2/28/11
Another tournament under our belt, and another photo page added. Check out our Pictures section to see it. Thanks to everyone who participated and who continue to make our event so much fun. Congratulations to all winners!
1/25/11
Hi everyone! After much finagling and delay, we finally have a date for the next SmashCats Tournament!
What: SmashCats Spring '11 Doubles Tourney
Where: University of Arizona Student Recreation Center
When: Saturday, February 19th, 2011
How: Visit our Tournament Section to sign up
If you have any questions, or to sign up, email the forms to UAZbadminton@gmail.com. Please help spread the word to anyone you think may be interested. We hope to see everyone down in Tucson very soon!
The UA Badminton Club
9/18/10
I know many of you have been waiting with bated breath, so I finally stopped procrastinating. The pictures from SmashBash Fall 2010 is up, so check them out!
Cheers
8/18/10
Hi everyone! Thanks to the increased Rec Center fee being added on to every student's tuition, the Rec Center has reverted to its old hours. This means our practice for the coming year will be 8-11pm on Mondays and 6-10pm on Fridays. As always, please be courteous to others having to share our courts. I'll see you all on the court for our first day of practice, Friday 8/27. Also, just a reminder to sign up for SmashBash (see below) if you intend to play.
Cheers
8/16/10
Right on the heels of our tournament is the semi-annual SmashBash, which will take place on Saturday 9/11 at Sunnyslope High School in Phoenix. Check out the AZ Badminton Club website for more info and a registration form. Register by September 7th to avoid the late fee! If you need a carpool, send me an email and we'll try to set you up with someone. See you all in Phoenix!
8/11/10
The Aileen Primero Tournament was a great success, thanks to everyone who helped make it happen. Special thanks go out to Alpha Phi Gamma and Hash of Hungry Howie for all your generosity in time and also donations. The Pictures section has been updated, so check out the new pics. If you have any pics or videos you want posted, let me know.
Cheers
7/2/10
Aileen Primero Memorial Tournament
We now have a confirmed tournament date of Saturday, August 7th, 2010! It will be a doubles tournament, and all proceeds will to go the Aileen Primero Endowment Scholarship. Registration information are up under Tournament, so pair up and send in your entry forms ASAP. You know you want to!
If you have any questions regarding the tournament, or want to sign up, you can simply email us at UAZbadminton@gmail.com. We hope to see you all at the Rec Center on 8/7 for a full, fun-filled day of badminton for a great cause.
6/30/10
Summer hours are 7-10pm Mondays and 6-9pm Fridays. Also, prices on membership have gone up a little. New prices are up on the Membership section.
Cheers
5/17/10
The Rec will be closed today and tomorrow (5/18). For the next three weeks (until June 4th), the Rec will close at 7pm daily, which means we will not have scheduled Monday and Friday practices. Starting June 7th, the schedule should be back to normal, although I will post any changes to this as they arrive.
If you're planning on playing the the Grand Canyon State Games, this is a reminder to send in your entries soon! Also, a few new links have been added, one of which is our own Daniel's Badminton Gifts website. Check them out!
4/28/10
Registration for the Grand Canyon State Games are open. Go to the GCSG website for more info and to register. You can also register by simply emailing Guy Chadwick (GCoachGC5@cox.net) with all the information he needs. If you need a ride, drop us a line and I'll try to find you a carpool.
Cheers
3/29/10
Pictures from the Senior National are posted. If you have any other picture that you want posted, send them to me. Full tournament results and more pictures can be seen at USAB's newsroom. Congratulations to all winners representing Arizona, including Eric, Ramesh, Kevin, Dr. Chan, Yukari, Victor, Christine, Patti, and Li Yao from Tucson, along with Naren, Doug, Mark Nielsen, Mark Scarano, Steve and Theo Hashimoto, Mike Hilliard, Anne Marie Wunderlin, Anne Marie Donohoe, Anton, and Sash. My apologies if I missed anyone. Anyway, go to the picture section to check out the post.
Cheers
2/21/10
Hi everyone. First of all, we still need volunteers for the USAB Senior National Tournament, so contact me if you want the best seats in the house. Second, there is a slight change to our practice schedule in that we will be sharing with table tennis on both Mondays and Fridays, so please do not be rude to these participants. We're thinking of possibly moving our practice times to a different slot, so please take the following polls as I want to know what your opinions are in this matter. Weeknights are completely filled, and the followings are the only time slots sill open. Let me know what you think:
Thanks everyone. I'll keep you posted if we make any changes.
Cheers.
1/29/10
Happy New Year, everyone! GREAT NEWS! The USA Badminton Senior National Tournament will take place in Tucson (in fact, right in the Student Rec Center!) on March 17th-20th. Even though it's a senior tournament, the age limit is only 35 and over, meaning some very good players will be making appearances. This is your chance to witness national-level badminton, as well as show the players and visitors a taste of Tucson hospitality! Show up to watch, or to help run the tournament (and get the best seats!). Your help is needed in the following positions:
Messenger: Make sure everyone knows where they should be and which games are being played.
Sweeper: Keeps the court surfaces clear of feathers.
Line judges (24 if possible): Make all the calls and be hated for it.
Monitors: Maintain the snack room and make sure everything goes smoothly.
