1) There is NO TRAINING NEXT WEEK (Sat, 10/3). We are hosting our first dual meet at home vs. SJSU from 10AM-1PM in the RSF Blue Gym. Come out & support your team!

2) From now on, we will be starting ON THE HOUR. This means, NO MORE BERKELEY TIME! All late players will be subject to the consequences, at the discretion of the coaches.

3) Training will be split up into 2 groups beginning on our next training session (Sat, 10/10):
- 10:00AM-11:30AM (Beginner 0, Beginner 1)
- 11:30AM-1:00PM (Intermediate, Advanced)

4) Singles ranking results are now posted on the Facebook "Cal Badminton Training" group. Please request an invite for this group if you have not already done so, as we will frequently message everyone through this group.

5) Doubles & Mixed rankings - date & time TBA. More info coming soon! Please begin deciding who you would like to play with.

6) The Coaches can now be reached directly at calbad.coach@gmail.com. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to shoot us an email!

Keep up the good work guys! See you on Saturday, 10/10!
GO BEARS!

Our first training session will be held this Sat, 9/12, from 11AM-1PM in the Gold Gym. No experience necessary! Players of all levels are invited to attend!

All training sessions thereafter will be limited to paid club members ONLY.

Hope to see you there!

It was great seeing so many new faces & meeting everyone at our 1st General Meeting last Thursday! If you missed it, here's some info below on how to go about joining our club.

How to join:
The Participant Information and Code of Conduct forms for all Cal Sports Clubs are online. Click here to login with your CalNet ID.

After you login,
1. Fill out the PI form
2. Fill out the Waiver
3. Fill out the Code of Conduct
4. Login to Join a Team

Finally, don't forget to pay club dues of $50 to the RSF cashier and give your receipt to one of the officers. Returning members also need to pay club dues for this semester.

That's it! Welcome to Cal Badminton!

Of course, we are more than happy to answer any other questions you may have in person during Open Gym times or via email (calbadminton@gmail.com). Don't be shy - introduce yourself!

See you on the courts!

Welcome back, everyone! We're all super excited to start yet another fun-filled school year with Cal Badminton, and we can't wait to meet all the new kids on the block!

For all those new to the club, please note the temporary changes to our Open Gym time and location due to current renovations in our regular gym. Don't be shy! Come out to play and say hi!

Info for our Club Informational Meeting is listed in the shoutout box at the top of the page. Details on why and how to join the club will be given, and all of your questions can also be answered at this time. Come and meet your club officers!

Hope to see you there!
GO BEARS!

Even with our servers down for close to a month, Cal Badminton was still able to pull it together and run yet another successful tournament, thanks to the MANY helping hands from all over!

Firstly, we at Cal Badminton would like to thank all of our participants for their infinite patience and understanding in the pre-tournament registration period due to our crashed servers. We understand that this was an incredible inconvenience to everyone, and we apologize. As the situation was completely out of our hands, we tried our best in notifying as many people as possible via email & forum postings about our situation. Even so, we are well aware that we were unable to accommodate many of our loyal patrons who registered early on our website due to the lost data - our sincerest apologies to you all. We apologize for the inconvenience and the confusion, and we hope that this situation never happens again. We are currently looking into ways to prevent any future data loss within such close proximity to a tournament and to formulate new ways for data recovery. If you have any ideas or suggestions for us, please shoot us a friendly email at calbadminton@gmail.com. We'd really appreciate it!

A special thanks to the UC Davis Badminton Club's Lucy Chang, Christian Santiago, and Simon Wong for all their help and support. Thanks for throwing us a lifeline when we needed it most!

And finally, last but not least, a HUGE thanks to our tournament staff and all our tournament helpers for all their hard work! Couldn't have done it without each & every one of you!
**Tournament dinner TBA - check your email for more info, coming soon!**

Thank you all so much again!
GO BEARS!

