SOUTH CENTRAL ZONE HIGH SCHOOL BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS– 2016

Information Package

LOCATION:

All Senior Events – Rick Down Athletic Centre – Three Hills, AB

All Intermediate Events – Rick Down Athletic Centre – Three Hills, AB

All Junior Events – Three Hills School – Three Hills, AB

Directions:

Rick Down Athletic Centre – As you come in to Three Hills on 2nd St. you will come to a 4 way stop at the intersection of 2nd St. and 6th Ave. Turn north on 6th Ave. You will see the Athletic Centre on your left side (it will be the second big building) and the parking lot for the gym is in front of it.

Three Hills School – As you come in to Three Hills on 2nd St. you will come to a 4 way stop at the intersection of 2nd St. and 6th Ave. Turn south on 6th Ave. Go through the next two stop sign intersections and you will then see the school on your left. There is a parking lot beside and in front of the school and parking available on the street. Perpendicular parking ONLY allowed in the parking lots and on the street.

DATE AND TIME:Saturday, April 30, 2016 – 8:30am- approx. 5:00pm

All play begins at 8:30 A.M. Schools will be open at 8:00 A.M. Players and coaches will NOT be permitted to enter any of the gymnasiums and begin warm-up until this time. Players will be expected on the court when called to avoid a default. A five-minute default rule will apply.

COACHES MEETING: A very brief coaches meeting will be held at Three Hills School at 7:30am sharp. ALL coaches should attend this meeting. You will then have time to transport your athletes to their venues if necessary for warm-up at 8:00am and play beginning at 8:30am.

ENTRIES AND FEES: A fee of $5.00 per playerwill be charged based on the number of emailed entries. Each school division is expected to arrange for one individual to bring the fee to the tournament, the cheque can be made out to Three Hills School. Please have one person from each school division email entries for the division using the entry form provided on the South Central Zone Website by Tuesday, April 26, 2016 to

EVENT LIMITATIONS: Each participant may enter one event only. The first and second place finisher of each doubles or mixed doubles event and the first and second place finisher of each singles event in this tournament shall advance to the ASAA Provincial Championships on May 6 and 7, 2016 in Edmonton. Top two finishers in each event must confirm whether or not they will be going to provincials on the day of the event at the end of the competition so that 3rd and 4th place finishers can be substituted if necessary.

FORMAT:Each school division may enter two teams in each of the 15 categories ranked 1 and 2. (1 is first place, 2 is second place in your school division). Teams will play a single round robin game to 21 points (using rally point scoring) with each of the other teams in their pool. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the semi-finals. Semi-finals A1 vs. B2 and A2 vs. B1. Semi-finals, Bronze, Silver & Gold matches will be best of three games to 21 points (using rally point scoring). The winners of the semi-final matches will play off for the gold and silver medals. The losers of the semi-finals will play for the bronze medal. A single point will be awarded to the winners of each game in the round robin as well as to the winners in semi-finals and final matches. Banners will be awarded to the school with the most points in the 1A, 2A, and 3A/4A classifications, respectively.

POOLS:If there is a blank team in the pool (i.e.: there is no Wheatland 2 team), then the rest of the teams in that pool will win the match they would have had against Wheatland 2 21-0. If a team is forced to drop out part way through the competition, all the games that have been played to that point against that team, and all the games that would have been played against that team, are won by the opponents of that team, 21-0. For example, if a team played one game and won 21-15, but then had to suddenly drop out of the competition, all the teams in that pool – including the team that lost to the departing team, wins 21-0.

SHUTTLES: Yonex Mavis 300 green band (yellow).

COACHING: Coaching is NOT allowed during the round-robin games. A one-minute interval is allowed during each game once one side reaches 11 points. Players do not switch sides. Intervals are simply for a player to grab a quick drink (on court) if necessary. The athlete is NOT allowed to leave the court.

Coaching is allowed during the semi-finals and medal matches which are best of three games. Coaching is allowed after the first game for one full minute and after the second game for two full minutes. Neither the athlete(s) nor coach may leave the court.

SCHOOL RULES: Please obey posted signs at each venue for where players are allowed to be during the competition. Please do not rally or warm-up in hallways, please do so outside.

TIE BREAKING PROCEDURES FOR EACH POOL:

  1. All two-way ties for first and second place in the round robin will be determined by the result of the match between the two tied players.
  2. In a three way tie for first place, the players will be ranked 1, 2and 3 based first on games won minus games lost and second on points won minus points lost. The second and third ranked players will then play one game to 21 points to determine second place in the round robin.
  3. In a three-way tie for second place, the players will be ranked 1, 2 and 3 as described in ‘2’ above. The second and third ranked players will play one game to 21 points to determine who will play the first ranked player in one game to 21 points that will then determine second place in the round robin.

GAMES: All games will be to 21 points using rally point scoring.

ALL CATEGORIES:Junior – Under 16 before September 1, 2015

Intermediate – Under 17 before September 1, 2015

Senior – Under 19 before September 1, 2015

SUPERVISION:Each school having entries in the tournament is responsible for the supervision of their own students. Do not send participants on their own, without proper supervision.

WARM-UPS: Gyms will be open at 8:00 A.M. Players and coaches will not be permitted to enter gyms before this time. Please supply your own warm-up shuttles.

FOOD:A small concession will be available at the Rick Down Athletic Centre. There will be no concession run at Three Hills School.Players are encouraged to bring a bag lunch or use one of the few food outlets. Each venue will run continuously without a formal lunch break, so players need to ensure they will not miss their matches.

If you have any questions, please contact Shauna Vaughan.

403-443-5335 (w)

403-443-1454 (c)

Sincerely

Shauna Vaughan on behalf of the Three Hills Division