We strive to provide a friendly environment. Please introduce yourselves at the beginning of a match.

Tags

Each member is given the opportunity to rank themselves by selecting a coloured dot for their tag. You may change your colour at any time by contacting a committee member. Ranks are as follows:

Yellow - First-time player
Green - Beginner
Blue - Intermediate
Red - Advanced

We recommend that you try to play with others that are the same colour as you, or one degree different. It is helpful to play with players that are a bit better than you. Conversely, you can be helpful by sometimes playing with weaker players.

The Board

The board is used to organize games and give each member a fair chance to play. There is a hook to hold a block for each court (doubles only), and additional players wait for an empty court on the blocks at the bottom, from left to right.

Members are welcome to move their tag forward if there is a space. You are always welcome to move your name backward if you want a rest or want to wait for a particular player. No member may move the tag of another member without the permission of that player.

If there is an unfilled block, even if there are empty courts, nobody may play until that block is filled and put onto a court.

We play a game to 21, using the new scoring system adopted by the international badminton establishment in 2006. Although many of us enjoy a replay, you must leave the court after each game. As mentioned above, you may not play again if there is anyone waiting, even if there is an empty court. Otherwise, you are welcome to one replay, but we strongly encourage you to mix it up. We do not think it is friendly to repeatedly play with the same players all night.

The committee members have the right to move tags as they see fit for the better good of the club. They may do so in order to keep things moving and to promote mingling.

We recommend that you actively check the board. Pay attention to who you are playing with the next game. Move your tag so you have a chance to play with others.

It is the members' responsibility to put their name tags back at the bottom of the board when they leave for the night.

Courts

We appreciate help from the members in setting up the courts and taking down the nets at the end of the night. Committee members are volunteers too and appreciate a helping hand.

Our permit is until 10pm. Games must be ended at 9:55pm in order to leave time to clean up so that custodians may have access to the gym right at 10pm.

If there are empty courts at the end of the evening, those who wish may use them to practice serving and footwork.

Please wear non-marking shoes.

Please pay attention when going to and leaving the court. It is extremely dangerous to walk across courts when a game is in progress.

Membership

This is an adult club. Only persons aged 18 and over are accepted as members. Children may attend on family night.

Membership is not transferable, meaning that if a member is unable to attend, no person can act as a substitute.

Commitee Members

Albert - President
Hian - Treasurer
George
Desmond
Soewito
Joe
Caroline