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Regulations
Qualification Criteria
The 2013-14 Yonex Alberta Series consists of seven 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 20-22 at the Edison Badminton Centre and concludes with the seventh event (Alberta Closed Provincials) on April 4-6 at the ClearOne Badminton Centre.
Only athletes that represent Alberta and train in Alberta full time will be eligible to compete in the Yonex Alberta 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
TOURNAMENT HOTEL - The host hotel is The Sutton Place, 10235 - 101 Street, Edmonton, AB T5J 3E9. Badminton Alberta has negotiated a special sport rate of: $97 + taxes for Standard Accommodation , or $122 + taxes for Superior Accommodation (includes high speed internet). Be sure to quote 'Badminton Alberta rate' when making your reservations and have your membership card available upon check-in. Toll-free reservations at 1-866-378-8866 .