To uplift the level of Philippine badminton and keep it with the international  standard, the Philippine Badminton Ranking System is implementing a proximity ID  system designed to authenticate, verify and identify players in tournaments.

The just-concluded MVP Sports Foundation-Bingo Bonanza first leg of the PBaRS  was actually the first-ever tournament to use the electronic player’s  identification, giving the players easy access in list-up and the tournament a  systematized way of validating hundreds of participants’ records and current  status.

“One of the group’s objectives is to uplift the sports of badminton through  improved and systematized way on a national scale with the new ID system,” said  tournament director Nelson Asuncion. “By simply waving the ID in front of the  reader,  the setup serves as an authentication to registered players of the  event.”

The PBaRS series of nationwide tournaments is a project of Vice President  Jejomar Binay, Rep. Albee Benitez and businessman-sportsman Manny Pangilinan in  their collective effort to bring the sport to a higher level and produce  world-class players.

The ID system also aims to easily verify and identify players upon registration  in tournaments, show current ranking status and their equivalent points garnered  from series of events and significant information of each tournament.

“The new ID system is the first of its kind not only in Philippine badminton but  in sports in general. And it is just the first step in the badminton system  which we hope to improve,” said Asuncion.