Badminton

Conditions

The Sports Carnival Committee reserves the right to modify or cancel the sport if insufficient nominations are received.

Shield Points

The winner will receive 15,000 points and the runner up 9,000 points

Requirements

You will need to provide your own racquet.

Shuttlecocks will be supplied.

Players must dress and have footwear appropriate for the sport.

Umpires will be designated by the coordinator for the finals with a preference for the umpire to

come from a neutral site.

Rules

The badminton competition will be conducted under the rules set down by the International

Badminton Federation, except where modified by the following:

General

The Badminton competition will be held as a three round robin tournament.

- men’s singles (Mon, Thu)

- ladies singles (Mon, Thu)

- men’s doubles (Tue, Thu)

- ladies doubles (Tue, Thu)

All games shall be first to twenty one, and best of three sets. Games will also be limited to 30 minutes each, and whoever is leading at the end of time in the third set will be the winner. If scores are level at the end of time, a sudden death rally will determine the winner.

Ladder points

Points will be awarded as follows:

> win - 3 points 

> loss - 0 points

In the event of a forfeit the team who is available to play shall be awarded the winning points.

For the purposes of ‘for and against’ the score line will be two-nil (2-0). In the event of two or

more teams (players) in a pool finishing with the same number of points, their positions will be

determined on a games for and against basis (games won minus games lost), using the results

from the preliminary round. If still tied, positions will be determined on total points for and

against.

Finals

A final will be contested between the top two teams in each of the men's and ladies pools. The

final is to be contested in a best of five sets.

Medals

Gold and silver medals will be presented after each final for both singles and doubles