From: aamirk <aamirk@...>
Subject: [DCBadminton] NEWS: tentative dates for the next DCOPEN are January 9-11, 2009.
To: DCBadminton@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, October 20, 2008, 11:29 PM

Hi Aldi,

The website for the DC Open is:
http://www.astro. umd.edu/~ teuben/badminton /dcopen/

I don't know of any particular restrictions for entering the DC Open
tournament, especially if you are currently residing in the US. So by
all means you should be able to sign-up once registration opens.

Basically, check the website above periodically.

Additionally, I'm sure that as and when the registration information
becomes generally available, someone would post a note to this group
as well.

Cheers,
- Aamir

--- In DCBadminton@ yahoogroups. com, Aldi Wahyudi <aldiwahyudi@ ...> wrote:
>
> Hi Aamir,
>
> How are you? Hope you are doing fine.
>
> I would to ask you about up-coming DC open. Can I join the
tournament? Due to my status as a foreigner (long stay in Princeton).
Hopefully I can join this tournament as my passion.
>
> Thank you for your infos.
>
> Regards,
> Aldi.
>
>
> aamirk <aamirk@...> wrote:
> Even though the prize money won't buy you more than 2
months rent most places in this country, and whether or not this
effort turns into reality, it's interesting to note that there exists
at least a stated and (seems to be) well thought-out attempt to set up
a formal, nationwide badminton league!
>
> American Badminton League
>
> http://www.ablbadmi nton.com/
> http://www.ablbadmi nton.com/ players.htm
>
>
> INTRODUCTION
> The American Badminton League (ABL) will debut in 2009 (dates to be
announced). Teams will be located in four to eight major U.S. and
Canadian cities. Each team will have three home and three away
matches, and the top four teams will compete in the two-day ABL Finals.
>
> ABL MATCH FORMAT
> An ABL match consists of a minimum of nine games: two games each in
men’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s singles, women’s doubles, and at
least one game of mixed doubles. A match is played on one court (with
spectators seated on all four sides, and team members seated at
courtside) and games follow a sequence of doubles, singles, doubles,
singles, etc. Each game won is a point in a team’s total score. The
league features an Overtime Rule that allows the trailing team to
attempt a comeback if it wins the final mixed doubles game. An ABL
match typically lasts ninety minutes to two hours. Visit the ABL web
site for a detailed description of ABL match rules.
>
> PLAYERS
> Each team will have two men and two women, and they will include
world-class badminton players who have won medals at the World
Championships, Olympic or Pan-American Games, and/or who are national
champions of their countries. Players will be recruited throughout
2008 and 2009, and a league draft will be held in May 2009. For the
inaugural season, world-class competitors from the United States,
Canada and other nations will compete in the league.
>
>
>
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