The CBC has committed to broadcasting at least 30 minutes of the Canadian International Badminton Tournament to be held from Tuesday February 22 to the finals on Sunday February 27, 2000. This is a full point qualifying tournament for the Olympic seeding - meaning that we expect some of the best players in the world to attend.
A part of the arrangement for televising this tournament is that it is being held in the Atrium (unlimited ceiling height!) of the CBC's new building at 250 Front Street West (2 blocks east of Spadina). Its going to be quite a nice venue, two courts and spectator seating surrounded by curtains, and with possible overflow viewing from the balconies above.
There are two things, as Toronto & District Badminton supporters, that we need to do to make this a spectacular event for Badminton.
1. Fill the seats and more, with enthusiastic spectators. Most importantly, fill all the semi's on Saturday the 26th and especially, the finals on Sunday the 27th. We want to make sure that the televised events themselves show lots of people watching, and we want the CBC to see that people want to watch Badminton. A crowd of several hundred down at their building is the single most effective way we can convince the CBC that they should televise Olympic badminton. Frankly, I would measure success as having too many people on hand to watch!
2. We could use volunteers for the jobs listed below. The involvement of a wider group than some of the regular volunteers will up our level of enthusiasm - and that is infectious. It would also provide a wee bit of training should Toronto ever succeed in hosting the Olympics. To allow all this to happen, I'm going to publicize this on the web, mail it to each club, and phone volunteers to organize volunteers. The volunteers can then phone, fax or email Sandy (the receptionist at my office) to sign up for time slots and tasks (so even if I'm out things keep moving). Finally, watch the T&D web site for more precise tournament details - like game times. We won't know these until after the final draw is made.
Deryck Williams CA CMC
President Toronto & District Badminton Association
2000 Canadian Internation Badminton Tournament
February 23 - 27, 2000, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
250 Front Street West, Toronto Ontario, Canada
$US 10,000 Prize Purse, IBF "A" Ranking Tournament
TO Deryck Williams c/o Sandy Breczuk PKF Hill Toronto,
416-449-9171, fax 416-449-7401, email sandy.breczuk@pkfhill.com
I will be bringing a group of spectators to the tournament as follows
Finals - Sunday Feb 27 # people ____________________
Semis - Saturday Feb 26 # people ____________________
Quarters - Friday Feb 25 # people ____________________
My name is ____________________________________________
My club is _____________________________________________
Contact me as follows ___________________________________
2000 Canadian Internation Badminton Tournament
February 23 - 27, 2000, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
250 Front Street West, Toronto Ontario, Canada
$US 10,000 Prize Purse, IBF "A" Ranking Tournament
TO Deryck Williams c/o Sandy Breczuk PKF Hill Toronto,
416-449-9171, fax 416-449-7401, email sandy.breczuk@pkfhill.com
Volunteer job list
If you are interested in helping with any of the tasks below, fill in your preferences, send the form or information in, and we will contact you to answer any questions, and finalize details.
Hotel Registration Desk _______________________________________________
(2 people, Renaissance Hotel, 1 Blue Jays Way, 2 hours per day,
between Saturday 19th and Tuesday 22nd
Security ___________________________________________________________
(4 - 8 people to work Security at the Atrium. They will have to
attend an orientation session at the CBC building.)
Likely to be from about 12.30 to 22.30 each day (Wednesday to
Friday) and about 12.30 to 19.00 on Saturday & Sunday.
Court Maintenance _____________________________________________
(2 people to clean courts during sessions, making sure that the floor
set-up is fine e.g. ensuring water supply is filled, etc.)
Court Set Up and Take Down ______________________________________
People to help put up and take down courts. (Monday or Tuesday, Saturday
& Sunday or Monday)
Lines people ___________________________________________________
(Lines people - at least 4 per court before quarter finals, then at least
8 per court)
12 people Wednesday & Thursday 1pm to end of play (about 22.30). Friday 20
to 24 people from 13.30 to about 22.00. Saturday/Sunday 20 to 24 people from
13.30 to about 18.30
Where possible these people should have some experience, a few very competent people should be named as team captains to look after a team, assigning who takes which line. I strongly suggest one person as coordinator to ensure people are there, that each team has sufficient personnel, etc.
Draw Desk _____________________________________________________
(2 - 3 People to run the draw desk during play.)
Physio ________________________________________________________
We will need some sort of Medical person (possibly physio only, but contact with doctor for emergencies)
Transportation__________________________________________________
Pick up athletes from airport and take to hotel. Needed possibly to take athletes to airport.
The tournament referee is Gary Walters, and he has the final say on any issues.
My name is ____________________________________________
My club is _____________________________________________
Contact me as follows ___________________________________
Deryck Williams CA CMC
Partner, IT Services
PKF Hill - a member firm of Pannell Kerr Forster Worldwide
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posted from material supplied by Nigel Wallis . Last revised 07 Jan 2002 08:20