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Practice is canceled due to Hickey Gym being book for another event tonight. There WILL be practice tomorrow night though. Feel free to email us with any questions regarding this.

Thank you all for playing in the 2012 Spring Open! We hope you had fun and we hope to see you all again in the Fall later this year.

Congratulations to the winners!

Saturday
AMS:
1st: Minh Nguyen
2nd: Arnold Setiadi
Cons: Jordy Supandi

AWS:
1st: Nicole Grether
2nd: Charmaine Reid
Cons: Priscilla Long

BMS:
1st: Bryan Chow
2nd: David Lee
Cons: Raghuram Parvataneni

BWS:
1st: Danae Long
2nd: Cally Chung
Cons: Praadnya Shah

CMS:
1st: Carter Tong
2nd: Troi Chua
Cons: Christian Basa

CWS:
1st: Madeline Sporkert
2nd: Tracy Chu
Cons: Zhaoqing Zheng

DMS:
1st: Brian Duong
2nd: Mike Phan
Cons: Ishan Shah

DWS:
1st: Christine Wang
2nd: Rebecca Wan
Cons: Josephine Liang

AMX:
1st: Arnold Setiadi/Daphne Ng
2nd: Simon Wong/Maggie Ho
Cons: Rohit Prakash/Nancy Wang

BMX:
1st: Derek Chen/Emily Chu
2nd: Simon Wong/Maggie Ho
Cons: Bryan Chow/Priscilla Long

CMX:
1st: Solomon Wong/Thu Le
2nd: Jacky Lui/Michelle Tien
Cons: Kevin Brimmerman/Melisa Byrd

DMX:
1st: Roger Chen/Rebecca Wan
2nd: Phong Nguyen/Katherine Ja
Cons: Ren Jun/Joyce Cheung

Sunday
AMD:
1st: Minh Nguyen/Pratik Patel
2nd: Arnold Setiadi/Dan Nguyen
Cons: David Lee/Tuan La

AWD:
1st: Charmaine Reid/Nicole Grether
2nd: Tiffany Chua/Cally Chung
Cons: Fanny Yu/Hanh Huynh

BMD:
1st: Daniel Liu/Henry Liu
2nd: Tan Kha/Luan Chau
Cons: David Jeon/Pata Payaonoi

BWD:
1st: KimVan Nguyen/Danae Long
2nd: Thu Le/Jeska Song
Cons: Jennifer Prajudha/Stephanie Cheung

CMD:
1st: David Jeon/Pata Payaonoi
2nd: Hung Nguyen/Brandon Le
Cons: Sarah Chan/Gina Youn

CWD:
1st: Fiona Lai/Cynthia Leung
2nd: Melisa Byrd/Nicole Young
Cons: Gigi Pang/Rebecca Cheung

DMD:
1st: Larry Chan/Louis Tsai
2nd: Cuong Le/Lam Vu
Cons: Long Vo/Victor Chen

DWD:
1st: Christine Wang/Rebecca Wan
2nd: Cyndy Nguyen/Cynthia Nguyen
Cons: ShuShu Hsia/Alisia Lu

This is the final draft of the draws. There will be no more changes to the draw until the day of the tournament. If there are any discrepancies between the draws and your entry, please let us know during tournament day. Any other changes will only be made at the tournament directors' discretion. Updated draws can be seen below

Men's Singles
Women's Singles
Mixed Doubles
Men's Doubles
Women's Doubles

Estimated times are as followed.

Saturday:
- D and B Singles start at 9am.
- C Singles start at 10am.
- A Singles start at 11:30am.
- All mixed begin at 12:30pm.

Sunday:
- D and B doubles start at 9am.
- C Doubles start at 10:00am.
- A doubles start at 11:30am.

Please try to show up earlier in case we begin calling your matches early.
Good luck to everyone and see you this weekend!

A draft of the draws can be viewed below. If you do not find yourself in something you signed up for, please email us. Any other changes will only be made at the tournament directors' discretion.

Men's Doubles
Men's Singles
Mixed Doubles
Women's Doubles
Women's Singles

Estimated times are as followed.

Saturday:
- D and B Singles start at 9am.
- C Singles start at 10am.
- A Singles start at 11:30am.
- All mixed begin at 12:30pm.

Sunday:
- D and B doubles start at 9am.
- C Doubles start at 10:00am.
- A doubles start at 11:30am.

Please try to show up earlier in case we begin calling your matches early.
Good luck everyone and see you this weekend!

Thank you for signing up for the Spring Open 2012. Sign-up's are now over. Please email us if you are still interested in a late entry. Group entries are also due now!

