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Nashua, NH Badminton Club

This club meets year-round up to several times each week at the Nashua YMCA (603-882-2011) at 17 Prospect St. in Nashua, NH, near the Southern NH Medical Center. The club has a web site at: http://groups.google.com/group/badminton-nh/about.

Contact the YMCA or ask players on the club e-mail list for confirmation of the current time slots. Also, the players have classified the sessions as to when certain levels of play are expected.

Players tend to communicate by e-mail and via the sign-up system on the club web site to be sure there are enough (and not too many) interested players to participate on any particular day. Email communication is done via membership in a Google Groups group: http://groups.google.com/group/badminton-nh

The group wants to maximize the attendance at 6 players on any given day when only one court is available. When there are too few players at the preferred level on any day, then any level player is welcome to join in.

The per-visit fee is $10 for a non-member of the YMCA. Members are free. There are lower prices for seniors (65+).

This club cannot accommodate a large attendance. The gym at this facility has a dividing wall such that there are two separate smaller gyms; each one now has one badminton court. The number of gyms available for badminton varies, according to the day.

Players are expected to bring feathered birds and drop one in a communal pile upon arrival. Thus far, attendance is mostly by mid-level players, but there are also both weaker/beginner and stronger/experienced players playing.

To subscribe to the email list, visit: http://googlegroups.com/group/badminton-nh/subscribe

For any questions, contact the email list administrator at: badminton-nh+help@googlegroups.com

The Nashua YMCA is moving in 2011, but the current facility will remain open at least until April, 2010 and possibly until the new facility is ready. The facility will be located off of Exit 5 of Route 3 on Riverside Drive in the same campus as Stellos Stadium and Conway Ice Arena.