last updated August 9, 2025

2025 Nanaimo Open and MastersTournament - October 3-5, 2025

Oliver Woods Community Centre (8 courts) 6000 Oliver Rd, Nanaimo, BC, V9T 6T6

Nanaimo Christian School (6 courts) 198 Holland Road, Nanaimo, BC, V9R 6W2

This is only a summary of key information. Please see the Tournament Regulations for details.

Click here for Online Registration. The Tournament “Regulations” (i.e. Detailed Information) can be found on the Home page… just scroll down a bit.

  • Make sure to update your BBC membership well before Registration opens in case there is a problem. Registration is capped at 150 players. Last year, registration was closed after 9 hours. This year, we will close online registration at 110-115 players. Unregistered partners will be handled manually.

 TOURNAMENT CONTACTS

  • General Questions | Rob Carruthers | 250-714-8042 | nanaimobadmtournament@gmail.com

  • Draw Questions | Janice Walker | 250-729-5697 | nanaimobadmtournament@gmail.com

  •  All Badminton BC Registration Questions | 604-385-3595 (Voicemail messages will be answered) | members@badmintonbc.com

CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR

  • Saturday Dinner and Drinks will start at 6 pm. We have confirmed that the buffet will be open at 6 pm for your pleasure. You will not need a dinner ticket, a host will sign you in by name. No prizes this year, our grant restricts this. We will ensure there is adequate seating for everyone!

 ENTRY DEADLINES

  • General Entry Opens: Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 7 pm

  • Entry Closes: Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 11:59 pm

  • Withdrawal Deadline: Wednesday, September 17, 2024 11:59 pm

MATCH SCHEDULE

  • Friday: 5:00 pm to 1:00 am

  • Saturday: 8:30 am to 6:00 pm

  • Sunday: 9:00 am to 4:30 pm

  • The Gym will be open for setup and warmup 30 minutes earlier than above.

    ** players needing to catch a specific ferry or flight please advise drawdesk before leaving the gym Saturday and we will do our best to get your final matches completed early Sunday

EVENT CATEGORIES

  • Womens Singles (WS) Mens Singles (MS) Womens Doubles (WD) Mens Doubles (MD) Mixed Doubles (XD) Combined Age Doubles (CD)

 AGE GROUPS

  • Open (any age) MS, WS, MD, WD, XD

  • Masters ages groups (30+, 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+ and 80+) are determined as of December 31. 2024

  • 55+ Combined Doubles and 80+ Combined Doubles - no gender restrictions, combined age of you and your partner must equal 55 or more (CD55+) or 80 or more (CD80+) (eg 20+35 for 55+  or 35+45 for 80+ all works).

MAXIMUM # of EVENTS

  • Players under 70 years of age can enter in a maximum of 4 events, (Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles and/or Combined Doubles 55+ or 80+  

  • ** maximum 2 doubles (mens or womens), 2 mixed doubles and/or 2 singles events.

  • ** maximum 1 combined doubles

  • ** players who enter 1 combined doubles can play ONLY ONE Singles

  • ** players who enter 1 combined doubles MAY ENTER TWO doubles (mens or womens)

  • ** NOTE: Doubles, singles and combined doubles are all started on Saturday and could have 3 matches in each event that day; so please use your best discretion in entering 3 or 4 of these events.

  • Players 70+ may enter a maximum of 5 events provided that 3 events are in their own age group and subject to approval of HOC and scheduling capacity. Players 70+ who wish a 5th event should specify the event in the comment section on entry.

Questions or clarifications must be raised to the Tournament Director before the draws are published.

 Key Points

We are very pleased to announce that the 2025 Nanaimo Open and Masters will be open for registration on August 21. We have great venues here in Nanaimo with 8 courts at Oliver Woods Community Centre and 6 courts at the Nanaimo Christian School. The Full registration includes assorted healthy and cold snacks on Friday night, a sandwich bar and buffet 11:00 - 2:00 Saturday for and a dinner on Saturday night at the Driftwood Chinese Buffet a few minutes away.

We will be capping entries at 150 players. If you have partners arranged please list them in your entry and try to get them to register as soon as possible. If you are still looking for partners, register now and add partner(s) name(s) later when you have them confirmed. If online entries is closed early, we will do this manually as able.

The registration fee is

  • $100 with Saturday night dinner or

  • $85 without the dinner.

  • The Chinese buffet will include multiple protein dishes, vegetarian, gluten free and lactose free options.

If you are travelling from mainland BC by car, you need to book your reservation soon. Reservations are only $15 if paying your fare 7 days prior to sailing. Reservations can be cancelled for a refund minus a $5 fee up to 24 hours prior to departure. We strongly recommend booking your reservation now. Booking now will guarantee you a spot! :-)

  • Friday evening will be mixed doubles. If you are playing XD and are booking Horseshoe Bay to Departure Bay on Friday, the morning or early afternoon sailings are best so that any traffic or ferry delays do not cause disruptions to the draws. The 1:25 pm sailing is already sold out. The Tsawassen to Duke Point is another good option, particularly if you are from Richmond or Surrey.

    https://www.bcferries.com/book-sailings

    Warmups will start at 4:45 pm and matches asap after that.

  • The draw desk will try to accommodate players who need to be done earlier on Sunday due to travel, please let them know Saturday afternoon.

  • If you can stay with a friend in Nanaimo for the tournament, and they can provide you some transportation, you can go walk-on with BC Ferries, or try the new Hullo fast ferry. 70 minutes from downtown Vancouver! https://hullo.com/

Hotel Rebates and Tournament Hotel

We a generous grant from Nanaimo Toursim and we will again be offering a $15/night rebate for each unique stay for participants staying in Nanaimo Hotels or Motels (not AirBNB etc). Rebates will be done by e-transfer after the tournament. There are tournament discounts offered at the Inn on Long Lake, the Ramada Inn and the Coast Bastion Hotel. See the Regulations for details.

If you have any questions, please send them to our tournament email account: nanaimobadmtournament@gmail.com

… and a very special thank you to George Harm, who has again produced a fantastic tournament poster! Please post it in your club, on your wall or social media pages. Let Rob know if you would like a high resolution PDF for printing a poster.

Tournament Dinner - Saturday October 4

  • Driftwood Restaurant, 4711 Rutherford Rd, Nanaimo, BC V9T 5S5, Chinese Food Buffet

  • Dinner and Drinks start at 6 pm as soon as you arrive