In the mean time, please print and download the waiver if you are not a UC student. This will make the registration faster. We hope to see you all next weekend!

This is a reminder that the deadline to sign up is this Friday. Remember that all late entry will be charged a late fee. Group entry forms are due the same day. Group entrys get discounts, a group is 10 people or more.

The prize money for A events is going up! Prize money will now be $150/75 for singles and $300/150 for doubles and mixed.

There is only ONE WEEK LEFT to sign up for Spring Open. Any late entry will incur a $5 additional charge. Group entries are due on the same day too!

The winning shirt design is now displayed below. Shirts will be $10 if pre-ordered via email or $12 at the tournament.

Just a reminder that sign up's for our tournament are due April 20th at 11:59PM! Group entries are also due at this time. Group entry prices are $18 for the first event and $12 for every additional event. Group entry form can be found here. Waivers are also now provided to speed up check-in on tournament day. Please print and sign this waiver if you're not a UC student. All participants are required to sign a waiver prior to playing.

Also as a reminder, we are still accepting shirt designs for our tournament. The winning design receives a FREE shirt and ONE EVENT WAIVED! More information in a post below.

Sign up's for our tournament is available from now until April 20th at 11:59PM! Please sign up by clicking on the link on the side bar.

Also as a reminder, we are still accepting shirt designs for our tournament. The winning design receives a FREE shirt and ONE EVENT WAIVED! More information in the post below.

The tournament date is now finalized to be April 28 - 29. Sorry for any confusion!

Tournament Shirt Design Contest: We are accepting design submissions for our Spring Open 2012 tournament from now until April 11! Shirt designs must contain:

1. "UC Davis" or "University of California Davis"
2. "Spring Open 2012" or "Spring 2012 Open". The date is optional.
3. It must not be any more than 3 colors (including the shirt color).
4. Have a front and back design (not required but HIGHLY recommended)

Please send your design to our email found on the right sidebar. If your design is chosen, please be ready to have a high resolution (generally 300 pixels/in) photoshop file for us. The winner of the contest not only gets a FREE TOURNAMENT SHIRT but also ONE EVENT WAIVED. You can take a look at past designs in the Tournament page. If you have any more questions, feel free to email us or ask us in the chatbox.

We will not be having practice anymore for this quarter. Good luck with your finals and make sure you look at our NEW Spring Practice times on the right sidebar!

If you didn't hear from club members, the team traveled to LA last weekend and competed against some of the universities in the region (including UCLA, UCSD, and USC). The UC Davis Badminton Club would like to thank UCLA for organizing the event and having us at the meet. It was a memorable experience for everyone who participated. Congratulations to everyone!

Practice will be canceled tomorrow, February 10th! Enjoy your weekend and good luck with your midterms.

We will not have practice tomorrow night (January 20th). We apologize for not being able to hold many Friday practice, but we hopefully will try to have our first Friday practice next week!

If you are interested in buying a team jersey and are a dues-paid member, please shoot us an email by Saturday, the 21st. We will give you a bit more information via email.

First practice of the quarter will be tonight at 9PM! We are going to experiment having an actual "practice", which includes conditioning and drills for the first hour of practice. Please come prepared if you would like to take part. If you are not interested, some courts will still be available for recreational uses. Hope to see you all there!

Winter quarter practice times will be exactly as Fall quarter! See everyone in 2 weeks and happy holidays!

There will not be practice this Friday, December 2. Our last practice was tonight. Sorry for the late announcement. We will announce Winter practice schedules over break. It will most likely be the same time but changes may occur.

Thank you for your participation and good luck with finals. Have a wonderful 4-week vacation!

No surprise here, but again this week's Friday practice will be canceled because of Veteran's Day holiday. Also, if you had stopped by our gym last week, Friday practice was yet again canceled because the officers were at the IM Badminton Tournament held at the ARC. Sorry for the lack of Friday practices and thank you for your cooperation.

Thank you all for playing in the 2011 Fall Open! We hope you had fun and we hope to see you all again in Spring of next year.

Congratulations to the winners!

