This info is from the "Where to play 1994-1995" booklet put out by the Toronto & District Badminton Association (T&DBA). I didn't ask their permission... but here goes anyway! If you have any comments or suggestions, send them to me at WongD@HELIX.MGH.HARVARD.EDU Cheers, Dave Wong LEAGUES The Association offers leagues for club teams at all ability levels. They are designed to encourage friendly competition in a social atmosphere, raise interest within a club, and help develop play. Contact League Chairmen, Robert or Timothy Mertens at (416) 449-7249. CHAMPIONSHIPS The T&DBA Championships, our premier competitions, declare District Champions annually in the following categories: "A", "B", "C", "D", Masters (35+, 40+, 50+, 60+, 65+) and Junior (under 18, 16, 14). They provide the opportunity for players to get to know and challenge others in the district with similar palying skills. Only players belonging to clubs that are affiliated with the Toronto and District Badminton Association are eligible to play. 1994-1995 SCHEDULE OF TORONTO TOURNAMENTS October 28-30: Oakville Junior (U18,16,14,12) - Oakville Club, 56 Water Street, Oakville. Bruce Croft (905) 845-0231 November 4-6: Boulevard Masters & "A" Invitational - Boulevard Club, 1491 Lakeshore Blvd. West, Toronto. Keith Arthur (416) 532-3341. November 11-13: Mayfair East Open B-C-D Fall Classic - Mayfair East Racquet Club, 160 Esna Park Dr., Markham. Carol Wong 475-8833. November 26: Don Rogerson Novice Junior Doubles. Minton Wing 820-5753; Derek Sanderson (519)763-4131 December: West Hill Open (ABCD) - Tom Peat 428-8731 December 2-4: Boulevard Jr Grand Prix (U18,16) - Boulevard Club, 1491 Lakeshore Blvd West. Keith Arthur 532-3341 December 16-18: George Brown B-C Open - 200 King Street East, Ed Yee 425-0360 or Kim Ng 940-6649 Dec 27-29: RCYC Junior Novice (U12,14,16,18) - RCYc, 141 St. George St. John Power 967-7245 January 6-8: Brown's Open - Humber College, Hwy 27/Finch, Jim Roszell 332-1246 February 3-5: T&DBA Masters Championship - Oakville Club. Mona Panchal 884-1172 February 10-12: Scarborough Heart Fund Open - Tony Ho Shue 471-7516 February 17-19: T&DBA "C" & "D" Championshiops. Susan Mussakowski 751-0800. February 24-26: T&DBA Junior Championships (U18,16,14 as of Jan 1, 1995). Anne Yacyshyn 231-3171 March 17-19: T&DBA "A" & "B" Championshipos. B&R Club. Dhansukh Panchal 253-5476. March 18-19: York University Schools Tournament A/B/C/D (open) - Fred Fletcher 736-2100 April 8: Jornia Novice Junior Singles - Minton Wing 820-5753 or Derek Sanderson (519) 763-4131 April 28-30: Boulevard Junior Invitational (U10,12,14) - Boulevard Club. Keith Arthur 532-3341 May 27-28: Jennifer Lee's Junior Tournament - Jennifer Lee 293-2100 July 14-16: Mayfair Summer Open A/B/C - Mayfair East Racquet Club. Carol Wong 475-8833 PLAYER INSTRUCTION 1. Forest Hill Badminton School For full-time students, Forest Hill C.I. offers a regular daytime phys-ed credit course with a special focus on badminton at the grades 9-12 level. Call (416) 393-1860 for information. 2. Mississauga Badminton Federation The Federation offers weekly coaching, training and a competitive program for novice and striving players from the age of 7 to 19. Contact Minton Wing 820-5753 for more information. 3. Club/School Clinics The OBA/Carlton Clinic Program offers two clinics to choose from: a) Carlton Clinic - learn from a qualified instructor the basic skills and innovative ways to develop them, or game strategy - court positioning, movement, and shot selection for singles, doubles, or mixed. b) Carlton School of Badminton - instruction of skills and strategy especially designed for school team practices (after school). This is a very popular program so call early to reserve the clinic(s) of your choice. Contact the Ontario Badminton Office at 495-4080 or Norm Hogg at (905) 338-6172. SUMMER YOUTH CAMPS 1. Boulevard Club International Junior Summer Camp June/August This annual intensive training environment offers coaching by a top international coach and club professional, Keith Arthur. One week camps are held in late June/beg August and cater to both the top competitive and intermediate players. For information, call the club at 532-3341. 