Event Listing - Sports & Recreation

Fri May 23 - Sun May 25

Bay Badminton Championships 2008



Location
Date and Time
1611 Adrian Road
Burlingame, CA 94010 map
cross street: Rollins Road
district: Burlingame


Fri May 23 (5-11pm)
Sat May 24 (8am-10pm)
Sun May 25 (8am-7pm)

Description
Bay Badminton Center will host its first annual tournament on May 23-25, 2008 at their new 16 court facility. Players representing the United States for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing include Howard Bach, Tony Gunawan, Halim Haryanto will be attending. The tournament is sponsored by United Commercial Bank and will award a total prize money of $20,000 to winners placing in men’s and women’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles. This is an exciting event in the fast growing sport of badminton. Badminton has always been portrayed as a game that people play in the backyard or at a family picnic. Very often people have a misconception that badminton lacks intensity and serious competition. Little do they know that badminton requires as much, if not more skills and stamina as other popular sports like tennis or basketball. COME AND CHECK OUT AN AWESOME EVENT. EVENT IS FREE. PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE OF YOUR FAVORITE PLAYERS. www.BAYBADMINTON.com