To Badminton Enthusiasts,

Badminton Clinic is coming to Portland in October (25th). The clinic
will be instructed by World Champions and Olympians Tony Gunawan, Halim
Haryanto and Howard Bach.

Entries are limited. You must submit your entry soon for a greater
chance to get in. Registration/Entry form and more information
regarding the clinic can be found at
http://www.rosecitybadmintonclub.com.

- Leslie Arifin

OK, one last post regarding Olympic Badminton, hopefully, everyone
is enjoying watching live badminton matches till wee hours...

http://www.nbcolympics.com/badminton/resultsandschedules/index.html

FYI, just in case you don't know, you can watch live and previous
matches from the above link.  Click on "Rewind" to see the previous
matches.

You can also connect your computer to your TV to watch these games on
the big TV.

The following link give you the schedule and result of matches.

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/BD.shtml

The 7th Annual Lilac City Badminton Tournament at the Spokane Valley
Hub is scheduled from Sept. 19-21. Events divisions are Open, 35+, and
50+ for all Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Costs: $20 for first
event; $8 for other additional entries. A catered dinner will be
available on Saturday evening at the facility. Entry deadline: Sept.
10. Please download entry form for registration or more information:

http://northwestbadminton.org

Here is their (5 junior players from Seattle) results over the weekend
at 7th Vancouver International Junior Badminton Championship

Kevin La:
1st place in U13 BS
1st place in U13 BD (partner: Alex La)
1st place in U13 XD (partner: Jenny Jin)

Alex La:
4th place in U13 BS
1st place in U13 BD (partner: Kevin La)
4th place in U13 XD

Jenny Jin:
2nd place in U13 GS
3rd place in U13 GD
1st place in U13 XD (partner: Kevin La)
3rd place in U15 GD (partner: Renata Baker)

Renata Baker:
3rd place in U15 GS
3rd place in U15 GD (partner: Jenny Jin)
1st place in U17 GS

Rochelle Ng:
2nd place in U15 GD

Vancouver people said this to me last weekend "your
Seattle kids now are improving fast".

Elaine

2008 Washington State Games Badminton

Washington State Games, an Olympics for the state, is a program that
started around the Centennial Games (1989) and has struggled since.
In 2008, the Seattle Sports Commission took over the program and they
have invited WSBA to run the badminton games.  So here we are……

Despite summer, which is a time for vacation, boating and all sorts of
outdoor activities in the northwest, we have 95 players who
participated in last weekend badminton games.  We started on Friday
afternoon at 4pm with the juniors, moved into the Open Mixed Doubles,
50+ Men's Singles that evening and all other events on Saturday.

Most Finals are on Sunday and the winners are:
(The result is available: http://northwestbadminton.org)

Open Mens Singles – Curtis Stensland
Open Womens Singles – Amy Jin
Open Mens Doubles -  Kevin Yu & Ronald Langingi
Open Womens Doubles – Ufilya Davis & Clara Lam
Open Mixed Doubles – Marti Fagnan & Geoff Stensland
U13 Boys Singles – Adrian Unruh
U13 Boys Doubles – Adrian Unruh & Gregory Yuen
U13 Girls Doubles – Jessica Yuen & Johanna Lee
U16 Boys Singles – David Wong
U16 Boys Doubles – Chris Hua & Chirag Ved
U16 Girls Doubles – Jessica Lin & Rebecca Yuen
U19 Boys Singles – Ernest So
U19 Girls Singles – Amy Jin
U19 Boys Doubles – Bryan Lam & Jason Lai
U19 Girls Doubles – Erika Baker & Amy Jin
U19 Mixed Doubles – Ernest So & Janet Chong
35+ Mens Doubles – Fred Yu & John Tong
35+ Mixed Doubles – Katherine Ip & Frank Lee
50+ Mens Singles – Sing Lam
50+ Mens Doubles – Sing Lam & Randy Chen

For detailed results, please visit www.northwestbadminton.org.

There are a lot of first times.  First time we have junior, open and
senior events in the same tournament.  Siling Wu made her first debut
in a tournament.  Welcome Siling, hope to see you in future
tournaments.  First time we have numerous veteran & junior teams –
Masako/Bryan, Masako/Amy, Ufilya/Clara, Long/Ann, John Tong/Amy Jin.
Many thanks to all the veterans who played with our juniors.  You have
definitely helped these young talents advance to the next level.  Oh
yes, first time the first 50 entries get a door prize of either a
Yonex overgrip, Yonex Nanogy 95 string or a half dozen tube Yonex
Mavis 300 plastic birdies.


