Sponsored by Rhode Island Association of Chinese Americans (RIACA).
Come and join us for the fun and exciting badminton tournament and bring back trophies for your happy holiday season! We only honor the first 100 registrations! First Come First serve. Time is limited! Hurry!
Date:
Saturday, December 10, 11am – 4pm
Sunday, December 11, 1pm – 4pm
Venue:
URI Gymnasiums in the Tootell Aquatic Center. There are 12 official badminton courts in that facility.
Visit the page at https://www.uri.edu/athletics/recservices/directions.html for driving directions.
Events: MS, MD, WS, WD, XD
Entry Fee: $25 per event or $60 for all three events. Only checks are accepted. USAB membership not required.
Click here to register and verify online entries.
The deadline to register and verify entries: Thursday, December 8, 2011.
Format: Initial qualification rounds will be played round robin in groups of 4-5 in each event, 1 game to 21 points on a self-officiating basis. Final playoffs will be best of 3 games to 21 points. This arrangement assures that all participants will play a minimum of 3 matches in each event while at the same time have enough energy to play another event. We use a standard tournament planner software to build the intial draws. Feather shuttlecocks will be provided.
Awards and Prizes: Thanks to our sponsor: Rhode Island Association of Chinese Americans (RIACA). In addition to trophies, we will give cash prizes to winners of RI Badminton Open. Match draws will be done only for paid registrants.
- Division A/B Champions: $200
- Division A/B Finalists: $100
- Division C/D Champions: $100
- Division C/D Finalists: $50
Schedule of Play:
Registration and warm-up: 11:00am
All matches will start at 11:30am.
Contact Information:
Qian Xie
Confucius Institute
112 Swan Hall
60 Upper College Road
Kingston, 08221
Email: uricimail@gmail.com
Phone: 401-874-4792
Tournament Organizing Committee:
Qing Yang, Bin Rao, Bin Zhong, Jane Song, Linda Zhou, Ken Gu, Hua Zhang, Diqing Hu, Qian Xie, Lisa Chen, Wayne He, Yihai Zhu, Yongbo Zeng