13/06/2026
Annual Membership fee is now £30.95! I've just paid mine - not that I'm interested in any of the membership "benefits" (see below for full, exciting list) other than the final one - "Ability to participate in the management of the Dome - join the Committee and vote at Meetings (T&C's apply)"
- but as the current staff "don't have time" to send information emails to ALL members (as specified in the Dome Constitution) - don't count on being kept in the loop unless you are one of the relatively small number of players who block book courts for clubs.
Here's the full, exciting list - quite a lot of these benefits do not only apply to paid-up members - hash-tag shows which are not special to members.
Benefits of becoming a member:
* No visitor's fee & Faster entry
* No time wasted taking down or setting up compared to other venues ( applies to everybody - not just Members)
* Ability to book courts online 9 days in advance
* Block booking - most venues do not offer block booking and it gives you the ability to start your own club/group and secure court for 3 months at a time
* a pay and play session - Feel Good Fridays 10am-12pm (£7) - NO MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED
* Join a coaching session
* Online profile and entry bar-code
* Social and league clubs that may be looking for players
(please note, clubs are organised independently from the Dome
and have their own price structure that covers court fees and usually shuttles too)
* Off peak rate #£13.65 per court per hour and at peak rate #£17.25 per court hour (£10 off peak only, if you become a club/group organiser and place a regular booking),
* our lounge area to spectate, come and watch tournaments, socialise and make friend, enjoy tea and coffee!
* Ability to participate in the management of the Dome - join the Committee and vote at Meetings (T&C's apply)
That proviso of "T&C's apply" as in - vote at Meetings (T&C's apply)" - has been added by the current, "temporary committee" which is operating the Dome under no visible Constitution or rules - so Carte Blanche to change everything - including the Dome's whole reason for existing - "to provide excellent badminton facilities for the LOCAL COMMUNITY as well as top-class players". How much longer can we allow this degradation of principle to continue?
Anybody?