Acknowledgement:

Draw Desk – Patrick Ip, James Lau, Tracey Yao, Tao Yuan and Melissa Tang
Registration – Melissa Tang
Food – Grace Yuen, Florette Lam and Clara and Bryan's grandma
Setup and Cleanup – Nino Gonzales, Michael Su, Ann Tseng, Bryan Lam,
Jason Lai, Ernest So and all those who has helped.
Sponsor - Yonex Corp USA for sponsoring the tournament shuttlecocks
and door prizes

Hope to see you again next year!

Katherine Ip & Clinton Chen
Co-Commissioners for 2008 Washington State Games Badminton

The draw is available at: http://northwestbadminton.org

Note the Open Men's Doubles will start at 2:15 PM on Saturday.

Starting time: (NOTE: Open Men's Doubles start at 2:15 pm)

Friday:       4 pm – all junior events
                    6:30 pm – Open Mixed
                    7 pm – 35+ and 50+ Men's singles

Saturday:   9 am – Open Men's Singles
                    10 am – 50+ Men's Doubles
                    10:30 am – Open Women's Singles
                    12 pm – 35+ Men's Doubles
                    2:15 pm – Open Men's Double
                    4 pm – Open Women's Double

Sunday:      11 am – Open Mixed Finals and 35+ Mixed Doubles
                    11:30 am – Open Men's Singles Finals
                    12 pm – Open Women's Doubles Finals
                    12:30 pm – Open Men's Doubles Finals

BBC kids represented WA state and did great at junior national this time.
They brought back 10 medals.

Alex La: 5th place U13 BD
Kevin La: 5th place U13 BD (Alex and Kevin are BD partners)
Jenny Jin: 5th place U13 GS
                  3rd place U13 GD
                  4th place U15 XD
Reneta Baker: 3rd place U15 GD
Amy Jin: 4th place U17 GD

Richard She/Curtis Stensland: 5th place U22 BD
Besides these, they made to 5/6 place final, but lost in these final
games,
officially they are 6th place, but there is no medal for 6th place:

Amy Jin and Nick Lee: U17 MD
Earnest So and Richard She: U19 BD
Jenny Jin and Kevin La: U13 XD

Paz was there whole week to coach these kids at the national. Big
thanks to him!

Thanks

Elaine

Check the following website for full result:
http://www.usjrbadminton.com/

-------------- Original message from "pksiperton" <pksip@...>: --------------

Hi All badminton players,

Hope you had a great 4th weekend. If you were busy cooking hotdogs and
hamburgers and did not have time to mail your entry forms for State
Games, I'll be at Bellevue Badminton Club Monday night, 7/7. Please
bring your forms, cash or check.

We are also opening a new category for U13 kids as well. If you are
interested, please email me with your entry. Deadline for U13 category
is Friday, 7/11.

Thanks.

- Katherine

Hi All badminton players,

Hope you had a great 4th weekend.  If you were busy cooking hotdogs and
hamburgers and did not have time to mail your entry forms for State
Games, I'll be at Bellevue Badminton Club Monday night, 7/7.  Please
bring your forms, cash or check.

We are also opening a new category for U13 kids as well.  If you are
interested, please email me with your entry.  Deadline for U13 category
is Friday, 7/11.

Thanks.

- Katherine

If you are interested to know how our local Juniors are doing at 2008
Junior Nationals, please visit www.usjrbadminton.com for updates.

- Katherine

To know more about the Washington State Games, here's a link to the
commercial on King 5.

http://www.king5.com/video/featured-index.html?nvid=257929&noad=yes

Also attached is a press release by the Seattle Sports Commission.


