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The Bruin Open (or BO, as we fondly call it) is a 2-day tournament set on the beautiful campus of UCLA and hosted by the UCLA Badminton Team as our biggest fundraiser and, more importantly, as a means for the badminton community to come together to celebrate the sport through friendly competition and social gathering.

The Open was initiated on January 31, 2004, with roughly 85 entries and 8 new courts at the then recently renovated Student Activities Center (formerly Men's Gym).

The Fall 2004 Open (our second hosting, Oct 16-17, 2004) saw the entry pool size grow to more than double the first. Approximately 180 people participated, majority of whom played 3 events.

The Fall 2005 Open (Oct 22-23, 2005) again brought in record numbers with 191 participants and a new flight, Funky Doubles. In addition, all participants helped raise $275 for the American Red Cross's Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief Fund, which came from 10% of all BO2005 profits.