End of season!

As we are winding down to the end of the 2023-2024 season, please check that all prepaid passes and most complimentary passes will be expired after the last session in May. As always, all passes are shareable and transferable, so bring a friend if you find yourself in an enviable position of having lots of unused sessions. A new season will resume in September.

Get on board

We are looking into the prospect of formally incorporating this club and finalizing it before the new season in September. This would let us establish governance, give us access to grant funds, and let us plan for the future development of this club. If you are a community-oriented individual and interested to be a part of this next exciting chapter, please get in touch with James W. We’ll be having meetings over the summer.

June 8 – A Badminton welcome

We are pleased to partner with Sport Calgary for a “try-it” badminton session for the LGBTQ+ Newcomer Group. We will showcase newcomers to Canada the sport of badminton and provide them an opportunity to connect with our community of badminton players. Sport Calgary is graciously bearing all costs to this event so it will be a FREE badminton session for all of us as we take the opportunity to meet new friends through badminton. Nine courts in Fieldhouse 2 will be available for playing except for couple of the courts reserved for instruction and practices during the first hour. Details and time are shown in the calendar graphic above. Watch for a special facebook event post that you can join and bookmark on your calendar.

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 Apollo Badminton dates on your calendar. You will receive reminder alert the day before the event.

The first Western Cup badminton tournament in more than a decade made a smashing reboot this Easter long weekend. We had a modest turnout of 15 doubles teams and 6 individual competitors vying for medals in 3 divisions. We welcomed new friends from Edmonton — comprising one-third of the registrations — making the long drive to take part!

Once again, a special thanks to our hospitality sponsors 7-Eleven Canada, Red Bull Canada, and Calgary Inclusive Hockey Association. Also a special shoutout to Western Canada High School and staff who has done everything possible to make the venue in top shape for the tournament. Special thanks to Edmonton’s Doran W. who provided invaluable assistance to this tournament from conception to recruitment to execution. 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.

Relaunching the badminton tournament has long been an aspiration for Apollo Badminton over the years. We trust that everyone had a smashing great time. We will be taking valuable notes from this experience; reviewing the feedback; and analyzing the results. If proven logistically and financially feasible we will be considering a return in 2025 .

Until then, happy smashing!

Apollo Badminton

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Volunteer is needed on May 21 to host the badminton session. This comes with complimentary drop-in that day as a small token of appreciation. Let James know in person if you are able to help.

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 Apollo Badminton dates on your calendar. You will receive reminder alert the day before the event.

Apollo Badminton is proud to support the 40th Western Cup this Easter long weekend, and we are giving away swag and prizes in celebration of this annual event.

Pick up a complimentary single drop-in pass at each Western Cup event night while supply lasts. These event nights will be the Thursday night Registration, Friday night Athlete Social, and Saturday night Western Cup Dance. All Western Cup events will take place at the Hyatt Regency Calgary — the host hotel.

In addition, at the Athlete Social on Friday night, you’ll have a chance to win two badminton prize packs as part of the raffle draw.

See the Western Cup website for event details.

More importantly, making this year’s Western Cup an extra large event, badminton tournament is returning for the first time in well over a decade! Come see the competitions at Western Canada High School on March 30. Better yet, we have extended the registration so don’t miss your chance to have fun and win some prizes. We are looking for volunteers as well.

Not involved with the Western Cup tournament? Western Cup events are open to all, not only to the athletes. So come on out and enjoy the festivities!

Happy Western Cup!

Western Cup XL

Registration for the Western Cup XL badminton tournament is now open until 22 March! Spots for 16 people or eight teams are remaining!

With the support of Team Edmonton, we are proud to announce and present the return of  badminton tournament at Western Cup in well over a decade!

Competitions will be held on Saturday, 30 March 2024 over the Easter long weekend at the 40th edition of Western Cup. We are proud to be part of the milestone celebration of the longest running LGBTQ+ multi-sport festival in North America.

Head to the Western Cup website for the registration link.

We are excited to have 7-Eleven Canada as an event sponsor. Check them out at a store near you, as well as grab your favourite snack on tournament day.

Mar 26

We are working on an alternative venue for Mar 26. We’ll keep you posted if anything changes. Otherwise we play at Father Lacombe at 8pm.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Volunteer is needed on May 21 to host the badminton session. This comes with complimentary drop-in that day as a small token of appreciation. Let James know in person if you are able to help.

