Badminton Alberta's age categories effective 01 January 2024
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Effective 01 January 2024, Badminton Alberta continues to align the junior age classifications to fall in-line with the Gregorian calendar, which is used by the BWF and Pan Am Badminton Federations. The new season of play will begin 01 January and finish on December 31 of each season.
- to be eligible for u11 - all participants must be born in 2014 or later;
- to be eligible for u13 - all participants must be born in 2012 or later;
- to be eligible for u15 - all participants must be born in 2010 or later;
- to be eligible for u17 - all participants must be born in 2008 or later;
- to be eligible for u19 - all participants must be born in 2006 or later.
Simply put an athlete can't turn the age of the category during the year of the competition. The proposed changes will allow athletes the opportunity to participate in their respective age category for the entire 12 months. The change will also provide more accurate rankings, as only eligible athletes will be appear in the provincial ranking lists.