The first edition of the Rivers State Governor’s Badminton Championship is scheduled to hold at the Alfred Diette-Spiff Civic Centre, Port Harcourt from December 19 to 22.
The championship will be the first ever national badminton championship to be hosted in Port Harcourt Rivers State.
According to the organizers, a total prize money of N7.02million will be competed for in the 4-day event with the winner of the men’s and women’s singles taking home N300, 000 each. Cash prizes will also be spread from the second position to the 32nd place finishers for singles and 16th place finishers for doubles and mixed doubles.
Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN) who are the organizers of the championship says all entries must be made online through the BFN website with entries not expected to be submitted later than Friday, 7th December 2018.
The federation said late entries will not be accepted. Players for the event are expected to arrive at the venue on Tuesday 18th December 2018, while accommodation will be provided for all state accredited players as well as free launch throughout the championship.
It added that honours will be competed for in Men’s Singles (MS), Women’s Singles (WS), Men’s Doubles (MD), Women’s Doubles (WD) and Mixed Doubles (XD) with no player allowed to feature in more than two events. Team managers are expected to converge at the conference room of the venue for a technical meeting on December 19 before the tournament kicks off.
