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Volleyball Club: Person in charge: Weijia Zhang, Dawei Shen Contact:wzhang@mit.edu, dawei@mit.edu Brief Introduction: The CSSA Volleyball Club has been at MIT for more than 15 years. In 2008, we finished the MIT Intramural Games in spring as the runners-up in the B+ League and also participated in May in the annual tournament organized by the Chinese North American Sports Assn (CNASA). Currently, there are about 20 active members in our Club and 2~3 practices per week at the MIT Athletic Complex, which are occasionally held together with the Euro Club. Many of the club members often gather for social activities, such as beach outings, skiing trips, etc. For more information, please contact the coordinator(s). Club email List: TBAfont> How to subscribe: email to dawei@mit.edu Tennis Club: Person in charge: Huihui Zhou Contact info: zhouhuih@mit.edu Brief introduction: Weekly tennis (usually Saturday) at MIT if weather permits, current member on list: 260 Club email list name: mitcsstec How to subscribe: Join our email list by sending me your email address Basketball Club: Person in charge: Rui Jing, Wenjun Qiu Contact info: ruijing888@yahoo.com, wenjunq@mit.edu Brief introduction: This is a club with a history of more than 7 years. We attend the CNANA Basketball tournament every year. We won the runner-up in 2005 tournament, and ranked the top 3 in 2006 and 2008 tournament in which we beat the teams from Harvard, BU and Umass, etc. This is a club with a history of more than 7 years. We attend the CNASA Basketball tournament every year. We won the runner-up in 2005 tournament, and ranked the top 3 in 2006 and 2008 tournament. There are more than 140 people on our email list, divided into 2 groups according to the skills and motivation. The Junior Group is basically relaxation-oriented, and usually plays on Wednesday and Friday nights at the Z-center in the winter, and play on Wednesday and Saturday at the Z-center or outdoor court in the summer. The Senior Group is basically competition-oriented, and usually plays on Wednesday evening and Saturday. Club email list name: lanqiuclub@mit.edu(Senior), fridaybasketball@mit.edu(Junior) How to subscribe: ruijing888@yahoo.com(Senior), wenjunq@mit.edu (Junior) Badminton Club: Person in charge: Yingxia Yang, Sanquan Song Contact info: yingxia@mit.edu, sanquan@gmail.com Brief introduction: With friendly atmosphere, pleasant activities, this is an ideal team to excise as well as to make new friends. There are more than 200 people on our email list. Anyone is welcomed to join us. How to subscribe: Go to the website http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/mitbadminton When to play: Regular times: We play together with MIT Badminton club on the regular times, including Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, except for special notifications. Check the website for schedules: http://badminton.mit.edu/ Other time: Other times that may be open for playing at MIT can be found out at http://mitrecsports.com/. If you want to find partners to play, you can email to other members on this distribution list after you join it. Entry fee: There are two options: you can buy a membership card for long term and also buy a day pass. Check out this website for more information about prices: http://mitrecsports.com/membership-pass-types/default.aspx What to bring: You need to bring your own rackets and shuttles. Soccer Club: Person in charge: Xiaowei He, Chen Fei Contact info: tonyhee@mit.edu, chenfei@mit.edu Brief introduction: We have 80~90 members in the Dragon team, half of which are MIT students, post doctors, visiting scholars and alumni. We have regular weekly pick-up game, normally 2 hours in the weekend, participate friendly game with other team once in a while and arrange some tournament around Boston and IM games as well. For more information about our club, please visit: http://www.facebook.com/group. Club email list name: TBA How to subscribe: http://www.doodle.com/ Chess and Cards Club: Person in charge: Wen’er Lv Contact info: lvwener@mit.edu Brief introduction: we have about 50 members in the club. Every month, 2~3 activities are scheduled, with 25~30 attendances. Club email list name: TBA How to subscribe: email to lvwener@mit.edu Table tennis: Person in charge: Huafei Sun Contact info: sunhu@mit.edu Brief introduction: The main purpose of this club is to meet friends with same interests and to relax from work. This will be a good chance for all players at all levels to learn, to practice and most importantly, to have fun. And we will hold tutorial sessions to introduce beginners why so many people love this sports game. Also, to keep this club at a competitive level, there will be a real-time ranking list. All new members will start from the bottom of the list and have to challenge upper-ranking players and win the game in order to move up in the ranking list. The game between the challenger and the defender can happen anywhere and anytime upon agreement between the two players. Club email list name: mit_pingpong_club@mit.edu How to subscribe: email to sunhu@mit.edu |
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