The ActivLives Badminton Tournament

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2 people play a game of badminton. One player wears a purple t-shirt with white stripes on the sleeves with the word Suffolk emblazoned on the back of the shirt, he stands with his back to the camera. The badminton net stretches across the middle of the photo and the second player is in the background of the photo. He wears a white t-shirt, black shorts and red trainers. He holds a pruple badminton racquet in his right hand.

The ActivLives Inclusive Badminton Tournament is being held in Ipswich on Saturday 20 November.

This tournament is targeted at our own local players who play regularly with ActivLives – many of the competitors also compete in Special Olympics competitions.

This will be a Singles tournament consisting of round-robin group games. All of the competitors will be ‘divisioned’ based upon their playing abilities, with a system of ‘head starts’ also being used to try to ensure that there are plenty of close games. It is planned to round the event off with a Team Relay, making use of a novel format used at a recent Youth Olympics. Prior entry for the competitors will be required.

All of the umpires and scorers for this event will be volunteers – thank you in advance to all of them!

The event will be delivered by ActivLives, with the support of Special Olympics Suffolk.

Pre-entry is required – contact mike@activlives.org.uk for more details, or call ActivLives on 01473 345350. Covid-19 measures (Hands-Face-Space-Fresh Air), will be in place at this event.