The Shannon Pohl Badminton Academy offers private lessons, group lessons, camps, coaching clinics, tournaments, badminton open gym, and a pro shop. Shannon Pohl is also available for demonstrations and speeches. For more information about the Shannon Pohl Badminton Academy, sponsorship opportunities, or to book her for an event, please contact Shannon.

Sign up today for the North Shore Open

The 12th Annual North Shore Open will be September 30th – October 1, 2023

The North Shore Open is a premier all ages tournament at the SPBA. Both adults and juniors of all levels are encouraged to participate. Events are held in A-B-C-D dropflight format in women’s singles, women’s doubles, men’s singles, men’s doubles, and mixed doubles. Awards are given to first and second place finishers of all flights. All SPBA students in levels Advanced Beginner and above should plan to play this event! I hope everyone can join us!

ONLINE ENTRY FORM & DEADLINE:
All entries must be entered and paid in full through tournamentsoftware.com by Tuesday, September 26th to be eligible.

WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE
No refunds after September 26th.

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TOURNAMENT WEBSITE

more details here!

Class Registration for the Summer or Fall Sessions!

The SPBA Summer Session goes until September 2nd. Sign up today pro-rated!

The SPBA Fall Session is September 5 – November 22nd. Sign up today!

Pre-registration for existing Summer Session SPBA students is Monday, July 24 – Sunday, July 30th. We are doing our pre-registration early this session so it doesn’t coincide with the birth of Coach Shannon’s baby and the start of school.

New Students of all levels looking to join for the fall session can register now, and will be notified of placements either July 31st-August 6th or more likely late August after Shannon welcomes the arrival of her new baby boy to her family! We thank you for your patience and look forward to you joining us!

We are open on 4th of July for Open Gym!

There are no group classes or private lessons on Tuesday, July 4th.

We will be open for Open Gym per the normal schedule from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and/or from 7:30-9:30 p.m. 12 courts available for open play and 1 for rental! Come have a fun night with your family and friends! Happy 4th! 🙂

YONEX SPBA Midwest ORC

This year, the SPBA will again be hosting the largest junior tournament in the Midwest region for players across the country to earn important points towards qualifying for the Junior Nationals. With 524 players it is our biggest tournament yet!

Read more here for:
• official hotel links
• volunteer information
• umpire clinic for new umpires & signing up for existing umpires
• sponsorship and advertising opportunities
• schedules
• facebook invitation
• cheer ads you can put in our program book to support your kids, friends, students, teams, and coaches!
and more!

Summer Pre-Registration Week for existing students is 5/3-5/9

All students must register and pay during their normal scheduled classes this week to get priority for the next session. Please read our FAQ below!

Open Gym on Easter Sunday, 4/9

While there are no classes Easter Sunday, 4/9, we WILL BE OPEN for open gym from 9-11 a.m., 5:30-7:30 p.m., or 7:30-9:30 p.m.! Come out and have a great time with your friends and family!

2023 Winter Camp Camp Dates: Monday, 1/2 – Thursday 1/5:

We will be offering a 4 day junior camp open to all levels ages 7 and up from beginners to competitive team level. We will group similar level players together.
Sign up today! More info here.

We are open New Year’s Day in the evening

Open Gym is closed the morning of Sunday, 1/1, but we are open Sunday, 1/1 in the evening!

See the full schedule of open gym here:
www.shannonpohl.com/badminton-open-gym/

Open Gym is closed 12/24, but we are open 12/25 in the evening!

See the full schedule of open gym here:
www.shannonpohl.com/badminton-open-gym/

Thursday 12/22 Classes running as scheduled.

We will have class tonight 12/22. It is the last day of winter session class scheduled until winter session classes return on Friday, January 6th.

We will have our Winter Camp 1/2 – 1/5th. Sign up here!

We will have open gym available throughout the break except we are closed on 12/24, the morning of 12/25 (we will be open Christmas Evening 12/25), and 12/31 and the morning of January 1st (we will be open the evening of New Year’s Dad 1/1).

Happy Holidays everyone!