ACT Teams Win three grades at the Albury/Wodonga Veterans Team Tournament, 4-5 November 2023
In the ACT’s best showing ever, all ACT teams which entered the event won their respective grades. A simply incredible achievement. Congratulations to the members of the three ACT teams that won: ACT Hotshots – A Grade Team Captain : Indu Sealey Members: Farhad Islam, Santosh Rawat, Molson Chengalath, Elijah Devaprakash (Prakash), Nareena Bora Rawat, Niluka Prishani Robindran, WEI HaiHua (WanTong). Grade B1 Tassie Phalasri Kulwant Kaur Vijaya (Bhanu) Kundrapu Carol Chang Jaya Thotthadi (team captain) Wenfeng (Jimmy) Ji Ramesh Kyla Sateesh Gade Grade C1 Roseanne Campion Lien Nguyen Janet Lee Hisako Ewing Bach Nguyen Sajith Nair Mark Thoener (team captain) Rohan Baxter
BACT Annual Gala Dinner & Awards Night 2023
BACT Annual Gala Dinner & Awards Night 2023
Come for a night of BBQ Buffet (vegetarian option available), BACT club & junior awards, and a price raffle (including a badminton racket!)
When:
Saturday 9 December 2023, 7pm
Dress code:
Smart casual
Cost:
$32 per adult, $10 per child under 12
Where:
Eastlake Club, 51 Hinder Street Gungahlin ACT
National Accredited Umpiring Course
Are you interested in becoming a badminton umpire?
You could have a fun, exciting and fulfilling career as a badminton technical official!
National Accredited Umpiring Course
Presenter and assessor: Sheehan Lim
2023 Phoenix Graded Junior Tournament
Registration is now open for 2023 Phoenix Graded Junior Tournament at https://ba.tournamentsoftware.
This tournament is Open to ACT Juniors only. Juniors must be under the age of 18. Events in this tournament are Mixed Gender entries for both Singles and Doubles.
Entries Guideline
A Grade is for Juniors with Competition experience (eg. ANU Closed B/C Grade)
B Grade is for Juniors with Training experience (eg. ACT Squad or ANU Closed D Grade)
C Grade is for Juniors with Social experience in ACT clubs
D Grade is for Junior Beginners
Events: A, B, C, D
Date: Sun 22 October 2023, 8.30am-5.30pm
Price: $25 First entry, $20 Additional entry
Location: CGS gymnasium, 40 Monaro Cres, Red Hill ACT, 2603
Contact: Coach.phoenixactbclub@gmail.
Bronze Medals for 2023 U19 ACT Team!
ACT team (with 2 SA girls) entered Div 2 in the competition, fought hard to finish 3rd place (Bronze).
Badminton Coaching Foundation Course Entries Open
BACT has arranged for our first Badminton Australia Foundation Level coaching course (physical component) to be held: Badminton Coaching Foundation Course – 9th of July 2023 at Canberra Grammar School – 8:30am to 4:30pm. (BYO lunch) This course is a prerequisite to all the BWF Level Coaching courses, and is the minimum required accreditation for coaching at Australian national events. The course is half online (via Badminton Australia) and half in-person. Registration for this in-person course is required as places are limited (18). Currently active coaches or those wishing to be active coaches in their clubs or schools, will be given preference. The in-person part of the course will cost $70 to cover the costs for participants to attend the in-person training part of the course. The online component is another $85 (for Adults) charged by Badminton Australia and includes the current years coach registration fee ($46). If you are interested I would suggest that you first speak to your Club Presidents as if you are keen to coach at your clubs then the clubs may assist in terms of the costs for the course. Attendees must complete the online portion of the course (preferably prior to the 9th and provide their [read more…]
ANU Closed Tournament 2023 Details Released
Registration is now open for our ANU Closed Tournament, register here. Details: Events: MS, WS, MD, WD, XD Note: for doubles events, it is recommended you enter with a partner, however we will try our best to allocate one if you do not have one – please include it in the notes of your entry. Recommendations for divisions – please read below before you enter! Competition Dates: A and C grade: Saturday 22 July, 10-5pm B and D grade: Sunday 23 July, 10-5pm A more detailed schedule of exact event times will be released later! Price: Club members: $30 first entry, $20 any additional entry Non-Club members: $30 first entry, $20 any additional entry + $7 flat fee Location: New Hall, ANU Sport More information can be found on our Facebook page or on tournament software. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us via email or through our Facebook/Wechat. Best of luck and we hope to see you there! There also may or may not be a raffle with a racquet, and racquet bag up for grabs! DIVISIONS!! ☺ The table below provides recommendations and cut-offs for choosing which division to place yourself in. Please [read more…]