SEATTLE SPORTS COMMISSION TAKES A STAND AGAINST YOUTH OBESITY
Campaign Kicks Off with State-Wide Sports Competition

SEATTLE –The Seattle Sports Commission's ongoing efforts to fight
youth obesity will hit athletic playing fields, stadiums, gymnasiums
and pools throughout Western Washington beginning June 29.
      The Washington Games, a statewide Olympic-style sporting
competition, will attract some 7,500 participants in more than 20
sporting events that range from basketball and swimming to non-
traditional sports such as skateboarding.
      The Games are a major component of the SSC's Powered by You
health initiative, a public awareness campaign fighting youth obesity
by promoting healthier lifestyles.  In addition to the Games, the
campaign combines a web site, public service announcements and joint
messaging with private companies and local health and community
leaders to deliver its crucial message to the state's youth.
      "The Games are a great opportunity for both children and parents
to empower themselves to become active and avoid obesity while
providing a foundation for development of healthy attitudes toward
sports," said Ralph Morton, SSC Executive Director.
Nearly one in four of Washington State's youth in grades eight, 10
and 12 are overweight or obese, according to the State of
Washington's Children 2006-2007 report published by the University of
Washington.  The report also found that thirty percent of
Washington's eighth graders do not participate in physical education
classes in an average school week.
"Youth obesity is a national epidemic, but we know that Western
Washington has powerful resources and a health-minded community that,
working together, can have a positive influence on children's
attitudes and begin to affect change," said Morton.
The SSC worked closely with Virginia Mason Medical Center - a driving
force behind the health campaign and the Games - and marshaled a team
of local health leaders and corporate sponsors committed to making a
difference in the fight against youth obesity.
The public may learn more about the Washington Games and
participation guidelines by visiting www.washingtongames.org. More
can be learned about SSC's ongoing youth health campaign at
www.poweredbyyou.org; the web site also offers health and fitness
facts and resources.


--- In SeattleBadminton@yahoogroups.com, "badsmashcc"
<clintonc111@...> wrote:
>
> Just want to remind everyone that the deadline for the upcoming
> Washington State Game is July 7th, 2008.
>
> You can download the entry form:
>
> http://northwestbadminton.org/archive/2008_05_01_archive.php
>

Just want to remind everyone that the deadline for the upcoming
Washington State Game is July 7th, 2008.

You can download the entry form:

http://northwestbadminton.org/archive/2008_05_01_archive.php

Applications for USA Badminton's High School All-Americans are now being accepted. All high school juniors and seniors during the 2007-2008 school year are eligible. Recipients will be chosen based on Junior National titles held, badminton and academic achievements, extra-curricular activities, and a coach's recommendation. The time period under consideration is from August 2007 through completion of the 2008 Junior National Badminton Tournament.

Applications will be available at the 2008 U. S.  Junior National Badminton Championships, which will be held from June 28-July 2, 2008. Interested students can also contact the National Office to request applications at (719) 866-4808, ext. 3 or by email to peggy@.... Please note that all completed applications must be received by the USA Badminton National Office no later than August 15, 2008. All applications will be reviewed by a subcommittee of the USA Badminton Junior Committee.

 http://www.northwestbadminton.org/images/all-american.pdf

Thanks to you all for entering the NWSG badminton tournament, and
making it such a success. Hopefully, we'll get even more competition
next year.

Here are the results:
50LS Gold Melissa Tang
75LS Gold Denise Coates
50MS Gold Sing Lam Silver Michael Whitaker Bronze Andy Lin
55MS Gold Rob Seguin Silver Yee Hwa Soon Bronze William Tang
50LD Gold Helen Roome/Marti Fagnan
Silver Florette Lam/Carla Furukawa
Bronze Melissa Tang/Grace Yuen
50MD Gold Sing Lam/Leon Ma
Silver John Mautz/Don Keller
Bronze Patrick Ip/Alan Lai
55MD Gold Rob Seguin/Yee Hwa Soon
Silver William Sang/John Mautz
70MD Gold Gary Stensland/Harvey Eng
50Mx Gold Don Keller/Marti Fagnan
Silver Rob Seguin/Carla Furukawa
Vronze Sing Lam/Melissa Tang
55Mx Gold William Sang/Joyce Jones
70 Mx Gold Gary Stensland/Joyce Jones
Silver Harvey Eng/Denise Coates

I am also including the scores of the best 4 matches of the
tournament. This was great competition!
In the 55MS finals Rob Seguin defeated Yee Hwa Soon 19-21, 21-19, 21-
13 Wow!
In the 50MD finals Ling Lam/Leon Ma d. John Mautz/Don Keller 21-13,18-
21, 21-13 !!
In the 50Mx finals Keller/Marti Fagnan d. Seguin/Furukawa 24-22, 21-15
In the 70Mx finals Gary Stensland/Joyce Jones d. Harvey Eng/Denise
Coates 20-22, 21-13, 21-14 !

