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CONNECTICUT
STATE CONTACT Dorothy O 'Neil 6 Peggy Lane Norwich, CT 06360 860/887-2746Northern Connecticut/Hartford area:
| Monday to Sunday | ||||||||
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| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | City | Club, Location |
| X | Bloomfield | Greater Hartford Badminton Club, St. Thomas Seminary | ||||||
| X | Bloomfield | Bloomfield Community Center | ||||||
| X | East Hartford | East Hartford Badminton, Club Goodwin School | ||||||
| X | Farmington | Farmington Badminton Club, Irving Robbins Jr. High | ||||||
| X | Farmington | Return of Serve Badminton Club, Miss Porter's School | ||||||
| Granby | West Hartford Badminton Club | |||||||
| X | Granby | Granby Recreation, Granby High School | ||||||
| X | Newington | Newington Badminton Club, Community Center | ||||||
| X | Simsbury | Simsbury Badminton Club, Henery James Junior High | ||||||
| University of Connecticut | ||||||||
| X | Vernon | Vernon Badminton Club, Vernon Middle School | ||||||
- Bloomfield - Greater Hartford Badminton Club St. Thomas Seminary- Fri. 7:30-11:00 pm Kathleen O' Conner, 860/567-4460
- Bloomfield - Bloomfield Community Center - Tue. 7:30-10:00 pm Carl Hinds, 860/243-1039
- East Hartford - East Hartford Badminton Club Goodwin School- Wed. 7:00-9:30 pm Joe Shultz 860/568-3953
- Farmington - Farmington Badminton Club Irving Robbins School- Wed. 7:00-9:00 pm Punch Smith, 860/651-9075 Framington Park and Rec. 860/675-2540
- Farmington - Return of Serve Badminton Club Miss Porter's School- Wed. 7:00-10:00 pm John Hale, 860/678-7213
- Granby - West Hartford Badminton Club Charlotte Ackerman 860/653-5182
- Granby - Granby Recreation Granby High School- Thurs. 7:30-9:30 pm Roger Young, 860/653-3167
- Newington - Newington Badminton Club Community Center- Wed. 7:00-10:00 pm Bob Briggaman, 860/521-7044
- Simsbury - Simsbury Badminton Club Henry James Junior High- Tues. 7:00-10:00 pm Roger Young, 860/653-3167
- University of Connecticut contact S. Y. chiu or Chi-Keung Kwan
- Vernon - Vernon Badminton Club Vernon Middle School- Tues. 8:00-10:00 pm Willy Werkhoven, 860/875-9145
New Haven area:
| Monday to Sunday | ||||||||
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| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | City | Club, Location |
| X | Branford | Branford Badminton Club, Community Center | ||||||
| X | X | X | X | X | New Haven | Yale Badminton Club, Payne Whitney Gymnasium | ||
| New Haven | The Badminton Club of New Haven | |||||||
| X | X | Orange | Orange Badminton Club | |||||
| X | X | X | Orange | The Badminton Club of New Haven, Mary Tracy Center | ||||
| X | Trumbull | Trumbull High School | ||||||
- Branford - Branford Badminton Club Community Center- Wed. 7:00-11:30 pm Bob Janicki, 203/481-0469
- New Haven - Yale Badminton Club Yale University (Payne Whitney Gymnasium)- Wed-Sun Varies Benjamin David Kass, Anna Rachel Dolinsky Map
- New Haven - The Badminton Club of New Haven Margaret S. Lyons 7 Ridgewood Ter., CT 06473,203/795-4453
- Orange - Orange Badminton Club Mary L. Tracy Center- Mon. & Thurs. 7:30-10:30 pm Bob Ginter, 203/265-2547
- Orange - The Badminton Club of New Haven (Private) Mary Tracy Center- Mon. 2:00-4:00 pm, Tues & Thurs. 10:00 am-Noon Anna Marieb, 203/795-4453
- Trumbull - Trumbull High School- Mon 6:30-9:00pm Brad Day 860/375-6932
Western Connecticut:
| Monday to Sunday | ||||||||
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| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | City | Club, Location |
| X | X | Danbury | Greater Danbury Area Badminton Club, Morris St. Elementary School | |||||
| X | X | Greenwich | Greenwich Hawks, Boys & Girls Club | |||||
| X | Greenwich | Greenwich YMCA | ||||||
| X | X | X | X | X | Greenwich | Greenwich Badminton Club Greenwich YWCA | ||
| X | X | Ridgefield | Ridgefield Badminton Club Ridgefield Boys Club | |||||
| Westport | Westport/Weston YMCA | |||||||
