JUNIOR EMERGING + JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT

WBA Affiliated Junior Clubs

Junior players are welcome at a variety of affiliated clubs across the Waikato including Cambridge, Hamilton, Putaruru, Te Awamutu. Please see the Clubs section on this website for more information and contact them directly to join.

JUNIOR squad 1, 2 and 3

The Waikato Badminton Junior Squads & Teams are welcome for everyone of age to join. Squads are assigned to players based off skill and eagerness to improve. From the squads the following teams are selected to represent Waikato at key regional & national events during the season (subject to availability of players for each age group)

  • WBA U13 Team

  • WBA U15 Team

  • WBA U17 Team

  • WBA U19 Team

2025 Programme Information

Link to register: https://forms.office.com/r/J5pt1fJr41

Trials for our junior emerging and junior development will be on 1st February 2025 – 12.00 – 2.00pm at the Eastlink Badminton Stadium

  1. Please arrive from 11.30am to sign in and get ready for warm-up on court

  2. Please bring with your all badminton gear and a drink bottle

  3. These will consist of some fitness testing, skills / drills and games

  4. Across February the trainings will be quite open and fluid as we continue to look at your skill sets and ensure you are in the correct training group

  5. The trial / muster will start to give us a baseline for each player as we head into the 2025 season and where coaches need to look to create trainings on 3 training groups for 2025

1. Junior Emerging Training Group


2. Junior Development Training Group


3. Junior Navigators Training Groups


4. Junior Club Night (Games Night)


5. Holiday Programme


If you have any questions, please reach out and email us at: office@waikatobadminton.co.nz