I would like to remind you of the WSSG. The badminton tournament will
be held Aug 3 in Tacoma, run by Joe Moelders. www.pugetsoundgames.com
This will be the qualification tournament if you want to go to the
National Sr Olympics in San Francisco in '09.

After several of us having tried for about 10 years to get the World
Huntsman Games in St. George to include badminton, they are finally
going to give it a try this year! The Games will be held from 10/6-
18, with badminton 10/13-14. This will be Utah's State Games, so it
will also be a qualifying event for the National St Olympics. So, if
you are unable to make the tournament on August 3, you could qualify
for Nationals in ST George. Or, you could play and qualify in both. I
have been to the Huntsman Games several times, and it's a wonderful
experience! They do a great job. I hope that a lot of you will be
able to support it. To have one of their entry brochures mailed to
you, you can call the toll free # 800 562 1268 or their website is
www.seniorgames.net. If you DO decide to enter the Huntsman Games,
there is a space on the entry form that says "Bring a Buddy". It's
for those who've never entered the Huntsman Games before to put in
the name of the person who has entered before and told them about it,
and that person will receive a $10 gift certificate for the gift
shop. I'd appreciate it if you would put my name in that space. I
hope that a lot of you will attend and support it. I guarantee you
won't be disappointed.

Thanks again for supporting the Northwest Sr Games. Joyce

Date: Summer 2008
Location: Bellevue Badminton Club
Contact: Kenny Lu
For complete info: please check http://northwestbadminton.org/

- Northwest badminton webmaster

Hello all,

The draws are available at http://www.northwestbadminton.org. The
timings posted on the draw are irrelevant. A tentative schedule is:

MS, 45+MS: 8am-12pm
WS, WD: 12pm
MD, 45+MD: 2pm-5pm
MX, 45+MX: 5pm-closing

Please register at least 30 mins before your event starts.

Thanks

- Chris

The weather was hot and the badminton actions were even hotter over the
weekend at Bellevue Community College.  Similar to the previous years,
there’re around 190 participants at this year’s Washington State Badminton
tournament, but some of the event has more entries.  All these made it
harder to schedule all the matches, we did squeeze all the matches in
without too much delay and everyone got to enjoy the dinner on Saturday.

Despite blowing air, close court space and thin court lines, BCC worked out
great to host the tournament.  There’re plenty of space in the middle for
players/spectators and we can provide food and drink.

At the dinner banquet, we recognized several people who are instrumental to
make the tournament successful last 5 years, Annie Poh for getting the
venues at ProClub and Bellevue Community College, Helen Roome for treasurer
and entering entries and Jenny and Joahnes Jie for food preparation.

This competition is one of the strongest ever, especially for the mixed
events, there’re more entries in the event and some ex national or junior
national players from Taiwan, Singapore, Israel, Poland and some top players
from Vancouver, BC.

BC Vancouver pair of Elisha Liu and Adrian Liu won the event against
Francesca Setiati and Piotr Mazur in a 3 game tight contested match.

In women’s singles, the doubles partner Francesca Setiati and Elisha Liu
played against each other, Francesca won the tough 3 game matches to reclaim
the crown she won previously.

Chi-Lin Li from Taiwan won the men’s singles event against Paz Ben-Sira and
made it tough for Paz to come back in both games.

Aki Ito and Lindy Liu took the women’s doubles crown against Elisha Liu and
Francesca Setiati.

Chi-Lin Liu and Rick Liew won in a 3 game affair against Paz Ben-Sira and
Toru Takayanagi.

Many many thanks to all the volunteers who helped out through the whole
tournament and the juniors that I don’t remember all their names at the
tournament desk on Sunday, there’re quite a few junior helped out over the
weekend, thanks, little ones.

Registration Desk: Joyce Lau, Julie Lau, Evelina Shin, Tracy Yao, Amy Jin,
Announcer: Katherince Ip, Rochelle Ng
Tournament Desk: Patrick Ip, Tao Yuan, Nino Gonzales, Clara Lam
Dinner Emcee: Villette Curthbert, Jasmine Lau
Door Prize: Carla Furukawa
T-shirt Design: Tina Pham
Treasurer: Helen Roome
Food: Jenny Jie, Joanhes Jie, Ying-Fang Lai

See everyone next year.

