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ALBERTA TEACHER STRIKE
With the teacher strike imminent starting on 6 October, we are following the situation closely. At this moment it is unclear how this will affect our rental contract with the City of Calgary. Watch for our latest news on our social media channels on facebook and instagram.
Planning ahead?
Did you know you can subscribe our calendar and look months ahead? Venues are booked months in advance. Go to our Calendar page and click on +GoogleCalendar to add Mosaic Badminton dates on your calendar. You will receive reminder alert the day before the event.
Welcome to Crescent Heights High School! We are playing in this historic school on seven Wednesdays this Fall. Direction to the auxiliary gym is a little tricky, so this is for you if you have never visited the school before.
Parking is at the student parking lot at the back of the school off 11 Avenue.
Access the double-door entrance off the student lot. All other entrances around the school will be locked.
Turn left and walk down the hall.
Before you get to the end of the hallway, head up the stairwell on the left.
Turn left through the doors at the top of the stairs.
Turn right and go through another two sets of doors to the Aux Gym.
There are six courts at this venue, but unfortunately the court lines are very close to the walls. Our Tuesday venue at Georges Vanier remains available fairly regularly this season.
The same school rental policies apply to this venue. As such doors are officially locked at 19h15. If you are arriving late, phone numbers are posted at the door to contact the organizer. It may take a few tries to get your call answered while games are in progress. We are required to vacate the building by 21h00.
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Welcome to the 2025-26 Season
A warm welcome back to everyone this September as we begin our new season. Due to the growth we’ve seen in the previous season, we are expanding our programme to two sessions a week from Fall to Spring. Our drop-in and package prices, and membership fee structure will remain unchanged this season.
If your have previously opted for an automatic membership renewal through our membership management system Zeffy, you may have seen a membership renewal transaction processed. Otherwise you may renew your membership online or in person any time this season to continue enjoy membership benefits.
Corporate Updates
We are pleased to announce Gordon S. has joined our board as Vice-President. Gordon was elected to the position by acclamation at the Annual General Meeting held on 11 August.
As an Associate Member of CommunityWise, Mosaic Badminton is updating to a new corporate address with the relocation of CommunityWise as of 1 September.
Planning ahead?
Did you know you can subscribe our calendar and look months ahead? Venues are booked months in advance. Go to our Calendar page and click on +GoogleCalendar to add Mosaic Badminton dates on your calendar. You will receive reminder alert the day before the event.
Members are invited to attend in person or virtually the first Annual General Meeting since the establishment of the club. The AGM is held as mandated by our club bylaw and the Societies Act of Alberta.
Monday, 11 August 2025, 7-9:30pm
CommunityWise Resource Centre, 2nd Floor Boardroom 223 12th Avenue SW Calgary, AB
Allowing time to set up technologies, meeting starts 7:15pm
Follow this link if you are joining us virtually on Teams.
If you are not yet a member and you’d wish to participate in voting and/or stand for election, you may purchase a membership online prior to the meeting or in person at the AGM.
AGENDA – Year End Review and Statistics – Financial Report – Plan for 2025-2026 season – Nomination and Election of directors The following board positions are open for nomination and election:
Thanks for joining us this successful 2024-2025 season. We will soon take a break and enjoy the great outdoors our long summer days offer.
Free Badminton Event
Can’t get enough of badminton? We are hosting a FREE evening of badminton on Tuesday, 3 June 2025. RSVP is recommended because space is limited. New to badminton? We have limited free racket rental available. This programme is part of The ParticipACTION Community Challenge presented by Novo Nordisk. This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada.
Save the Date
The first Annual General Meeting since the establishment of our club is being held on Monday, 11 August 2025 as mandated by our club bylaw and the Societies Act of Alberta.
All members are invited to attend in person or virtually. If you are not yet a member, you may purchase a membership online prior to the meeting or in person at the AGM. Please note that all membership expires on 31 August, and renewal is available for the 2025-26 season. Director elected to the position must first be a member of the organization, as well as throughout the two-year term.
The following board positions are open for nomination and election:
Vice-President Treasurer
Agenda and details of the AGM will be sent closer to the date.
The second Western Cup badminton tournament since the relaunch was a smashing success over this Easter long weekend. We had an almost capacity turnout of 14 and 9 doubles teams in the A and B Divisions respectively. We welcomed about 1/2 of all registrants who made the long drive from Edmonton to spend the long weekend with us!
