Family Fun Badminton Championships at MBA

BADMINTON: The Mercantile Badminton Association (MBA) has come up with a novel idea of infusing more interest to the sport by coming up with the idea of having a tournament called the Family Fun Badminton Championship 2008. This tournament will be played on June 29 at the Tamil Union Sports Club's Indoor Stadium.

The championships will consist of the following events: 1. Family Team Event (father, mother and child), 2. Family Individual Event - Member and Spouse or Member and Child. A member can play in only one category (in 1 or 2).

For the team event, the tourney will be conducted on a knock-out or league basis and each tie will consist of a men's singles, ladies singles and mixed doubles. In each tie, the first match will be the mixed doubles match. The person who forwards the entry (MBA member) as a rule has to play the mixed doubles match.

The player who forwards the entry (MBA member) should be a married person. The marriage and birth certificates to be produced if they are required. The individual event is designed for members who are married but have no children unable to play in the team event due to some reason.

The individual event will be played on a knock-out or league basis.

The member must play in the event for which the entry is sent.

The partner should be either the spouse or child.

Participation is open to permanent employees of all Mercantile Sector Establishments that are affiliated to the Mercantile Badminton Association.