Team Goal:
To win a gold in the team event.
Team Composition:
- Five male athletes, born in 1992 or later;
- Five female athletes, born in 1992 or later; and
- One Manager and One Coach, of which one must be female and one must be male.
Selection Committee:
The Selection Committee for the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games Team will consist of the members of the High Performance Committee (HPC), with input from the selected Coach and Team Manager. The HPC will select the final Games roster and, with input from the selected Coach and Team Manager, determine the doubles and mixed doubles partnerships.
Athlete Eligibility:
- Athletes must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants.
- Athletes must be members in good standing with Badminton BC.
- Athletes must have been invited to participate in, and have accepted the invitation to, join the “Team BC – Training to Win” program for the 2010/11 and 2011/12 years, starting June 1, 2010. Criteria for selection to the 2010/2011 program was published in January 2010.
- Athletes must not be current national senior team members and/or holding a current senior card (as defined by Sport Canada’s Athlete Assistance Program), nor represented Canada in the Pan American Games, Commonweath Games, Olympic Games, Thomas Cup, Uber Cup, or World Championships.
- Athletes must be available for any pre and post-selection training opportunities planned by the HPC and/or Team Coach.
- Athletes must meet all eligibility requirements outlined in the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games Technical Package.
- Athletes must have participated in a minimum 3 Provincial Series events, not including Provincial Championships. Eligible events to be identified by the BBC HP and Competitions Committees prior to the start of the 10/11 season.
Team Selection Criteria:
Athletes will be chosen based on the following:
1. All age eligible athletes qualifying for the 2010/2011 and 2011/12 “Team BC – Training to Win” programs and who have accepted the invitation to join the programs in both years, constitute the long-list of eligible athletes, called, “2011 Western Canada Summer Games Long-List.” Based on a formal request from a coach, other athletes may be added to the 2010/2011 “Team BC – Training to Win” program by the High Performance Committee, prior to the end of November 2010, thus being included in the “2011 Western Canada Summer Games Long-List.”
2. All athletes on the “2011 Western Canada Summer Games Long-List” to compete in two Trials Competitions (December 2010 and February 2011). The Selection Committee will select the top eight male athletes and top eight female athletes to form the “2011 Western Canada Summer Games Short-List,” from the Trials Competitions as follows:
- top four men’s singles athletes;
- top four women’s singles athletes;
- top men’s doubles team;
- top women’s doubles team; and
- top mixed doubles team.
Note: Should all eight male and/or eight female athletes not be chosen as per above, the Selection Committee will choose the remaining male and female athletes, based on overall results from the Trials Competitions. Athletes with results in all three events will be given greater consideration over athletes with results in only two or one event.
3. The Selection Committee decides the final list of athletes (including one male alternate and one female alternate) from the “2011 Western Canada Summer Games Short-List,” by the following:
- The Committee will select the top four males and top four females based on head to head results from events in the following order of priority:
- Both Trials Competitions;
- National Criteria
a. Badminton Canada U-19 National Junior Elite Circuit Events held between September 2010 and April 2011;
b. 2011 National U-19 Championships;
c. 2010 National U-16 Championships;
- Provincial Criteria
a. 2011 U-19 Provincial Championships;
b. 2010 U-16 Provincial Championships;
c. BC Junior Circuit Event results in the 10/11 Season
- The Committee will select one male and one female based on each individual athlete’s ability to assist the team, “To win a gold in the team event.”
Note: Athletes added in the T2C (U19) or T2T (U16) age categories to the “2010/2011 Team BC – Training to Win” program after November 2010 will not be eligible for selection to the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games Team.
Selection Timeline:
- January 2010 – HPC published the 2010/2011 “Team BC – Training to Win” selection criteria.
- June 2010 – HPC invites all athletes who meet the 2010/2011 “Team BC – Training to Win” selection criteria to join the program.
- July 2010 – All athletes to confirm participation in the 2010/2011 “Team BC – Training to Win” program.
- Up through November 2010 – HPC adds further athletes into the 2010/2011 “Team BC – Training to Win” program (if applicable).
- November 2010 - HPC to publish “2011 Western Canada Summer Games Long-List.”
- December 2010 – HPC to announce the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games Team Coach and Manager.
- December 2010 – Trials #1 – Date to be decided pending release of 10/11 Provincial and National competitions schedules.
- February 2011 – Trials #2 – Date to be decided pending release of 10/11 Provincial and National competitions schedules.
- March 2011 – HPC to publish “2011 Western Canada Summer Games Short-List”
- June 2011 – Selection Committee to publish final team of five male athletes, five female athletes, one male alternate, and one female alternate.
- July/August 2011 – Team Training to be determined.
- August 5-14 2011 – Western Canada Summer Games in Kamloops, BC.
Appeal Process:
Athletes and Coaches may submit an appeal to the Appeals Committee for non-selection based on the following grounds:
- Selection was not made according to the rules; or
- There was reasonable apprehension of bias or conflict of interest by selector(s).
A deposit of $50 is required for an appeal; it is refunded if the appeal is successful. Appeal must be in writing to Badminton BC and post-marked within two weeks of the selection date.
Other:
For information on the Kamloops 2011 Western Canada Summer Games - http://2011wcsg.ca/