I just got informed that there will be a Basketball game at UCSC West Field House Gym this Thursday, 1/13/11, from 7-10pm. Thus, OPERS cannot do anything about it now and so we must change our tryout dates a little.

I apologize for the late update, I just found out not too long ago from Skippy, our OPERS Activities Director. Thus, our Tryouts will begin this week on Saturday the 15th from 12pm-2pm, and Sunday the 16th from 10am-1pm, both days will be at East Field House Gym, Near the OPERS Swimming pool and Locker Room. If you cannot attend these dates and would still like to tryout please email us back and we can set up an appointment to have you tryout.

(If you already emailed us and received your number, that is still your number, so please remember that number to confirm with us who you are on the tryout date. Thanks)

Our new system is if you would like to tryout, please email us your information listed below and we will respond to you in the order that we receive the emails. In our responses we will give you a number as well, please remember that number, and we will give you a name tag that has your corresponding number on it on the day you tryout.

We will hold tryouts for the the people with the numbers 1- as many as we can on Saturday. On Sunday, we will hold tryouts the rest if needed. Please spread the word to friends and anyone you know that attends the school and that would like to play competitively on our traveling team. You can foward this email to those that are interested, or checkout our wordpress page, http://ucscbadminton.wordpress.com/. I wish everyone a great week and I hope to see you all there this weekend. If there are any questions, please feel free to email us. We will try to respond back ASAP.

Tryout Info Needed: Please fill out everything below

Name*: _____________________________

Email*:______________________________

Phone Number*: (_____) ______-______

College*:____________

Year*:___________

Sincerely,
Steven Tran
President of UCSC Badminton Club

I hope everyone had a great start with their classes so far! I apologize for sending this out a little later than expected, but I want to update you all about how we are running our tryouts this quarter. Instead of having it all crammed into one 2 hour session on a Thursday, I would like to spread it out to be on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. Tryouts will begin this week on Thursday the 13th, Saturday the 15th, and Sunday the 16th.

The new system is if you would like to tryout, please email us your information listed below and we will respond to you in the order that we receive the emails. In our responses we will give you a number as well, please remember that number, and we will give you a name tag that has your corresponding number on it on the day you tryout.

We will hold tryouts for the the people with the numbers 1-16 on Thursday, because of the limited court space and time we have. On Saturday we will hold tryouts for 17 through as many as we can, and the rest will be on Sunday if needed. Please spread the word to friends and anyone you know that attends the school and that would like to play competitively on our traveling team. I wish everyone a great week and I hope to see you all there this week.

Tryout Info Needed: Please fill out everything below

Name*: _____________________________

Email*:______________________________

Phone Number*: (_____) ______-______

College*:____________

Year*:___________

Sincerely,
Steven Tran
President of UCSC Badminton Club

Contact Info:
ucscbadminton@gmail.com

There will be no open gym this Saturday because of Opers Training. Sorry for the late notice. Sunday is still up in the air, but if you want to go, all you need to do is check out the nets at the front desk and set it up at the gym. Our open gym time on Sunday is from 10am-1pm. As for our first weekend open gym, we will start the following weekend, 15th – 16th of this month. If there are any questions please feel free to email us at ucscbadminton@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Steven Tran

President of UCSC Badminton Club

As for our quarterly tryouts, our plans are to hold it next week. We will update our sites, wordpress and Facebook, with the dates and times that we can use. Please spread the word to your friends and anyone you know that may be interested and play competitively on the Club Team.

If there are any questions, please feel free to email us at ucscbadminton@gmail.com. I hope to see you all there this quarter!!

Sincerely,

Steven Tran

President of UCSC Badminton Club

I want to thank everyone that tried out at last night’s newcomers tryouts. Please note, we hold tryouts every quarter. So please feel free to try out again next quarter if you did not make it. During any open gym times, any team member will be willing to help improve your skills if you ask. You also have the option of joining our team during our conditioning dates. If you do not remember your number that was given to you during tryouts please email us back at ucscbadminton@gmail.com.

For those that made the team, please come tomorrow, Saturday October 2nd, for practice at the East Field House Gym from 9:50am-12pm. We will be discussing in detail what it means to be on the team. In addition, we will begin making the team lineup for our first match that is later this month. Please email us if you absolutely cannot make it on Saturday.

As another reminder, we have open gym this weekend at the East Field House Gym, Saturday from 12-2pm and Sunday from 10am-1pm. Hope to see you all there.

Now for the results: After much deliberation we have decided that the following people will be joining the UCSC Badminton Team:

#’s:

Hey Everybody,

My name is Steven Tran and I’ll be leading the  UCSC Badminton team this year with Jason Ma and Jenny Yip. First, I’d like to say thank you for expressing interest in the UCSC Badminton Club.