2. B&R Club Junior Badminton Camp (July) >From ages 10-17 yrs for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Contact Robert Mertens 449-7249. 3. Junior Badminton Summer Camp (Eglinton United Church) This camp offers variety for all ability levels and training in all aspects of the games is provided by John Gilbert (Level 4 coach) and Quang Hoang (top Ontario "A" player). Contact John Gilbert 393-1860. 4. Beginner & Intermediate Skills Training Clinics The Toronto Board of Education offers structured training for novice and advanced players. Information is circulated through the schools in June or contact Mitch Casquenette at 475-3208. 5. North Toronto Area Training Camp for players 8-14 years old with competitive interest - contact Keith Chiu (416) 222-9266 (H) or (416) 297-8105 (B). ADULT CLINICS AND CAMPS 1. Mayfair East Racquet Club (June) Clinics are offered for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels from the age of 14 to adults. Contact Carol Wong (416) 475-8833 (B) 2. Adult Badminton Summer Camp (mid August) Practical training in stroke production and court movement provided by Level 4 coach and top Ontario "A" player. Contact John Gilbert (416) 393-1860 (B). CLUB LISTINGS (by regions from west to east): BRAMPTON 1. Bharat Sports Club - J.H. Turner School Raj Mistry 848-3215. Saturdays. T&D Member. 2. Bramalea Club - Chingacousy S.S. (1370 Williams Pkwy). Mrs. Viji Vattompadam 793-7757. Mon, Wed. Coaching available. 3. Brampton Club - Centennial S.S. (251 McMurchy Ave. S) Peter Chew 452-7377. Tues, Thrs, Sat. T&D Member, Competitive, Coaching available. 4. Brampton Junior - William G. Davis S.S. Peter Chew 452-7377. Tues. T&D Member, Coaching available. 5. Regency Racquets (25 Kingscross Rd.) Jennifer Keith 792-2232. T&D Member, Coaching available, Open year round. OAKVILLE 1. Centre Club - St James Elementary School. (255 Morden Rd). Alexis Perera 827-9187. Mon, Wed, Fri. T&D Member. 2. Falgarwood - Falgarwood P.S. (1365 Gainsborough Dr.) Debbie Williston 338-5860. Wed. 3. Glen Abbey - St. Ignatius Loyola H.S. (Nottingale St.) David See 847-3237. Tues. 4. Hopedale - Eastview P.S. (2266 Hixon Street) Iris Bruce 827-8323. Tues, Wed, Thurs 5. Monday Night Club - Queen Elizabeth Park S. (2301 Yolanda Dr) Francis Lo 827-8742. Mon 6. Thursday Night Club - Queen Elizabeth Park S. (2301 Yolanda Dr) Andy Sodak 827-3337. Tue, Thurs 7. St. Paul's Club - St. Paul's United Church (454 Rebecca St). Jack Harris 845-5240. Thurs 8. Whiteoaks - Whiteoaks H.S. (1330 Montclair Dr) Otto Sternboch 825-2027. Tues, Thurs. Coaching available 9. Oakville Club (56 Water Street). Bruce Croft or Chris Wright 845-0231. T&D Member, Competitive, Coaching available, Open year round. 10. Oakville Trafalgar H.S. (Devon Rd) Neil Coutts 827-2102. Mon. Thrus. T&D Member MISSISSAUGA 1. Park Royal Seniors - Clarkson Arena (2475 Truscott Dr) Graham Hern 823-2757. Tues, Thurs 2. Erindale S.S. (2021 Dundas St. W) Christy Ryerson 823-1812 or Terry Tick 335-5416. Sun, Mon, Wed. T&D Member, Coaching available. 3. Erindale Junior - John Fraser S.S. (2665 Erin Centre Blvd). Minton Wing 820-5753. Wed, Sat. T&D Member, Coaching availabe 4. Glenforest S.S. (3575 Fieldgate Dr). Len Hinrichsen 276-9099. Thurs. 5. Lakeview Club - Cathraw Park S.S. (1305 Cawthra Rd). Gary McDonald 271-7797. Mon, Wed 6. Cawthra Seniors - Miss Sr Cit Comm Centre (1389 Cawthra Rd) Roy Williams 270-4014. Mon, Thurs, Sat. T&D Member 7. Malton - Darcel Comm. School (7635 Darcel Ave). Faith Sheppard 677-8080. Tues, Thurs. 