Apr26
Tournament Update # 6
Posted by Carter | 7:40pm, April 26, 2013
The final draws have been posted. If there are any problems please email us with corrections AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!
Apr26
Posted by Carter | 7:40pm, April 26, 2013
The final draws have been posted. If there are any problems please email us with corrections AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!
Apr26
Posted by Michelle | 10:30am, April 26, 2013
Apr25
Posted by Michelle | 4:30pm, April 25, 2013
Apr2
Posted by Carter | 12:20am, April 2, 2013
Apr1
Posted by Michelle | 4:30pm, April 11, 2013
T-Shirt designs are due Friday, April 5th! Please send your designs to our email. Make sure to follow the guidelines listed in the post below. Also, please have the high resolution (300 pixels/in) file ready if your submission wins. Remember, winning design receives $100!
Also sign up's will soon be available by the end of today or tomorrow. Please get back to us shortly. We will also be posting group entry templates on our site as well.
Mar12
Posted by Michelle | 3:00pm, March 12, 2013
We upped the prize this year for our tournament shirt design. Winning design will receive $100! Please make sure your design includes:
(1) "UC Davis" or "University of California Davis"
(2) "Spring Open 2013" or "Spring 2013 Open"
(3) Must be no more than 3 colors including the shirt color
(Optional) Can have the date April 27-28
Also be sure to have a high resolution file ready. Good luck and get your creative juice flowing!
Mar5
Posted by Carter | 10:00am, March 5, 2013
The Davis Spring Open will be held April 27-28. We hope to see lots of people!!! During spring quarter we will also be changing practice times to Tues 8-11PM, Thurs 7-11PM, Friday 7-10PM.
Feb15
Posted by Carter | 4;30 pm, February 15, 2013
There will be no practice Friday due to the SoCal trip and no practice monday because of the holiday.
Feb1
Posted by Michelle | 11:30am, February 1, 2013
Tonight's practice will be from 8-11 instead of 7-10! Also, if you purchased uniforms please start bringing money to practice. Good luck with midterms!
Jan24
Posted by Carter | 10:52pm, January 24, 2013
Tomorrow's practice will be held from 8-11pm instead of the usual 7-10pm. Also everyone who is going to the dual meet this saturday please wear UC Davis shirt. We will meet at 11:45 am at HICKEY GYM.
Jan19
Posted by Carter | 5:00pm, January 19, 2013
Practice is cancelled because of MLK holiday. Hope you have a good long weekend and hope to see everyone on Wednesday!
Jan11
Posted by Michelle | 2:45am, January 11, 2013
Hope everyone had a good first week of Winter Quarter. There will be no practice today, January 11th. See you all next week!
Dec9
Posted by Carter | 4:35pm, December 9, 2012
There will be no more practice this quarter. We look forward to seeing you next quarter and hope your finals go well! We have yet to determine when practices will be held next quarter but we will let you know in advance. Have a good break!
Nov21
Posted by Carter | 5:15pm, November 21, 2012
Practice is cancelled today, but have a good thanksgiving break!
Oct31
Posted by Carter | 7:20pm, October 31, 2012
Tournament results are out! Thanks to all participants for a great tournament! Here are the results.
Oct24
Posted by Michelle | 7:00pm, October 26, 2012
These are the final draws. If there are any problems with it, please do not email us; instead, tell us at the tournament.
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 11:00am.
- D, C, B Mixed start at 12:00pm.
- A Mixed start at 12:30pm.
Sunday:
- D and B doubles start at 9am.
- C Doubles start at 10:00am.
- A doubles start at 11:00am.
Please try to show up earlier in case we begin calling your matches early. Good luck to you all and see you at the tournament.
Oct24
Posted by Michelle | 10:30pm, October 23, 2012
Practice canceled this Friday. We will be setting up for the tournament in the Pavilion if you need us! See you all at the tournament. If not, practice resumes Monday again.
Oct24
Posted by Michelle | 10:00pm, October 24, 2012
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. Last day to request changes will be Thursday night!
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 11:00am.
- D, C, B Mixed begin at 12:00pm.
- A Mixed begin at 12:30pm.
Sunday:
- D and B doubles start at 9am.
- C Doubles start at 10:00am.
- A doubles start at 11:00am.
Please try to show up earlier in case we begin calling your matches early.
Also, take a look at our tournament shirt. You can still preorder one for $10 by emailing us. They will be $12 at the tournament. Good luck everyone and see you this weekend!

Oct20
Posted by Carter | 12:00am, October 20, 2012
Tournament Sign ups are now closed. If you still want to sign up please email us. If there are any problems with the draws or your entry please contact us.
