Welcome to the New Orleans Badminton Club website. Our club welcomes players of all levels of experience. Our club members cover the gambit of skill level, from beginner to expert. We're all about having fun with this wonderful sport.
For more info, feel free to call Shirley Tyree (club Secretary): Work: 504-219-4666 Home: 504-527-6096 or Simon Dorfman (club President): 504-261-6561 email: simon [at] yamlike [dot] com
Where
Loyola University Recreational Sports Complex (a.k.a. RecPlex), Fifth Floor, above the parking garage.
Uptown, New Orleans, on Freret St between Broadway Ave. and Calhoun St. See map below. The building labeled "RC" is the Recreational Sports Complex. Street parking can often be found on Calhoun St. near Freret St.

Driving Directions
From I-10
- Take the Carrollton Avenue exit, Exit 232. Follow South Carrollton 0.8 miles.
- Take a left onto Fontainebleau Dr. Go down Fontainebleau Dr. 0.4 miles to the 4-way stop.
- Turn right onto Broadway St. Take Broadway St for 1.1 miles to the 3rd stoplight.
- Take a left onto Freret St. Go down Freret St. 0.4 miles. You will pass the Loyola RecPlex on the right hand side.
- When you come to Calhoun St. at the second light, take a right and look for a parking spot on the street. Walk back to the Rec Plex and take the elevator up to the 5th floor.
Google Maps Link, then click "Get directions: To here"
When
Wednesday and Sunday evenings for the last three hours that the RecPlex is open. Their hours and holidays are posted on their website. Here are the next several dates and times:
- Wednesday, February 18th, 7pm - 10pm
- Sunday, February 22nd, Cancelled due to Mardi Gras
- Wednesday, February 25th, 5pm - 8pm
- Sunday, March 1st, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, March 4th, Cancelled due to Loyola event
- Sunday, March 8th, Cancelled due to Loyola event
- Wednesday, March 11th, 7pm - 10pm
- Sunday, March 15th, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, March 18th, 7pm - 10pm
- Sunday, March 22nd, Cancelled due to Loyola event
- Wednesday, March 25th, 7pm - 10pm
- Sunday, March 29th, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, April 1st, 7pm - 10pm
- Sunday, April 5th, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, April 8th, 5pm - 8pm
- Sunday, April 12th, Cancelled due to Easter Holiday
- Wednesday, April 15th, 7pm - 10pm
- Sunday, April 19gh, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, April 22nd, 7pm - 10pm
- Sunday, April 26th, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, April 29th, 7pm - 10pm
- Sunday, May 3rd, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, May 6th, 5pm - 8pm
- Sunday, May 10th, Cancelled due to Loyola event
- Wednesday, May 13th, Cancelled due to Loyola event
- Sunday, May 17th, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, May 20th, 5pm - 8pm
- Sunday, May 24th, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, May 27th, 6pm - 9pm
- Sunday, May 31st, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, June 3rd, 6pm - 9pm
- Sunday, June 7th, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, June 10th, 6pm - 9pm
- Sunday, June 14th, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, June 17th, 6pm - 9pm
- Sunday, June 21st, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, June 24th, 6pm - 9pm
- Sunday, June 28th, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, July 1st, 6pm - 9pm
- Sunday, July 5th, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, July 8th, 6pm - 9pm
- Sunday, July 12th, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, July 15th, 6pm - 9pm
- Sunday, July 19th, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, July 22nd, 6pm - 9pm
- Sunday, July 26th, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, July 29th, 6pm - 9pm
- Sunday, August 2nd, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, August 5th, 5pm - 8pm
- Sunday, August 9th, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, August 12th, 5pm - 8pm
- Sunday, August 16th, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, August 19th, 5pm - 8pm
- Sunday, August 23rd, 5pm - 8pm
- Wednesday, August 26th, 5pm - 8pm
- Sunday, August 30th, 5pm - 8pm
These practice dates have been entered into a Google Calendar which allows you to subscribe to the calendar and keep up with updates.

Learn more here. You can subscribe to the calendar with Outlook or iCal (and many other desktop calendar applications that support the ICAL standard) by following these instructions:
- Right Click the Green icon above that says "ICAL" and choose "Copy Link Location".
- In Outlook:
- Choose Tools - Account Settings and click the Internet Calendars tab.
- Press Ctrl+V to paste the URL of the ICS file that you copied in the previous step.
- Click Add.
- In iCal:
- Choose Calendar - Subscribe...
- Press Command+V to paste the URL of the ICS file that you copied in the previous step.
- Click Subscribe.
You can also subscribe to the calendar with Google Calendar by following these instructions:
- Right Click the Orange icon above that says "XML" and choose "Copy Link Location".
- In Google Calendar:
- Choose Add - Add a public calendar.
- Click Add by URL.
- Press Command+V to paste the URL of the XML file that you copied in the previous step.
How
The club rents the courts from Loyola. We pay the rent by collecting annual membership dues.
Membership Dues:
- Full-time students: $100
- Individual/Family: $240
Our membership year coincides with Loyola's school year: It starts in September and ends in August the following year.
Membership Application in PDF format (requires Adobe Reader)
Membership Application in RTF format (may be opened by Microsoft Word and many other text editors)
New members may join the club at anytime during our membership year by pro-rating the annual membership based on how much time is left during our current membership year. Below is a calculator to help pro-rate the amount. Enter the date you would like to sign up, select membership type (student or induvidual/family), then click the button to calculate.
First Time Visitors
All potential new members get one free night of play as an introduction to our club.
What to Bring
The club has four racquets (thanks to a generous donation by Ted Cotton) which beginners are welcome to use. Eventually, members should buy their own racquets. We suggest ordering from a friend of our club: Dean Schoppe, HL Badminton
Members are expected to provide shuttlecocks for play. The club sells shuttlecocks (at cost) to members. The tubes of shuttles in the club bag (the big black duffel bag) are purchased by the club from a seller in Houston. One tube of 10 shuttles costs $13.
We have a mailing list for sending out updates about our activities and court schedule. It's a low-traffic list with one email every couple weeks. To subscribe to the mailing list, please send an email to president (at) neworleansbadminton.com
Marketing
Feel free to print this flyer (requires Adobe Reader) and post it where you think interested parties would see it. If you can print it on yellow paper, that would be even better.