Date: 20-22 April 2012
Venue: ClearOne Badminton Centre – Calgary. Unit #1853 – 120th. Ave NE, Calgary, T3K 0S5 Yel. 403.265-3886
Directions: ClearOne is located east of Deerfoot Trl on Country Hills Blvd, NE.
Prizes: $3,000 Cdn awarded within the ‘A’ event, Yonex product points awarded to ‘B, C & D’ events.
Conditions: The tournament is open to Alberta residents or athletes whom represent Alberta and are COMPETITIVE members in good standing of Badminton Alberta. The tournament will be conducted under the official rules of Badminton Canada and the Badminton World Federation. Non members must pay an additional $40.
Entry Fee: The entry fee of $55 for the first event and $15.00 for the second event and no charge for the third event is payable to “Badminton Alberta” at the time of on-line registration using Tournament Software (GST is included in the all prices).
On-Line entry: You can enter on-line by visiting www.badmintonalberta.ca
Entry Deadline: The entry deadline is 11 April at 23:59 MST. Entries received WITHOUT PAYMENT will NOT be considered. Late entries will not be accepted.
Seedings: Conducted according to the latest Badminton Alberta senior rankings.
Accommodation: The tournament hotel is the: Acclaim Hotel, Calgary Airport, 123 Freeport Blvd NE, Calgary, T3N 0A3. A rate of $119 Standard room (QueenKing) or $129 Queen suite. Book online at http://www.acclaimhotel.ca Click on “Corporate Rates” and enter access code B2D6 to complete reservation. Tel. 403.291-8000.
Clothing: “Appropriate’ badminton clothing (including footwear and warm-ups) is mandatory. The use of protective eyewear is strongly recommended during play.
Shuttles: Yonex Areosena 50 feather shuttles will be supplied for all matches. The tournament organizer reserves the right to control the quantity of shuttles provided for all matches. All shuttles are the property of the tournament organizer.
Events: Singles, Doubles and Mixed. Players may enter one singles, one doubles and one mixed doubles event.
The Championships will be offered in A, B, C waterfall format, which guarantees three matches per event. Singles play begins at 5:00 PM Friday. Draw times will be available at Badminton Alberta On-Line at www.badmintonalberta.ca On court warm-up time will be 3 minutes. Default time will be 10 minutes.