BEING A PRO BADMINTON PLAYER FOR THE DAY? Irish Graded International Event 2019 VLOG
Hey everyone! This is my first vlog (and most likely the only vlog that I will do) because I got to experience something rather unique. And it would be a waste if I did not show you my experience.
Badminton Ireland are celebrating their 125th anniversary and they hosted a home nations tournament. These included teams from the hosts (Ireland), England, Scotland and Wales. The uniqueness of this event is that it is a graded tournament meaning you have to be BELOW a certain standard to play this tournament. Basically if you are too good or a pro player, you can't play. The grading system is used in all countries (although the criteria of a player in a grade will be different between countries) to assess a player's ability. For this tournament, there were 4 categories: Grade E (1st), Grade F (2nd), Grade G (3rd), Grade H (4th). Just for some background for those who are not aware of the grading system, English pro players will be grade A's and English junior nationals will probably be grade B and above, very strong county players will be around grade C or D (please let me know if you disagree). In each category, all nations play against each other once in a round robin format. The events consisted of MS, WS, MD, WD and XD. I was lucky enough to be chosen for the Grade F team.
I have enclosed the following links should you be interested in any of them:
Playlist of all the games:
https://www.youtube.com/playli....st?list=PLtWe11lJu86
Results:
https://www.badmintonireland.c....om/sport/tournament.
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