Referees (6): Keep score and control the flow of each match. Training will be provided.
Aside from these, any help to set up/clean up will be greatly appreciated. Even if you can only volunteer for part of a day, let me or Don Fry (don.jackie@gmail.com, 404-4670) know. Also, if you have an unused guest room/floor space and want to play host to players/visitors, this would also be greatly appreciated.
LOGO DESIGN CONTEST
The tournament requires a logo, and to that end we're sponsoring a contest! See entry form. The prize will be a $50 gift card! Entries must be submitted by next Saturday (2/6), so sorry for the late notification. Feel free to submit as many entries as your creativity will allow!
11/18/09
The Badminton Exhibition at the Northwest YMCA was a great success. Thanks to the Tucson Badminton Club, and especially Don Fry, for organizing this great awareness event. Pictures are loaded, so check them out.
11/01/09
New pictures from SmashBash is uploaded. Question/comments/funny pics to be posted, send them to UAZbadminton@gmail.com. Cheers!
9/28/09
Aileen's memorial tournament was a great success! Thanks to every who participated and contributed to making it such a great event! A special thanks goes out to Ash and his local Hungry Howie Pizzeria on Campbell and Fort Lowell. The picture section has been updated. If you have pictures you want posted or want high-res copy of any of pictures (or the 200 more that I have), feel free to send me an email. Also, it is not too late to get shirts or donate to Aileen's fund directly. Let me know if you're interested.
Also, the Fall SmashBash is coming up (10/17). Check the tournament section for more details.
9/15/09
We finally have a date for our Aileen Primero Memorial Tournament. Please find partners and sign up ASAP to facilitate event planning. More information can be found on our Tournament section.
What: Aileen Primero Memorial Tournament
When: Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Where: Student Recreation Center South Gym
Also, we have new t-shirts on sale for this tournament! Again, proceeds will go to Aileen's scholarship, so get styling for a good cause! Below are the designs. The shirts are $10 for students and $12 for everyone else. Drop us a line if you want to reserve a certain size.
8/10/09
The hours for the fall semester are finalized: Mondays 8-10pm (ONE side), Fridays 6-8pm (BOTH sides) and 8-9pm (ONE side). These hours will take effect 8/28. Note that we do not have practice on Monday 8/24 due to WildCat Night. Please stick to schedule if you come to practice and be courteous to others sharing the courts. Also, please do NOT set up extra courts without consent from the staff. Thank you all for your cooperation, and I look forward to seeing everyone at the start of the new semester!
7/26/09
Hi everyone! I've heard from Guy Chadwick up in Phoenix, and he's actually planning the Fall SmashBash for September 19th (save that date until you hear otherwise). So as not to conflict with this tournament, we're moving the Aileen Primero Memorial Tournament (see last entry) to, tentatively, October 17th. Below, of course, is the obligatory poll, so let us know if you can make this new date!
Poll closed
7/24/09
We have a tentative date (9/12) for our next tournament. All the proceeds to this tournament will go to the Aileen Primero Endowment Scholarship. Aileen was a member of our club who passed away in a traffic accident when a vehicle lost control and ran into her. Her sorority is trying to set up a memorial fund to give out as scholarships, and we're hoping to be able to help them towards that end. For a video tribute to Aileen from her friends, go here.
Aileen Primero
7/05/09
Just a reminder that this coming Friday through Sunday (7/10 - 7/12), the Rec Center will NOT be available due to a summer camp. This coming week, we will only have Monday (7-10pm). Also, for those who come on Sundays, please keep in mind that the Rec will not open until 12pm from today on, and that we will NOT have reserved court space, so please be courteous to other gym participants.
6/29/09
Hello all! Since only a handful of Tucson folks were able to make a showing at the recent Grand Canyon State Games, there won't be a pictures section for that. Also, Krishna Ramasubramanian, our good friend in Phoenix, will be leaving for California soon, so we want to wish him the best of luck in the future.
Krishna (center) will be leaving for greener pastures, and we wish him well
The fall semester is quickly approaching, and we're thinking of putting together a regular training session for 8-12 players on Fridays once school has started. This training will be free of charge, but the limited slots means it's first-come first-served. For more information, or to sign up for the listserv and receive future notices from our club, email uazbadminton@gmail.com.
Cheers
6/10/09
Unfortunately, due to the sheer amount of mostly inappropriate spam, I've had to take down the guestbook. If you like the website or would like more information about our club, feel free to email us!
5/28/09
Hi everyone! It's been a while since the last update. Just a reminder that summer hours are Mondays 7-10PM, and Fridays 6-9PM. Also, pictures from the latest SmashBash tournament in Phoenix are uploaded, so feel free to check them out.
The Grand Canyon State Games are coming up. Badminton will play on June 20th at Independence High School in Phoenix. There will be many doubles divisions, as well as singles. Sign up by June 6th to avoid a late fee. For more information/registration, visit the Arizona Badminton Club website.
Also, our webmaster Shantanu Soman and ex-presidents Yingying Kumar and Jeremy Chen are leaving, so please join me in thanking them for their services to the club, and we wish them well in the future. Incidentally, we are looking for a new webmaster to resume Shantanu's duties. If you are interested, let me know.
