If I belong to more than one club, I can.. play against myself and come out a winner . I think this is a great idea. I hope the clubs do it.
so now we have 5 dedicated gyms. APACS, Bintang, GGBC, SmashCity, UBC. what are ppl's thoughts on the attendance? SmashCity is always full, GGBC is also quite full during weekdays. what about APACS? Bintang? UBC?
24 hr With all these gyms around, you'd think that one of them would be 24 hrs (especially on weekends) I would soo be there in the dead middle of the night especially on weekends (friday night, saturday night) This is why I love SGVBC, go in dead middle of the night and u still see ppl playing (sometimes for "prizes" ) hahaha...
You probably saw me playing the POT/side bet, 1am in the morning. We're so lucky to be blessed with 24hr SGVBC. Let's see if other clubs will step up and match the competition.
I've only been to SGVBC like 4x I just know what's going on in there cuz i have a friend down in socal that goes often. as for the bet, i've only heard it once in the 4 times i was there and yes it was later in the night and if i was there i wouldn't join it cuz i'll get my butt kicked :crying: poor badminton player with poor footwork...
Well, after looking back and after nearly 2 yrs.... ...since this thread was started, plus the news of additional clubs opening up, all i've got to say is, the question in the thread's title has been answered: NorCal/SF Bay area has EXCEEDED all expectations and you guys have, literally, FILLED them all...and definitely you guys up north have surpassed us, in the SoCal area, with the no. of available badminton clubs..GREAT JOB!!
Hmmm..not bad at all.. ..personally, i think having more *full-time* badminton clubs is an advantage as well, as there are more viable options for players to choose and play ..So to "combat" the lack of *full-time* badminton clubs in SoCal, i think one of the reason for the 24 hr. badminton club, in SoCal(SGVBC) is because frankly, it is one of only, 2 or 3 *full-time* badminton clubs serving the SoCal community(the other 2 clubs, i don't think they offer 24-hr service)..Even then, it can get pretty packed/booked on certain days of the week...Imagine if it doesn't open its doors for 24 hrs.. I'm not too sure abt the situation up in NorCal, but we do have quite a lot of public/recreational/part-time facilities/gyms which allow badminton activities..
wow. another one? that's cool. when we do have 7 gyms, that will be really crazy if we can fill them all.
Interesting news, can you ask them the name/location? I work in SSF, so... time to duck out during lunchtime!
The problem I feel is just the location of the gyms. Most gyms are situated in the southern part of the Bay area. This is out of reach for most high schoolers who live in North bay, or San Leandro/Hayward part of East bay and upward. Keep in mind, that most high schoolers don't have a mode of transportation, so it makes it hard to go to these gyms regularly. At peak hours, I don't think the gyms lack customers at all. There's also APAC, which I haven't visited yet, so it might be a fifth potential large club in the bay area.
my parents are not sure where the location is, but they heard that one of the owners of smash city may be involved
You all should be lucky to have so many places to play in the Bay Area. Where I am in Sacramento, so far we only have UC Davis, CSUS and Folsom Middle School. For those of you in the Sacramento area, if you're close to Natomas, I'd like to get together to see if we can form a club in the North Natomas area. I just relocated from Boston and I sure miss the many more opportunities to play back in Boston.