Saturday
AMS:
1st: Minh Nguyen
2nd: Pratik Patel
Cons: Serge Blanchet

ABWS:
1st: Priscilla Long
2nd: Tiffany Chu
Cons: Donna Tran

BMS:
1st: Jan Banquilles
2nd: Bryan Chow
Cons: Stevie Fung

CWS:
1st: Angela Lin
2nd: Cally Chung
Cons: Victoria Okumara

CMS:
1st: David Lee
2nd: Gary Wu
Cons: Ram Parvataneni

DWS:
1st: Madeline Sporkert
2nd: Tracy Chu
Cons: Amy Ran

DMS:
1st: Danny Chan
2nd: Troi Chua
Cons: Di Lan

AMX:
1st: Minh Nguyen/Huong Tran
2nd: Serge Blanchet/Sarah Chan
Cons: Nghia Nguyen/Thuy-ni Truong

BMX:
1st: Jan Banquilles/Cally Chung
2nd: Gary Wu/Tiffany Chu
Cons: Monkie Tran/Candy Kok

CMX:
1st: Chetan Potu/Tiffany Chua
2nd: Joseph Bui/Jeska Song
Cons: Brandon Chang/Coey Chau

DMX:
1st: Danny Chan/Helena Wong
2nd: Stephen Chiu/Trang Tran
Cons: Larry Chan/Rebecca Liu

Sunday
AMD:
1st: Minh Nguyen/Pratik Patel
2nd: Parag Modi/Pridvi Appineni
Cons: Huy Tran/Nguyen Huynh

AWD:
1st: Sophia Law/Daphne Ng
2nd: Stella Chun/Huong Tran
Cons: Tiffany Jianto/Carol Quach

BMD:
1st: Jan Banquiles/Chetan Potu
2nd: Gary Wu/Nathan Lo
Cons: Ambrish Batheja/Young Lee

BWD:
1st: Tiffany Chua/Cally Chung
2nd: Donna Tran/Stephanie Tsai
Cons: Melisa Byrd/Nicole Young

CMD:
1st: Justin Ma/Timothy Lam
2nd: Nathan Cao/Victor Yu
Cons: Joshua Dao/Andy Lam

CWD:
1st: Kimvan Nguyen/Jeska Song
2nd: Melisa Byrd/Nicole Young
Cons: Vicki Chan/Taryn Yamagami

DMD:
1st: Jason Lau/Raymond Chen
2nd: Hung Nguyen/Nguyen Tran
Cons: Mitch Seed/Stefan Tian

DWD:
1st: Madeline Sporkert/Lily Wen
2nd: Cyndy Nguyen/Cynthia Nguyen
Cons: Shu-Shu Hsia/Christine Wang

The draws can be viewed below. These are the final draft. If you would like to make any changes, please come to the Tournament Desk to make your requests the day of the tournament. We are no longer accepting changes via email.

Men's Doubles
Men's Singles
Mixed Doubles
Women's Doubles
Women's Singles

Estimated times are as followed.

Saturday:
- D and B Men's Singles start at 9am.
- C Singles start at 10:30am.
- A Men's and ABWS start at 12:30pm.
- All mixed begin at 2pm.

Sunday:
- D and B doubles start at 9am.
- C Doubles start at 10am.
- A doubles start at 12pm.

Please try to show up earlier in case we begin calling your matches early.
Good luck everyone and see you this weekend!

Our current draws are still subject to changes (and full of typos). If you do not see your entry on this list, it does NOT mean we have dropped you from particular events. With only a few of us managing so many entries, we may have misplaced you during entry changes and corrections. For clarification, please email us ASAP. We are trying our best to make this tournament efficient and a good experience for all the participants and hope you understand.

We apologize for any inconvenience that may cause.

Here are some reminders about the tournament.

Dates: Saturday, October 22nd (Singles and Mixed); Sunday, October 23rd (Doubles)
Location: The Pavilion at the University of California, Davis
Events: Flights A, B, C, D for Men and Women Singles, Doubles, & Mixed.
Entries: $20 for first event, $15 for each additional event.
Times: Warm-up starts at 8am. First games for both days will be called at 9am.
T-Shirts: T-shirts will be sold at the tournament for $12. Pre-order a shirt for $10! (NO refunds for pre-order shirts.)

Prizes: A M/W Singles 1st - $100; A M/W Singles 2nd - $50
A M/W Doubles/Mixed 1st - $200 per team; A M/W Doubles/Mixed 2nd - $100 per team
Trophies will be awarded to 1st and 2nd place in B,C,D flights and Consolation in all Flights.
*Please note that the cash prizes will be awarded if there are at least 8 teams in the events. If there are less than 8 teams then the cash prize amount will be determined later. If there is a large number of A entries, there will be an increase in cash prizes.

