The next DCOPEN has been set for January 15-17, 2010. More information,
including registration, will be available around Dec 1, 2009.
The 2009 DCOPEN was held January 9-11, 2009.
Congratulations to 2009 Triple Crown Winner Yeping Tang!
One of
Aamir's amazing pictures from the 2006 DC Open.
present:
the 2009 National Capital ("DC") Open
- The DC Open is an annual
USAB
sanctioned badminton tournament in the D.C. area
- Has $4000 in prize money, and is thus a National Ranking Tournament again
- Tentative schedule and list of players
- Is hosted by the
University of Maryland Badminton Club ,
and the
Badminton Club of D.C.
- Will be played January 9-11, 2009 in the
North Gym (HHP, building #225, now renamed the SPH building)
at the University of Maryland campus in
College Park, MD.
Maps and directions: (please note the implications of the
Saturday noon Basketball game on campus)
-
An annotated Google Map, and
some written directions
-
Navigating on the College Park
campus,
especially writting for the 2009 DC Open Saturday parking issue.
-
Directions to HHP/SPH, as given by the Kinesiology Dept
(the main inhabitants of this building). Their page describes
how to get to the front of the building, i.e. Valley Drive.
We however recommend parking in the new parking garage
off MD-193 eastbound as per previous directions.
- A campus map.
The gym is in west top part of the Health and Human Performances (HHP #255) building,
the Arena Parking Garage (TTG #403) is where you want to
park, and is accross a small bridge and path to
the north (sort of to the right on this bizarre map) of the gym. Best is to
enter the garage going east on University Blvd (MD-193).
- Here's the older
direct google maps link to the gym.
- There is a UM basketball game Saturday at 12pm, this will complicate
those trying to get into campus after 9am and before 12pm. So please, arrive
early to prevent parking frustration. Parking in the usual garage is
not free. Use the Campus Drive entrance from Rt. 193 and free
parking is in Lot 1, right by the Clarice Smith Center.
- You can register using any of the following methods:
- WWW: RECOMMENDED -->
Electronic Form. <-- RECOMMENDED
- US mail: send your
paper entry form to:
TBA
TBA
TBA
make checks out to University of Maryland Badminton Club.
- Fax: the
paper entry form to
301-314-9067, attn. Peter Teuben.
- Telephone: Peter still has one of those old fashioned things in his office.
Try 301-405-1540 (it has voice mail as well).
but I'm known to be away from my desk a lot.
Also note there is a $5 penalty for this!
Note the deadline has a very strict
Friday, January 1, 2010. If by that
date your check has not arrived, a $5 penalty automatically applies
unless you have made prior arrangements. Also note that
entries may be limited if they fill up before that date
(typically 32 or 16 per event, depending on the event)
-
Campus activities, in case you get bored in the gym.
- As usual, expect Ronney's services along the sidelines.
- Our conference hotel is the
Clarion Inn,
with a special discount rate, $70/night with group number 15030 (check).
Call 1-800-442-1644 or 301-474-2800.
Hotel has complimentary breakfast and internet, and also provides
shuttle service to the gym on campus, although there is actually
a walking path accross the little stream towards campus. See our annotated map.
- This whole bullet needs to be re-done, some of the links
are out of date:
- If you cannot play at our tournament, check out
USAB Sanctioned Events, the
USAB Region-I events, or
US upcoming events
- If you are looking for other clubs to play in the DC/Balto Area
(the UM club is restricted to UM people) see our
Badminton in the DC and Baltimore area list.
- Or if you also want to do
sightseeing
in
our Nation's Capital .
- January is known to have an occasional snow shower... we should know well in advance
if there is a chance for cancellation.
- We have a list of winners from the
past years, and of course full results from the past few years:
- 2010 RESULTS
- 2009 RESULTS with some pictures,
- 2008 RESULTS with some pictures,
- 2007 RESULTS. Pictures from
Peter,
John E De Freitas,
Aamir Khwaja, and
Anne Weathersby.
- 2006 RESULTS. With a new U-levels and a bit of snow on Sunday.
Pictures from
Peter,
Aamir,
Shashi and
Anne)
- 2005 RESULTS (the first real Winter with snow).
Pictures from Peter, and
Aamir Khwaja).
There is also a
story in the Gazette! And we now also have the
DCjr results. Due to the
accidental use of masking tape in the gym, our club had to clean
Cole Field House a few months later, which was such fun.
- 2004 RESULTS (the first in the Winter,
and some pictures)
- 2002 - no event due to Miami Classic overlap! (but we did organize an impromptu mini-DCOPEN to fill the courts)
- 2001 RESULTS (the last one held in the Fall)
- 2000 RESULTS (some pictures)
- 1999 RESULTS
- 1998 RESULTS
- 1997 RESULTS
- 1996 RESULTS
- 1995 RESULTS
- A retrospective view: a small selection of
pictures through the years...
teuben@astro.umd.edu
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