The NSW Police & Emergency Services Games Badminton event is on again this year and is to be held on Saturday 21 September 2024 at the Beaton Park Leisure Centre. In 2022, it was the 2nd time the badminton event was run, and we had a wide representation across Police, Nursing, Corrective Services both current and retired entrants, and looking forward to another fun and amazing event this year.
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. It involves a combination of physical, technical, tactical skills and is the fastest racket sport in the world, with smashes recorded above 400km/h when played at the highest level.
Matches will be played in either a Round Robin Format or Double Elimination format depending on number of entries in each event category.
Each match will consist of best of 3 sets to 21 points with deuce from 20-20 onwards, to be decided by a lead of 2 consecutive points; i.e. 22-20; to a maximum cap at 30 points.
Basic rules (as per Badminton Australia):
The server is required to hit the shuttle below the hip when serving, if the serve is above the hip, this is deemed a fault
A shuttle can only be hit once upon returning a serve/shot
The shuttle must be volleyed over the net to continue play
A serve must be served diagonally with the opponents standing within their respective diagonal boxes
Players cannot make contact with the net
The service is always given to the winner of the previous point, meaning it will alternate on the point won.
The serve must alternate their location from left box to right box or vice versa when maintaining serve.
The event categories to be held this year are:
EVENT | AGE CATEGORY | |
Men’s SINGLES | OPEN age | 45+ age |
Men’s DOUBLES | OPEN age | |
Women’s SINGLES | OPEN age | |
Women’s Doubles | OPEN age | |
MIXED Doubles | OPEN age |
The Sports Fee is $20.00 per person + GST for 1 event and $30.00 per person + GST for 2 or more events. I would encourage you to enter more than one.
Please refer to 2024 Event menu on this website to clarify.
Saturday 21 September 2024
11am
$20.00 per person + GST OR $30.00 per person for 2 or more events + GST (plus Games Registration Fee)
Beaton Park Sports Complex - 37 Foley Street, Gwynneville
Phone: (02) 8882 1342 EN: 64342