Red Willow
Red
March 5, 6 & 7
Tournament
Director -Scot Young
Events: u12, u14, u16, u19 – age as of December 31, 2010
Singles and doubles in all age groups (no mixed doubles)
Consolations in all events
Gift bags with Victor shorts for each competitor
Medals for winners
Draw for Victor Super Waves 32 racket
Shuttles: Victor feather blue
Entry Fee: $40
Badminton
Enter on-line at www.badmintonalberta.ca
Request partner if needed
Entry deadline: February 26
Draw times at www.badmintonalberta.ca
Schedule of Play: begins Friday March 5 at 2 pm
Finals: Sunday March 7 at 9 am
Email contact: badminton@redwillow.ca;
telephone 780-460-2441
Snack bar service - no food or beverages can be brought into
the club
Clean, indoor shoes only beyond the club entrance
Accomodation: Horizon Motel $76 plus tax; Sleep Inn
$86 plus tax; St. Albert Inn $128 plus tax
Coaching Program Update
Scot Young’s coaching schedule until February 28 is now available.
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Something new…
The Red Willow Badminton
Club has a brand new policy regarding purchase of rackets and restringing.
Check it out by clicking on the Pro Shop link to the left.
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Daily Club Schedule
Curious about club hours,
upcoming events, league lineups, etc. over the coming months? Click on the
Schedule link to the left.
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Red
We remind those members who play regularly in Red Willow leagues that it is not necessary to
register each week, but please check this website. If you aren’t listed you can call
780-460-2441 or email badminton@redwillow.ca
or register in person by 6:45 pm. If you are listed but you know you can’t
attend, it is very important to have names deleted in advance. Guests are
welcome, and junior players (competitive level) can play in the Monday and
Wednesday leagues.
On Mondays, separate men’s and women’s singles draws are now being
conducted from 7 to 10 pm. Our goal is to schedule three matches per player per
night, but if more than 20 players are in the lineup we may have to reduce this
to two matches.
For the Wednesday doubles league there is one combined draw (men’s,
women’s & mixed teams), commencing at 7 pm. For details check the
LEAGUE sidebar. If you don’t have a
regular partner you can register as an individual and we’ll try to find a
partner for you.
The Friday night junior league is now separated into two divisions—boys
singles and girls singles. Try to arrive at the club as early as possible (6:30
pm preferred) so that we can be sure of starting matches by 7 pm and completing
the draw by our closing time of 9 pm on Fridays. Junior players are separated
into two categories—1. players born in 1992 or later; 2.
players born in 1997 or later.
The club is no longer
providing shuttles on Friday nights. Junior players must now play with their
own feather shuttles as our members do for the Monday and Wednesday leagues.
Remember, a broken feather can be replaced, and we’ll be pleased to show
you how to do it. (see ‘shuttle repairs’ below)
Guests of members are always welcome on league nights. Guest fees:
Adult $15, Junior $10 (includes GST) However, guests
must always be signed in by a club member. RWBC no longer offers “drop in”
play, because we now have 300 active members and the club is unable to accommodate drop-in
badminton players, except on special occasions.
IMPORTANT – RWBC CONTINUES TO SEEK
NEW FAMILY MEMBERS. ANYONE WHO HAS NEVER PLAYED BADMINTON HERE AND IS SERIOUSLY
CONSIDERING BECOMING A CLUB MEMBER, IS INVITED TO PLAY THE FIRST TIME AT NO CHARGE. CHECK IT OUT!
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Shuttle Repairs
You
can double the life of a shuttle if you replace the first broken feather. A shuttle
may appear to fly normally with one (or even two) broken feathers, but the
adjacent feathers will break quickly and the shuttle is then beyond repair. Even if a shuttle cannot be
repaired, many of the 16 left-wing goose feathers can usually be salvaged to
repair other shuttles. All you need is long-nosed pliers and an awl (a pencil
will do), and we will show you how to replace broken feathers. It’s really
quite simple.
Our shuttle
repair service is no longer being provided, so if you don’t want to repair your
own shuttles just throw them in a garbage pail.
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Legal serves The international rules
of badminton contain specific details about the position of the shuttle and the
racket head in relation to the waist. Many players think that if they contact the shuttle
below their waist their serve is legal. Not so! The head of the racket must
also be pointing down, even if you contact the shuttle at ankle level. If you
aren’t sure that your serve is legal, ask one of our professional coaches to
check it for you.
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Sportsmanship
Badminton
is great exercise and fun. Good sportsmanship is of paramount importance. In a
club game (no umpire or linesmen)
calling your opponent’s shots in or out is not always easy, especially if you
do not clearly see the shuttle land. If you aren’t absolutely certain a shot is
out you should return the shuttle to your opponents, conceding the point.
However, if they can see that their shot was clearly out, they should refuse to
accept the point. Sportsmanship applies to possible rule violations (illegal
serve, touching the net, etc) A good sport never accuses opponents of breaking
a rule! It just isn’t done in a “friendly” badminton game, which includes Red
Willow league matches. At a sanctioned tournament there are always officials
available to enforce the rules of the game.
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Footwear Dirty
footwear is a major problem for the club. Members and guests must remove their
outdoor footwear at the club entrance. Please check your court shoes to ensure
there is no gravel or mud on the soles. The damage this can cause to our
softwood badminton floor is enormous. One small pebble can scratch the surface!
Please clean your court shoes at home or bring them to the club counter and
we’ll do it for you, but don’t remove any dirt or pebbles yourself in the
club, because this could be picked up on someone else’s shoes.