Dear member of Tapion Sulka!
The new season has begun, and the players are finding their places in their training groups. Here is general information regarding the start of the season:
The executive director of the club on sick leave
The executive director of the club, Lasse Lindelöf, is currently on sick leave due to a serious illness. In the future, contacts are requested to be handled as follows:
Groups and registrations: Nella Siilasmaa (nella.siilasmaa@gmail.com)
Other questions about the club or badminton: Vellu Melleri (vellu.melleri@gmail.com)
Questions related to the board of the club: Laura Vokkolainen (laura.vokkolainen@hotmail.com)
Open House event on 1.9.
Tapion Sulka together with our neighbor club ESRC (Squash club) organizes an Open House event on Sunday 1st of September from 12:30 to 14:30. At the event, we hope for as many new members as possible to come and try badminton, get the first technical tips from our coaches and get to know our group offering. Current members are also very welcome to attend! There will be a Forza's stand and importer presenting equipment and clothes with many good offers, an service wall challenge, balloons for the youngest in the family and nice time to spend with badminton friends. The courts are mostly reserved for new members for testing the sport. A good opportunity to bring friends and family members to try badminton and squash! Welcome!
Club clothing
Club clothes should be updated right at the beginning of the season. Tapion Sulka's official team clothes can be ordered throughout the season directly from the Badstore.fi website (link in our own website). Familiar FZ Forza products and a selected, changing batch of top products are available to members of Tapion Sulka at special prices.
At the Open House event, there is a great chance to check out the clothes at the hall. The importer of Forza will be there, who will present not only club clothes, but also other products, such as rackets and shoes. This provides an excellent opportunity to test and order new equipment for the new season. Don't forget to take advantage of club benefits when buying clothes and other equipment - they can be found below as a reminder.
More information on ordering club clothing can be found here: https://tapionsulka.fi/en/club-clothing/
Rankings
Rankings are very popular competition events for Tapion Sulka members (free of charge), where you get to play as even matches as possible, regardless of age and skill level, with other members. If you want, you can challenge yourself to get as high as possible in the ranking list published on the website during the season, but you can also participate in just few events and practice the skills learned in training in match situations.
The ranking events start at 10 a.m., but you should come early to warm up. The ranking event can only be registered in advance via the MyClub application. The easiest way to register is through the club's website by clicking directly on the link of the correct date. The registration is open until the previous Friday at 21:00, after which registration closes. The autumn ranking dates are:
7.9.
12.10.
9.11.
14.12. (christmas party doubles ranking)
More information about rankings and links to registration: https://tapionsulka.fi/en/ranking-event/ .
CityJunnuSulkis
Cityjunnusulkis (CJS) is a competition event similar to the rankings, but it is organized by the Finnish Badminton Coaches Association and is aimed at juniors in the capital region (year of birth 2006 and younger). Cityjunnusulkis takes place in Talihalli (Huopalahdentie 28, Helsinki) and lasts a few hours. Registration for the event is done at the hall the same morning, after which you have a bit of time to warm up before the matches start. Registration for younger players (born in 2012 and younger) starts at 9 a.m., it would be good to do the registration at 9-9:15, and for older players (born in 2006-2011) registration starts at 11.30 a.m., and thus be there by 11.30 a.m. at the latest.
Cityjunnusulkis offers an excellent opportunity for hobby juniors and beginner competitive juniors to try competing against opponents of their own level. Juniors who actively compete in age groups typically no longer participate in CJS competitions, so the level is clearly more moderate than in official competitions of the Finnish Badminton Association. CJS dates for the fall 2024 are:
7.9.
2.11.
7.12.
More information about the CJS tournaments here: https://tapionsulka.fi/en/information-about-competitions/ .
CLASH ROYALE Arctic Open
Badminton superstars will come to Finland in October to play a part of the World Tour called CLASH ROYALE Arctic Open powered by YONEX!
The arena is the Vantaa Energia Arena, where the competition will be played on October 8-13, 2024. The prize pool in the race is significant for Finns, almost 500,000 dollars. As badminton is the second largest sport in the world, the World Tour competitions also have an impressive television presence: as the Arctic Open is a Super 500 competition, the reach will be more than 500 million households. In the fall of 2021, Finland organized the mixed team World Cup in the same arena, and according to newspaper reports, it was the most watched TV signal broadcast from Finland ever, when the final broadcast reached approx. 640 million households. When buying tickets for the Arctic Open, use Tapion Sula's club code "TAP24" in the section Club sales - Campaign code. For every ticket marked with a club code, the badminton association will charge our club €5!
This major badminton event is not to be missed! CLASH ROYALE Arctic Open ticket sales have already opened: https://www.lippu.fi/artist/arctic-open/
Member benefits
As a member of Tapion Sulka, you are entitled to the following benefits:
Tapion Sulka is a non-profit sports association and all income is directed to the development of the club's activities.
News - stay up-to-date on the club's activities
The club informs its members about all important and current issues by email. Every month, we send a Monthly email that contains the upcoming month's events and important dates. In addition to the monthly e-mail, individual information may be communicated in separate e-mails.
On Tapion Sulka's website, you can find news and articles where you can find information about current topics and the club's activities.
Tapion Sulka is also active on social media. You can follow the daily life and events of the club on Instagram(@tapionsulka) and Facebook (Tapion Sulka ry).
This is the start of a great badminton season!