For the very first time in the history of UC Berkeley, Cal Badminton took the 1st Place Team Championship Title at the 2009 Collegiate National Championships held at Irvine Valley College on Mar. 21-22. Cal Badminton came in full force, triumphantly steamrolling the competition with 90 total team points.

Final team scores:
1st place: UC Berkeley, 90 pts
2nd place: UC Irvine, 56.5 pts
3rd place: UC San Diego, 53 pts

Individual titles:

Men's Singles:
David Pastewka - 3rd place
Chuan Sheng Soong - 4th place
Nghia Tran - Consolation Winner

Women's Singles:
Daphne Ng - 4th place
Sarah Chan - 5th/6th place
Teresa Lin - Consolation Winner

Men's Doubles:
Fred Hernandez/David Pastewka - Champions
David Chock/Jerry Wang - Consolation Winners

Women's Doubles:
Sophia Law/Daphne Ng - 2nd place
Sarah Chan/Hanae Fujinami - 3rd place

Mixed Doubles:
Sophia Law/Chuan Sheng Soong - 4th place
Hanae Fujinami/Fred Hernandez - 5th/6th place
Stephanie Tsai/Bryant Chau - Consolation Runner Ups

Congratulations everyone!
GO BEARS!!

Hope everyone had a great winter break! Regular Open Gym times have resumed in the Blue Gym.

If you did not join the club online in Fall 2008, please follow the instructions below.

How to join:
The Participant Information and Code of Conduct forms for all Cal Sports Clubs are now online. Click here to login with your CalNet ID.

After you login,
1. Fill out the PI form
2. Fill out the Waiver
3. Fill out the Code of Conduct
4. Login to Join a Team
**If you already did this last semester, you do not need to sign up online again.

Finally, don't forget to pay club dues of $50 to the RSF cashier and give your receipt to one of the officers. Returning members also need to pay club dues for this semester.

That's it! Welcome to Cal Badminton!

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask any of our friendly club officers at practice about the club or new semester, or email us at calbadminton@gmail.com.

See you on the courts!

Congratulations to Cal Badminton in their meet against San Jose State (SJSU) on 10/11/08. Cal won 9-4 in a hard earned victory! Here are the results (winners are in bold):

Women's Singles
1. Elaine Chan vs. Daphne Ng 7,6
2. Pollyanna Macchiano vs. Teresa Lin 16,6
3. Eva Lai vs. Ann Wongsirorat 6,3

Men's Singles
1. Aaron Huynh vs. Soong Chuan Sheng 26-24, 13
2. Linh Nguyen vs. Nghia Tran 11, 16-21, 9
3. Thomas Liu vs. Arnold Yeung 19, 16

Women’s Doubles
1. Rosanna Kwan/ Mina Yokoyama vs. Sophia Law/ Helen Chou 14,10
2. Carol Chen/ Elaine Chan vs. Karen Hui/ Stephanie Tsai 16, 18

Men’s Doubles
1. Galdino Rosas/ Quan Huynh vs. Brian Lin/ Irving Lin 19,15
2. Tony Sang Pham/ Thomas Liu vs David Chock/ Michael Siu 15-21, 19 13-21

Mixed Doubles
1. Aaron Huynh/ Mina Yokoyama vs. David Patsweka/ Sophia Law 15, 10
2. Duy Nguyen/ Carol Chen vs. Wayne Wang/ Daphne Ng 16, 18
3. Tony Sang Pham/ Rosanna Kwan vs. Fred Jiang/ Ann Wongsirorat 13, 16

We are now accepting donations to Cal Badminton. Please help us out. All donations are fully tax-refundable and will be greatly appreciated.

Donate Now.

Welcome back everyone! We're all excited to meet all the new folk and get back to playing at the good 'ol RSF. For people new to our club, open gym times can be found on our menu to the left. Come see us on Tuesdays and Thursdays and ask around to find a club officer. We'd all be more than happy to talk to you!

Don't forget to renew your RSF and club membership and please take note of our recent fee change.