Badminton in the DC and Baltimore area

There are a large number of clubs and places in the DC and Baltimore area where you can play badminton. We attempt to keep this list complete, although not all of our contacts may have been verified recently (please check update time as listed per entry). In particular playing dates and times may not be valid anymore. USAB contact for MD is Peter Teuben (301-405-1540, teuben \at astro umd edu), Diane Cornell (202-686-5026 (H), Diane_Cornell at inmarsat.com), and Phyllis Lyght (lyghthouse \at cox.net, 703/709-9273 (H) or 202/965-3500 (W)) Other lists are also maintained:

http://www.evergreensports.net/ (Clement Chan's list)
http://www.usabadminton.org/find-a-club (USAB Find a Club list)
http://www.worldbadminton.com/whereToPlay/unitedStates/index.html (Stan Bishof's list)
http://northeastbadminton.net/ (USA Badminton Region 1 - see bottom left sidebar)
http://www.linemall.com/Badminton.aspx (Borish Reshko's list of local membership based clubs) **seems gone**
http://catonsvillebadminton.org/otherClubs.html (Catonsville Badminton Club list)
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/rectmpl.asp?url=/content/rec/ctrs.asp (Montgomery County Community Centers, of which some host badminton)
http://b4us.webs.com, Badminton 4 US, a badminton club organizing practices in Montgomery Country, maintained by Ray Liou
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/DCBadminton/ : a mailing list with everything that's going in in DC/Baltimore Badminton

Again, please be aware that clubs change their times often without telling me, so is the last-updated time seems old, double check their times and please report back to me. I'm experimenting with a local gyms list, but I now believe this map below is a more useful way to visualize where these gyms are.

