Badminton Club at UC Davis
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Who We Are
Our Mission: “Provide access to badminton facilities for students to come together, fostering good sportsmanship and leadership skills at all levels”
Our Goals:
Team Bonding
Comaraderie
As a team, we want to create an environment for members to find lifelong friends. From quarterly bonding events, meetups, and many boba trips, we prioritize our members to learn and grow with each other as one team.
Community
Leadership & Etiquette
As apart of the badminton community, we want to maintain a healthy relationship with other school clubs, as well as other associations within California. We consistently host school meets against other local schools, notably SJSU, UCSC, Stanford, and UC Berkeley. We also encourage club members to attend local tournaments, as well as aid in creating our own.
Victory
Training & Competition
Our vision for the club is to win the National Collegiate Championships. To do this, our weekly practices promote members to match with others who are at their level. We want our players to be the best that they can be, with access to peers who are willing to help each other improve.
Events
fun fun fun fun fun!
Each year, our team holds several events for all members to take apart in. Below you can find a list of all of them that we plan to have every single year!
Weekly Practices
Mon, Wed, Fri @ Hickey Gym
Each week, the BCUCD holds 3 practices in an open gym style. Each court has its own system of play to accomodate for every level of play. From challenge courts for people to challenge higher level players to open gym signup style courts for beginners to play, all levels of players get a chance to play! Birds are given out to all members per match, with safety officers and other officers there to supervise conduct and play.
School Meets
Home & Away Games against Schools.
Each quarter, we aim to hold 2 or more meets, sometimes even trimeets. Each school team sends in a team ranking and a roster list, where members with the same rankings in their respective events play against each other for points. Most points out of the schools wins!
Bonding Events
Team Building and Lasting Memories
To push members to meet and bond with each other, our event coordinators create many opportunities inside and outside badminton for members to come and meet each other! Events that we have created in the past include a Six Flags trip, MU Game Room trips, group Karaoke, Night Market, and so much more.
Irvine Trip
Annual Road Trip Tradition
A longstanding tradition of this club is to take a team road trip to Irvine to participate in the annual Irvine collegiate tournament! By coordinating travel plans, AirBnBs and food accomodations, we want this trip to be a core memory for all members of our club. Members tend to split into groups to participate in the tournament, or to explore the city, and come back to reconvene with everyone for night bonding activities!
Collegiate Championships
Playing Against Other Schools in Boston
Beginning in 2024, California has been invited to participate in the USA Badminton Collegiate Nationals, hosted in Boston. Two times a year, we participate in a Northern California Regional Tournament to fight for 1 of 3 spots to represent NorCal at the nationals. We are reigning regional champions this year, and are pushing to defend our titles next year!
Year-End-Banquet
Celebrating the Fun Times in the Year
At the end of the year, the club hosts a member-exclusive year-end banquet to commemorate the memories and friends made throughout the year. Catered by restaurants like Panda Express, Chipotle, or Guads Tacos & Beer, it is a celebratory event that all members come formally dressed to attend.
Davis Open
The Largest Northern California Badminton Tournament, with over 400 entries and 20 events.
Davis Open Services:
Credit Union Center
Stadium Environment
Hosted in the prestigious and professional Credit Union Center, the Davis Open provides comptetitors a truly inspiring environment to play. With over 13 courts, unintrusive lighting, and a strong and coherent sound system, it is the most optimal location to host a badminton tournament.
Student Ran
Club Coordinated
Ran by the Badminton Club at UC Davis, all scheduling, marketing, and tournament operations are completely student ran. Led by players and organizers of the tournament of several years, we strive to show our leadership and mentorship abilities to seamlessly operate this massive competition.
Awards
Themed Trophies and Cash Prizes
From Davis-themed trophies, cash prizes, and shirts, the Davis Open offers many unique awards for it's players!
