The tournament was sponsored by San Diego Badminton Supply , who provided us with shuttles, set up a supply kiosk, and provided extra prizes to winners and on-site stringing. Format As in tournaments past, we tried to maximize matches between players at similar levels. This one caused some confusion because of its novelty, but worked very nicely in the field. We have solicited comments from the participants in the tournament, and we will compile a summary of the responses here. The Collegiate Cup results were determined by the sum of the top 5 individual performances of members from each collegiate team in the Open tournament.
Collegiate players earn points based on their performance in the main draw.
The points allocation system used was very similar to that of last year, but was slightly more stream-lined and generalized. We learnt last year not to call the winner immediately at the conclusion of the tournament, but to do a careful count afterwards. Indeed, we are glad of that decision, because the race was again very close.