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Badminton Club at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) (restricted to UMD students, staff and faculty)
- usually 2-3 evening for 2-3 hours, which changes each semester.
- Contact: Peter Teuben, Faculty Advisor. (301-405-1540) teuben@astro.umd.edu
- URL: http://www.astro.umd.edu//badminton
- last updated: 14-jan-2010
Badminton Club of D.C.
- no play in Fall 2010
- Contact: 202-776-7707
- last updated: 10-oct-2010
- URL: http://www.dcbadminton.org
Glenn Dale Community Center
- most saturdays, currently afternoons, 3pm - 7pm (times vary a bit)
- 11901 Glenn Dale Boulevard, Glenn Dale, MD 20769, - tel: 301-352-8983
- URL: http://www.astro.umd.edu/badminton/glenndale/
- contact: Peter Teuben
- last updated: 15-may-2011
Wednesday Morning Club
- plays at at St. Albans (3 courts)
- Phone: 301-229-6466 or 202-362-0787
- last updated: 13-jul-01 (TWP)
East Coast Badminton Club
- watch out for announcement on this new club with daily play, starting April 2010!
K2 Badminton, Sterling, VA
- Plays essentially 24/7, just call and get a group together
James Lee Community Center Gym 2
- 3 courts
- Saturdays 6:30-9:30PM
- 2855 Annandale Road, Falls Church, VA 22042-2260 (703) 534-3387
- Last updated: 25-apr-2010
Badminton Club at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
- Monday and Wednesday, 7:00pm - 9:30pm (subject to change in Summer and Fall semesters), in the UMBC Retriever Activity Center(RAC) arena
- Contact: Ying Zhang, yizhang @ umbc.edu
- URL: http://sta.umbc.edu/orgs/badminton.
- last updated: 15-may-2003.
Badminton 4 US (B4US)
- Various gyms in Montgomery County:
  - Tuesday Evenings (Churchill HS, Potomac, MD)
  - Wednesday Evenings (Lakelands Park MS, Gaithersburg, MD)
  - Friday Evenings (Northwest HS, Germantown, MD)
  - Friday Evenings (Quince Orchard HS, Gaithersburg, MD)
- URL: http://b4us.webs.com
- Contact: Ray Liou (rliou@yahoo.com)
- Last updated: 07-Mar-2011
Gallaudet University (Washington DC)
- Contact: Robbie Jane Carmichael
- last updated: 8-jul-97
Bauer Drive Recreation Center (Rockville) (MCBC)
- Address: 14625 Bauer Drive, Rockville (301-468-4015) [4 courts]
- The schedule changes frequently, double check with the gym
- tue 18.00-22.00, fri 18.00-20.45
- sat usually 10.00-13.00 , sun usually 13.00-15.00
- last updated: 17-sep-01/2009
Potomac Community Center (Potomac) (MCBC)
- Address: 11315 Falls Road, Potomac (tel: 301-983-4471) old: 4455 [3 courts]
- sat 14.00 - 17.00 : sep 8,15,28; oct 6,13,20,27; nov 3 (until 15.30) ,10,24.
- no badminton from Nov 24 until April 2002.
- last updated: 17-sep-01/2009
Gwendolyn E Coffield Community Center (MCBC)
- Address: 2450 Lyttonsville Rd, Silver Spring (tel: 240-777-4900) [3 courts]
- Contact:
- thu 18.00 - 22.00 (family badminton first priority from 18.00-20.00)
- URL: http://www.co.mo.md.us/services/rec/Centers/gccc.html
- last updated: 7-dec-01
Germantown Community Center (Potomac) (MCBC)
- Address: 18905 Kingsview Road, Germantown (tel: 301-601-1680) - 4 court wo/ lines!
- Contact:
- playing times not known yet, but they do play
- last updated: 17-sep-01
Plum Gar community center (Germantown)
- Address: 19561 Scenery Drive, Germantown
- mon 18.00-20.00, thu 18.00-20.90 (2 courts)
- Phone: 301-601-0966
- last updated: 24-jan-05
Fairland Community Recreation Center (Burtonsville)
- Address: 14906 Old Columbia Pike, Burtonsville, MD 20866
- tue 6.30pm-9.00pm
- Phone: 240-777-4970
- last updated: 4-jan-2011
East County Community Center (Silver Spring)
- Address: 3310 Gateshead Manor Way, Silver Spring, Maryland 20904
- thu 6pm-9pm
- Phone: 240-777-8090
- last updated: 22-jun-09
Magruder High School (Rockville)
- Address: 5939 Muncaster Mill Rd, Rockville, MD 20855
- Mon/Tue 7:30 - 9:30 pm (starting 9/14/2009 for 16 weeks)
- 3 courts
- $3 per person per night
- contact: Desmond Wong (desmond2u@gmail.com)
- last updated: 5-oct-09
Damascus Community Recreation Center
- Address: 25520 Oak Drive, Damascus, MD 20872,
- tue 18.00-20.30 (3 courts)
- Phone: 240-777-6930
- last updated: 24-jan-05
Twinbrook Badminton Group ((Twinbrook Recreation Center, Rockville)
- sundays, 3-6pm (3 courts) in non-basketball time (usually apr-dec)
- thursdays, 7-9pm (starting sep 10, 2009, through Nov, and possibly March- May.. as well) -- call ahead
- website: http://www.rockvillemd.gov/twinbrook/index.htm
- Twinbrook Recreation Center, 12920 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville. (membership required)
- Gym: (240) 314-8830
- Paul Tanjutco (301) 793-0896
- last updated: 29-aug-09
Thomas Farm Community Center
- sundays, 3-6pm (3 courts) , tuesday (7-9.30)
- website: http://www.rockvillemd.gov/thomasfarm/index.html
- 700 Fallsgrove Drive, Rockville, Md. 20850.
- Contact: 240-314-8840 (gym)
- last updated: 29-aug-09 [just opened February 2009]
Badminton and Pickleball Club (Deerfield Run Rec Center, Laurel)
- thursdays
- Phone: 301-953-7882