- Danbury - Greater Danbury Area Badminton Club, Morris St. Elementary School- Tues. & Thurs. 7:00-9:00 pm Peg Peterson, 203/748-4318
- Greenwich - Greenwich Hawks, Boys & Girls Club - Junior Play Thurs. 5:00-6:30 pm, Sat. 9:30-11:00 am Steve Edson 862/637-2623
- Greenwich - Greenwich YMCA - Senior Play Wed. 7:30-11:00 am and Juniors 3:30-4:30pm. Morning Barbara Corbett, 203/869-6997
- Greenwich - Greenwich Badminton Club Greenwich YWCA- Open Play- Mon. 7:30-10:00 pm, Sat. 2:00-5:00 pm. Club Play- Tues. & Thurs. 7:30-10:00 pm. Senior Play- Fri. 12:30-3:00 pm Steve Edson, 203-637-2623
- Ridgefield - Ridgefield Badminton Club Ridgefield Boys Club- Wed and Fri 8-10pm John Anson, 203/790-4321
- Westport - Westport/Weston YMCA Paul Pasquale, 203/226-8981
Southern Connecticut:
| Monday to Sunday | ||||||||
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| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | City | Club, Location |
| X | Mystic | Groton Recreation Cutler Middle School | ||||||
| X | Madison | Madison Badminton Club Brown School | ||||||
| X | Old Lyme | Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School | ||||||
| X | X | X | Norwalk | Tomlinson School | ||||
- Mystic - Groton Recreation Cutler Middle School - Sun. 10:00 am-Noon Lee Delisle, 203/441-6777
- Madison - Madison Badminton Club Brown School- Tues. 7:30-9:30 pm Les Holmes, 203/245-4854
- Old Lyme - Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School Club Old Lyme Middle School- Fri. Jyoti Ranate, 203/434-2568
- Norwalk - Tomlinson School - Mon. 7:30-9:30pm Wed or Thur 7:30-9:30pm. Peter Bartush, 203/866-7929
MAINE
STATE CONTACT Bud Thomas, Jr. 21 Orchard Street Portland, ME 04102 (W) 207/774-1220
| Monday to Sunday | ||||||||
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| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | City | Club, Location |
| X | X | X | X | X | Bar Harbor | Mt. Desert Island YMCA | ||
| Falmouth | Portland Athletic Club | |||||||
| Lewiston | Bates College | |||||||
| X | X | X | X | X | Portland | Portland YMCA | ||
| Waterville | Colby College | |||||||
- Bar Harbor - Mt. Desert Island YMCA Badminton League - Tue,Thur 9am-11am, Mon,Wed,Fri 1-3pm Rob Jordan 207/228-3511 YMCA
- Falmouth - Portland Athletic Club- Various Times Robert Fisk 207/781-2671 (w) or 207/781-7508 (fax)
- Lewiston - Bates College: Rushil Shakya
- Portland - Portland YMCA- Mon.-Fri. 10:30-Noon Elias Thomas, 207/774-1220
- Waterville - Colby College, Rob Painter or Junko Goda
MASSACHUSETTS
STATE CONTACT Anne Bullis 34 Franklin Street Marblehead, MA 01945 (H) 617/631-5476Boston area:
| Monday to Sunday | ||||||||
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| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | City | Club, Location |
| X | Acton | Acton Boxboro Community Ed. | ||||||
| X | Bedford | Bedford, TZu Chi Badminton Club | ||||||
| X | X | X | Boston | Boston University | ||||
| X | X | X | Boston | Northeastern University | ||||
| X | X | X | Cambridge | Harvard Badminton Club | ||||
| X | X | X | Cambridge | MIT Badminton Club | ||||
| X | Natick | Natick Badminton Club, Natick Armory | ||||||
| X | Needham | Park and Recreation Badminton Club, Needham High School | ||||||
| X | X | X | X | X | X | X | Wellesley | Maugus Club |
| X | Winchester | Winchester Badminton Club, McCall Middle School | ||||||
- Acton - Acton-Boxborough Community Ed Friday 8-10pm; Contact: Harvinder Jassal
- Boston - Boston University (Student/Faculty/Alumni Only) Friday 8-10pm; Saturday 5:30pm-8:30pm; Sunday 5pm-7pm. Contact: Email: badmintn@bu.edu
- Boston - Northeastern University Friday: 5:30pm-7:45pm; Saturday 8am-11am; Sunday: 12noon-3pm NEU Badminton Club email:NEU_Badminton@yahoogroups.com
- Bedford - Bedford, TZu Chi Badminton Club Sundays. Contact Tom Yang email:ShowJean@worldnet.att.net
- Cambridge - Harvard Badminton Club: Fri 7pm-11pm; Sat and Sun 9am-12noon; Email: badmintn@hcs.harvard.edu Note: Non-Harvard people must be accompanied by Harvard affiliated person(student/staff)
- Cambridge - MIT Badminton Club: Fri 7pm-10pm; Sat 5pm-8pm; Sun 2pm-5pm. Yvonne Lee.
