LATEST NEWS

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From Dream to Reality: ON Saturday March 21, 2020, Harwood Junior Badminton Centre is hosting a tournament for both adults (16 an over) and youth (under 16) with the purpose of raising funds to support the training efforts of NYL YAKURA, a young male athlete who will in all likelihood, represent Canada at the 2020 Olympics in badminton. Nyl started his play at Harwood, a small  school-based badminton club in Ajax, Ontario and was a most exciting youngster who won many titles at district and provincial junior events and had a remarkable career within COBA for that time.  Early on, Nyl had a dream to represent Canada and compete at the Olympics so he moved on to Mandarin Badminton Club where the training could be more intensive and individualized and again, represented Mandarin, Ontario and Canada in many events. Recently Nyl moved to train at KC Badminton Club where his athletic career continues to flourish – today Nyl is a member of Canada’s national team and working toward the 2020 Olympics, the fulfillment of his dream long ago.  

You can support him by:

1. Enter and compete in the 2019 From Dream to Reality tournament on Saturday, January 18th at Ontario Tech University - 8 courts in play all day from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Men’s/women’s/ mixed doubles along with junior boy’s/girl’s/mixed doubles. All details at tournament site http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/CookieWall/Index?returnurl=%2fsport%2ftournament.aspx%3fid%3d08E22A54-08FB-41EF-AB9D-CE863E56D108

2. Purchase a Nyl Yakura “From Dream to Reality” T-shirt at a cost of $25.00 with all profits to be given to Nyl.  All details online at http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/CookieWall/Index?returnurl=%2fsport%2ftournament.aspx%3fid%3d08E22A54-08FB-41EF-AB9D-CE863E56D108 

3. Donate a draw prize for the tournament – all such donations will be acknowledged in the local press and at badminton websites. Contact Wayne King at fabcoach@rogers.com or at 647-290-0901 to confirm that donation.

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TDBA OWG Team:  Thank you to all the athletes that tried out for our OWG Team. We are happy to announce that the following athletes will represent TDBA in the upcoming games: Jessica Cheng, Heidi Jiang, Karen Ki, Carolyn Po Lee, Sophia Nong, Simona Sileras, Victor Lai, David Lock, Timothy Lock, Harold Tan, Kevin Wang & Alex Longsheng Xu. They have already started practices and we wish them and coach Reza & manager Mai all the best!

 

 

TDBA 2019-20 Affiliation:  Hi everyone, it is time to update your affiliation with TDBA for the 2019-20 season. Why affiliate? Your club should affiliate because you get $5M general liability and $2M Error & Ommissions/Directors & Officers insurance at a reasonable rate. The insurance runs from July 2019 to June 2020. 

If you affiliate, you also become a member of Badminton Ontario. If you join as a competitive club your members can buy a player's card to compete in provincial sanctioned tournaments. All clubs will be listed on TDBA and Badminton Ontario's website and you can keep up to date on the latest district and provincial news and developments in badminton. If you have any questions, please email President@bgta.ca. You can find an affiliation form and costs at our Affiliation page.

 

Regional Umpire Training:  If anyone is interested in pursuing officiating you can find out more at this link: http://www.badmintonontario.ca/Programs/Officiating/PathwaystoUmpireCertification.aspx

Anyone interested can also submit their name to Badminton Ontario using this survey link: https://forms.gle/bR7J6tRoGBrsum1Q9

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Shop Toronto & District Badminton Association:  TDBA has partnered with Badminton Direct!

Need gear for the new season? Visit our on-line store for all your needs!

http://tdba.proshopdirect.ca/

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Upcoming tournaments for the 2019-2020 Season: This year TDBA will be holding a tryout for the Ontario Winter Games at the beginning of November.  We are looking for 6 boys and 6 girls to represent our district to compete against the other 6 districts in Ontario. The Winter Games takes place every 2 years. Perhaps this is your year to be part of TDBA's Winter Games Badminton Team!! The TDBA Masters will take place at Epic in the middle of November. We plan on holding a TDBA Jr. C Tournament at the end of March. The TDBA Open School Tournament will be taking place in at the beginning of May and will run the same weekend as OFFSA.   Please refer to our "Tournaments" for updates. 

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Peel Badminton Club's Free Coaching for New Members:  The club opened on January 9, 2016. All students in the Brampton area are welcome. Coaching is geared towards students playing for their badminton team at school or wanting to compete in other tournaments. Please click on the tab below to find out more details about the FREE COACHING FOR NEW MEMBERS.

 

 

 

 

Etobicoke Junior Badminton Club: Please note the the Etobicoke Junior Badminton Club is looking for new players that are highschool age. Friday sessions are from 6:00 to 8:00 pm for younger players and 8:00 to 10:00 pm for high school age youths. They also have Wednesday training session from 6:00 to 8:00 pm for Friday members by invitaiton. Please contact them if you are interested. Their contact information is listed under our Where to PLAY tab.

 

 

The Where to Play lists clubs that are affiliated with TDBA. If you are interested in affiliation, please click the Affiliation button. If you would like to know more, please feel free to contact us.