Aileen "The Challenger" Chyn, Andrew "The Krusher" Kim, Clement "The
Confuser" Chan, Ellen "The Screaming Intimidator" Chyn, Gwen "Drop
Queen" Liang, Naveen "The Speedy" Simhadri, Tim "The Smashing Machine"
Zhao, Vijay "The Awesome" Alan, Xavier "The Xecutor" Silvadasan
arrived at the York campus looking tired but with a hunger in their
eyes that said, "We're going to rock this tournament!"

And rocked the tournament they did. The Evergreen Badminton Crew
walked away with shining shimmering trophies and money in their
pockets. First off Tim fought to the semi-finals in both the B and C
division Men's singles while Aileen swiftly won D women's singles and
Ellen won C women's singles 2nd place.

For doubles, Andrew and Naveen got two buys and won a match to end
their championship bid in MD-D semifinals. Xavier and Vijay dominated
their division and walked off with MD-D Winners trophies. The Chyn
sisters also respectfully dominated their division and won the
championship in WD-D. Clement and George won the Senior MD-A to
receive big fat checks. Gwen and her partner battled valiantly to
achieve 2nd place in senior WD.

For mixed doubles, Andrew and Aileen got stopped in the semifinals
while Naveen and Ellen proceeded to 2nd place in XD-D with a victory
over Xavier and Gwen. In senior mixed doubles Gwen reached the semi
finals but with a sudden stroke of bad luck her partner decided to go
home without telling her. It was been heard he was banking on winning
Senior men's doubles the next day. However, when the next day arrived,
Gwen's jerky partner was ditched by his senior men's double partner!
Justice is served!

All in all, Evergreen emerged victorious with over 10 trophies and
prize money!

--- In EvergreenBadmintonClub@yahoogroups.com, "Clement Chan"
<clement.chan@...> wrote:
>
> On top of my head, Evergreen members took home 8 (maybe 9) trophies.
> Tournaments bring players' game to another level, and improvement
> comes visibly. Playing well in a club is one thing, but winning
matches in
> tournament shows maturity. I always said, you can beat another pair 10
> times in a club, and loss to the same pair in a tournament. Only that
> match in the tournament counts. Remember, if it is a doubles game,
leave
> way for your partner to contribute, and always cover holes; such mind
> training is equally important to skill training. If both partner do
the same,
> the rotation could improve 10 folds.
> Clement
>