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AGE
Refer to constitution - Article IX, Pages 20-21.
CATEGORIES OF COMPETITION
In each of the three divisions - midget, junior, senior competition will be held for:
i) Singles - boys and girls
ii) Doubles - boys and girls
iii) Mixed Doubles
DATE
To be held at least one week prior to the N.O.S.S.A. Championship.
LOCATION
Selection of gymnasium at convener's discretion.
OFFICIALS
Staff members, coaches, adult badminton club members - (no payment).
RULES
a) Canadian Badminton Association Rule Book.
b) Modifications of the above rules to suit the facilities
available.
ENTRIES
*The convener will decide upon an acceptable date for an entry deadline (usually the Monday before prelims). No additions to entries can be made after this deadline.
LENGTH
a) *All preliminary games are to be two out of three to eleven. All matches are to be played at prelims including the second and third place matches (unless those athletes have met previously in the competition). There is to be no challenge for first at prelims.
b) Any preliminary matches with 4 or less entrants will go to a round robin format with tie breakers decided by points for and against.
c) City final matches are best two (2) of three (3) games played to 15 except for Ladies Singles which will be best two (2) of three (3) games played to 11.
d) The 1999 season will see two divisions at preliminaries instead of four with the top four from each division advancing to the S.D.S.S.A.A. championships.
There is some leeway allotted to preliminary conveners in length of games depending on the number of entries.
GENERAL
a) A competitor may enter one event only.
b) Dress - All coaches of teams should ensure that their competitors dress properly - i.e. either in "whites" or predominantly white top and solid colour shorts. No cut-offs and no bike shorts will be allowed.
c) Birds - The bird shall be a cork base shuttle as used at NOSSA.
d) Games 14 and 15 at the City Finals will have an adult official at the court.
e) Final games (14, 15) will take place in a central location (St. Charles - 1996).
f) Any player qualifying for City Finals who does not finish his/her games at S.D.S.S.A.A. will be disqualified from the next year's competition (injury or death excepted). Substitutions by conveners are accepted. No empty slots are to be filled from Prelims to S.D.S.S.A.A. If the championship round has less than 5 participants, they will compete in a round robin.
g) **A maximum of two wild cards per school may be entered. The maximum number of entries per school will be 30.
h) If a school does not have a representative attend the pre-season meeting, no minutes of the pre-season meeting will be forwarded to that school other than entry forms. The minutes will be available for that school(s) to pick up from the convener's school.
i) *When a game is called and a player or team fails to show after fifteen minutes, then the game shall be forfeited at the discretion of the draw master.
j) ^ If a player cannot play in the Finals on Saturday, they cannot be entered in the preliminary tournament.
FINANCING
An entry fee sufficient to cover all expenses as approved by the Executive shall be assessed by the convener.
TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Points will be awarded as follows:
*A pennant will be presented to the highest scoring A/AA school in the final team standings. A or AA schools must declare at the pre-season meeting if they are going to contend for the A/AA or AAA pennant for that year.
PRELIMINARY TOURNAMENT
A preliminary tournament shall be held in the week prior to S.D.S.S.A.A. to select four finalists for each event of each age division; that this preliminary tournament be conducted in two geographic divisions. The preliminary tournament will be a double elimination *and will be hosted on a Thursday beginning at 2pm.
*Each school is allowed a total of two "Wild Card" entries in any of the categories at the preliminaries, as long as that school's total entries do not total more than 48.
CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
The tournament will be a double elimination *and will be hosted on a Saturday following the preliminaries beginning at 9am.
FOOTWEAR
ONLY RUNNING SHOES WITH NON-MARKING SOLES WILL BE ALLOWED FOR GAMES OR PRACTICES.
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Revised: 19 August 2004
^ denotes changes made at the most recent post season meeting
