2006 QUEENSLAND OPEN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS

Please find attached the entry form for the QUEENSLAND OPEN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006 to be conducted on the 23 July 2006, 29 July 2006 and 30 July 2006. They have secured the Arena, Sleeman Sports Complex for this tournament. This is the venue that was purpose built for badminton and used for the 1982 Commonwealth Games. All events will be completed on the date advertised so this provides you with an opportunity to play even if you are only available one day.

2006 SBA VETERANS TEAM EVENT & JUNIOR OPEN

This event is being held at the newly refurbished Sports Hall at Sydney Olympic Park. Join the competition with your team during this winter season! Download the rules and entry forms here.

2006 NSW Open & 2006 NSW Junior Winter Open

Three age groups in the NSW Junior Winter Open are offered as the U17 and U19 groups are encouraged to participate in the A or C Grade NSW Open. Download the entry forms here.

2006 UNSW Autumn Open

The University of New South Wales Badminton Club will be hosting a tournament in late May. Please download the attached entry form. Please get your entries in early. Please also note that on 07/05/2006 it was announced that the new scoring system has been definitely implemented officially by the IBF general assembly.

The NSW Under 17 Teams are off to Perth this week!

Two NSW teams are travelling to Perth for the 2006 June Bevan Trophy & Australasian Under 17 Championships

Team A is represented by: Andy Chan, Jonathan Chan, Denise Chee, Belinda Chung, Elena Kwok, Justin Lee, Andre Lim, Jessica Low, Jonathan So, Louise Sun,

Team B is represented by: Varun Bharadwaj, Samantha Chien, Upeka Chandra, Cheryl Ho, Bennett Heung, Oshada Wijesinghe, Andrew Wong, Chamani Wong, Holstein Wong, Leslie Yau

NSWBA wishes the teams the best, and that entourage of athletes, family and management team will have a safe and enjoyable trip! You can catch the results on the Badminton Australia website - http://www.badminton.org.au

2006 Ede Clendinnen Shield & Australian Closed Championships

NSW is the host for this tournament from 12 – 19 August 2006. Please see attached for information.

Please note that there will be a new floor in the Olympic Park Hall after the Easter Show and the walls will have cladding, painted a grey colour. For interested athletes, officials and volunteers, please confirm your attendance with Jerome Gomez (Email: jeromegomez@ozemail.com.au). All interested participants should attend the next few tournaments such as the one to be held by Sydney University.

2006 USYD Autumn Open

The University of Sydney Badminton Club will be hosting a tournament in May. Please see the attached poster and proceed to the club's website for the entry form.

2006 CP Maddern & U19 Australian Championship

The tournament will be held in Ballarat, Victoria between 2 July- 9 July. A selection will be held to choose 5 boys and 5 girls to represent NSW for the above event. Details as below:

Entry can be sent by e-mail or phone to:

2006 Val Nesbitt Trophy and U15 Australasian Championships

Badminton Australia recently has announced the venue of the 2006 Val Nesbitt Trophy and U15 Australasian championships is Western Suburbs BA at Altona, Victoria and the dates are Sept 28 - Oct 2, 2006.

A selection event will be undertaken to choose the potential players to represent NSW to participant the above carnival. There will be scheduled training for the players follow the selection. Parents are encouraged to travel with the players if possible and to assist the Management Team.

To accomplish the events below are some commitments to which the selected players and their parents need to undertake:

The selection details are as follows:

Want to represent Australia as a Junior?

Badminton Australia are asking for Expressions of Interest from Juniors (Under 19) wanting to represent Australia in the 3 following competitions:
2006 World Juniors (26 Oct – 4th Nov, Korea)
2006 Pan Pacific Invitational (10th – 13th Sept, Brisbane)
2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival (17th – 21st Jan, Sydney)
The specific selection criterion for each event, the detailed selection policy and selection criteria can be found on the Badminton Australia website.

UNSW Easter Open

The UNSW Badminton Club will be hosting the next badminton tournament in Sydney. Please see the entry forms here.

Results from the February 2006 Junior and Veterans Tournament

Results are attached here. There was also an article published about the tournament. To see further, see the following attachment.

Player Gradings Update

NSWBA is pleased to announce that a player grading list will now be published on the website. The attached list is a the most recently updated.

2006 SBA Committee

On 21 January, Castle Hill RSL Badminton Club hosted the 2006 SBA AGM. We welcome the following elected 2006 SBA Committee:

1. President - Sam Sinayah (Kellyville Club)
2. Vice President - Paul Yap (Kellyville Club & Hornsby Club)
3. Treasurer - Peter Tan (Castle Hill RSL Club)
4. Secretary - Kim Low (Dulwich Hill Club)
5. Committee Members - Geoffrey Yii (ShuttleBugs), Peter Khoo (Castle Hill RSL Club), Elaine Tsang (Macquarie University Club), Kathy Fong (Dulwich Hill Club).

Thank you and Congratulations!

Upcoming Tournament

The 2006 NSW Junior and Veterans Tournament will be held over the weekend of 18th and 19th February at Sydney Olympic Park. Please see the attachment for entry forms.

Commonwealth Games News

Message from IBF:

Melbourne 2006 have advised that the new scoring system will be used for the Games in Melbourne. IBF welcomes the Commonwealth Games transition to the new era of badminton. Melbourne 2006's far sighted decision to go with the new scoring system is a positive for the sport. IBF is confident that the new scoring system will create a more exciting game for spectators and be more appealing to television.

In accepting the new direction of the sport, M 2006 and the Commonwealth Games has shown that they are a multi sport event for the modern era. IBF congratulates Melbourne 2006 on their decision. Punch Gunalan, Deputy Presidetn said tha the M2006 decision follows on the success of the Chinese Masters event that was held in the new format only 2 weeks ago. He said that the IBF Council was confident this would be the scoring system to be used for the next Olympics.

IBF is confident that its technical officials will be up to the new game; all of our players will also be well versed in the new rules, having played the very important Thomas and Uber Cup Preliminary rounds in that format in the weeks before the Commonwealth Games. Some Continents will also have played their Continental Championships in the new format.

Welcome to the new era of badminton!

For further information regarding scoring and rules of the game, please see the