posted 2018-08-08 11:13 by Casey Chung

All AGOAC members are cordially invited to the Open House on Sunday September 2nd from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm in Angus Glen Community Centre.

The Badminton group has been steadily increasing from a few players about 10 years ago to about 120 members before the incorporation of AGOAC in 2014. After incorporation, the Group has been increasing to the current size of more than 200 members on record. Its popularity is due to its intangible value earned over years and its continuous forward looking to enhance the Group image both internally and externally. Achieving it, the Group has adopted the Club's mission for transparency and fairness through changes, both big and numerous over years. The change is big because it has transformed from a close group to an open group which opens up to all AGOAC members. The change is numerous because its manual registration and operation is replaced by continuous automation. The registration has been gradually changing from emailing to online registration. By automation, the Group is now able to automate the roster, court assignment and attendance list. The automation saves lot of labour, affords them to emphasize on quality use of time in order to manage the Group with 200+ members. Hopefully, the Group will successfully transform to a respectful one which members would like to join.

In order to introduce the Group to the members,especially to new members, the Badminton Adhoc Committee have planned the following activities for the day on the basis of FRIENDSHIP FIRST COMPETITION SECOND.

All members (including renewed and new members) are reminded to bring their new (Pink) membership cards

The information for the following programs in the Open House will be updated once more details and the no. of participants are known.

Please send all inquiries and registration to badminton@agoac.ca
Potential new badminton players are welcome to come and play : This provides an opportunity for you to understand the skill level of the new members so that the court monitors can assign you to the appropriate court with similar skill level to have fun game in the new Club year starting late September. Please bring your racket, suitable sport dress, non-marking court shoe and AGOAC membership card to sign in the attendance sheet.

In-house tournament (From 10:30 am to 1:30 pm) :
Regular badminton players and non badminton group players are welcome to participate the in-house tournament. This provides an opportunity to expose yourself to play in the competitive environment. Experience tells us that members' skill will normally increase after each tournament. The badminton group has held several in-house tournaments themselves in the past in the following format

In double only (women's double, men's double, mixed double, 21-point game system):

The competition will be divided in 3 levels of skill : Elementary, intermediate and advanced. This will allow any member to participate according to their skill level. A member is allowed to sign up a maximum of 2 competitions in the same skill level.
Plastic birdie will be used.

For those who are interested to participate in the in-house tournament, please register by clicking the following Google Form link

https://goo.gl/forms/MkxcCScBEEinlI6A3

Due to limited hours, we can only accept 32 participants, on the basis as first-come-first-serve with the following priority:

1) New AGOAC members or non-badminton AGOAC members not previously registered in Badminton program
2) Current Badminton members refer new members to participate, as defined in previous item no.1
3) Current Badminton members

In The form, you are required to provide the following information
-member name and membership number
-your intended competition :
-men's double, women's double or mixed double
-Skill level i.e. elementary, intermediate or advanced

Partner in the same skill will be matched by draw
The entry application for competition is free.
Please register by 11:59 pm on Monday Aug. 20 to allow us time to organize the event.

ROAD TO THE CHAMPION:
The team with the most wins will be the champion.
If the top 2 teams happen to have the same number of wins, positions will be decided by their "FACE TO FACE" result.
If the top 3 or more teams happen to have the same number of wins, positions will be decided by their "NET POINTS". That is, the difference between total points won and total points lost.
REMINDER : Schedules and paired players are subject to change if some players fail to show up.

BADMINTON ADHOC COMMITTEE : VOLUNTEERS ARE URGENTLY REQUIRED FOR THE OPEN HOUSE. PLEASE SEND TO badminton@agoac.ca stating your type of volunteer you would like to do.

Badminton Adhoc Committee