1. Badminton's Hottest Bachelors in People magazine!

Howard Bach, who will be representing the U.S. in this years Olympics
with doubles partner Kevin Han, appears in the June 28 issue of People
magazine (which is out right now) as one of the "50 hottest
bachelors"--great publicity for him and the sport!
Please spread the word! (Female players may find this story of
particular interest :-)

Online link below needs subscription...
http://people.aol.com/people/mag/

[Thanks to Katie Monahan for the info.!]

2. Elk Grove Summer Badminton Tournament
(This year, the organizers have made special efforts to end the
tournament early!)
July 9 (Fri) and July 10 (Sat), 2004
Elk Grove, IL
Details at:
http://teamsustain.com/badminton/egv/tournament.htm

Date: 07/09/04 Evening and 07/10/04 whole day
Entry Deadline: 07/05/04
Location: Elk Grove Pavilion, 1000 Wellington Rd,
Elk Grove,IL 60007.
(About 30 min from Chicago)

Events: Men's single, Men's double, Women's single,
Women's double and Mixed double(MS,MD,WS,WD,XD).

Format: Each group will play Round Robin in the first round.
Based on the first round result, players will be seeded and
play single elimination from the second round to the final.

Note: Because of time limitation, first round will use 21
points.(Switch court at 11)
All other rounds will use the IBF standard (3x15).
All players except the last place one in your group will advance
to the second round. Everyone has a chance to play at least
two or three games.

More details on rules here:
http://teamsustain.com/badminton/egv/rules.htm

Entry Fee: $18 for the first event, $10 for each additional event.
Prizes: Rewards for winner and runner up in each category.

Entry Deadline:07/05/04. Late applicants may not be accepted if
event is full. Payment MUST accompany entry form
(checks payable to Jimmy Ye). Send forms to
1444 Sturgeon Bay Ct., Schaumburg, IL 60173.
Entry Form is here:
http://teamsustain.com/badminton/egv/register.htm

Schedule:
07/09/04
6:30pm Registration for Men's Single and Women's single.
Game start at 7:00pm sharply.
07/10/04
8:30am Mix double registration.
9:00am Men's single and Women's single remaining games
9:00am Mix double games
1:30pm Registration for Men's and Women's double
2:00pm Men's and Women's double

Miscellaneous: All finals will receive two free shuttles.
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