Sep27
Posted by Michelle | 11:30am, September 27, 2012
Great news! We will now be UPPING THE PRIZE MONEY for A flights to $200/person for 1st place, $100/person for 2nd place. Also, ALL 1st Place Winner (from flights B to D) will be awarded an ITEM PRIZE in addition to a trophy, courtesy of Synergy Badminton and Yonex.
Also, group discounts will be $18 for first event, $12 for any afterward. Please use the template to the right. Groups must have at least 10 members. Please send in the group entry by October 19th or else your group risks getting placed against each other in the first round.
Lastly, practice begins Monday at 9PM in the Upper Hickey Gym. Look at the About Us page for more information.
Sep23
Posted by Michelle | 5:00pm, September 23, 2012
Sign up's are now available on our sidebar. Last day to sign up is October 19th at 11:59PM.
Don't forget that we're still also accepting shirt designs! Please send it to us by October 10th. More information in the post below.
Sep17
Posted by Michelle | 10:30pm, September 17, 2012
Sign up's will be up by next week. For now, we are accept tournament shirt designs. Here are the requirements:
(1). No more than 3 colors including the shirt color.
(2). Must have "UC Davis" / "Univeristy of California Davis" and "Fall Open 2012" / "Fall 2012 Open" on the shirt.
(3). Have a front AND back design -- though optional but in the past, have generally won the contest.
(4). Please have a high resolution file ready if your design wins. (A resolution of 300 pixels/in is most preferable)
Remember, winning design gets a free shirt and one event waived! Last day to email us a design is October 10th! You can look at the Tournament page to see past designs.
Aug14
Posted by Michelle | 3:30pm, August 14, 2012
There is only one month of summer vacation left, but we have a few announcements.
(1). The first practice begins October 1st, 9:00PM! If you received a flier from us at the ARC, there was a typo regarding Friday's time. Please refer to the information on our site.
(2). Unfortunately due to increasing costs of birdies, we must raise our membership fees to $40/qtr or $100/year. There is still a $5 drop-in fee for those uncertain if they want to become members.
(3). Lastly, we have finalized our Fall Open tournament date: October 27 - 28.
We hope to see everyone soon!
June16
Posted by Michelle | 1:30pm, June 16, 2012
We hope everyone did well on their finals! We do not have practice in the summer. See you all again in the Fall!
Congratulations to our seniors for graduating this year:
Emily Chu, Joshua Dao, Nathan Lo, Sally Ng, Carol Quach, Richard Vuong and Victor Xing.
May you all succeed in your future.
May22
Posted by Richard | 1:45am, May 22, 2012
Practice is canceled due to Hickey Gym being book for another event tonight. There WILL be practice Thursday and Friday night though. Feel free to email us with any questions regarding this.
May3
Posted by Richard | 12:00pm, May 3, 2012
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.
Apr30
Posted by Richard | 2:10am, April 30, 2010
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
Apr27
Posted by Richard | 2:00am, April 27, 2012
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!
Apr26
Posted by Michelle | 12:00am, April 26, 2012
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!
Apr21
Posted by Michelle | 12:00am, April 21, 2012
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!
Apr18
Posted by Carter | 11:00pm, April 18, 2012
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.
Apr15
Posted by Richard | 3:00pm, April 15, 2012
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.
Apr14
Posted by Michelle | 11:30pm, April 14, 2012
Apr5
Posted by Richard | 6:00pm, April 5, 2012
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.
Mar31
Posted by Michelle | 9:30pm, March 31, 2012
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.
Mar19
Posted by Michelle | 6:35pm, March 19, 2012
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.
Mar18
Posted by Michelle | 1:45am, March 18, 2012
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!
Feb21
Posted by Michelle | 9:15pm, February 21, 2012
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!
Feb9
Posted by Michelle | 11:15pm, February 9, 2012
Practice will be canceled tomorrow, February 10th! Enjoy your weekend and good luck with your midterms.
Jan19
Posted by Michelle | 11:30pm, January 19, 2012
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.
Jan9
Posted by Michelle | 9:00am, January 9, 2012
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!
Dec25
Posted by Michelle | 12:00am, December 25, 2011
Winter quarter practice times will be exactly as Fall quarter! See everyone in 2 weeks and happy holidays!
Nov30
Posted by Michelle | 9:30pm, November 30, 2011
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!
Nov8
Posted by Michelle | 6:00pm, November 8, 2011
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.
Oct31
Posted by Michelle | 12:30am, October , 2010
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
Oct21
Posted by Michelle | 12:30pm, October 21, 2011
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!
Oct20
Posted by Michelle | 12:00am, October 21, 2011
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.
Oct18
Posted by Michelle | 6:30pm, October 18, 2011
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.
Oct15
Posted by Michelle | 12:00am, October 15, 2011
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.