Officials
The Best of BC Awards for the 2024-2025 season (June 1 2024 - May 31 2025) will take place in the Fall or before the end of 2025 alongside a 100 Years of Badminton BC Anniversary Celebration! All nominees must have been members in good standing for the award season.
In preparation for this event the organization is seeking out your vote for 2024-2025 Officials of the Year
REFEREE OF THE YEAR demonstrates the ability to fulfill both overall tournament management and match-specific responsibilities including:
1. Ensuring Fair Play – Ensures all rules are followed and the competition is conducted fairly
2. Overseeing Officials – Manages and supervises umpires, service judges, and line judges to ensure effective performance.
3. Facility Management – Ensures practice and playing conditions are safe and meet required standards.
4. Scheduling – Reviews and manages match timing and the competition schedule in compliance with Badminton BC Tournament Regulations.
5. Dispute Resolution – Addresses and resolves disputes or issues during matches or the tournament.
6. Pre-Match Procedures – Ensures all materials are prepared for umpiring, including court and equipment inspections.
7. On-Court Supervision – Monitors umpires, ensures players follow the rules, and addresses unsportsmanlike conduct.
8. Final Decisions – Fairly intervenes in cases of dispute or questionable umpire decisions when necessary.
9. Ensuring Proper Conduct – Upholds player, coach, and spectator codes of conduct.
10.Professional Attitude – Maintains professionalism when interacting with players, tournament organizers, spectators, and fellow officials.
11. Appropriate Manners – Represents all officials with integrity both on and off the court.
UMPIRE OF THE YEAR demonstrates:
1. A strong performance and commitment to the sport through active participation, involvement, and personal development.
2. Consistent and fair application of the rules during games and across matches.
3. A professional attitude when dealing with players, tournament organizers, spectators, and fellow officials.
4. Appropriate manners that represent all officials with integrity on and off the court.
LINE JUDGE OF THE YEAR demonstrates:
1. Responsibility and excellence in conduct during match play.
2. Confident and accurate use of hand signals and verbal calls.
3. A professional attitude when dealing with players, tournament organizers, spectators, and fellow officials.
4. Appropriate manners that represent all officials with integrity on and off the court.
2024-2025 Nomination Form Coming Soon!
PLEASE SUBMIT NOMINATIONS BY SEPTEMBER 8 2025 11:59PM.
One application per nominee.
All nominees must have been members in good standing for the 2024-2025 season.
If it is deemed that no candidate meets the selection criteria, the selection committee may choose not to grant the award in that particular year.
2024-2025 Nomination and Selection Process
As per the Awards and Recognition Committee Terms of Reference the Officials Committee collaborates on the selection of each of the three awards above.
1. Following consultation between the Board of Directors and the Officials Committee they unanimously voted to have the members of Badminton BC vote on Officials of the Year
2. Determining the candidates was completed following a review of the amount of participation of our Referees, Umpires and Line Judges this past season both for series and provincial championships.
3. An online voting platform has been created and emailed out to all of our Courtlines e-newsletter as well as on our Social Media links and our website.
4. Following the vote, results will be tallied. In the event there is a tie the Board of Directors will collaborate with Officials Chair to determine the deciding winner based on the criteria above.
5. The Board will have final approval of finalists and winners.
Updated: August 17 2025