2011 Yonex Houston Open Tournament will be held at Fonde Recreation Center (110 Sabine, Houston, TX) on Nov 4th, 5th and 6th.
Mail-in Registration Form
Pay the entry fees & complete registering
Events:
13 and under, & 17 and under - Boy's Singles/Doubles, Girl's Singles/Doubles, Mixed Doubles
B and Open - Men's & Women's Singles, Men's & Women's Doubles, and Mixed Doubles
Seniors - Men's & Women's Doubles, & Mixed Doubles
Master - Men's Doubles
Eligibility:
For BS, GS, BD, GD, XD (played in 13 and under, & 17 and under), eligibility is determined by age as of Dec 31, 2011.
Senior events are open to players who are 35 years/older (women) or 40 years/older (men) as of Dec 31, 2011.
Additional event: Master Men Doubles who are 50 years/older as of Dec 31, 2011.
Schedule:
Friday (4th): All B and Open Singles start at 5.00pm - 9.00pm
Saturday (5th): All Junior, B, and Open events start at 8.00am - 9.00pm
Sunday (6th): All Senior and Master events will start at 9.00am - finish.
All Open semi final and finals will be play in the morning too.
Fees:
B, Open, Senior: $35(1), $50(2), $60(3)
Juniors: $15(1), $25(2), $30(3)
Registration:
Entry fees should be paid by paypal or check before the deadline.
Payment Instruction:
If you decide to "PAY LATER," please go to www.paypal.com, go to SEND MONEY TAB.
Then, send money to 2010hbc@gmail.com with the correct amount and indicate the payment for 2011 Yonex Houston Open Tournament.
For juniors’ entries payment, please fill out the form online and click "PAY LATER" and follow the instruction above to make the payment.
Mail entry, check to: Houston Badminton Club, P.O BOX 1094, Bellaire, TX77402-1094
Deadline for Online registration is by Sunday Oct 23rd, 2011
Mail-in entries must be postmarked by Friday Oct 21st, 2011
Entries after the deadline and/or if tournament entry limit has reached maximum, all other entries will be rejected.
Online registrants will NOT be entered in the tournament until their entry fees is received. The entry deadline will be strictly enforced and entries will be limited to the first 170 paid registrants.
NO LATE ENTRIES ACCEPTED!
Awards:
Total prize money: $6,000
Regulations:
The draws for the tournament will be made by the Houston Tournament Committee.
The Tournament Committee reserves the right to make the final decision on the draws.
All matches will be the best of three games of 21 scoring system; however, all consolation events will only play 1 game of 21 points (except if you're in Consolation Final Match).
• No Profanity. Tournament committee will have discretion on barring violators.
• Players have 5 minutes from the time of First Call of game. Players who warm up longer than 3 minute from First Call will be penalized, including but not limited to a shorter game of 15 points or forfeiture of game.
• All Open, B events will be played (i.e. they will not be cancelled irrespective of # of players)
• For Open & B; any player can play in B but cannot play in Open of the same category (for Example: cannot play B Singles and Open Singles. Can play B Singles and Open Doubles).
• No Consolation events are played if less than 6 teams in category.
• If you need a partner, we will find a paid registrant as a partner. If we cannot not find you a partner, you entry will cancelled and your fee for that event will be refunded.
NOTES:
Upon registering online through tournament software, do the following:
Please select your T-shirt size during the completion of registration in the extra item(Small, Medium, Large or Xlarge).
Please enter your Member ID (required), if you don't have any you can MAKE UP with any number.
After registering successfully, you should be receiving a confirmation email.
If you indicate "need partner," we would try our best to find a partner. If we are unable to find a double partner for you in that event, you would receive a notification email that your entry for that event would be cancelled, and you have 48 hours acknowledging the notification.
Please come 1 hour before your scheduled matches.
10 minutes default rule will be strictly enforced; warm-up limited to 3 minutes.
Lunch will be provided on Saturday and Sunday for participants. Matches will NOT be stopped during lunch time. Gatorade & bananas will be provided on tournament days.
Tournament Director (Reynold F. 832-455-9585 / houstonbadmintonclub@gmail.com)
