Sanctioned Alberta Tournaments

The 2009-2010 Yonex Alberta Series consists of five tournaments and is open to any athlete who is a member of their provincial or national association. The Concordia event is October 24-25, University of Calgary November 6-8, Mount Royal College January 8-10, Edison Badminton Centre February 19-21 and Alberta Championships (Royal Glenora) March 19-21. Only athletes that represent Alberta or live and train in Alberta full time will be eligible to compete in the “Super 6 Finals”. 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 5 entries per discipline. To fill the 6 eligible spots those players next on the Alberta ranking list in each discipline will then be invited. 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. 

 

There will be 6 players/teams in each discipline. Teams will be seeded based on final ranking 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 28, Semi finals will begin Saturday May 29 at 10 am, the finals will begin Saturday May 29 at 2:00pm and the season ending gala will begin at 6:30 pm.

 

1^st $1000               2^nd $600          3^rd $300      4^th $100