Hey everyone!

I have a few things on my agenda that I needed to communicate with our badminton populace.

A reminder of our club hours:
Wednesday: 7-9PM: Cedar Ridge Park
Friday 6-9PM: Farr Park
Saturday: 1-4PM Christian Student Center
For more information just email me at either badminton [at] lsu.edu or ljang1 [at] lsu.edu

First things first, a few days ago some one managed to use our mailing list to send out an email that was not approved by me. I have adjusted the settings on the mailing list and it should not happen again. I apologize for any inconvenience that that may have caused you.

Secondly, the gym is set to re-open on November 2nd. WOO! Once the gym re-opens I plan to start the following:
1. A Beginners class for either an hour or 2 hours a week.
2. Challenge Courts

If you have any suggestions regarding this section please let me know through email.

I also plan to work more closely with UREC and their Leagues and Tournaments program to get some more competitive play in.

Thirdly, the Houston Open is coming up soon.
Registration deadlines are of the following:
Mail in: October 23rd // Online Registration: October 26th
We will be playing on Nov 7 and 8.
Fees are as of the following: $35 (1st event), +$10 (2nd event), +$5 (3rd event).

Finally as some of you have heard, there is a tournament between the CSSA and the KSSA. Unfortunately, I have not received any news from the KSSA as of this moment. The CSSA has provided us with the following information:
Tournament Date: November 15
Deadline for Registration is 1pm on 10/22/09
Events: 3x MS    3x MD    1x WS    1xWD    1xXD
Games will be played on the 21 point system best out of 3.

For more information on the tournament please contact me.

If you have any suggestions, questions, or comments please contact me.

-Leon Jang

Badminton Club President

Hey everyone!

Sorry for the late notice. The main reason I have been waiting is because I was hoping the REC would get back to me whether or not we could put down lines in the UHigh Gym. As some of you already know the new gym has been approved and a few of us went on monday night. However, there are no badminton court lines what so ever. This becomes problematic as theres not a lot you can do without badminton court lines.

I’m working with the Rec Center in order to get our lines in. So until further notice all UHigh Practices are Cancelled. If you wish to just hit around feel free to go but there will be no guarentee in the future that the person will be there at the specified time.

Please call and let everyone in the club know,
-Leon Jang
Badminton Club President

P.S. Just a reminder but there is no badminton on sunday at farr park due to the senior olympics

We have now been approved for the UHigh Gymnasium. Here are the following times we have been approved for:

3 Badminton Courts:

Monday - 6:30-8:15

Wednesdays - 6:30 - 8:15

Fridays - 6:30 - 10:00

These times will start this coming Monday, October 20, 2008.

Let me remind you that membership dues will be expected and waiver forms are a must. Collections will begin Monday. Membership dues will be $5 for everyone, student and associate. This is due to the fact that half the semester has already passed. So remember to bring money on Monday! We have a new policy this year regarding non-payment of membership dues. This policy declares that if one does not pay their membership dues that person will not be allowed to play during the Badminton Club’s designated time. This will be enforced strictly because of limited space (Note: These do not include BREC times as those are completely separate from the Badminton Club at LSU.) Enforcement will begin on Wednesday (Oct 22).

If you guys are having trouble finding the UHigh Gymnasium. They’re north of the “East Campus Apartments”.

http://campusmap.lsu.edu/map/

Refer to this map if you have any more troubles. The gym building is labeled on the map as well.

Thanks and I’ll see you all on Monday!

-Leon Jang

Badminton Club President

Hey everyone! Hope everyone has power by now and is healthy and safe! Sorry for the late update. But here it is, our LSU UREC center has the basketball courts closed due to water damage to the courts and won’t be up till the spring at the earliest. This means that even if we wait till spring, the basketball courts still might not be up and running yet.

So I’m working with our URec staff to find another place for us to practice (just for LSU Badminton Club Members).

Here are the places you can play in the area for free. (Space is limited with 2 courts per place and you will have to bring your own rackets and shuttles. Some members may be kind enough to lend theirs but don’t count on it.)

Cedar Ridge Park 13000 Cedar Ridge Avenue //Wed 6:30-9:30 PM

Alaska Street Park 3014 Alaska Street // Tues, Thurs 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Farr Park 6400 River Road //Tues, Thurs, Fri. 9 a.m.-1 p.m

I got all this information at www.brec.org. Feel free to check yourselves. However, there is no information whether or not gustav has affected  these areas. Email me at ljang1 [at] lsu.edu, if you find another place or if you find one of these places don’t have badminton at the specific time.

Sorry everyone! I hope to see you guys soon!

-Leon Jang

Badminton Club President

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DATES THE SRC GYM IS UNAVAILABLE

Friday, February 15^th
Sunday, March 16^th
Sunday, March 30^th
Friday, April 4^th
Sunday, April 13^th

There will be no LSU Badminton Club sanctioned practices till next year. Have a good break and we’ll see you when you come back!

Tournament Rules

To attend the tournament you must be a LSU Badminton Club Member with no outstanding dues.

The tournament for the Tournament Scholarship will also determine club ranking which will in the future determine seeds.

There will be five events total: Men’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Singles, Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles.

Tournament games shall be played in the new “Speed Scoring system” specified by the Badminton World Federation.

a) Rally Scoring to 21

b) Win by 2 points

c) Point cap at 30 points

Matches will be played two out of three games.

Score will be kept by the players on the court unless there is someone willing to score keep for the game.

Shuttlecocks will be provided by the club. With a maximum of 2 shuttles per match.

If there are less than five teams signed up for an event the type of tournament will be round robin. However, if there are more than five teams signed up, there will be a bracket elimination with a 1^st round losers consolation mini-tournament.

Seeded players include:

Mens Singles: Chun-Ming Chang

Mens Doubles: Leon Jang / Hao-Hsing Chang

Womens Single: Angel Chang

Prizes include:

1^st place – One tube of shuttlecocks

2^nd place – Next semester’s membership fee waived.

The Tournament will be held on the October 21st. 1-2 Courts will be available for free play depending on how many matches we are playing. Last day to sign up will be the 20th. Email me before midnight of the 20th if you still wish to play in the tournament. The attached file is what I have for signed up players, if you are not on the list please email me ASAP.

Note: If you are late more than 1 hour all matches that include you will be forfeited .

Matches will promptly start at 12:30 on October 21

I have deleted our old Google Group and decided to host a mailing list. Some people haven’t been getting the emails with the old google group. So I’ll be trying this out for a while. If you haven’t already been added you can add yourself with the link on the side bar.

We have ordered 50 tubes of Yang-Yang 2000b from Badminton Alley in California and are now on sale for $13 a canister. Contact Leon Jang for more information.

Ongoing - Sign ups for the LSU Badminton Tournament. Contact the President for more information. Tournament Rules will soon be posted on the Google Group. Note: Only club members who have no outstanding dues will be allowed to play!Unknown - LSU Badminton Tournament. Tournament Rules will be posted on the google group.

Unknown - Senior Olympics will be held at LSU. If you are willing to scorekeep under the new “speed scoring” system, please contact Marshall.