1. India wins bid to host World Badminton Championship

Kuala Lumpur, December 9: India today won the bid to host the 2009
World Badminton Championship, after the council of the game's
governing body unanimously decided in New Delhi's favour.

Denmark and Macau, who were also keen to bid for the championship,
withdrew their candidature in favour of India.

"It will be the first ever world championship (except cricket) given
to India to host in all Olympic sports put together," an elated V K
Verma, president of the Badminton Association of India and
vice-president of the International Badminton Federation told.

The IBF has 160 member countries.

[Thanks to Paras Shah for the info!]


2. Upcoming tournaments:
1/20-1/22:
National Capital Open
1/20/2006 - 1/22/2006
North Gym, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Contact: Peter Teuben teuben@... 301-405-1540
DEADLINE: 1/13/2006

1/27-1/29
Conneticut Badminton Tournament
1/27/2006 - 1/29/2006
St. Michael's Gym School, St. Baltic, CT
Contact: Dorothy O'Neil 860-887-2746, 860-887-4311
DEADLINE: 1/18/2006

4/26-4/30:
VIII SOUTHERN PAN AM INTERNATIONAL
4/26/2006 - 4/30/2006
DON SHULA'S ATHLETIC CLUB, MIAMI LAKES, FL
Contact: DUDLEY CHEN DIGGYCHEN@... 305-903-2407
DEADLINE: 4/8/2006

6/29-7/2:
2006 Senior Nationals
6/29/2006 - 7/2/2006
Westborough, MA
Contact: Beth Sopka shearsopka@... 781-631-4879

7/5-7/9:
2006 K&D Graphics United States Junior National Championships
7/5/2006 - 7/9/2006
Orange County Badminton Club, Orange, CA
Contact: Gus Chew gus@... 714-639-8900

[Source: http://www.usabadminton.org/page.asp?page=Events ]

CLBP Calendar has been updated:
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/clbp/cal

[Thanks to Larry for the info!]


3. New Badminton Scoring system:
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/Sport/20051210080833/Article/ind\
exb_html
[NOTE: Similar to table tennis scoring.]

[Thanks to Larry for the info!]

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