Badminton England are proud to be hosting the YONEX All England Junior Badminton Championships. This is a U19 Junior International Series tournament on the Badminton Europe Circuit and awarding Badminton World Federation (BWF) ranking points.

Thursday 8th – Sunday 11th August 2024
@
University of Birmingham Sports & Fitness, Birmingham

Spectators are welcome, and there will be some best in class play from England’s finest players at under 19 years of age as well from other countries. Seating will be available to view matches, and there is no requirement for tickets to be purchased, spectators may attend at their leisure.

The YONEX All England Juniors 2024 has multiple roles available for the duration of its competition. With us keeping it under a singular Workforce role to enable users to rotate more freely regarding their role.

Volunteer Opportunities

Workforce:

We have numerous roles available for our upcoming Junior International Tournament. We have left it under one Workforce opportunity to allow for fluid transition of roles to enable all of the volunteers to gain a true experience of working at a Badminton England event:

Team Liaison/Welcome:

Be the main point of contact for Teams and Athletes during their stay with us in Birmingham.
Based at the Welcome desk greeting the arrival of players and spectators to the venue.
Great verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
Ideal for those who commit to the whole event.

Access Control:

Directing volunteers, players, officials and spectators to appropriate areas.
A key point of contact for information and willing to get involved and put smiles on people’s faces.

Practice & Field of Play (FOP):

This fluid role will encompass managing the practice courts, the FOP entry and the FOP itself. Supporting with set-ups, maintenance and changeovers and breakdowns in those areas.
Further will be critical in the timings of the event and smooth running of player entry and exit of the court, to support the competition staying to time.
Not one of you will have to take on all three zones with it split amongst your team.

Match Control:

You will be in charge of the tournament software system and managing the scoring systems, ensuring everything is working as intended.
Liaise with the Umpires to ensure the correct officials are on the correct court.
To announce players onto the correct courts.

Streaming:

Oversee the online stream for a given court; inputting point by point scores to live stream feed, updating names on livestream between matches, maintaining holding slides for transition between matches.
A good level of IT proficiency is required to fulfil this role.

If this is something that excites and interests you, then hit the button below to head over to our Volunteer Portal to Login/Register and sign-up to this opportunity.

In doing this you will also be the first to know of our other opportunities including the Nationals Series and the YONEX All England Open Championships.