8. Meadowvale - Our Lady of Mt Carmel (Trelawny Circle). Michael Molnar 824-5605 or Leonard Evangelista 542-3087. Mondays. T&D Member 9. St Jean Baptiste (1910 Broadhollowgate) Gilles Mathieu 569-3653. Thurs. T&D Member 10. Whiteoaks - Lorne Park S.S. (1324 Lorne Park Rd) Jim Jackson 822-1783 or Bob Smithson 822-9057. Mon 11. Woodlands S.S. (3225 Erindale Stn) Herbert Tse 542-0681 Sun, Tues, Thurs. T&D Member 12. Miss. Advanced Badminton - Woodlands S.S. (3255 Erindale Stn) Baldeo Singh 890-3433. Wed. Competitive. ETOBICOKE 1. Burhamthorpe Collegiate Institute (76 Keane Ave) Shashi Parab 614-2092. Mon, Thurs. T&D Member 2. Centennial - Lakeshore C.I. (350 Kipling Ave) Arthur Braganza 620-1553. Fri. 3. Etobicoke - Kipling C.I. (380 The Westway) Richard Scott 767-9069. Mon 4. Fairfield Seniors - Fairfield Srs. Centre (80 Lothian Ave). Gordon Proctor 233-7223. Tues, Thurs, Sat. T&D Member 5. Kipling Heights - Thistletown C.I. (20 Fordwich Cres) Don Shephard Mon Thurs, T&D Member 6. Markland Woods - Silverthorne C.I. (291 Mill Rd) Eric Olson 626-7069. Tues. T&D Member 7. Martingrove C.I. (50 Winterton Dr). Bob Packer 621-7122. Wed. T&D Member 8. Richview - Scarlet Heights C.I. (51 Trehorne Dr) Tom Finlay 244-6874. Mon, Wed 9. Etobicoke Junior - Martingrove C.I. (10 Winterton Dr.) Roger Wallis 248-1666. Fri. T&D Member, Coaching available, Competitive 10. Woodhaven - Westway Jr. School (25 Poynter Dr) Ruth Nagy 621-3212. Wed. YORK REGION 1. King City S.S. (King City Side Rd) John Orchard 833-6847 Tue, Thurs. T&D Member 2. Mayfair East Racquet Club (160 Esna Park Dr) Carol Wong 477-6470 (H) or 475-8833 (B). All week. T&D Member, Coaching available, Competitive, Year round 3. Nobleton Sr. P. S. (Hwy 27 & King City North Side Rd) Chris Jones 859-4660. Tues 4. Phoenix Multi-Sports Centre (7400 Woodbine Ave) John Thompson 737-5645. All week 5. Richmond Hill - Langstaff S.S. (106 Garden Ave) Derek Barnett 832-2602. Tues, Thurs. T&D Member 6. Richmond Hill Seniors - McConachy Centre (10100 Yonge St) Jennifer Tate 737-1818. Mon. 7. Markham Parks & Recreation: 10 week courses at Unionville HS, Raymerwood PS, Thornlea SS and M McGivney CHS. Tammy Roth 477-6410 8. Unionville Srs - Heritage Srs Centre (17 Anna Russell Way) Annette Zuccaro 477-4944. Mon, Thurs. Open year round. TORONTO 1. Beaches Rec Centre (6 Williamson Rd) Coordinator: 392-0740. Open year round 2. Christ Church (St Clair/Yonge) John Richardson 929-0162. Mon, Sat 3. George Brown College (200 King St E) Kim Ng 940-6649. Sun, Tue, Thurs. T&D Member, Coaching, Competitive, Year round 4. Beaches Rec Centre - Glen Ames Sr. P. S. (18 Williamson Rd) Coordinator: 392-0740. Open year round 5. Grange Club (23 Grange Rd). Roman Yacyshyn 231-3171. Sun. T&D Member, Competitive, Open year round 6. J. Piccininni Rec Centre (1369 St Clair Ave W) Coordinator: 392-0036. Mon, Wed, Fri. Open year round 7. Jimmie Simpson Rec Centre (870 Queen St E) Coordinator: 392-0751. Sat. Open year round 8. Kew Beach United Church (140 Wineva Ave) or Niel McNeil SS (127 Victoria Park Ave) Gord Webster 698-3683. Mon, Thurs. T&D Member 9. Massaryk Community Centre (220 Cowan Ave) Coordinator: 392-6928. Sun, Mon. Open year round 10. Pape Rec Centre (953 Gerrard St E) Coordinator: 392-0750. Competitive, Open year round 11. Scadding Court Community Centre (707 Dundas St) Coordinator: 363-5392 12. St. Paul's Church (227 Bloor St E) Derek Tse 323-0116. Sun, Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat. T&D Member, Coaching available, Competitive, Open year round 13. Toronto Instructional Ctr - Forest Hill CI (730 Eglinton Ave W) John Gilbert 393-1860. T&D Member, Coaching available, Competitive 14. Wallace Emerson Community Centre (1260 Dufferin St). Coordinator: 392-0039. Sun, Sat. Open year round 15. Badminton & Racquet Club (25 St Clair Ave W). Eleanor O'Gorman. T&D Member 16. Royal Canadian Yacht Club (141 St George Street) John Power 967-7245. T&D Member, Coaching available 17. Boulevard Club (1491 Lakeshore Blvd). Keith Arthur 532-3341. T&D Member, Coaching available, Competitive, Open year round EAST YORK 1. Leaside H.S. (200 Hanna Road) Arthur Scott 482-5634. Tue, Thurs. T&D Member. 