One to two volunteers are needed during the Western Cup tournament on March 30. Whether or not you are registered in the tournament, you can fulfill various tasks here and there. Email us if you are able to help. Example of tasks:

• Venue set up
• Floor sweep
• Signage
• Equipment (birdies)
• Score keeping / line person
• (Door person)

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 Apollo Badminton dates on your calendar. You will receive reminder alert the day before the event.

Apollo Badminton is proud to host one of only two badminton discovery sessions, and the only one for adults, during Sport Calgary‘s All Sport One City event this February.

As a proud member of Sport Calgary, we are delighted to promote the sport of badminton as one of the most popular and the fastest racket sport on the planet in an LGBTQ+ safe space.

On February 13, one court (the one farthest away from the stage) will be reserved for instructional session for All Sport One City registrants between 7-8pm. You are welcomed to invite friends to reserve a spot on the Sport Calgary website. The session is designed for individuals who have never played the sport. The limited space is open to the general public and it is first come first served. Participation is free, and all equipment is provided for the instructional session.

Western Cup XL

Registration for the Western Cup XL badminton tournament is now open until 22 March!

With the support of Team Edmonton, we are proud to announce and present the return of  badminton tournament at Western Cup in well over a decade!

Competitions will be held on Saturday, 30 March 2024 over the Easter long weekend at the 40th edition of Western Cup. We are proud to be part of the milestone celebration of the longest running LGBTQ+ multi-sport festival in North America.

Head to the Western Cup website for the registration link.

We are excited to have 7-Eleven Canada as an event sponsor. Check them out at a store nearest you, as well as grab your favourite snack on tournament day.

Planning ahead?

Did you know you can subscribe our calendar and look months ahead? Go to our Calendar page and click on +GoogleCalendar to add Apollo Badminton dates on your calendar. You will receive reminder alert the day before the event.

Registration is now open for the badminton tournament at Western Cup XL!

Apollo Badminton, with the support of Team Edmonton, is proud to announce and present the return of  badminton tournament at Western Cup in well over a decade!

Competitions will be held on Saturday, 30 March 2024 over the Easter long weekend at the 40th edition of Western Cup. We are proud to be part of the milestone celebration of the longest running LGBTQ+ multi-sport festival in North America.

For the experimental relaunch of the badminton tournament, we will be featuring doubles competition only.  We will be capping to 24 pair teams (48 participants), opened to any gender combination,  any adult, and any level. We invite badminton players from Calgary, Edmonton, and beyond our province.

• Each team member will register individually;
• If you name a partner during registration you’ll enter the tournament as a team, and keep your partner throughout the whole tournament;
• Individual player without a partner will be assigned different partners during preliminary placement round; and paired with a partner in the elimination round based on points accumulated;
• There will be opportunity to gain bonus points and/or prizes during the optional round of fun games;
• Single elimination round for medals in at most 3 pools based on accumulated points.

Beyond the badminton tournament, the Western Cup festival features a long weekend full of events from Thursday to Sunday. Head to the Western Cup website to learn more.

Hope to see you at Western Cup XL!

Apollo Badminton

Planning ahead?

Did you know you can subscribe our calendar and look months ahead? Go to our Calendar page and click on +GoogleCalendar to add Apollo Badminton dates on your calendar. You will receive reminder alert the day before the event.

Western Cup XL

We will be hosting a badminton tournament during Western Cup XL over the Easter long weekend. Registration opens on January 4. Head to Western Cup website for the registration link.

Apollo Badminton, with the support of Team Edmonton, is proud to announce and present the return of  badminton tournament at Western Cup in well over a decade!

Competition will be held on Saturday, 30 March 2024 over the Easter long weekend at the 40th edition of Western Cup. We are proud to be part of the milestone celebration of the longest running LGBTQ+ multi-sport festival in North America.

For the experimental relaunch of the badminton tournament, we will be featuring doubles competition only.  We will be capping to 24 pair teams (48 participants), opened to any gender combination,  any adult, and any level. We invite badminton players from Calgary, Edmonton, and beyond our province.

Registration opens  at 7pm on 4th January on the Western Cup website. Detail tournament information will be available at registration.

Hope to see you at Western Cup XL!

Apollo Badminton