We like to keep things as fair as possible, to ensure everyone has a great time, from a new visitor all the way to people who’ve been playing for over a decade. Here are our current rules for drop-in play from our president Dave:
To assure everyone gets their fair share of court time, a sign-up board will be posted on the north wall of the gym, next to the curtain partition. Everyone must abide by these rules:
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Doubles matches take precedence over singles matches from 7:45PM through closing. EVERYONE must post their match, whether singles or doubles, along with the time from the clock on the wall. There must be TWO names listed per team. NO SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED. However if a player wishes to give up his or her slot for someone else that player will have to put their name at the bottom of the list.
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Once all courts have matches on them and there are players waiting, any singles matches have to complete the game currently being played and vacate the court.
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When people are waiting, limit warm-up time to no more than THREE MINUTES.
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To prevent “HOGGING”, a player’s name can only appear ACTIVELY on the board ONCE. Even when they’re on-court, their name’s still ACTIVELY on the board; BUT once they’ve finished their match, they’re allowed to post their name on the board again. Each match will go on in the order that is listed on the board, on whichever court becomes available. Any foursome choosing NOT to play on the next open court, wishing to play on a specific court, MUST allow the next group(s) on the list to take that/those available court(s) until the desired court is vacated, upon which that court is theirs to play on.
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When all courts have matches and there are at least 16 players waiting to play, THERE WILL BE A TWO-GAME LIMIT PLAYED TO ALL COURTS. No exceptions. A notation will be made on the board when the two match limit is being enforced.
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Again, to reiterate basic court etiquette: EVERY PLAYER MUST PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE NEW FEATHER SHUTTLECOCK TO THE MATCH.
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If there are players who don’t have a match scheduled or are new players, there will be a section on the board for them to sign up and we will pair them up with another of the players on the board who need a partner/match and will be put into the rotation, based on the time they signed in.
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If your match is next on the board, but one or more of the players in your foursome are playing on another court, you have to allow all matches on the list to play ahead, until the player who you were waiting for finishes his/her match and sits through at least one match. You can, however, substitute that player with someone else who hasn’t played or has sat through a few matches.
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If people don’t want to play a match but just want to rally around, they must still sign up on the board. Once on a court, and there are people waiting to play, they must limit their time to no more than 15 minutes for on-court rallying.
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Although it’s a courtesy that we leave used shuttles on court for others to use for warm-up when it is coming to closing time it would be appreciated that the last foursome pick up and discard the used shuttles in the garbage and not leave them on the ground for the gym staff to pick up, we have a great facility and need to take the time to make sure we do not lose it.
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All players please note that we do have some players who do train and play at the club who play in top-level tournaments and, occasionally, special consideration is provided for these players in the use of ONE court for a time frame not longer than that of a typical match.
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NO ONE is allowed to erase someone’s name off a grouping without that person’s permission.
We have a complicated schedule at the club this month, here’s the latest:
| Date | Time |
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| Dec 13, Thursday | Cancelled |
| Dec 14, Friday | 6pm – 9:30~10pm |
| Dec 16, Sunday | 10am – 5pm (All day!) |
| Dec 18, Tuesday | 7:30pm – 10:30pm |
| Dec 20, Thursday | 7:30pm – 10:30pm |
| Dec 23, Sunday | 10am – 3pm |
| Dec 27, Thursday | 7:30pm – 10:30pm |
| Dec 30, Sunday | 10am – 3pm |
| Jan 3, Thursday | 7:30pm – 10:30pm |
- THIS SUNDAY, December 9, 2012, there will be a basketball event in the gym, so there’s NO BADMINTON that day
- In its place, THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY, December 11, 2012, we will have the gym to play badminton from 7:30PM – 10:30PM
- THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012, gymnastics is taking the gym for their annual show
- In its place, FRIDAY, December 14, 2012, we will have the gym to play badminton (I’ll try and get them to keep the club open until 10PM, or that we can start at 7PM… more on this when I hear from Jamie)
- The following Sunday, December 16, 2012, it’s badminton as usual at the Athletic Club
Also, starting Thursday, it’s that time of the year where I collect for the front desk and maintenance people at the club. They DO prefer us over the basketball people, but they’re not the ones who made the decision to take away Tuesday night from us, so please don’t hold it against them.
Draws 2012 Florida Senior Games
Draws 2012 Florida State Games
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Hey All, If you’re in South Florida and you’re interested in badminton you can’t miss the Miami Panam this week. If you’re coming to watch some international badminton here are the times to come watch:
- Wed, Oct 31st: 5 PM – 9 PM (If you’re not trick-or-treating)
- Thurs, Nov 1st: 10 AM – 10 PM
- Fri, Nov 2nd: 6 PM – 10 PM
- Sat, Nov 3rd: 1 PM – 5 PM (the best time to come – finals)
The more the merrier!
– Nick
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Information for 2012 Bill Graham Miami International has been updated. Please click here to view.
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