Okanagan Valley Sport Athletic Association

Badminton

SENIOR BADMINTON

Section 1

The Okanagan league will consist of a boy’s team and a girl’s team that will play singles and doubles. For Valley and BC Finals, a team may consist of a minimum of 5 girls and 5 boys and a maximum of 10 girls and 10 boys.

Section 2

Each zone commissioner will establish a league schedule (where necessary) in consultation with the zone coaches. The top two teams from each zone will qualify for the Valley Championships. The top team from the Valley will qualify for the BC Championships.

Section 3

BC Finals to be held on the 11th weekend of the new calendar year.

Okanagan Valley Championship Tournament format:
DATE: to be held on a weekday at least two weeks prior to the BC Finals and before the first spring break unless that date conflicts with travel for the BC Winter Games. (Third weekend before the BC Finals.)

1. Valley Championships should be scheduled in a different zone each year.
2. Top two teams from each zone advance to the Valley Championships. Seeding competition will be round robin following traditional tie format for two pools. Semifinal will be Y1 vs Z2 and Z1 vs Y2. The semifinal winners will play for 1st place. The losers will play for 3rd place.
3. TOURNAMENT FORMAT:

The elimination matches will be played in the following order, with the school named first in the draw being the school on the left.
1. Girls Doubles A vs. B 7. Girls Doubles B vs. B
2. Girls Doubles B vs. A 8. Girls Doubles A vs. A
3. Boys Doubles A vs. B 9. Boys Doubles B vs. B
4. Boys Doubles B vs. A 10. Boys Doubles A vs. A
5. Boys Singles 11. Mixed Doubles
6. Girls Singles

A TIE consists of 11 matches.
The school winning at least 6 of the matches wins the TIE.
Each match is a set of 2 of 3 games to 21 points, except Girl’s singles which is played to 11 points. Winner of each game must win by 2 points or the first to 30.
Lineup Designation:

• The A doubles team should be the stronger of the two doubles teams.
• All players must play in their designated positions for a complete TIE, and the roster must be handed in before the TIE begins. CLARIFICATION: the two A Doubles may have different pairs, but no player who is listed in a TIE as an A Doubles player may play in any other position. Similarly, the Singles girl could not play in either of the Doubles pairs, and no Doubles player could play in Mixed Doubles.
• If a team does not have 10 players listed at the official start time then the school will default the matches that the missing player would have played.

Ties in the ROUND ROBIN play:

• If two teams are tied, the winner will be the team which won the TIE between the two schools
• If 3 teams are tied, then using only the three TIES that occurred among the 3 schools, the school that won the most TIES is first.
• If still tied then the school that wins the most matches is first.
• If still tied then the school that loses the least games is first.
• If still tied the school with the most points is first.
• If still tied, flip a coin!!!

Injury Guidelines:

• If a player is injured in a match, his school will default that match
• With knowledge of the other coach and official scorekeeper, a substitute can be used in the subsequent match in the same TIE. This match will count as an official match in the standings. The substitute must not come from a different designation in the TIE; for instance, the Singles Girl could not substitute into a Doubles match.
• The injured player may return to play in a subsequent TIE. If the player is injured in between matches, with his first match played to completion, then the second match is defaulted and a substitute must be put in on an exhibition basis. The basic principle is that a team must default at least one match that a player cannot continue.

Section 4

Registration fee to BC SCHOOL SPORTS to qualify for BC Finals.
A team picture will be required for the Provincial program.

Section 5

Rotation for Valley Playoffs:
2010 - West 2012 - Central
2011 - North 2009 - South

Berthing to Okanagans Valley Championships:

1. If a zone has 3 teams or more Then they will automatically get 2 berths in the valley Championship.

2. If a zone has only 2 teams then the 1st place team gets an automatic berth in the Valley Championships. The second team will be required to host a play-off between themselves and the 3rd place teams of the other zones to dtermine who wins the berths. if the other 3rd place teams are not prepared to travel to play the play-off then the 2nd team in the zone will get a berthto the Valley Championship.

