Club News | Dec ‘25
Season's greetings to all our members and for those who do not celebrate Christmas, we hope you are all in good health and well. Welcome to our first monthly newsletter where we’ll give you a round-up of the last month and what to look forward to in the next!
It is with much regret that we have to inform you of the passing of John Shepherd, a lifetime member of the club. John will be sadly missed. He was instrumental, along with other committee members at the time, for seeking approval for a grant to enable the Club to build the badminton hall which we still use today. He was also responsible for supporting the badminton teams and using his considerable experience to encourage badminton players, both young and old, to improve to benefit the long term interests of the club.
What a month it’s been! Although the league matches for both badminton and squash have died down for December, we have hosted the Fusion league, Badminton masters and the Worthing Men’s Combi matches at the club.
The club nights have been busy, and it’s been nice to see some new members join this month and get stuck into the club sessions. Some evening sessions are low on numbers recently and the committee has been looking into ways to ensure the club nights attract members to play with others.
Our monthly quiz was another success! Congratulations to both winning teams that came joint first place this month. Well done!
We held our first ‘Meet the Committee’ event this month where members came and asked questions and suggested some great ideas for future club social events. Thank you to all those who came along, it was lovely to meet you all! We hope to see even more of you at the next one in a few months.
Hopefully you’ve all been a little warmer in the club after we had our broken boiler fixed! We’d like to thank all those who have donated towards this. It is very much appreciated and we are grateful for the generosity. Speaking of generosity, we are always on the hunt for volunteers to help with various things around the club as the committee cannot cover everything the club needs all the time. If any members can help with anything such as bar cover, helping with events, or anything else you think would be of benefit, please drop us an email at admin@lbsc.org.uk
Recent Committee Activities
The committee has been busy with a number of spinning plates in the last month. After sorting the broken boiler, we have ensured it is appropriately covered for the future, preventing any further outlays.
Stan and Alan have been researching the cost of shuttles and how the club uses these to see if there is any way we can reduce the cost of these as they have increased significantly in the past year. Did you know a single shuttle costs approximately £2.30?! Could we ask that any reusable shuttles left at the end of club nights are returned to the bar to help keep costs down?
Thanks to Dympna and Guy, the club lounge has a new layout, which hopefully has improved the Feng Shui and we are looking into how we can spruce up the club at a minimal cost. The committee is also looking into what other social and entertainment activities we could potentially host in this fairly large space during 2026. Please let us know if you have any ideas about this.
During the past week, Guy has begun reorganising the entry fob database. This has revealed that some club members have been assigned up to four personal entry fobs, despite only one being in personal use. It has also been identified that some entry fobs currently in use are not linked to a club member and therefore may be deactivated.
We would like to apologise to any club member who has been inconvenienced by issues arising from this reorganisation process. If you have any problems or concerns regarding your entry fob, please let Guy know and he will be happy to assist you.
We have spoken to a local mural artist with a view to potentially renewing our out-of-date club sign on the exterior wall, which will hopefully attract more members and allow people to find our club much easier.
We continue to review the functionality of our admin systems and hope to make further improvements to streamline our processes and reduce the admin overhead.
We are aiming to create some new club leaflets to promote the club, Sam has done a couple of these already, and can be used to give out to people at local events. We are also looking to design a leaflet describing our club rules to pin around the club.
Sam and Vanessa have been tweaking the website and our social media pages. If you haven’t already had a look at these please follow the links below and give us a follow if you haven’t already on social media! If you have any suggestions for the new website or socials, please let us know!
LBSC website (where you are now)
Upcoming January 2026 Events
Here’s what’s on next month. Don’t forget, you can come down to the club to watch any of the league matches. The bar will be open for the majority of the below events, so why don’t you come down and cheer on your club!
Sunday 4th Jan: Badminton Masters over 65s v Kent (League match)
Wednesday 7th Jan: Brighton Badminton Full Mixed (League match)
Friday 9th Jan: Horsham Squash (League match)
Wednesday 14th Jan: Bognor Badminton Mixed 1 (League match)
Friday 16th Jan: Burgess Hill Squash 1 Team (League match)
Sunday 18th Jan: Badminton Masters over 40s v Hertfordshire (League match)
Wednesday 21st Jan: Brighton Badminton Mixed Combi (League match)
Friday 23rd Jan: Middleton Squash Dev team (League match)
Friday 23rd Jan: Over 60’s Badminton Mixed (League match)
Sunday 25th Jan: Badminton Masters over 45s v Kent (League match)
Tuesday 27th Jan: Badminton Masters over 75s v Kent (League match)
Wednesday 28th Jan: Bognor Badminton Mixed 2 (League match)
Friday 30th Jan: Club Quiz night!
Friday 30th Jan: Bognor Badminton Mixed 1 (League match)
Our opening hours over the festive period are below:
Christmas Eve: Club closes at 5pm
Christmas Day: Closed
Boxing Day: Club open, office closed
New Year’s Eve: Club closes at 5pm
New Year’s Day: Club open, office closed
We look forward to seeing you at the above events! Make your new year's resolution to visit the club a little more? 😉