Qualification Criteria
The 2012-13 Yonex Alberta Series consists of eight tournaments and is open to any athlete who is a member of their provincial or national association. The YAS begins with the first event on September 14-16 at the Calgary Winter Club and concludes with the eightth event (Alberta Closed Provincials) on April 5-7 at the ClearOne Badminton Centre.
Only athletes that represent Alberta and train in Alberta full time will be eligible to compete in the “Super 6 Finals”.
Fill Procedure
Priority #1 - The winners of each discipline from all the above tournaments will be invited to compete in the “Super 6 Finals”. This will provide a maximum of 8 entries per discipline.
Prioroity #2 - To fill all but one position those players with the best results in three of eight tournaments in each discipline will be invited to participate.
Priority #3 - If the six position remains vacant after using Priority #1 and #2, then the sixth and final position will be filled by the Alberta u19 Provincial champion in each event. If the u19 provincial champion was selected using Priority #1 or #2, then the final position will be used using Priority #2.
In doubles or mixed doubles if a player has won multiple events with different partners, the partnership that has played the most together will be selected.
Format
There will be 6 players/teams in each discipline. Teams will be seeded based on final selection position and placed in two boxes for round robin play.
Box A will have seeds 1, 4, 6; while Box B will have seeds 2, 3, 5. Box A winner will play Box B runner up in one semifinal, Box B winner will play Box A runner up in the other semifinal.
Winners will play off for first place, while the losing semifinalists will compete for third place. Round robin play will be contested Friday May 24, Semi finals will begin Saturday May 25 at 10 am, the finals will begin Saturday May 26 at 2:00pm and the season ending Banquet will begin at 6:30 pm.
Bonus Prize Money Breakdown
1st $1000 2nd $600 3rd $300 4th $100