Exemptions
Badminton BC is committed to ensuring every competitive opportunity is available to our hard-working athletes. We gladly extend a degree of flexibility in these eligibility requirements in hopes that no athlete will shrink from applying to participate in our tournaments. You are all training hard, and we want to see you succeed!
The following exemption policies were created in consultation with the Badminton BC Competitions
Committee and the Badminton BC Performance Committee, and are applicable to all ages/categories of competition where Badminton BC maintains a participation based eligibility criteria.
Past Events Exemption
Due to this season being the introduction of the Provincial and National Championship Eligibility Criteria and the date of formalization of these new policies, this exemption can be applied for relating to any
event(s) concluding prior to December 31st, 2013. Supporting documentation must clearly detail the
athlete’s level of participation in Provincial, National and International events for the full 2013/14
season.
Scheduling Exemption
In the event of a direct conflict in scheduling between a Provincial ranking event and a National or
International ranking event of the same age/category relevance, the athlete’s participation in either
event can be considered towards their participation based eligibility criteria.
Athlete Out of Province Exemption
In the event that an athlete is temporarily studying, training, or living out of Province, participation in an equal number of age relevant National Circuit events can be considered towards their participation based eligibility criteria. Only under special circumstances will this exemption be provided for a Provincial Championship.
Athlete Out of Country Exemption
In the event that an athlete is temporarily studying, training, or living out of country, participation in an equal number of age relevant local events can be considered towards their participation based eligibility criteria. Only under special circumstances will this exemption be provided for a Provincial
Championship.
Injury Exemption
In the event that an injury prevents an athlete from participating in a competition, provision of a
doctor’s, physiotherapist’s, or chiropractor’s note clearly identifying the injury, the recommendation to
avoid competition, and the suggested length of treatment/recovery can be considered towards their
participation based eligibility criteria.
Requests must be submitted by email to
technical@badmintonbc.com from the athlete’s coach of
record
at least 30 days prior to an event entry deadline. The request must provide the reason that
an exemption is requested as well as any documentation to support the request. Both the coach and
athlete must be current members of Badminton BC.
The Badminton BC Competitions Committee will consider all exemption requests on a case by case basis.