- Natick - Natick Badminton Club, Natick Armory Wednesday 7:30pm-10pm Contact: Bill or Susan Hotz. 508/653-5667 (H)
- Needham - Park and Recreation Badminton Club at Needham High School- Mon. 7:30-10:00 pm Daniel J. Pitts, 617/455-7521
- Wellesley - Maugus Club (Invited Guests Only) Mon-Sun Club Manager: 781-235-8151
- Winchester - Winchester Badminton Club, McCall Middle School Tuesday 7:30pm-9:30pm Contacts: Bob Gallant 781/729-4672 or Al Kajander 781/729-2968, or Mike Wolfberg 978/369-5283
North Shore
| Monday to Sunday | ||||||||
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| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | City | Club, Location |
| X | X | Hamilton | Hamilton Badminton Club, Cutler School | |||||
| Marblehead | Gut 'n' Feathers Club | |||||||
| X | X | Marblehead | Park and Recreation, Marblehead Community Center | |||||
- Hamilton - Hamilton Badminton Club at Cutler School - Tues. & Thurs. 6:30-9:00 pm. David Bonnette, 978/468-4286 or Roland Bonnette, 978/468-3657 Email:BonMark@erols.com
- Marblehead - Gut 'n' Feathers Club (Private Club)
- Marblehead - Park and Rec, Marblehead Community Center at 10 Humphrey Street - Wed 6:45pm-9:45pm and Sun 9:15am-12noon. Email:rmorgent@hotmail.com
South Shore
| Monday to Sunday | ||||||||
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| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | City | Club, Location |
| X | Duxbury | Duxbury Bay Badminton Club, Duxbury Elementary School | ||||||
| X | Edgartown | City of Wells Badminton Club, The Boys and Girls Club | ||||||
| X | North Dartmouth | he Bird and Bottle Club Friends Academy | ||||||
- Duxbury Bay Badminton Club at Duxbury Elementary School- Sunday 4-7 pm. Contact: Kent Kopke 781-934-5911 (H), 781-934-8484 (W) or email Don Barry
- Edgartown - City of Wells Badminton Club; The Boys and Girls Club of Martha's Vineyard- Sun. 6:30 pm Patty Kendall, 508/693-0829
- North Dartmouth - The Bird and Bottle Club Friends Academy- (Oct.-May) Wed. Night J. C. Bullard, 508/994-2895
Central Massachusetts
| Monday to Sunday | ||||||||
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| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | City | Club, Location |
| X | Acton | Acton Adult Education | ||||||
| X | Concord | Tzu-Chi Badminton Club | ||||||
| X | X | Marlborough | Assabet Valley Continuing Education | |||||
| X | X | Worcester | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | |||||
- Acton - Badminton Lessons! Friday Acton Adult Education - 978-266-2525
- Concord - Tzu-Chi Badminton Club, Concord-Carlisle High School - Sunday 2:00-5:00pm Contact Janhon Su
- Marlborough - Badminton Lessons! Monday, Wednesday 7:15pm-9:15pm Assabet Valley Continuing Education
- Worcester - Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Sat and Sun 8:30-10:30pm. They sometimes play on weeknights, depending on interest and availability. You can find all this out by getting on their email list. Contact Harish Chawla 508/890-1139 or Bland Addison
Western Massachusetts
| Monday to Sunday | ||||||||
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| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | City | Club, Location |
| X | X | Northampton | Smith College | |||||
| X | X | Westfield | Westfield Badminton Club, YMCA | |||||
