoked rights to a refund. We will then review the incident and make an inform decision on whether to terminate membership of the aggressor(s).

 

5. Our club has a strict no stealing policy, we do not tolerate stealing any equipment or property belonging to organisers, staff, players and by any members of the club or non-members with relations to members. Anyone caught violating these rules will be immediately have their session terminated and will be removed from the session playgrounds with revoked rights to a refund, additional we cannot take responsibility for any stolen items and goods while on session grounds.

 

6. We do not allow members to sell their session spot to other members and non-members, any actions like this will result in immediate termination of that players membership.

 

7. All members attending and playing at sessions must present themselves in appropriate clothing, inappropriate clothing will result in revoked access to the current session.

 

8. Any members that are sick or become very ill during a session will be heavily monitored and if their condition gets worse, they will be advised to temporarily/permanently leave the session.

 

9. There are dedicated sessions for intermediate -advance players (TBA) only, as specified on the booking system. These sessions are not suitable for beginners, improvers or low intermediate players and they may be turned away on the day. If in doubt, please check with the organiser / host before booking.

 

10. We reserve the right to cancel any session due to cancellation beyond our control or if the session is under subscribed. If this occurs you will receive a full refund.

 

11. On the Court we have etiquette all players should adhere to.

1.      Shuttlecock Etiquette as follows:

11. Before serving, please ALWAYS smooth the feathers, especially any ruffled feathers.
12. No NEW feather shuttlecocks will be used during the warm-up phase. Used shuttlecocks will be provided by organisers.
13. Warm-up phases will be at the start of each session they will last up to a maximum of 10 minutes; they can be cut shorter if all parties on the court agree they are ready to play.
14. Do not used any used feather shuttlecocks in the warm-up phase for match-phase.
15. Please use the shuttlecocks until either the fly path/distance is significant hampered, or if two or more feathers completely break off.

2.      Court Etiquette as follows:

11. Attire: clean and tidy sports clothes must be worn.
12. Don’t make noises that will disturb your opponent during a match.
13. When sides of the court are exchanged, don’t go under the net.
14. Picking up the shuttlecock: pick up the shuttlecock when it lands in your half of the court and pass it back to your opponent in a friendly way
15. When returning a shuttlecock that has landed on court back to your opponent don’t hit it under the net.
16. The referee’s/Umpire’s decisions should be respected, if you have an objection, follow procedure and request the assistance of your coach and the head referee.
17. In a formal match, don’t play a return shot or tease if your opponent’s shot is clearly out of bounds.
18. If you opponent is unhappy with the shuttlecock and asks to change it there is no need to refuse; if the opponent asks for repeated changes for no reason the referee will intervene.
19. When a match ends, whether you win or lose you should shake hands with your opponent, as well as with the referee to show gratitude.
20. When serving, look up and make sure your opponent is ready.
21. When a smash hits your opponent or a point is gained in a lucky way (by hitting the net and still going over for example,) make a respectful gesture towards your opponent.
22. Ask beforehand and take the tube with the least number of shuttlecocks: When some players go to a badminton hall or club to play, they habitually don’t take their own shuttlecocks and depend on others to provide them. This is a little impolite and takes advantage of others unless the venue supplies shuttlecock.
23. If a shuttlecock is hit onto another court, make a respectful gesture to the other players and wait until they have stopped playing to retrieve it.
24. When passing by any court, a distance from it of at least one step should be maintained. This will not only keep you safe it also shows respect for the players on court