Clinton Chen

This year’s result is available at: http://northwestbadminton.org

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Note this year's venue is at different location from previous years:

Bellevue Community College Gymnasium (building G)

3000 Landerholm Circle SE
Bellevue, WA 98007

for direction and campus map:
http://bellevuecollege.edu/about/around/directions/main/



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There will not be any badminton at SeaTac this Saturday, May 17, due
to a pickleball tournament.

Date: June 28 - July 2, 2008
Location: Marblehead High School, Massachusetts
Contact: Dee Colcord/Melinda Keszthelyi
For more details, please check http://northwestbadminton.org/

The draw is available at: http://northwestbadminton.org/

Draw and Schedule are subject to change.  All Open events have A/B/C/D
flights and senior events have A/B flight or round robin.  Be ready to start
playing at the starting time for each event.



Starting Time for each event:



Friday 6 pm: Open Mixed through semi

Friday 7 pm: 50+ Men’s Singles

Saturday 8 am: Open Men’s Singles through quarter

Saturday 9:30 am: 50+ Men’s Doubles

Saturday 10:30 am: Open Women’s Singles through quarter

Saturday 11 am: 35+ Men’s Doubles through semi

Saturday 1 pm: 35+ Women’s Doubles

Saturday 2 pm: Open Men’s Doubles through quarter

Saturday 3:30 pm: Women’s Doubles through quarter

Sunday 9 am: 35+ Mixed Doubles, 35+ Men’s Singles

Sunday 9 am: Open Men’s Singles semi

Sunday 10 am: Open Women’s Singles semi

Sunday 10:30 am: Open Women’s Doubles semi

Sunday 11 am: Open Men’s Doubles semi

Sunday 11:30 am: Finals

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Date: July 18-20, 2008
Location: Mercer Island Community Center
Contact: Katherine Ip/Clinton Chen
For complete info, please vist http://northwestbadminton.org/

- webmaster

2008 WSBA Junior Championships
Bellevue Badminton Club, April 26, 2008

Note of Thanks

The second Washington State Junior Championship took place last
Saturday April 26, 2008 at Bellevue Badminton Club.  There are 79
players, mostly from the greater Seattle area.  6 of them are from
Spokane, 8 from Victoria/Vancouver Canada, 1 from California and many
from Sedro Woolley.  Their presence at the tournament definitely
added more competitiveness to the matches.  Results are posted on
www.northwestbadminton.org.

This year's T-Shirt is designed by Tina Pham.  I heard nothing but
good things about the design and color of the shirt.  Good job, Tina!

Once again, Yonex (through Eric Lee) supplied the shuttles and lots
of door prizes including grips, hats, towels and racket bags.  We
raffled the newest Yonex ArcSaber racket and the winner was Joseph
Smith.  Congratulations!

Apart from the medals, added to the players' collection this year is
a souvenir badminton trophy.  Hope you like it.  If you have not
collected your trophy, please contact myself at pksip@... as soon
as possible.

Many many thanks to the parents and volunteers for their support.
They include:
Registration – Ernest So
Draw Desk – Patrick Ip, Steven Ip,  Andy Lin and Grace Yuen
Umpire – Patrick Ip
Scorekeeping – Bryan Lam, Clara Lam, Michael Su, Ann Tseng, Janet
Chong, Jason Lai, Nicholas Lee, Rebecca Yuen,
Jasmine Lau, Jillian Lau, Renata Baker, Dawn Cheung, Amy Jin, Haijun
Liu, Villette Cuthbert  ………….
Medals – Melissa Tang
Food – Grace Yuen
Pizza and Pop – Melissa Tang
PA System – Andy Lin and John Yuen
Ranking – Pauline Lo
Lodging Arrangement – Ronald Langingi
Clean up- Herman Wu, Chris Lin and Jason Lai
Support – All parents.

The next junior tournament will be ran and hosted by Bellevue
Badminton Club in October.  Hope to see you again.

Regards,
Katherine Ip

The results have posted to http://northwestbadminton.org

- Webmaster

The draw is available now. Please check http://northwestbadminton.org

To : All players and parents,

2008 WSBA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Posted here is the tentative draw (subject to change) for 4/26 Saturday.  Please
register at 8:30AM or 30 minutes before your match.  We will start at 9AM sharp
and if all goes well, we should finish at around 8PM on Saturday (it's going to
be a long day for some of you).  There will be no game on Sunday.  Thank you.

- Katherine Ip