Club Competition 2022

Wed 2nd Nov to Sun 13th Nov

Men's Singles, Women's Singles and Doubles Competition

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Play badminton Club is pleased to announce it will be holding its badminton competition this year.

The dates for the competition are: Wednesday 2nd November 2022 to Sunday 13th November 2022. The competition will consist of three categories: Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles and Doubles competition.

Registration for competition participants is NOW CLOSED.

However, you can still register to volunteer at the competition and/or to be an audience member at the grand final on Sunday 13th November.


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2020 Men's Competition winners

(L to R) Anish, Ganesh (Champion) and Dipesh


2020 Women's Competition winners

(L to R) Aarti and Dipali (Champion)

General competition information

Entry to the club competition is limited to current club members only. For the purposes of this competition, eligible club members are those who pay the regular player rate and have played at least 10 sessions at our club on or before 31st August 2022.

Please note, all entries MUST be in by the deadline of Tuesday 27th September 2022.

This club competition is only open to those aged 18 years and above.

Competition dates are subject to change and all participants are expected to observe COVID safety rules and guidelines in place at the time. Where reasonable to do so, competition organisers reserve the right to cancel/reschedule the competition at any time due to unforeseen/mitigating circumstances and without any prior notice for example, another COVID lockdown or for any other reason. However, where possible to do so, competition organisers will make every reasonable effort to inform participants in good time.

Competition fees

The cost of entry is £12.50 per person, per category entered into. Please note, all fees are non-refundable.

The fee will be payable by bank transfer as soon as possible upon request by competition organisers.

All fees are non-refundable and we will only issue a refund of the fee where the decision to cancel the competition has been taken by the organisers.

Where the competition has been rescheduled, you will have the opportunity to carry forward your fee or request a refund. Where you had initially confirmed your entry for the rescheduled dates and are subsequently looking to withdraw your participation, NO refund will be issued.

Other information

The venues for the competition will include Bentley Wood High School, Harefield Academy, Haydon School and St. Helen’s. We will advise all participants of any changes to the venue(s) and/or alternative venue(s) not listed above being used.

The exact format of the competition will be determined depending on the number of entries received by the entry deadline of Tuesday 27th September 2022.

The club organisers, at their sole discretion, reserve the right to restrict entry into competition and/or make changes to the competition format and rules.

Men’s & Women’s Singles competition

Singles competition rules

  • Normal badminton singles game rule will apply to all games
  • Round 1 will be best of 1 game against other players in the same pool
  • Quarters, Semis, Third place playoff and Singles Grand Final will be best of 3 games per match (Knock-out stage)
  • Please ONLY enter singles competition if you can play on the dates above. If you are not able to play on the dates required, you will forfeit your match and not progress any further in the competition.
  • There are up to 12 places in the singles competition available. Therefore, we recommend early registration.
  • If there is more interest than places, we may hold a preliminary qualification round to determine places in the competition.

Doubles competition

Doubles competition rules

  • Normal badminton doubles game rule will apply to all games
  • You will be assigned a playing partner through a random draw which will take place during our club session on or after Monday 19th September (or as advised by the club organisers)
  • Round 1 will comprise of teams playing one match best of 1 game against other teams in the same group. The team with the highest wins (or in event of a tie, the team with the highest points difference across all three games in the group) will be the group winners, and progress to the Quarter finals. If points difference are same, then head-to-head results will determine the winners.
  • Quarters, Semis, Third place playoff and Doubles Grand Final will be best of 3 games (knock-out stage)
  • Please ONLY enter doubles competition if you can play on the dates above. If you or your partner (once assigned) are not able to play on the dates required, please inform us ASAP so that we can re-assign playing partners (if possible). If not possible, you will forfeit your match and not progress any further in the competition.
  • There are up to 24 places in the doubles competition available. Therefore, we recommend early registration.
  • If there is more interest than places, we may hold a preliminary qualification round to determine places in the competition.
  • Once you are assigned a playing partner, please use some of the normal club sessions to practice with your playing partner.

Volunteer at the competition

By default, all competition participants will be expected to volunteer at the competition to help out as required.

We are also looking for additional persons (i.e. those who are not playing in the competition) to volunteer throughout the tournament. There are several roles which we need help with, including (but not limited to): Line judges, Match referee, Admin team, Media team, First aiders and medical response team.

Volunteer roles will be allocated on a needs basis and so we cannot guarantee that you will get the role you had opted for. However, we appreciate any help you can give to help host a great club competition.


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Audience at the competition grand final

We have an opportunity this year to have an audience for the grand final on Sunday 13th November at Bentley Wood High School from 9.30pm to 1.30pm.

This would be a great opportunity to come and support our club members in the finals for the Men’s, Women’s and Doubles competition. There is no fee for being part of audience for the grand final. If you would like to be part of the audience, please register by selecting the relevant option. Please note, spaces are limited so we cannot guarantee audience spaces to everyone.


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Special training sessions for competition participants!


We have arranged some additional training sessions for singles and doubles competition participants, to help participants get ready for the competition!

Register now for training

Waseem

Competition co-ordinator

Please contact Waseem for any queries about this year's club competition.