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2010/2011 Sanctioning Guidelines

Overview

The sanctioning requirements serve to outline the minimum that a tournament must adhere to in order to become a sanctioned tournament.

The reasons behind these requirements are:

• To enable that all sanctioned tournaments provide a consistent standard of service to all tournament participants.
• To ensure that there is value to all organizations involved in a tournament.
• Greater transparency to the participants, the clubs and the badminton community.
• To ensure that all tournament processes are fair and equitable for the participants.

Badminton BC will provide support wherever possible to benefit the organizing committee and participants.  As well, BBC hopes to gain:

• Greater potential financial reward for the organizing committee.
• Additional sponsorship in consultation with the Tournament Directors.

Requirements

Badminton BC Membership

1)       Both members and non-members will be allowed to play in Sanctioned events.

2)       Two “extra” items shall be offered during the registration process

a.       $15 - 2010/2011 Badminton BC Membership (valid from June 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011)

b.       $5 - Non-Member Surcharge (non-members will not receive ranking points through their participation in the event)

3)       At the time of registration participants of the event must either a) be a current member of Badminton BC b) purchase their $15 Membership or c) select the $5 Non-Member Surcharge.

4)       Excess fees collected from both new members ($15) and non-members ($5) must be provided to Badminton BC.

Rankings

1)       Badminton BC Rankings will be used to determine seedings.

2)       Badminton BC Senior Rankings will be calculated based on AVG points collected from sanctioned tournaments held in the previous twelve-month period.  A player’s AVG must be calculated from a minimum of 2 sanctioned tournaments.  The AVG ranking can only be over-ridden by a head to head, main round result in the most recent ranking tournament.

3)       Badminton BC Junior Rankings will be calculated based on POINTS (the sum of an athlete’s top 3 finishes in the previous 12 month period).  The POINTS ranking can only be over-ridden by a head to head, main round result in the most recent ranking tournament.

4)       Only Badminton BC members will be ranked.

5)       Badminton BC will manage rankings.

Prizes

1)       All senior ranking tournaments are requested to offer a minimum $1000 cash purse. In the future if tournaments are run well by organizers (and there is growth in the Badminton BC Membership) Badminton BC hopes to provide additional cash to help raise the profile of sanctioned tournaments.

2)       Prize money must be distributed as per the percentages detailed in appendix A.

3)       All junior ranking tournaments are requested to offer a prize to winners and runners up for the main round and consolation events.

4)       Non-ranking sanctioned tournaments are requested to offer prizes to winners and runners up (although this is at the discretion of the organizing committee.)

Tournament Operations

1)       Draws and seedings must be approved by the tournament referee prior to publication.

2)       Tournaments must have a designated referee.

3)       Draws must be released 3 days prior to the scheduled tournament start date.

4)       The tournament schedule must be published 3 days before the scheduled tournament start date.

5)       Tournaments must be managed using tournament software, this includes draws, seedings and results.

6)       Tournament results must be updated at the end of play each day.

7)       Tournaments must be run solely by the organizing committee unless they request additional support from Badminton BC. (see Financial Management)

8)       Tournaments must have an umpire at all finals unless none are available.

9)       Final tournament results must be sent to Badminton BC by the end of day that the tournament ends.

10)   Tournaments are subject to review by Badminton BC at any time.

11)   Tournaments that do not pass the audit will have their sanctioned title revoked.

Financial Management

1)       It is at the discretion of the organizing committee whether they wish collect entry fees themselves.

2)       Badminton BC will only manage the collection of entry fees upon request by the organizing committee.  This optional service will cost the organizing committee $70 to cover costs incurred by Badminton BC to use Tournament Planner payments plus $5 per registrant to cover the Paypal and Credit Card transaction fees incurred by Badminton BC to perform this service.

3)       BONUS – collect your tournament fees through Badminton BC and (if you would like) we will complete your seeding and draws for you.

4)       All proceeds from the tournament will go to the organizing committee minus any Badminton BC Membership fees and Non-Member Surcharges that are collected.

Appendix A – Prize Money Distribution