National Officials Committee (NOC)
Terms of Reference
The National Officials Committee is comprised of 6 officials who represent all the Canadian regions and different levels of officiating: Pacific, Prairies, Alberta, Ontario, Québec, and Atlantic. Under new Badminton Canada's mandate, each PSO/TSO is responsible to contact their NOC representative in all matters regarding National Umpires and Referees such as:
• National umpire accreditation/certification
• National Officials assignments
National Officials Committee
Chair - Mark Briscombe - nocchair@badminton.ca
Mike Walker - British Columbia Regional Representative (BC/YT)
Milaine Cloutier - Alberta Regional Representative (AB / NT)
Cinnati Loi - Prairies Regional Representative (MB / SK / NU)
William (Bill) Thompson - Ontario Regional Representative (ON)
Jessy Bérubé-Sodhi - Quebec Regional Representative (QC)
Gérald Arsenault - Maritimes Regional Representative (NB / NS / PE / NL)
Thomas Lamarche – Board Member
Maxine Gauthier (Non-voting) - Events and Programs Manager
National Representation
Our goal is to have all officials in Canada represented by the National Officials' Committee, we urge officials nation wide to contact their regional representative for upcoming evaluations, international umpiring opportunities, and other suggestions or concerns you may have. All comments are welcome.
Ontario representative - William (Bill) Thompson
- Level: BCAN Certificated Umpire
Atlantic region representative - Gérald Arsenault
- Level: PanAm Assessor
Alberta representative - Milaine Cloutier
- Level: PanAm Accredited Referee
Prairies representative - Cinnati Loi
- Level: PanAm Accredited Umpire
Pacific region representative - Mike Walker
- Level: BWF Umpire Assesor
Quebec - Jessy Bérubé-Sodhi
- Level: BCAN Accredited
Badminton Canada Staff representative - Maxine Gauthier
- Events & Programs Manager
- Email: mgauthier@badminton.ca