Today’s newsletter is unusual in that it’s a BADMINTON newsletter that also talks about BOWLING.
ABOUT
BADMINTON:
The
2019-20 badminton season is fast approaching. We hope you have had a good
summer and are looking forward to playing badminton again.
Opening
day is Tuesday Sept. 10th and closing day is Tuesday June 23, 2020.
Play nights run most Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 9:30 pm.
Fee
options are as per last season, as set out below. All fees should be paid
before going on court to play. We encourage all players to come out as often as
possible so that there is a good variety of players and games every night.
Fee
Options for Memberships
Full
Season Membership: $80 for adult (players over 18 year s old),
$40
for juniors (players under 19 years old).
Half
Season Membership (Session #1, Sept 10th to Jan. 30th):
Adults @ $45, Juniors @ $25.
Half
Season Memberships (Session #2, Feb. 4th to June 23rd):
Adults @ $45, Juniors @ $25.
Fee
Options for Nightly (Pay by the Night) Players
Adults
@ $5 per night; Juniors @ $2 per night.
Nightly
players can convert to season/session members at any time of the year. They
will be credited with half of the nightly fees that they have already paid
within the season/session when they convert.
ABOUT
BOWLING:
One
of last year’s badminton club members, Dan Bazinet, has been brave enough to
take a major gamble -- he’s purchased and renovated the defunct bowling alley
in Tweed. It’s now called “Tweed Lanes”. It too will be starting up in
September.
Our
badminton club has an unusual connection to bowling -- in our early years of
operation we received a major boost in attendance when Tweed’s bowling alley
shut down and many bowlers looked to badminton for an alternative social night out.
Perhaps
our club can reciprocate and help Tweed Lanes. There are players in our mailing
list who have not been very active badminton-wise over the past few years. It's possible those players would be interested in bowling and can give Tweed Lanes the boost
it needs for a good startup -- hopefully while continuing to support our club
too.
Dan’s
phone # is (613) 919-9549; email is bazinet.dan@gmail.com; and website is
https://www.tweedlanes.com.
Thanks,
See
you on court.
The
Executive
(Terry
M., Pres.; Dave. C., Director; Andy D., Director)