The Sabers badminton team (girls and boys) play in two tournaments in April 2017, both at Canadian Academy in Kobe.

WJAA tournament, April 7-8

• Students depart school at 12:45 on Friday (after period 4 and lunch).
• WJAA tournament program (new, updated; pdf)
• WJAA tournament webpage  (contains old match schedule; ignore that one)

APAC tournament, April 13-14-15

• Students travel directly to CA early Thursday morning. Arrive at CA by 8:15 AM.
• 08:30 AM - opening ceremony
• APAC tournament WEBSITE
• APAC tourney rules (pdf)
• APAC tourney information (pdf)

RESULTS SUMMARY - FALCON DOMINATION: The CA Falcons showed their obvious badminton superiority in winning 17 of 20 matches vs the NIS Dolphins and then 18 of 20 matches vs the host SOIS Sabers. The Dolphins took 13 of 20 matches vs the Sabers. One bright spot for the Sabers was the play of girls singles players Shiori Nakajima and Nanako Ogura who were victorious in their matches.

FORMAT

• Teams: 8 boys and 8 girls.
• Singles 1, singles 2, doubles 1, doubles 2, mixed doubles 1, mixed doubles 2.
• 3 courts.
• Matches: best of 3 sets; sets played to 21 points (must win by 2).
• Shotgun format: next match goes to first court available. Be ready.
• Warm up: 3 minutes. Hurry.
• Players judge themselves. Sabers players will keep score. Sportsmanship.
• Non-tournament play: no final places or trophies. Playing for the love of the game.

ITINERARY
Friday

• Dolphins arrive at SOIS at about 15:15, in time to get into gym at 15:30 for 16:00 start.
• Dolphins overnight at SOIS on rented futons.

Saturday

• 09:00 - Dolphins vs Falcons.
• 11:30 - Dolphins finish. Lunch. Departure.
• 12:00 - Falcons vs Sabers
• 14:30 - all finished.

The Sabers high school badminton team, coached by Hasegawa-sensei and Mr. Lewis, has been invited to compete in the annual Asia Pacific Activities Conference (APAC) championship tournament, April 13-15, 2017, at Canadian Academy, Rokko Island, Kobe. This is a great opportunity for our badminton players to play top competition from China, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Japan.

• tournament information (pdf)
• match schedule - 3 days (pdf)
• badminton rules, APAC (pdf)