This is where my club play in Hong Kong.

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    Hi everyone,

    After a talk with Pecheur and other badminton fans in my last post, now I'm going to upload some pic which is where my club play in Hong Kong, I hope the pics can give some ideas of you guys why playing badminton in HK are that expensive.
     
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    Main Entrance

    1) Main Entrance
     

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    The name of the center

    2) Name of center
     

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    Reception

    3) Reception floor
     

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    2nd floor of reception

    4) 2nd floor of reception

    AT this floor, you can find Gym room, Active room, Squash court and main court guess viewing flatform (but too bad the viewing platform was closed, and I can't be bother to take other pic for the facilities)
     

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    Left Main court

    5) This is the left hand side of the main court, have 4 badminton court setup already.

    Each side can transform into 1 basketball court, 1 volleyball court or 4 badminton court.
     

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    Left Main court 2

    6) Different angle view of the left main court
     

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    Right half main court

    7) This is the right half of the main court, Basketball court was setup
     

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    Sive view of the main court 1

    8) I took a side view for the main court.
     

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    Side view of the main court 2

    9) This is the 2nd view of the side main court
     

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    Main court

    The main court can setup 8 badminton in total.
     
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    Score board

    10) Score board
     

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    That's it!

    So, I hope most of you guys use boardband internet, otherwise, sorry! Too much photos.

    Anyway, that's it.I also want to take some pic of the changing room, but there was people in there, so I can't take any pic.

    But the changing room has the following facilities

    1) Locker (tall enough for you to put racket in- free of charge)
    2) Shower (have hot & cold water, some center even have Power shower head)
    3) Hair dryer.

    We can book court 1 month in advance via the internet or by phone. Of course you can also book court at any of the sports center in Hong Kong.

    Some other center even have rock climbing facility outside the building, have golf practice room, Childrens play room and canteen. Cool huh?

    Now Pecheur, understand why it cost so much for us to book badminton court yet? hehe
     
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    heheheh - have you considered not playing badminton in a shopping mall? heheheh. That center really looks too nice to be playing sports, more for shopping for your sports equipment.
     
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    Very nice. Like the fact that the badminton courts separation are quite wide. Looks like there is around 6 feet between two courts side by side and more than that with the end to end courts.

    How is the lightning? From the pictures, it looks like it might be too bright. Any problems with losing the shuttle in the lights?
     
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    We get this for free

    Here in Luxembourg the state provides equally nice sport centres free of charge to clubs. Every village has its own hall, and since your average Luxembourgish village will have 500 residents or so, filling the halls is actually a problem. The only expenditure is shuttles, really. We're a spoilt lot :D
     
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    Well, quite honestly speaking... there's more than just sports in a shopping mall in many of the asian countries... ever tried swimming in a shopping mall?? :D :D
    Yes it's true! some malls have swimming pools at the very top floor:eek: :eek: :D
     
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    Very observant about the lights. It's a bit difficult for the first timer. I still think the draught is a worse factor.

    I once played a league match there. Told my teammates to choose the end so that they would have to play into the draught during the last stages and play tight net shots.

    The result, the opponents had real difficulty controlling high lifts to the back of the court (kept going out). When they kept the shuttle low and played drives, the shuttle would still fly out the back.

    Some halls are like that...need some tactical planning.
     
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    hehe, yeah, the court is just too nice. Like a shopping mall.

    About the lightning, I wonder did the gov hire some PRO designer to build that or not.
    Most of the halls have the lightning problem, either too bright or too dark. Some court lightning even set right in the middle of the court, so when ever you head up and try to see the shuttle on the top of your head, you only see the light.

    But I know that's a new one at KLN side, the place called "Lam Tin" , Cheung might know. People said the lightning are good and the wall color is black. I still haven't got a chance to play over there yet, cause the booking is not easy.
     
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    Jazz:

    The lightning looks too bright is just because I use slow shutter for my DC and use +0.7ev exposure.

    ^_^
     

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