Clinics, Doubles League, Smash & Tickle 08

We will be holding a badminton clinic on December 10th from 7:00-8:30. Larry and Dexter will be emphasizing doubles skills and strategy during this clinic. Please let us know this Monday if you are interested so that we can plan on additional instructors and courts for the clinic.

Also, December 10th will be the last Monday of play for the year and will resume play in January; the Armory is closed or booked for the remaining Mondays in December.

Doubles league will begin in January. Double will consist of teams of 3 or 4 players competing against other teams in their level. Like last year, we will be doing online registration. We are also looking at doing individual registration at the Armory for players looking for a team. If you wish to play and do not have a team, please let us know and what level you wish to play so that we can begin pairing up teams.

SMASH AND TICKLE 08 is in the planning stages, you should be too. Last years tournament was BIG FUN and this year will be BIGGER FUN. We will keep you posted on the June tournament as it gets closer.

Veterans Day Nov 12 - No Open Gym!

Sorry for the late notice, but the Armory just informed us today that they will be closed for Veterans Day, so we will resume open gym next week, Nov 19.

Badminton Clinics announced - Winter Doubles coming!

Chicago area coaches have agreed to provide coaching to players of all skill levels on the following dates and times.

Nov 12, 26 and Dec 10. Clinics start at 7pm and conclude at 8:30pm.

Topics covered during the coaching clinics will depend on the skill level and interest of participants each night.

The $7 open gym fee will cover the clinics as well.

Open gym will still run on a minimum of 6 courts while the clinics will run on 1-3 designated courts.

Location: Broadway Armory.

Winter Doubles: Sign-up will begin in January, the league will start play in late January. We will update the blog and send out an email when the dates are finalized.

Coaching clinics

If we offer coaching clinics twice a month, would you be interested?

No Open Gym on Oct 15!

We will resume open gym on Monday, Oct 22, 2007. See you then!

Open Gym Mondays

Open Gym begins October 1, 2007.

Cost: $7
Must be CMSA Member - register online http://www.chicagomsa.com/
(CMSA season starts September 1, 2007)
Hours: 6:30pm - 9pm
Location: Broadway Armory, 5917 N. Broadway St. Chicago, IL 60660

Questions? email secondcitybad@yahoo.com

2007 Singles Ladder Playoff Results

Division: A
Jason
	Jason
Bye
John		Jason
	John
Margie
Peter			Jason
	Peter
Arthur		Kevin
Lucas
	Kevin
Kevin
Division: B
Karen
	Karen
Bye
Sundar		Karen
	Richard
Richard
Mitch			Doug
	Mitch
Mike N		Doug
Bye
	Doug
Doug

Division C
Don
	Don
Bye
Mike D		Don
	Bob
Bob
Ray			Don
	Ray
Bruce C		Ray
Jonard
	Eugene
Eugene
Division: D
Jan
	Jan
Bye
Gordon		Jan
	Gordon
Rupert
Marcela			Jackie
	Marcela
Kengo		Jackie
Bye
	Jackie
Jackie