Badminton will cost more

Press, 16 March 1978, Page 6

Badminton will cost more

Players affiliated to badminton clubs will have to pay more to the Canterbury Badminton Association this season than last year. A SI increase to $3 was approved unanimously by club delegates at the annual general meeting of the association last evening. The treasurer of the association (Mr G. W. Miller) said that the New Zealand Badminton Federation would increase the affiliation fees of an regional bodies Of the $2 fee last season, $1.25 went to the local association and 75c to the national body. The 75c levy would rise to SI.IO. A complaint about lack of heating facilities at the Skellerup Hall was answered by one of Canterbury’s leading players, Peter Whiting, who said that a cool hall was preferable from a player's point of view.

Conditions may not be particularly pleasant for spectators but if the hall was insulated or heated, another type of shuttit would have to be used. A heated hall would also be an unfair disadvantage to local players when they travelled to other centres and encountered cooler conditions. Playing tees were Increased by 10c, to 51.30 for A grade and A reserve players, and to 80c for players in all other grades. Officers elected were:—Patron, Mr V R. Skellerup: president, Mr A. G. Duckmanton; vicepresident, Mr N. Gardiner; secretary, Mrs A. K. Smith; treasurer, Mr G. W. Miller; auditor, Mr R. M. Smith; committee, Messrs R. Parker, J. Laycock, P. Watts, E. Kirkland. H. Vesty, R. Breakspear, M. White, and R. Gatehouse, Misses M. Mockett and H. Flynn, and Me»dames S. Goddard and G. Waller.