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A MESSAGE FROM OUR DIRECTOR
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Welcome to the Arizona Badminton Club! Since our official founding
in 1988, and even years before that, we have dedicated ourselves
to promoting the indoor recreational and tournament sport of
badminton throughout Arizona (see the tribute to Hank Anderssohn
in the history portion of this website). We love badminton players
of all ages and abilities, and from all nations. Our great Olympic
sport is growing, and more players are participating every week.
We have an increasing network of places to play with a large base
of high school players due to the nearly fifty AIA High School
Girls Varsity and Junior Varsity teams that have a season in the
Fall each year. We also conduct annual badminton clinics and
tournaments, and we are in hot pursuit of establishing a true
badminton-specific facility. More information on this soon!
NEW ABC BOARD MEMBERS!!! In light of all this activity we have
just added several new ABC Board Members. Joining original board
members Dick Abbuhl and myself, are Dick Baltimore, Kathy Furtmann,
Francis Hartojo, Chin Khor, Darcy McGrane, Doug Towne, and Rob
Waters. Together we have more than 200 years of recreational and
tournament badminton experience and a combination of professions,
knowledge and dedication that opens the door to a great expansion
of badminton activity in Arizona!
I hope you find this website helpful. If you have any questions or
suggestions, feel free to email me at: GCoachGC5@cox.net. We hope
to see you on the court!
Guy Chadwick
Founder/Director
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TWEETS
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UPDATES
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WEBSITE NEWS
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Looking for places to play badminton in the valley? Please visit
the Where to Play page for an up-to-date
list of open gyms around the Phoenix metropolitan area, complete
with hours of operation, addresses, maps and fee schedule details.
For open gyms in Tucson, please visit the University of Arizona Badminton Club website.
Please also visit the Events Calendar
page for more open gym, tournaments and other local badminton events
related announcements.
For results of Arizona high-school badminton matches and tournaments, please visit Nancy Ellis' website.
You can send your comments and suggestions by using the
comments form or by sending a mail to:
azsmash@gmail.com.
Or, you can also reach us via Google Talk through screenname
"azsmash". We're not online all the time, but when we are, feel
free to chat with us.
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EQUIPMENT & SERVICES
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Looking for a new racquet or need your racquet restrung? How about
a tube of shuttlecocks or a roll of overgrips? Visit the
Equipment & Services
page for a list of local contacts and online sources for badminton
services and supplies.
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LET'S BUILD OUR DREAM HOME!
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Imagine playing at a badminton club with green courts and background,
badminton-only lines, perfect lighting and visibility, and all the
amenities---anytime throughout the week and year! For many years
we have considered building a permanent badminton-specific facility
in the Phoenix area that would greatly enhance the recreational
and tournament badminton experience. In 1993--1994, we had a
temporary facility and learned much from it. We believe that with
the rapid growth of badminton in the valley, the time is right to
make this vision a reality.
For more information, please contact
Guy Chadwick or
Darcy McGrane.
Raymond Kwan has made a couple of badminton promotional video clips in
relation to this project and they are available for download. Enjoy!
Clip 1
Clip 2
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