Entry Rules:
(1) Rally scoring format for all events, 3x21. ALL CONSOLATION matches are one set to 21. Consolation semi-finals and beyond are formatted 3x21. Scoring sheets will be provided.
(2) When the leading score reaches 11 points, players have a 1 minute interval. There will be a 2 minute interval between each set. In the third set, players may choose to change ends when the leading score reaches 11 points. Coaching is allowed during intervals only.
(3) Players will be allowed to play a maximum of 3 events on Saturday and 2 events on Sunday. 2 flights maximum per event.
(4) No jumping flights. Meaning, if you are playing two flights with one partner (ie. A/B or B/C) and you cannot play in a different flight in another event (ie. B/C or C/D).
(5) Teams must play in the flight of the higher ranked player. Multiple partners are NOT allowed.
(6) A strict five minute default rule will be enforced. Players who are defaulted will be disqualified from the tournament for the event they defaulted from.
(7) Participants will not be allowed to start their first match until all fees are paid.
(8) All participants will need to sign a waiver before playing. Waivers will be available on our website and on tournament days at the registration desk. (Participants under 18 will need a parent/guardian signature.)


Group Entries: Discount rates are $18 first event, $12 for any afterwards.
Tournament Directors: Andrew Santos and Dexter Vu
*Changes may be made at anytime at the tournament director’s discretion and are final.

To speed up registration process, please print and sign this waiver if you are not a UC student (this includes Cal, UCSC, UCSD, etc.). All participants are required to sign a waiver prior to playing.

For more tournament updates, follow up on our Facebook event page: 2011 UC Davis Fall Open.

Lastly, there is no Friday practice this week due to tournament preparations.

Regular registration is now closed! If you are still interested in playing, please email your entries to davisbadminton@gmail.com -- but do expect a $5 late fee. Also, group entries must be submitted now too or else you will not be guaranteed discounts.

If you would like to make any changes to your entries, please also email us ASAP. The faster you tell us, the more likely we can change your entries. Draws will not be posted until the Friday even prior to the event.

The shirt design for Fall Open 2011 has been voted on! If you are still interested in the shirts, please email davisbadminton@gmail.com to pre-order for $10. It will be sold for $15 at the tournament.

This is a reminder that this is the last week to sign up for our Fall Open. Last day to sign up without acquiring a late fee is October 14 at 11:59PM. Also, group entries must be submitted by October 14th as well.

For club members, Friday practice this week (October 14th) has been canceled due to another event in Hickey Gym. We apologize for not having a Friday practice yet, but this is out of our control.

To speed up registration process, please print and sign this waiver if you are not a UC student (this includes Cal, UCSC, UCSD, etc.)

ALSO, shirt designs are due THIS WEEK by Wednesday, October 5. Yes, we have extended the deadline. So please put your creativity to work and submit a design. Remember winning design wins a free shirt AND one free event.

Sign ups are now available. Please go sign up for Fall 2011. Remember that the last day to sign up without a late fee is October 14!

Also, we are still accepting tournament shirt designs. Winning design receives not only a free shirt, but also one waived event! Please submit your design to our email by October 4, 2011.

Firstly, we are still accepting shirt designs. Remember, winning design not only gets a free shirt but also one event waived!

Here are the rules and information about the tournament:

Dates: Saturday, October 22nd (Singles and Mixed); Sunday, October 23rd (Doubles)
Location: The Pavilion at the University of California, Davis
Events: Flights A, B, C, D for Men and Women Singles, Doubles, & Mixed.
Entries: $20 for first event, $15 for each additional event.
Times: Warm-up starts at 8am. First games will be called at 9am.
T-Shirts: T-shirts will be sold at the tournament for $12. Pre-order a shirt for $10! (NO refunds for pre-order shirts.)

Deadline: Entries must be received by 11:59PM Friday, October 14th. There is a strict $5 late fee for entries received after this date. Late entries are NOT guaranteed a place on the draw. Draws will be posted on web by Friday, October 21st.

Prizes: A M/W Singles 1st - $100; A M/W Singles 2nd - $50
A M/W Doubles/Mixed 1st - $200 per team; A M/W Doubles/Mixed 2nd - $100 per team
Trophies will be awarded to 1st and 2nd place in B,C,D flights and Consolation in all Flights.
*Please note that the cash prizes will be awarded if there are at least 8 teams in the events. If there are less than 8 teams then the cash prize amount will be determined later. If there is a large number of A entries, there will be an increase in cash prizes.

Group Entries: A discount will be given to groups of 10 or more. To sign up with a group, send a list of group members with information (flight, event, partners) to our email located below. Discount will be $18 for first event and $12 for each additional event. Group members must also sign up individually, or they will be charged a late fee.

Tournament Directors: Andrew Santos and Dexter Vu
*Changes may be made at anytime at the tournament director’s discretion and are final.

For more updates, follow up on our Facebook event page: 2011 UC Davis Fall Open. Online sign-ups will begin in around a week, so please be prepared.