Officials Development

Badminton Alberta offers three levels of Official's certification in an effort to train officials for local, regional and provincial tournaments; to provide formal recognition for trained Official's; and to provide adequate training opportunities for officials interested in testing as a national level official.

Badminton Alberta offers Official's courses as part of its leadership program and advertises course dates and locations in its newsletter. In addition, the names of individuals completing Official's courses are published and each official is given a certificate at each level of certification.

Please note that all participants registered in an Official's Certification Course must hold a valid FULL membership with Badminton Alberta. Law Books may be purchased through Badminton Alberta.

• National Officials Certification Program

• Alberta officials code of conduct

• Regional Level Officials course schedule

• Directory of Alberta Officials

• Coaching rules for Alberta tournaments

• Travel Expense Claim Form

Officials Resources:

• Laws of Badminton - Updated 2024

• Instructions to Technical Officials - Updated 2024

• Instructions for Umpires and Service Judges (Presentation) - Updated 2021

• Instructions for Referees (Presentation) - Updated 2022

• Vocabulary for Officials - Updated 2024

• Referee's Reporting form - Updated 2024

• Umpire Tally Sheet 

Draw sheet format (pdf format)

• 4 position round robin

• 5 position round robin

• 6 position round robin

• 16 position English pool qualifying draw

• 32 position English pool qualifying draw

• 24 position English pool qualifying draw

Team Tie scoresheet (pdf format)

• 7 match tie