Badminton in Glenn Dale, Maryland
We are a small group of badminton players, regularly getting together at the
Glenn Dale Recreation Center usually on Saturday mornings, currently
from 11am - 1pm (see schedule below).
We have 2 courts, though room for 2 more. Lines are being worked on, but we
have creative dots on the floor. We do have fancy badminton poles though that
don't require any holes in the floor!
Our group is part of the
Glenn Dale Rec Council.
Click to join glenndalebadminton
We don't have an official club name, but there are now some
suggestions.
2009
We start the year on Jan 3, and Jan 17, but roughly every other week
there will be basketball competition games, throughout
February: We play on Feb 14.
March: March 21, 28, but we now play 11am-1pm.
April: 4, 11 and 18 are playing days. April 25 is closed due to a
Health Fair in the gym. We've tentatively put May 2 as our tournament
date, details and permission to use the gym upcoming. April 25 is
also the date for the
Maryland Juniors Open, in Baltimore.
May 2 we play, and May 9 will be the
Glenn Dale Badminton Tournament,
and continuing the rest of the month : May 16, 23, 30, we play.
June looks like a full month of playing: 6, 13, 20 and 27.
July 4 the gym opens at noon, but we'll play. We also play July 11, 18 and 25.
Aug: all weeks,
Sep: all weeks, except the last
Oct: play on Oct 3, 10, 17 and 24. No Play on Oct 31 !!!
No play days are: 9/26, 10/31 an 11/28 (gym upgrade)
2008
February 12: special event, parent night, with open badminton in the main gym!
Playing dates: Feb 2. There will be a number of basketball league sessions
displacing badminton in Feb and March.
March 22, and March 29.
April 5, April 12 (11am-1pm).
We expect to play April 19, 26,
May 3, 17, 24 and 31.
June 7, 14. No badminton on June 21 (York PA tournament) but we resume the 28th.
We play July 5 and 12, 19 and 26.
We play August 2, but August 9 and 16 NO BADMINTON. We continued August 23,
We played all of Sept, and oct 4 and 11. Expect to play oct 18 and 25.
Nov 1 we will play (Ben/Xin have the equipment bag).
Nov 8, Nov 22 and Nov 29 there will be no badminton (special event/thanksgiving),
so only Nov 15 is left this month!
Dec 5 we play again, after gym renovation. We have two more sessions this
year: Dec 20 and Dec 27.
2007
Playing dates: January 13, 27, February 10, March 3, 17, 24 , April 7, 14, 21, and 27,
May 12, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30. July 7,14,21 and 28, August 4, 11, 18, 25.
September 1,8,15,22 (peter is travelling, somebody needs to check the
equipment) and 29. For October we are playing on Oct 20 and
Oct 27 as well (Manuel has the bag). For november we should
be able to play Nov 3 and depending when they exactly begin with
the floor resurfacing project, on Nov 10. For December we play Dec 8,
Dec 22 and Dec 29 (planned tournament!). The annual christmas party for
the kids is Dec 15, noon-2pm, so there will be no badminton possible.
The Asian Festival hosted a
doubles badminton tournament on July 21.
(more to follow will be posted here, some Saturdays are for basketball tournaments
and/or away badminton tournaments).
Special Event: Tuesday February 6: 5pm-6pm photo shoot
session with the Gazette. Results are now up on
http://spotted.gazette.net (gallery 455)
Special Event: Tuesday February 27: Parents Night at the gym (7.30pm)
with a Badminton Exhibition Match featuring several top
ranked (the #2 in doubles) of the country.
Fall 2006
We started playing on saturdays, November 18, from 9am-11am. Only Dec 2
was not possible, but so far we've been able to keep our playing times.
Spring 2006
We started playing April 22: We expect to play Saturdays
9.30am - 11.30am, in the
Glenn Dale Community (Rec) Center. We will have a number of
sessions, perhaps 6 or 7, until mid June. Depending on interest,
we may also do a summer session.
NOTE 1: The May 20 practice was cancelled to make room for a judo tournament!
NOTE 2: The June 17 practice will be cancelled because of
the NJ Open tournament. The plan is to continue June 24 until July 15,
and perhaps some sessions later in August.
Summer 2005
To introduce Badminton, the
Glenn Dale Recreation Council
is setting up two sessions during the
2005 summer in the
Glenn Dale Community Center
(this is close to NASA Goddard, right next to the
Glenn Dale Splash Park, and accross the street from the
Glenn Dale Fire Association):
Session 1: July 2, 9, 16 (9.30am-12.00pm)
Session 2: August 6, 13, 20 (9.30am-12.00pm)
SmartLink
For those not yet a member,
SmartLink gives you a full year of access
to any of the bi-county community centers for
a very affordable price. You probably need this to
get into the gym. This card will also give you
access to a
number of other places where badminton is played in the local area.
Address and Direction
Follow these
GOOGLE MAPS directions the gym:
Glenn Dale Community Center
11901 Glenn Dale Boulevard
Glenn Dale, MD 20769
301-352-8983; TTY 301-218-6768
Directions from Washington, D.C., take Route 214 (Central Avenue) East.
Continue on Central Avenue past the Capital Beltway (approximately three
miles). Make a left at light onto Route 193. Continue on Route 193
North. Crossover Route 450 and continue straight on Route 193 to
facility on the left (across from the Glenn Dale Fire Station).
Directions from Baltimore, take Route 3 South to Route 450 (Annapolis
Road) West. Continue for approximately six miles and make a right onto
Route 193 North and follow to complex on the left.
Directions from College Park, take MD 193 east. Go past Goddard Space Flight
Center, for about 3 miles. You will see the facility on your right, accross
from the Glenn Dale Fire Station.
Fun Links
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Other information on badminton in the DC area is available
here.
- Who is the best racket player in the world?
old pics
View GDRC playing fields in a larger map
This page should be available on:
http://www.astro.umd.edu/badminton/glenndale/