2. Bessborough PS (211 Bessborough Dr). Arthur Scott 482-5634. Mon, Wed 3. Leaside Junior (200 Hanna Rd). Mark Cassin 487-2346. Fri. T&D Member, Coaching available. NORTH YORK 1. Bayview Junior - Goulding Community Centre (Bayview). Keith Chiu 222-9266. Fri. T&D Member, Coaching available 2. Canadian Forces Base Downsview (Keele & Sheppard). Dr. Farrell 635-2169. Sun, Wed. T&D Member 3. Donway - Don Mills CI (15 Donway E) Dave Moyes 431-3473. Tue, Thurs. T&D Member 4. Donway Junior - Winfields Junior HS. Dave Moyes 431-3473. Fri. Coaching available 5. Granite Club (2350 Bayvies Ave) Sue Dauvin 449-8713. T&D Member, Coaching available, Competitive, Open year round 6. Hillcrest Village - A. Y. Jackson SS (50 Francine Dr) Glen Chong 294-8347 or Ian Chow 498-7739. Mon, Wed, Fri. Open year round 7. Jewish Community Centre (4588 Bathurst St) Jim Emery 636-1880. Sun, Tues, Thurs. Coaching available, Open year round 8. Parkwoods - Victoria Park S.S. (15 Wallingford Dr) Sathi Perumal 497-8992. Tue, Thurs 9. Seneca College (1750 Finch Ave E) Judy Kennedy 491-5050x2323. Mon. T&D Member. 10. St. Gabriel's - Cardinal Carter School (36 Greenfield Ave) Bob & Cynthia Wilson 636-6014. Mon, Wed. T&D Member 11. St. Edward's - Fisherville J.H.S. (425 Patricia Ave) Igor Rodela 223-7714. Tues. 12. Willowdale - Newtonbrook S.S. (155 Hilda Ave) Art Thomas 467-8982. Tue, Fri. T&D Member 13. York Memorial C.I. (2690 Eglinton Ave W) Joanne Terakita 298-4054. Mon, Fri. T&D Member, Open year round 14. York Mills C.I. (490 York Mills Rd) David leong 481-8932. Mon, Wed, Fri. T&D Member, Coaching available, Competitive, Open year round 15. York Mills Junior (490 York Mills Rd) Don Mertens 449-7249. Sat. coaching available SCARBOROUGH 1. Agincourt C.I. (2621 Midland Ave) Tony Ho Shue 471-7516. Mon, Tue, Wed. T&D Member, Open year round 2. Agincourt Junior (2621 Midland Ave) George Takaoka 444-0546. Sun, Tues. T&D Member, Coaching available 3. Dr. N. Bethune C.I. (200 Fundy Bay Blvd) Lisa Chen 298-9234. Sun, Tue, Fri. T&D Member, Coaching available 4. Carrib Chinese Assn - Sir John A. MacDonald C.I. (2300 Pharmacy) Frank Chow 625-0544. Fri. Coaching available 5. Glen Ayr Junior - St Richard School (960 Bellamy Rd N) Tom Whitley 438-8934. Mon. T&D Member, Coaching available, Competitive. 6. L'Amoreaux C.I. (2501 Bridletowne Cir.) Giap Liem 222-8883. Sun, Mon, Thurs. T&D Member, Open year round 7. Lee's Junior - Albert Campbell School (McCowan & Finch) Jennifer Lee 293-2100. Mon, Fri. T&D Member, Coaching available 8. Mowat C.I. (5400 Lawrence Ave E) Eustace Lym 284-2038. Sun, Mon, Fri. T&D Member 9. R.H. King C.I. (3800 St Clair Ave E) Jim Johnstone 264-3189. Tues, Thurs 10. Skymark - Centennial College (41 Progress Court) Earl Wong 493-3529. Fri. 11. Thmoson C.I. (2740 Lawrence Ave E) Dave Oliver 431-6591. Sun, Tues, Thurs. T&D Member, Coaching available. 12. Scarb Rec Club - Dr. N. Bethune C.I. (200 Fundy Bay Blvd) Wah Yee 669-6375. Sat. T&D Member, Open year round 13. West Hill C.I. (350 Morningside Ave) Tom Peat 428-8731. Sun, Tues, Fri. T&D Member 14. Wexford C.I. (1176 Pharmacy Ave) Eric Herrman 755-3448 Mon, Thurs. Coaching available; Juniors on Sun. 15. 8150 Sheppard Ave E Kapi 287-1010x2651 All week, T&D Member, Coaching available, Competitive, Year round 16. Woburn C.I. (2222 Ellesmere Rd) Kelly Chow 438-7906 or Wayne Yip 406-5928 or Thomas Woo 391-5447 Sun, Tues, Thurs. T&D Member, Coaching available, Year round