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!

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!