2024 CLUB7 OPEN BADMINTON TOURNAMENT

*** 2024 Club7 Open Tournament Information ***

Venue: Club 7
Address: 3424 Pleasant Plains Rd, Matthews NC 28104

Tentative Schedule:
Oct 25th (Friday) - Men Singles (A, B, C) Women Singles (B)
Oct 26th (Saturday) - Men Doubles (A,B,C) Women Doubles (B,C) Mixed Doubles (A,B,C)
Oct 27th (Sunday) - Senior Events, Junior Events, A and B Finals

Registration is available for the following:

Open Events: (A - Advance, B - Intermediate, C - Beginner)
A Category – Men Singles, Men Doubles, Mixed Doubles
B and C Category – Men Singles, Men Doubles, Women Doubles, and Mixed Doubles
One Category - Women Singles (B only)
ENTRY FEE - $30 for each open event

Senior Events:
80+ – Men Doubles (Combined Age of both partners to be 80+ with minimum age of one partner to be 35+)
Senior – Mixed Doubles (Both partners must be 35+)(Athletes must have a birthdate of 1989 or earlier)
ENTRY FEE - $30 for each senior event

Junior Events
U-17: Boy Singles, Boy Doubles, Girl Singles, and Girl Doubles
U-13: Boy Singles, Boy Doubles, Girl Singles, and Girl Doubles
ENTRY FEE - $20 for each junior event

The entry fee to be paid online via PayPal.

----- $4000 in cash prizes and medals -----
Cash Prizes are to be distributed to the main draw of A, B, Senior, and U-17 events ONLY.
Medals will be awarded to all event winners, runners-up, and consolation winners.

******Important Registration Notes******
1. Players are allowed to sign up for more than one level for a particular Doubles category (MD, WD, XD), but cannot have the same partner for different levels (must have different partners for different levels of the same category and the partner CANNOT be playing in the upper category with a different partner).
2. For singles, player cannot register for more than one type (A, B, C) of event.
3. The Tournament Director reserves the right to combine or cancel events as needed due to the number of registrants.
4. The Tournament Director reserves the right to move an entry from C-level to B-level or from B-level to A-level if the skill set is perceived to be higher or advanced (based on past events)
5. Individuals can register for up to 4 events (1 singles open and/or 4 doubles open/senior/80+). Exception for Juniors as they can participate in 2 singles events (1 junior and 1 open) and 3 (1 junior and 2 open) doubles events.

Conditions:
1. Consolation draws (3 matches, 21 points) will be held for each event except those played as round robins or pools because of entry size.
2. All main and Consolation draw matches will be the best of three games to Badminton World Federation (BWF) 21 points with a rally-point scoring system.
3. All junior draw matches will be the best of three games to 21 points with a rally-point scoring system.
4. A player not ready to play 10 (ten) minutes after their match is called may be defaulted.
5. Each Player in a doubles partnership must submit separate entry forms.
6. For the U-17 age group, (athletes must have a birth date in either 2008 or later (2009, 2010, etc...)
7. For the U-13 age group, (athletes must have a birth date in either 2012 or later (2013, 2014, etc...)
8. Entry fees will only be eligible for refund if the tournament committee is notified at least 72 hours before the start of play.
9. The tournament committee reserves the right to change the above conditions.