Abbotsford Badminton Club

Spring Break

Les — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 01:49:23 +0000

I was advised yesterday that the schools will now be closed for Spring Break for the next 2 weeks and unlike past years the gym will not be available for us. For those interested in playing we will make shuttles available to club members at the Abbotsford Recreation Center on Monday and Wednesday evenings. ARC is located on Old Yale Road near McMillan Rd. Recreational badminton runs from 8:00 – 9:45 both those nights but I will caution you to get there early as the courts fill up quickly. If you are able to arrange a foursome to attend that would be ideal. The cost for drop-in is $6.15 each night and payable at the front desk.

Badminton at MEI will resume on Monday, March 26.

Sorry for the late notice.
Regards,
Les

Fall and Winter season 2011

Loren — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:49:44 +0000

Hi everyone!

I trust you had a great summer. This year we will again be playing again on Mondays and Wednesdays. We begin at 8:00 and will be using the elementary school gym at MEI.

Let’s plan on a great year of great badminton.

See you on the court! …or maybe around town.

Loren

Wishing you all a great summer!

Loren — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 03:22:33 +0000

We have had a fabulous time this past year playing badminton together. This is now the end of the season and as a club we will be shut down until September. In the mean time there may be opportunities to play badminton in other venues throughout the summer.

I trust you all have a wonderful summer and we will see you all in September.

Happy New Year 2010

Loren — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:01:22 +0000

As we wrap up 2009 and launch into 2010 I want to take this opportunity to wish all of you a very good year ahead. I trust you are able to enjoy some good badminton and have a safe and enjoyable time doing it. I was watching Taufik Hidayat (of my native Indonesia) playing Hafiz Hashim of Malaysia in the 2009 India Open and I couldn’t help but have this secret little hope that in 2010 I could work on my backhand smash.

Looking back at 2009 I think that we can say that it was also a good year. Our tournament was a success and we have had a lot of just plain old fun playing the game we all love.

Special thanks again to Don for his tireless work on behalf of our club and thanks to all of you who take the time and make the effort to make our club a pleasant and fun experience.

For your viewing convenience I have added several links in the side bar to sites that have badminton video archives. If you know of some other sites with good badminton video resources feel free to let me know.

Here is Taufik Hidayat with another backhand smash.

2009 Tournament – the start of a new annual event for ABC?

Don Paquette — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:41:31 +0000

Comments from Don Paquette regarding the Abbotsford Badminton Tournament held the week-end of March 21st, 22nd, 2009 with approximately 60 entries involving Juniors to Seniors.

Because of the low entry, we were able to complete the tournament in one day on Saturday, 21st. However, I understand there were plenty of games to keep the players quite active and satisfied. We haven’t had a tournament for a few years and hopefully this will be the start for the future.

I’m happy to say Abbotsford Club members went out of their way to help,and I give them a big pat on the back as the tournament ran smoothly.

Thanks to Les Timar, Lee Timar, and Jim Hill who took care of the draw and kept it moving. A thankyou to Holly Thompson who took care of the kitchen. Well done. We must not forget Greg Clark who was available to help and take care of the shuttles. Lee Timar, Greg Clark, and Holly Thompson are long time Abbotsford players.

We thank the MEI School for the use of the school facilities for this event.

2009 ABC Tournament

Loren — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:01:35 +0000

The 2009 Abbotsford Badminton Club invitational tournament was a great time of fun and camaraderie. Many thanks to all who lent a helping hand to make it a success. We trust to will see all of you and a few more at our next tournament. Check out all our photos by clicking on the Tournament tab.

Welcome Lee to the ABC website

Loren — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:30:26 +0000

Hi everyone! We have asked Lee Timar to help with the administration of this website.

If you have any suggestions for improvements, additions, topics etc for our website please feel free to contact either Lee or me.

Here is a photo of me with my grandson. He is comforting grandpa while I have to wear this cast.

Out of commission!!

Loren — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:03:11 +0000

Hey, y’all! It looks like I will be out of commission for a bit. Thanks for all your help getting me off the court and to my car last Wednesday. (I completely tore my achilles tendon and ended up having surgery )

Here’s the lesson I have learned. Make sure you are well hydrated and well stretched out before you go out on to that court!!

All the best!

Greetings from Don

Don Paquette — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:45:10 +0000

All those that have e-mail would you please send it to Don or provide us with your e-mail at the club. Thank you.

Welcome to Abbotsford Badminton Club’s new website!

Loren — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:21:14 +0000

This website is designed to provide a place to get information about Abbotsford Badminton Club’s activities.