- Players who have paid their subscription have the right to attend and participate in a club night unless they are suspended by the Club or BE
- Visitors can only attend by prior agreement with the Secretary or a delegated representative
- Visitors can only play if they pay the visitor fee
- Members and visitors shall abide by BE rules and policies
- Members and visitors shall abide by BE and the Club Code of Conduct, rules and policies
- Truro badminton Club is an inclusive Club in which all members have an equal opportunity to play badminton on Club night. To ensure match play is fair a Selection Board is used.
- Members should ensure they place their name tag on the Board when they are available to play and remove it when they are unavailable.
- Members add their name tag in their turn at the end of the line of name tags of those who arrived before them: to ensure “first come-first serve”.
- The first member in the list picks the players for the next match on the next available free court. Players must only be picked from those available up to the marked line. Players can only be picked from just beyond the line in exceptional circumstances: eg when a vulnerable player needs to play with certain players or when a fourth person is needed to make up a level doubles match which could otherwise not be played (usually a fourth female when there are three in the selection area).
- When players have been selected for a match and a court becomes available the players tags are moved to the court part of the board. The waiting player tags are then moved together to fill the space and a new player is in the first, the choosing, position.
- When a match has finished, the players should move their name tags to the end of the line of available players. The winning pair will be put before the losing pair.
- When the Club is busy, with players waiting, players for the next available court should be selected in advance of a court becoming available.
- Members or visitors who do not follow these rules will be given a verbal warning in the first instance and a reminder of the rules. Persistent abuse of selection will lead to referral to a Disciplinary Panel. In particular:
- Members or visitors who take players from beyond the line mean that some members get more matches than others and is unfair. Members who do so will be given a verbal warning in the first instance. Persistent abuse of selection will lead to referral to a Disciplinary Panel.
- Members or visitors who deliberately “jump the queue” by moving tags or placing tags further up the line of waiting players are cheating and will be given a verbal warning in the first instance. Persistent abuse of selection will lead to referral to a Disciplinary Panel.