Welcome to the New Orleans Badminton Club website. Our club welcomes players of all levels of experience. Our club members cover the gambit of skill level, from beginner to expert. We're all about having fun with this wonderful sport.

For more info, feel free to call Shirley Tyree (club Secretary): Work: 504-219-4666 Home: 504-527-6096 or Simon Dorfman (club President): 504-261-6561 email: simon [at] yamlike [dot] com

Where

Loyola University Recreational Sports Complex (a.k.a. RecPlex), Fifth Floor, above the parking garage.

Uptown, New Orleans, on Freret St between Broadway Ave. and Calhoun St. See map below. The building labeled "RC" is the Recreational Sports Complex. Street parking can often be found on Calhoun St. near Freret St.

Driving Directions

From I-10

1. Take the Carrollton Avenue exit, Exit 232. Follow South Carrollton 0.8 miles.
2. Take a left onto Fontainebleau Dr. Go down Fontainebleau Dr. 0.4 miles to the 4-way stop.
3. Turn right onto Broadway St. Take Broadway St for 1.1 miles to the 3rd stoplight.
4. Take a left onto Freret St. Go down Freret St. 0.4 miles. You will pass the Loyola RecPlex on the right hand side.
5. When you come to Calhoun St. at the second light, take a right and look for a parking spot on the street. Walk back to the Rec Plex and take the elevator up to the 5th floor.

Google Maps Link, then click "Get directions: To here"

When

Wednesday and Sunday evenings for the last three hours that the RecPlex is open. Their hours and holidays are posted on their website. Here are the next several dates and times:

These practice dates have been entered into a Google Calendar which allows you to subscribe to the calendar and keep up with updates.

Learn more here. You can subscribe to the calendar with Outlook or iCal (and many other desktop calendar applications that support the ICAL standard) by following these instructions:

1. Right Click the Green icon above that says "ICAL" and choose "Copy Link Location".
2. In Outlook:
   1. Choose Tools - Account Settings and click the Internet Calendars tab.
   2. Press Ctrl+V to paste the URL of the ICS file that you copied in the previous step.
   3. Click Add.
3. In iCal:
   1. Choose Calendar - Subscribe...
   2. Press Command+V to paste the URL of the ICS file that you copied in the previous step.
   3. Click Subscribe.

You can also subscribe to the calendar with Google Calendar by following these instructions:

1. Right Click the Orange icon above that says "XML" and choose "Copy Link Location".
2. In Google Calendar:
   1. Choose Add - Add a public calendar.
   2. Click Add by URL.
   3. Press Command+V to paste the URL of the XML file that you copied in the previous step.

How

The club rents the courts from Loyola. We pay the rent by collecting annual membership dues.

Membership Dues:

• Full-time students: $100
• Individual/Family: $240

Our membership year coincides with Loyola's school year: It starts in September and ends in August the following year.

Membership Application in PDF format (requires Adobe Reader)

Membership Application in RTF format (may be opened by Microsoft Word and many other text editors)

New members may join the club at anytime during our membership year by pro-rating the annual membership based on how much time is left during our current membership year. Below is a calculator to help pro-rate the amount. Enter the date you would like to sign up, select membership type (student or induvidual/family), then click the button to calculate.

First Time Visitors

All potential new members get one free night of play as an introduction to our club.

What to Bring

The club has four racquets (thanks to a generous donation by Ted Cotton) which beginners are welcome to use. Eventually, members should buy their own racquets. We suggest ordering from a friend of our club: Dean Schoppe, HL Badminton

Members are expected to provide shuttlecocks for play. The club sells shuttlecocks (at cost) to members. The tubes of shuttles in the club bag (the big black duffel bag) are purchased by the club from a seller in Houston. One tube of 10 shuttles costs $13.

We have a mailing list for sending out updates about our activities and court schedule. It's a low-traffic list with one email every couple weeks. To subscribe to the mailing list, please send an email to president (at) neworleansbadminton.com

Marketing

Feel free to print this flyer (requires Adobe Reader) and post it where you think interested parties would see it. If you can print it on yellow paper, that would be even better.

Racket Repair

Some have tried having their rackets restrung at Second Serve (a Tennis store in Metaire) with poor to mediocre results. Mostly, we send our Rackets to Houston to be restrung by:
David Chang
9600 Bellaire Blvd, Suite 137
Houston,Tx 77036
713-771-8905
www.sportsnetonline.net