Once again, a special thanks to our last minute hospitality sponsor Red Bull Canada who generously donated their products. Special thanks to Team Edmonton’s Doran W. who put out the word in our capital region. Thanks Kathy L. for sharing pictures from the tournament. For more pictures, or if you have more to share, please visit our tournament google drive.
We trust that everyone had a smashing great time as we continue to learn and improve from this experience. We will be taking valuable notes and reviewing the feedback to help us host an even better tournament in 2026.
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season ending
We are entering the month of May, and that means our end of season is fast approaching. We have extended all 2024-25 passes to the end of December due to the CUPE strike. We are also planning some kind of programming in June thanks to a special grant funding (more details below). And for our members, we’ll be having our Annual General Meeting some time before the end of August. So please stay tuned for details.
behind the scenes
Mosaic Badminton Club is grateful to have received two funding grants recently.
Earlier this month, we were invited to attend the 3rd annual Diversity in Sports Conference presented by the Inclusion in Canadian Sports Network. We received a subsidy to attend the conference in Mississauga, Ontario, packed of keynote speakers, work shops, panel discussions focused on addressing systemic barriers and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in sports. The honour to meet this year’s keynote speaker — the legendary Olympian Bruny Surin — was clearly the highlight for James who attended on behalf of Mosaic Badminton. We are excited to bring back inspiring ideas through a weekend of networking with other sports organizations and individuals from across Canada. We especially thank Visit Mississauga for funding this scholarship who has made this trip possible.
Just before the publication of this newsletter edition, we have also confirmed that we have been approved the grant application for the ParticipACTION Community Challenge presented by Novo Nordisk. We are thrilled to use this grant to offer exciting programming this June. Stay tuned for details on this upcoming event.
Planning ahead?
Did you know you can subscribe our calendar and look months ahead? Venues are booked months in advance. Go to our Calendar page and click on +GoogleCalendar to add Mosaic Badminton dates on your calendar. You will receive reminder alert the day before the event.
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Drop-in resumes
Now that the CUPE strike has concluded, our drop-in session resumes on Tuesday, 1 April. There remains a total of 17 drop-in sessions in April and May. Nonetheless, due to the interruption, all 2024-25 season passes will be extended to the end of December this year.
Western Cup registration opens
There are only last couple of weeks left to sign up for Western Cup badminton tournament as registration opens until 23:59, April 15. The return of badminton tournament at the 41st Western Cup edition will see some exciting changes to the tournament format. In addition to the regular tournament division that focuses on all serious matches, there will be a “Funament” division that will be a fun-first event for newer players.
The full day tournament will take place Easter Saturday on April 19, at Western Canada High School. Visit the Western Cup site for tournament information and registration links.
Planning ahead?
Did you know you can subscribe our calendar and look months ahead? Venues are booked months in advance. Go to our Calendar page and click on +GoogleCalendar to add Mosaic Badminton dates on your calendar. You will receive reminder alert the day before the event.
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Drop-in cancellation
Due to the current strike action by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 40, our drop-in sessions are cancelled indefinitely — regardless of what is shown above on our March calendar. We are closely watching updates from the Union, School Board, and the City of Calgary as to when our school rentals are resumed. Once the strike is over we’ll assess and decide if it’s appropriate to extend the season passes. We apologize for the inconvenience and we look forward to see you again.
Western Cup registration opens
Western Cup badminton registration is now open. The return of badminton tournament at the 41st Western Cup edition will see some exciting changes to the tournament format. In addition to the regular tournament division that focuses on all serious matches, there will be a “Funament” division that will be a fun-first event for newer players.
The full day tournament will take place Easter Saturday on April 19, at Western Canada High School. Visit the Western Cup site for tournament information and registration links.
We don’t expect the current strike will affect our venue rental for Western Cup. We’ll of course monitor the situation and update everyone if necessary.
Planning ahead?
Did you know you can subscribe our calendar and look months ahead? Venues are booked months in advance. Go to our Calendar page and click on +GoogleCalendar to add Mosaic Badminton dates on your calendar. You will receive reminder alert the day before the event.
Due to current strike action by school board custodial staff, our regular sessions on Tuesdays and Wednesdays are CANCELLED indefinitely starting from the week of February 24.
We will notify everyone as soon as our venue bookings are resumed. Please watch for updates on our social media channels.
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