21.22 Badminton Ontario Open Team Challenge

Badminton Ontario Open Team Challenge

Introducing a Team format tournament with minimum and maximum number of players of each team.
Three Team Challenges to choose from, each on a different day (Fri, Sat, Sun).  Get your team together and register now!
Players can play on multiple teams if they are registered for a different challenge (different day of competition).
Each Team member must be registered with Badminton Ontario on PlayerWeb with a minimum General Membership (membership registration how to and link below).
Double COVID-19 vaccination mandate still in effect for Badminton Ontario Open Team Challenge.

Limited to a maximum of 8 teams for each Challenge.
Round Robin play, then move into elimination bracket for finals.  Scoring based on matches, games, then points won to determine which team wins the tie.
Teams may be divided into two pools depending on the number of team entries.  If two pools are required for the Round Robin format, a morning and afternoon time slot will be established for each pool.  The finals would then be played in the evening.
Door prize draw opportunity for all participants and giftcard prize for winners

Three Team Challenges to choose from:

• Team 19-29 (Saturday April 9)
  All team members must be between the age of 19-29 years old as of April 1^st, 2022
  Minimum 2 males and 2 females per team, max 8 people per team
  Disciplines per tie: MS, WS, XD, MD, WD (MS, WS, XD play simultaneously then MD, WD play simultaneously next)
• Team 65/180 (Sunday April 10)
  All team members must be age 19+ years old as of April 1^st, 2022
  Sum of the age of the pair on court must add up to no less than 65 years old, sum of all team members combined must be no less than 180 years old
  Minimum 3 males and 2 females per team, max 10 people per team
  Disciplines per tie: MD, XD, WD, MD2 (MD, XD play simultaneously then WD, MD2 play simultaneously next)
• Team 90/225 (Friday April 8)
  All team members must be age 19+ years old as of April 1^st, 2022
  Sum of the age of the pair on court must add up to no less than 90 years old, sum of all team members combined must be no less than 225 years old
  Minimum 3 males and 2 females per team, max 10 people per team
  Disciplines per tie: MD, WD, XD, XD2 (MD, WD play simultaneously then XD, XD2 play simultaneously next)

Registration:
Entry deadline is April 4, 2022 or when all team spots have filled up.  Reminder that it is limited to 8 teams per challenge!
Team Entry fee is $200/team if paid in full on or before April 2.  Team entry fee is $275/team if paid on or after April 3.
To register, Team Captains complete the following Entry Form and email to Jean (jean.wong@badmintonontario.ca).
Team Entry fee payment can be done via cash or cheque drop-off to Jean at an upcoming Jr Tournament (#3a, #3c, #3b).
Jean and Liz will verify all team members for age and General Membership requirements.
To hold a Team spot, each team member must have a General Membership within 3 days of registration and the Team Entry fees must be paid in full.
21-22 Open Team Challenge Entry Form

How to Register for you Badminton Ontario General Membership:
To register for the Badminton Ontario Open Team Challenge, you will first need to renew your General Membership here: https://playerweb.com/#!/memberships/badminton-ontario-2021-membership (this used to be done on the www.badminton.ca webpage but transitioned now).  It should prompt you to link to your existing BON ID account when you start the process through PlayerWeb.  Please select “General” and it should link to your tournament software account automatically or generate a new account if you’ve never had one before.  If you have any membership questions, please contact Liz at info@badmintonontario.ca