| X | X | X | Williamstown | Williams College | ||||
- Northampton - Smith College- Tues. & Thurs. Noon-2:00 pm contact Hyo-Jin Kim 413/585-6763 or Sharon Larson
- Westfield - Westfield Badminton Club YMCA- Tues. 7:45-9:30 pm & Thurs. 7:30-9:30 pm Bill Callahan, 413/562-6930
- Williamstown - Williams College Wed 8:00pm-9:30pm, Sat & Sun 2:00pm-4:00pm. Alex Wolfe
NEW HAMPSHIRE
STATE CONTACT John Nelson 7 Ledge Circle Concord, NH 03301 (H) 603-225-9658
| Monday to Sunday | ||||||||
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| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | City | Club, Location |
| X | Bristol | Bristol Community Center | ||||||
| X | Concord | Racquet Club of Concord | ||||||
| X | X | X | Durham | University of New Hampshire | ||||
| X | Hanover | Dartmouth Badminton Club | ||||||
| X | X | X | New London | New London Badminton Club | ||||
| X | New London | Connecticut College Ath. Center | ||||||
- Bristol - Bristol Community Center- Mon. Nights Richard Baker, 603/744-2189
- Concord - Racquet Club of Concord- Wed. 8:00-10:00 pm John Nelson, (H) 603/225-9658 (W) 603/224-7787 or Bert Keniston, 603/272-4987
- Durham - University of New Hampshire Wed. 5pm-7pm, Fri 7pm-10pm, Sun 8pm-10pm Konstantin Dragov Sports club director 603/862-2031
- Hanover - Dartmouth Badminton Club- Fri. 7-9 pm, Alumni Gym. Ridwan Budijono 603/643-8493
- New London - New London Badminton Club- Tue 7pm-10pm, Fri 7pm-9pm Sun 3pm-6pm, Colby-Sawyer College Peter Garre 603/526-6069
- New London - Connecticut College Ath. Center- Sun 12-2pm Mike Molasky (W)860/439-2978 (H)860/691-1491
RHODE ISLAND
STATE CONTACT Bruce Roberts 1523 Middle Road East Greenwich, RI 02818 (H) 401-885-0987
| Monday to Sunday | ||||||||
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| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | City | Club, Location |
| X | Block Island | Block Island Badminton Club, Block Island School | ||||||
| X | X | Brown University Badminton Club | ||||||
| X | X | X | Kingston | University of Rhode Island | ||||
- Block Island - Block Island Badminton Club Block Island School Gym- Wed. 6:30-8:00 pm Youth, 8:00-10:00 pm Adults Gene Davis, 401/466-2819
- Brown University Badminton Club - Restricted to Brown University students. Sun 2:30-5:30. Contact: Jaimee Lederman: 401-863-5759
- University of Rhode Island, Kingston - Thurs 12:00-2:00 pm, Sun 1:00-4:00 pm. Contact: Ken Qing Yang or Prof. Ken Gu
VERMONT
STATE CONTACT Ian Govett RR 2-Box 294 Richmond, VT 05477 802-434-5073
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| M | T | W | T | F | S | S | City | Club, Location |
| Brattleboro | Southern Vermont Badminton Club Gibson-Aiken Center | |||||||
| X | Burlington | University of Vermont, Patrick Gym | ||||||
| X | East Corinth | |||||||
| X | Essex Junction | Racquets Edge Sports and Fitness Center | ||||||
- Brattleboro - Southern Vermont Badminton Club Gibson-Aiken Center- Various Times Paula Fielding, 802/464-3260
- Burlington - University of Vermont - Patrick Gym Fri 8:00pm-11:00pm Hongda Chen 802/656-0140
- East Corinth - Thurs. Night Peggy Pierson 802/439-5516
- Essex Junction - Racquets Edge Sports and Fitness Center- Tues. 7:00-10:00 pm Ian Govett 802/434-5073
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