- last updated: 3-oct-97 (TWP)
- NOTE: doesn't appear to be active anymore (18-nov-97; PJT)
Beltsville Club, Beltsville Community Center
- Not currently in session, pre-2007 they had sunday sessions.
- 3900 Sellman Road Beltsville, MD 20705
- Phone: 301-937-6613
- last updated: 25-jan-10
Columbia Club
- Mondays 8 - 10 PM, school days
- Harper's Choice Middle School Gym, Columbia MD (3 courts)
- Contact: vbohr@verizon.net, 410-992-0322
- Last updated: 19-jan-05
Catonsville Club (http://www.CatonsvilleBadminton.org)
- Sunday (and also Tuesdays 7pm- during summer) 7.30pm-
- Bloomsbury Fieldhouse, 106 Bloosbury Ave, Catonsville, MD (with AC)
- Phone: 410-442-5643 (Rick Wiker)
- last updated: 28-sep-05
Meadowbrook Athletic Complex
- Monday: 8-10pm.
- Meadowbrook Athletic Complex - off RT29 and I-100
- 6 padded courts, brand new facility. $5/night
- last updated: 25-may-2010
Waldorf (southern MD)
- Tue 8.00pm-9.30pm for drop in play
- Community center at Mattawomen middle school (10145 Berry Road, Waldorf - 301-645-6865)
- Contact: Khadar Baig : khadar@aol.com, 301-609-4590
- last updated: 30-sep-02
Johns Hopkins (Baltimore)
- Tue/Thu 4-6pm (open gym), 6-8pm (club); Fri 8-10pm, Sat/Sun 2-5pm (subject to cancellations due to events)
- Recreation Center on Johns Hopkins campus
- URL: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/JHU_Badminton
- Last updated: 6-nov-2006
Evergreen Badminton Club (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA)
- plays 7-10pm, on fridays
- contact: Clement Chan (clement.chan@verizon.net)
- url: http://www.evergreensports.net/
- Last updated: 19-jan-05
Fairfax County Badminton Group (Oakton, VA)
- As found on: http://www.meetup.com/badminton80/
- Last updated: 2010
The Herndon Badminton Meetup Group (Herndon, VA)
- As found on: http://www.meetup.com/The-Herndon-Badminton-Club
- Last updated: 2010
Montgomery County Bádminton (Gaithersburg, MD)
- As found on: http://www.meetup.com/MontgomeryCountyBadminton/
- Last updated: 2010
Loch Raven Badminton Club
- Contact: Richard Shingles, Email: shingles@jhu.edu, Phone: 410-683-8350
- Facility: Northeast Regional Recreation Center, 7501 Oakleigh Rd. Parkville, MD 21234 (8 courts)
- Play Days and Times: Tuesdays - Adult Club 7PM - 10PM, Fridays - Adult Club 7PM - 10PM, Saturdays - Juniors and Family Play 9AM - 1PM, Sundays - Junior Club 6PM - 8PM, - Adult Club 8PM - 10:30PM
- URL: http://www.marylandbadminton.net
- Last updated: 31-aug-2011
Towson State University (Need to bring your school I.D.)
- Burdick Hall Gym#3,
- Bill Snerals (410-830-3649)
- URL: http://triton.towson.edu/~vzapa/badmin.html
- Last updated: 8-oct-98
Pentagon Athletic Club (POAC)
- Private club.
- Pentagon, 2 courts
- Last updated: 19-sep-08
Fairfax County Badminton Club (FCBC)
- Location: various (depends on county allotments)
- Contact: Vaheed Baig 703-455-8618(h) email vaheed5941@yahoo.com
- Last updated: 18-may-2009
George Washington University Badminton Club (Washington DC)
- wed and fri 8p- (Building K, 800 block of 23rd St. NW)
- URL: http://www.gwu.edu/~badmintn/
- Contact: badmintn@gwu.edu
- Last updated: 1-sep-2009
Howard University Badminton Club (Washington DC)
- mon, wed 19.00-22.00 - Burr Gym - (6 courts)
- Joyce Barker, (W) 202-806-6688
- Last updated: long time ago
Coffield Community Center (Silver Spring MD)
- thu 19.45 - 22.00 (2 courts, 3rd one available soon)
- 2450 Lyttonsville Rd - not far from Rt.410 (E-W-Hwy)
- Contact info: Ms. Jocelyn Brooks (240-777-4900).
- Last updated: 22-dec-00
Arlington Gunston Middle School/Community Center
- fri 6pm - 9pm
- 2700 S.Lang Street, Arlington, VA
- 6 courts
- Last updated: 15-nov-2008
Reston Badminton Club
- Langston Hughes Middle School, Reston http://www.fcps.edu/HughesMS/
- Friday 8-10pm , 2-3 courts
- Last updated: 11-jun-2009
Garrison Forest High School Badminton Club (Owings Mills)
- Kim Marlor, (H) 410-363-8904
Garrison Forest Badminton Club (Owings Mills)
- http://web.mac.com/shingles1/Site/Welcome.html
- Last updated: 9-sep-07
Badminton at Worldgate Sport and Health
- Worldgate Sport and Health, 13037 Worldgate Dr, Herndon, VA 20170
- 2 courts
- sunday April 29 - July 1 2007 (10 week session) See also their flyer
- Contact: conniebarnes@aussienicksquash.com
- Also upcoming in May 2007: Bethesda S&H, and later to be added: Tysons and Crystal Gateway S&H
Laurel Racquet Club
- 204 Fort Meade Rd, Laurel, MD 20707 , 301-953-1414
- advertises to have a badminton court, there is no club here,
- currently they don't have any play (aug 2005)
Germantown/Kingsview Community Center and Pool
- 18905 Kingsview Rd., Germantown, MD 20874-1445, 301-601-1180, 301-601-1690 (ref: twp)
- TWP claims badminton matches their search criteria, but i see none. (jan-2005)
- apr-dec: thu 18.00-21.00 and sat 10.00-13.00 - 4 courts
- jan-mar: thu 19.30-21.30
- tel: 301-601-1680

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Page last modified: Wednesday, 31-Aug-2011 10:33:22 EDT. teuben@astro.umd.edu