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Yonex British Columbia Elite Series
Dates: to
Week:46
Category:Open
City:Vancouver, BC
Country:Canada
Prize money:$6,000 CDN
Entry deadline:2015-10-23
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DATES
From 13/11/2015 to 15/11/2015

LOCATION
Vancouver Lawn Tennis and Badminton Club 
1630 West 15th Ave Vancouver, BC. V5S 4A6

PRIZES
$6000 total distributed between the winners, finalists and third place finishers
Prizes for Consolation winners

ENTRY FEE
The entry fee of $115 per player must be made online. There will be an additional $15 fee for non-Canadian Association participants.

OFFICIALS
Tournament director: Ram Nayyar Email badminton@vanlawn.com Phone: (604)731-2191
Tournament Chair Don Anderson Email donnay1234@gmail.com
Tournament Referee Fred Filer Email lfiler@telus.net
Badminton Canada: Jimena Gravelle Email: jimena@badminton.ca Phone: (613)569-2424

SCHEDULE
Friday 13/11/2015 – Beginning at 12 noon: Opening Rounds of Singles, followed by Doubles, Followed by Mixed Doubles
Saturday 14/11/2015– 9:00am Continuation of Play: Semi Finals 
Sunday 15/11/2015– 9:00 am Finals

ENTRY DEADLINE
23/10/2015 at 11:59pm EST
Unpaid entries will not be included in the draws. LATE ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 
Requests for extenuating circumstances will only be accepted via the Provincial Organization of the player and such requests are not guaranteed to proceed.

EVENTS: 
Open events will be held in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. 
Badminton Canada will be utilizing the Tournament Software online registration system.
Consolations will be held for all competitors defeated in their first round match of the main event. It will be the responsibility of each athlete to notify the draw desk, within 30-minutes of their opening round defeat.
Consolation rounds offered time permitting.

TOURNAMENT RULES: 
The 21-Rally Point scoring format will be utilized. 
Three (3) minute warm-up and ten (10) minute default rules will be strictly enforced. The use of protective eyewear is strongly recommended during play.

CLUB RULES – VANCOUVER LAWN TENNIS & BADMINTON CLUB
Players are permitted to wear only WHITE clothing for both warm-up and competitive play. 
-Each individual clothing item can have a maximum of 10% non-white colour
-This rule does not apply to court shoes, which can have colour
Only texting is permitted on cell phones while anywhere on the Club premises

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
All participants in Elite Series tournaments must be registered members of BCan or a Member Association of the
Badminton World Federation (BWF) and provide their member ID upon online registration. The registration fee to become a member of Badminton Canada will be anannual fee (Sept 1st-August 31st) and you must be a registered member in good standing with a BCan provincial membership organization in order to be a registered member of BCan. 
*Non-Canadian association participants will be charged an extra $15 fee for entering a tournament. 

The maximum number of entrants is 150.Should the maximum entry be exceeded, priority will be given to players/teams ranked in the top 10 in each event on the Canadian National ranking list. After the top 10 ranked players/teams in each event, priority will be given to players based on their date of entry onto the tournament. Doubles and Mixed teams will be considered based on the latest entry date of the two partners.

REFUNDS
Refunds are provided to participants, less a 25% administration fee, who withdraw prior to the entry deadline of the competition. After the entry deadline, but before the draws are made, refunds are provided les a 50% administration fee. Refunds will not be provided for withdrawals after the draws have been made.

SEEDING & DRAWS
Seeding will be done by Badminton Canada’s Seeding Committee and draws according to the Canadian regulations

HOTEL
Holiday Inn 711 West Broadway, Vancouver BC. V5Z 3Y2 (604)879-0511
$145/double occupancy additional person $15

WAIVER OF RIGHTS
I hereby, for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, waive and release any and all claims for damages I may have against Badminton Canada, any of it's member organizations, the host venue, and their respective agents, members of staff, for any and all injuries which may be suffered by me, through accident or negligence, in conjunction with my competition and attendance at all related activities of this event. I accept the above terms from the time of online entry until the completion of the tournament.