3. If a zone only has 1 team then that team gets an automatic berth to the valley Championships.The second berth will be decided upon by a play-off between the 3rd place team from the other pools. If there is no time in the schedule to play this match the match will be awarded by the league commissioner.JUNIOR BADMINTON

Section 1

A junior team may consist of a minimum of 5 boys and 5 girls and a maximum of 10 boys and 10 girls playing one team TIE.

Section 2

Each zone commissioner will establish a league schedule (where necessary) in consultation with the zone coaches. Top two teams will qualify for the Valley Championships unless there are only two teams in the zone. In that case, the zone will have one berth. Central and North may enter one team in Valley Championship pool as follows:
A B
W1 C1
S2 W2
N1 S1

Valley Playoffs Tournament format:
DATE: to be held on a weekday prior to the Senior Valley Finals and before the first spring break unless that date conflict with travel for the BC Winter Games (3rd weekend before the BC Finals).

1. Valley Championships should be scheduled in a different zone each year.
2. Top two teams (or one) from each zone advance to the Valley Championships. Seeding competition will be round robin following traditional tie format for two pools. Semifinal will be A1 vs B2 and B! vs A2. The semifinal winners will play for 1st place. The losers will play for 3rd place.
3. TOURNAMENT FORMAT: The elimination matches will be played in the following order, with the school named first in the draw being the school on the left.

1. Girls Doubles A vs. B 7. Girls Doubles B vs. B
2. Girls Doubles B vs. A 8. Girls Doubles A vs. A
3. Boys Doubles A vs. B 9. Boys Doubles B vs. B
4. Boys Doubles B vs. A 10. Boys Doubles A vs. A
5. Boys Singles 11. Mixed Doubles
6. Girls Singles (singles players)

Section 3

A TIE consists of 11 matches.
The school winning at least 6 of the matches wins the TIE.
Each match is a set of 2 of 3 games to 21 points, except Girl’s singles (to 11 points). Winner of each game must win by 2 points or the first to 30.
Lineup Designations:

• The A doubles team should be the stronger of the two doubles teams.
• All players must play in their designated positions for a complete TIE, and the roster must be handed in before the TIE begins CLARIFICATION: The two A Doubles may have different pairs, but no player who is listed in a TIE as an A Doubles player may play in any other position. Similarly, the Singles girl could not play in either of the Doubles pairs, and no Doubles player could play in Mixed Doubles.
• If a team does not have 10 players listed at the official start time then the school will default the matches that the missing player would have played.

Ties: In the case of a tie in the ROUND ROBIN series:

• If two teams are tied, the winner will be the team which won the TIE between the 2 schools
• If 3 teams tied then using only the three TIES that occurred among the 3 schools, the school that won the most TIES is first.
• If still tied then the school that wins the most matches is first.
• If still tied then the school that loses the least games is first.
• If still tied the school that wins the most points is first.
• If still tied flip a coin.

Injury Guidelines:

• If a player is injured in a match, his school will default that match.
• With knowledge of the other coach and official scorekeeper, a substitute can be used in the subsequent match in the same TIE. This match will count as an official match in the standings. The substitute must not come from a different designation in the TIE. For instance, the Singles Girl could not substitute into a Doubles match.
• The injured player may return to play in a subsequent TIE. If player is injured in between matches with his first match played to completion, then the second match is defaulted and a substitute must be put in on an exhibition basis. The basic principle is that a team must default at least one match that a player cannot continue.

Section 4

Registration with BC SCHOOL SPORTS is required.

Section 5

Rotation for Valley Playoffs:

2010 - South
2011 - West
2012 - North
2009 - Central

Berthing to Okanagans Valley Championships:

1. If a zone has 3 teams or more Then they will automatically get 2 berths in the valley Championship.

2. If a zone has only 2 teams then the 1st place team gets an automatic berth in the Valley Championships. The second team will be required to host a play-off between themselves and the 3rd place teams of the other zones to dtermine who wins the berths. if the other 3rd place teams are not prepared to travel to play the play-off then the 2nd team in the zone will get a berthto the Valley Championship.

3. If a zone only has 1 team then that team gets an automatic berth to the valley Championships.The second berth will be decided upon by a play-off between the 3rd place team from the other pools. If there is no time in the schedule to play this match the match will be awarded by the league commissioner.