Welcome to the Rice Badminton Club!
The club promotes the sport of badminton within the Rice community by combining the human resources and skills attached to the Rice community and the excellent infrastructure of the Rice Recreational Center provided by the Rice campus. The club provides an environment for different players to meet, play, and learn from each other. The players are from all levels, ages, and backgrounds. Both Rice and non-Rice members are welcome to join. The club is a registered recreational sport club with the Rice students association. The club has weekly singles and doubles practices on campus. Moreover, tournaments are also organized within the club and with other clubs in Houston.How to become a member
Rice University gym members need to complete a form at the beginning of each year. Non-Rice University gym members also need to complete this form, and they must pay a $5 fee per visit; They also have to ask a Rice University gym member to sign them in.First timers are welcome to contact Wei Huang (wh2@rice.edu).
Practices schedule for Summer 2011
Monday: 5pm to 8pm at East gym
Thursday: 5pm to 8pm at East gym
Saturday: 3pm to 6pm at Gibbs recreation centre
See the map.
We usually play longer than these allotted slots -- and we may start a little behind at times.
How to play
See the map to find out where the buildings are and where to park. The club provides racquets and nylon shuttles; when the practice takes place at Gibbs recreation centre, you must check out the racquets and shuttles from the reception desk. The club provides some feather shuttles, but players interested in using exclusively feather shuttles are expected to also bring their own.Officers
President: Wei Huang, wh2@rice.edu
Vice-President: Chih-Wei Chen, cc24@rice.edu
Treasurer: Abdelrahman Nimeri, Abdelrahman.M.Nimeri@rice.edu
Faculty sponsor: Rajind Mendis, rajind@rice.edu
