The last practices of the autumn season are on Friday 20.12. The spring season starts on Tuesday January 7th. Training registrations continue automatically for the spring season. If you want to make changes to your registration, please contact Nella Siilasmaa at nella.siilasmaa@gmail.com. Memberships will also automatically continue for the next year, if you wish to cancel your membership, please inform the club of this in January at the latest.
During the break from guided training, free courts for members of our club are available at Esport within the hall's opening hours. The following courts are available at following times:
Hopefully many can come and play!
Women's and girls' own badminton competition Espoo Women's Open is here again with 2025 edition! 25.-26.1.2025 at the Esport Center, competition is for new enthusiasts of the sport, Finland's top players, for all ages from under 11-year-olds to grown-up women, all in their own classes in a joint event!
Classes for hobby players, adults and juniors
The competition has separate hobby classes, in which you do not need a competition license or represent a club to participate. It is for everybody who enjoys badminton! Register for hobby classes by e-mail to elina.h.vaisanen@gmail.com. Registrations by January 10th, 2025. When registering, mention the player's name, singles or doubles (or both), date of birth for junior classes, possible club and the desired size of the competition shirt. All registrations will be answered, so make sure you get a reply to your email. Classes for juniors will be by age group: under 11 year-olds (born 2015 or later), under 13 year-olds (born 2013-2014) and under 15 year-olds (born 2011-2012).
There is a singles category and double category in adults hobby competition. You can register for both!
Registration for SSuL's official competition classes is done via tournamentsoftware, by January 10th, 2025: https://badmintonfinland.tournamentsoftware.com/tournament/3E76F95A-F29D-4E5D-86D6-BE0958E3421C
Registration fees for hobby classes:
Hobby, adults: Singles €26, Doubles €20/player
Hobby, juniors: Singles under 13-15 years €26, Doubles €18/player
COMPETITION SHIRT FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS
As is traditional, this year's registration also includes a competition shirt with the new colors of 2025. You can get the shirt at the competition venue on the day of the tournament.
The event kicks off at 10:00 a.m at Esport Center with a double tournament. The tournament is open to players of all ages and skill levels. It is free of charge and serves as a substitute for one ranking competition. Points from this tournament will not affect the ranking list.
Participants are required to bring their own shuttles, but they can also be purchased from the event organizers. The tournament will be played in pools, ensuring multiple matches for all pairs. Each pair will also get one or more follow-up matches. The most important part is to have fun and enjoy playing games together!
Please register before Friday 13.12. at 15.00 via this link: https://forms.gle/qYeGH7NBZofnoo2n7. Both you and your partner must register for the event! Unfortunately, it is not possible to register without a partner, and it will not be possible to register at the hall on Saturday. We have added levels (competitive and hobby) to the registration form to allow players to challenge opponents of their own level. At the request of the players, we are updating the names of those who have registered with this news, so please mark your name on the registration form if you do not want your name to appear (names will be removed after this event).
The tournament includes a costume competition, with a prize for the best team outfit. For example, your outfit can be Christmas-themed.
After the games (around 2 pm), participants can use the showers and sauna at Esport. From there, we will head to Talihalli (Huopalahdentie 28, 00350 Helsinki) to cheer Tapion Sulka in the Team Finnish Championships. The Team Finnish Championships will take place at Talihalli on December 14–15. We hope participants can arrange carpooling from Esport to Talihalli.
If you have any questions, please contact: an.cong@hotmail.com
See you at the pre-Christmas event!
Junior Elite 2024 was a great success and a lot of happy faces were seen on the courts! There were 49 juniors from Tapion Sulka participation in the tournament, which might be an all time record. A few first timers, a lot of experienced tournament players and everything in between.
In under 17 boys singles, we saw four TS-players: Axel Gras won his semi final match against Joakim Jäntti (21-10, 21-11) and Viljami Opari was the winner in the semi final between him and Felix Parry (21-15, 21-5). In the final, Axel got the gold with the score 21-12, 21-7.
Other TS medalists from the tournament:
U9: Noah got bronze
U11: Sanvi and Timi got silver in singles, Sanvi and Timi got bronze together in mixed doubles, Timi and Zirui got bronze together in doubles
U13: Suvi got gold in doubles and bronze in singles, Sanvi and Nithilla got bronze together in doubles
U15: Evelin and Sunny got gold in doubles, Vilma got gold in mixed doubles and silver in singles
U17: Axel got gold in singles and mixed doubles, Viljami and Joakim got gold together in doubles, Viljami got silver in singles and Vilma got silver in doubles
HERE to the tournament photo gallery
The following hotel offer will be available during the competition weekend (22-24 November 2024). Room reservations must be made by 6pm on 22 November 2024. Please note that there are a limited number of rooms available at special prices.
Book through Sokos Hotels Sales Service
Phone: +358 300 870 000 / individual room reservations
Email: sokos.hotels@sok.fi
Please kindly mention the quota code BTSJUNNUELIITTI when making a reservation.
You can also make a reservation directly on the website www.sokoshotels.fi – Reservation code online BTSJUNNUELIITTI
The room price includes a nice hotel breakfast (at Heymo Hotell Well 7 – light buffet breakfast at the restaurant), wireless internet access (Wi-Fi) and VAT. We reserve the right to change the price. The room price includes S-bonuses. There is no separate customer owner discount on the price. The hotel rooms are available for your use from 3:00 PM on the day of arrival until 12:00 PM on the day of departure.
Confirmation of reservation
Quota room reservations must be confirmed by credit card or paid at the time of booking. The last free cancellation date for individual reservations made from the quota is 7 days before the date of arrival. We primarily recommend making a reservation by phone or online. Please note that for data protection reasons, credit card information cannot be sent by email. Each guest is responsible for their own accommodation costs.
This is the week of Tapion Sulka junior elite!
OBS: in case of withdrawal, please email elina.h.vaisanen@gmail.com as soon as the withdrawal is confirmed.
Draw and schedule HERE
The tournament is played in Esport Center as usual (Koivu-Mankkaan tie 3). There is a possibility to buy some bread and other snacks from the Esport cafeteria, and also lunch salads. There is a Alepa next to the metro station behind the hall and also few restaurant (Putte's pizza and Noodle Master). A 5-minute drive or one metro stop away there are both Ainoa shopping center and the Niitty shopping center.
There will be a stringing service and Forza stall at the hall during the weekend!
Hotel offer for the tournament weekend is still available. Check the details here: https://tapionsulka.fi/en/hotel-offer-during-junior-elite-22-24-11-2024/
Welcome!
PS. We need a lot of volunteer showing points during the weekend. Everybody is warmly welcome to come and help or just to watch and cheer for the amazing juniors!