Tuesday September 9 - Saturday September 13

The Games will be held here in Nanaimo and will include Badminton. I will post links here to Games information as well as registration links as information

  • Registration for players will open on April 1, 2025. I will add a link here when it becomes available. There will be a play down event held here in Nanaimo for Zone 2 (central and north island) on  on April 26 11:30 to 2:00 pm at Oliver Woods. You must be fully registered to attend.

For more information please contact me: Rob Carruthers

Nanaimo 2025 55+ BC Games - Main Page

Zone 2 - Get Ready to Register!

Badminton Information

  • Venue - Oliver Woods Community Centre, 6000 Oliver Road, Nanaimo

  • Registration Fee – $137 (includes $20 membership, $17 sport fee, $100 participant fee). Refund Policy. Refunds will only be given for withdrawal because of illness or injury up until 45 days prior to the Games. No refunds after that.

  • Days of Competition – Participants must accredit (register) on Tuesday, Sept 9; competition takes place Wednesday – Saturday, September 10 – 13

  • Eligibility: For Badminton, participants must be permanent residents of British Columbia who are 55 years of age or older by December 31st in the year of the Games. Participants can only move up in skill level and can only move down in age category.  Partners must play in the age category of the youngest team member. I.E. You and your partner would like to play doubles in badminton, your partner is 64 and you are 67; both of you would have to compete in the 60-64 age category. For sports with more than one age category, a person must not be displaced by someone wishing to play in a younger or more competitive age category.

  • For more details regarding qualifying click on this link: Badminton Rules and Regulations

  • Skill Level - Either Open, or Recreational, Competitive for age age group.

  • This is a “Team” Event - Quite different than traditional tournaments. One big difference is that the Zone lead, ultimately determines the doubles teams, based on the games rules. Teams in each age group will be filled by qualified players in that age group first, and only allow another player to play down if there is no other qualified player.

Please! Register as a Volunteer for Badminton

  • We will need a lot of volunteers to run this tournament. It runs for 4 days. We will need help with setup and take down. We will need volunteers for Greeters, Court Monitors, First Aid, Medal Presentations and more! All volunteers must be registered with the Games and will be provided official redentials. The first step is to great an online account and fill in the information required. Duties will actually be assigned later. I am hoping that all players who plan to participate will also register as a volunteer. The more volunteers we have the shorter the volunteer shifts. For example, we will need probably 3-4 shifts per day for court monitors on each side of the gym. That would be 6-8 volunteers per day for 2-3 hour shifts. That is a lot of shifts to cover! I am registered! Rob Carruthers