For those of you who are interested in trying out for our team this year, we will be holding our Information Night On Wednesday, September 22nd from 7-8 pm located at Classroom Unit 2.

Here’s a link for the Facebook Information Night Event http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127726387278296.

Fall Newcomers Tryouts will be held on Thursday, September 30th at the WEST FIELD HOUSE GYM. Tryouts will be from 8-10 pm. We are holding an open gym session this Saturday from 12 -2 pm if you would like to hit around with other members.

Here’s a link for a Facebook Tryout Event http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103700253027732 .

Returning members will have tryouts on Saturday, October 2nd between 10 am-2 pm at the EAST FIELD HOUSE GYM.

Recreational players and those who would like to learn more about this sport are invited to our open gyms. We provide rackets and birds for those who need them and we have a rotating system for court times. This week’s open gym will be on Saturday, September 25th at the EAST FIELD HOUSE GYM from 12-2pm.

*****PLEASE NOTE, all open gyms after the 25th of September will be on Saturdays from 12-2 pm at the EAST FIELD HOUSE GYM while team practice will be on Saturdays from 10 am-12 pm.

*****PLEASE NOTE, all open gyms after the 25th of September will be on Saturdays from 12-2 pm at the EAST FIELD HOUSE GYM while team practice will be on Saturdays from 10 am-12 pm.

Those who are interested in joining the team but CANNOT MAKE TRYOUTS next Thursday, please email UCSCBADMINTON@GMAIL.COM. Include your name, college, years experience, and contact info within the email.

If you have friends or other people interested in joining the team or even coming to our open gyms, please have them visit us at our website http://ucscbadminton.wordpress.com for more information and gym times. If you have a Facebook (Who Doesn’t? Friend me if you like ^_^) please join our group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6144768831 for more information as well. Again, thank you for expressing interest in the sport of Badminton and I hope to see you on the courts this quarter.

Cheers,

Steven Tran
Co-President, UCSC Badminton Team
UCSCBadminton@gmail.com

NEWCOMERS’ TRYOUTS, September 30th, 2010
WEST FIELD HOUSE GYM
8-10 pm

RETURNERS’ TRYOUTS, October 2nd, 2010
EAST FIELD HOUSE GYM
10 am-2 pm

OPEN GYM
WEST FIELD HOUSE GYM

Thursday: 8-10 pm (Starting September 23rd, 2010)

EAST FIELD HOUSE GYM

Sunday: 10 am-1 pm (Starting October 3rd, 2010)

Saturdays: 12-2 pm (Starting September 25th, 2010)

TEAM PRACTICE, October 9th, 2010 – December 9th, 2010
EAST FIELD HOUSE GYM
Saturday: 10 am-12 pm
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Visit our website for news and upcoming events.

http://ucscbadminton.wordpress.com

When: Saturday, May 22nd 2010

Where: West Field House Gym UCSC

Flights:

Recreational/Beginner
-Open Doubles

Intermediate/Advanced
-Men’s Doubles
-Women’s Doubles
-Mixed Doubles

Cost:

$6 per event (Recreation/Beginner)
$8 per event (Intermediate/Advanced)
Prizes:

Prizes awarded for 1st, 2nd, and Consolation in each event.

Time:

Warm ups begin @ 9:30 am
Matches begin @ 10:00 am

This is Double Elimination, guaranteed 2 games. Max 2 events. Plastic birds will be provided, players provide their own feathers. Recreational rackets and birds are available for use on first come first serve basis. Flights subject to change depending on # of entries.

Entry Rules:

1) Rally scoring format for all events, 3×21. All consolation matches are 1 set to 21. Consolation semi-finals and beyond are 3×21.

2) Teams must play in the flight of the higher ranked player. Multiple partners are NOT allowed.

For more information, questions, or disability needs, please contact us at ucscbadminton@gmail.com

Sign Up Here

Each player must each sign up individually!

Thursdays 8-10 pm West Field House Gym

Saturdays 12-2 pm East Field House Gym

Sundays 10-1 pm East Field House Gym

Thank you everyone for coming out today and trying out for the team. It was a huge turnout and it was great to see so many people interested in badminton. I also want to thank our members who pitched in to help run the tryouts and allowed everything to run as smoothly as it did.

The following are those who have made it onto the Fall Quarter UCSC Badminton team:

1, 3, 4, 5, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 39, 41 (You will be emailed shortly for more information about our first practice, games, etc.)

For those of you who did not make it onto the team this quarter, we greatly appreciate your time and effort for trying out and we highly encourage and hope that you continue to visit open gym and tryout again during the winter quarter.

If you would like to bulk order birds or any other equipment, please visit us during open gym and talk with us in person.