Just to add another point. Buffets usually don't taste very good near closing time... Yes! You would perhaps want to make up for your weekly 8-hours-Sat-badminton-sessions... um... at least as much as possible of what's left of it. I want to play with you pros!!! I won't let any opportunity of this kind slip away so easily!!!
Lol... good point about buffets. Personally, I hate them, I just suggested them because lasalle is so skimpy on affordable restaurants... But friendlies' idea sounds pretty good...! Tough choice, unless someone knows maybe someplace that has good takeout food that can be sent to the gym so that we can just continue playing even after the tournament. Personally, I'd like to play a few rounds myself since I'll have spent my whole afternoon just WATCHING people play, since as organizer I don't have time to play myself. On that note, when the gym is "free", anyone can play, but you gotta be properly dressed. I'm not gonna allow former spectators to play of they're wearing dress shoes or something, it is still a respectable badminton club after all. Maybe I'll charge a small fee for non-tournament players to use free time, because it'd mostly be for the tournament players to get to knoweachother better (that'd be a bonus for signing up).
What other restaurants are near AL? Maybe we can get some "buns" from Chinatown (maybe even discount if we buy in big quantity)? Yup! Actually... I have a tempting suggestion for the activities on the tournament's weekend... Dunno if it sounds good to you, but here it goes: Sat: tournament, obviously; dinner somewhere after? Sun: Montreal BFers gathering at the Olympic Stadium for more badminton starting 9:00am. (we can't have too much badminton right?) For the eating, we can either buy lots of dim sum from Chinatown (as suggested by Friendlies) or we can get Timbits!! Lazy, it'd be more than great if you could join us!
another out of towner Having never been to Montreal, maybe this would be a good time for a visit. I am thinking of driving in Saturday morning, stay one night, play more badminton on Sunday morning, then drive back around 3-4pm. But first would like to find a place to stay. Are there any good place to stay for budget constrained individuals? If you know a place let me know. Thanks
Cool!! Welcome! Where are you from? Well, I'd say Mtl has lots of pretty high class hotels -which I guess, doesn't apply to your budget- but if you are willing to go a little more to the suburbs, you can find many motels and inns (Days Inn, for example). Plus, unlike in Mtl, the suburb area offer parking spaces, and access to the island isn't too difficult -well, at least from where I live (suburbs, lol). Even though you're from elsewhere, I'd still recommend you to use public transportation whenever you want to go to Mtl island though, due to parking problem again. And, will you be joining the RsM tournament? And does the Sunday plan sound good to you (nothing is confirmed for Sun, it's just a suggestion for now)?
Hey, I like this idea very much as I won't be participating in the tournament on Saturday either and I don't think I can live without badminton for a week. Although, I probably can't be there at 9am, not really a morning person .
Looks like LB was right... I more than a bit worried a few days ago because I only had one paid registration so far, but things seem to be picking up and registrations are going up pretty fast. It seems that LB is not going to be the only out of towner coming in for the tournament... Outlah has just signed up, as well as anoter BCer from Ottawa! Word gets around. Despite the relative lack of popularity in canada, I'm glad to see that BC brings together a good number of serious canadians (and of course our friends in the US) together through the game. Huh, i actually forgot-- i guess it doesn't count, since he moved to montreal recently, but we have one BCer who originates from the UK as well!
Great! That's indeed excellent news!! The more, the better! Jinryu, can you please tell us so far, how are registrations going? I mean, until now, no event is likely going to be cancelled due to lack of players right?
Some restaurants in Chinatown are open till 3 am, no? Could always order take out such as pizza, chicken, Scores, Subway, etc. Or we eat what is left of your food stand! =P
Hmmm... I suppose they are. Never been there. Well 9am can be early for some and not for others, I guess we can just go whenever we get up, lol. So are people in for this? And hey, I've only started to be an early riser this year. But has ALWAYS been ready to get up early (even at 5:30 am!!) whenever it concerns badminton. I know, I'm sick. You don't have to tell me that, many have done so already. -____________-"
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So far, mens doubles is the most popular category, and I've got at least 8 players (4 teams worth) of players confirmed. There's a lot of ambiguous people too who have expressed interest but not commited yet. Mixed, we have at least 3 teams. Womens' doubles, we have 3 confirmed teams. So... my basic cutoff is that we need at least 4 teams in each category, otherwise the matches with the same people will just get a tad boring... really, we need your help to get more women to join especially! (These are the CONFIRMED teams, there are others who expressed interest, but who have not registered.)
As to renting out gyms at Andre Laurendeau, YES, i can do this... however, you guys would really have to split the costs with me. a regular day at RsM is 25 people with 4 hours of play time. If it's less than 25 people, it would have to be proportionally more expensive... so it might not be a great idea unless we really band together a LOT of people. I'm thinking it'll probably be too much work to organize-- imean, if i can get 25 people, why not get 25 people IN THE TOURNAMENT instead of the day after/before? lol.
*raises eyebrow* what? You have anything against crazy people? =P Plus, to make me look less weird, I've only done that once for a tournament.
