1. 2008 Elk Grove Open pics & Results!
1st day
http://the-reader.webhop.net/gogallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=7230

2nd Day
http://the-reader.webhop.net/gogallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=7538

(Click on the thumbnails to open a larger version. To save a copy to your
computer, look for the "View Larger Image" link above each picture. If the site
is down, try again after a few hours.)

RESULTS:
Men's Singles
A- Kamesh Puther Loganathan def. Numchai Ongkamongkol (21-15, 21-15)
B-Sundar Chandrasekaran def. Serge Penksik (Default)
C-Quinn Hussey def. Phuwadol Samphaogoen (21-19, 21-14)
D-Merrell Lim def. Daniel Yu (21-11, 21-6)

Women's Singles
A-Line Skoufos def. Karen Chin (21-15, 19-21, 21-16)
B-Wenjing Rao def. Iris Chang (21-4, 21-4)
C-Jennie Tu def. Rebecca Hsu (25-23, 21-16)
D-Vina Zerlina def. Si Chen (Default)

Men's Doubles
A-Gedes Andrikonis/Eric Liu def Scott Shigley/Matt Wrobel (17-21, 21-19, 21-12)
B-Numchai Ongkamongkol/Merrell Lim def. Phuwadol Samphaogoen/David Ng (21-12,
21-18)
C-Wei-Chih Huang/Jason Yang def. Pom/Yan Chan (19-21, 21-18, 21-14)
D-David Sell/Namit Dua def. Larry Doplito/Peter Chan (21-10, 21-15)

Women's Doubles
A-Wenjing Rao/Katie Monahan def. Jennie Tu/Yvonne Chung (21-17, 21-14)
A Cons-Karen Chin/Yabing Wang def. Lisa Chen/Nongluk Buranabunyut (21-13, 21-13

Mixed Doubles
A-Jennie Tu/Eric Liu def. Karen Chin/Numchai Ongkamongkol (21-14, 21-15)
B-Wenjing Rao/Jason Jih def. Yin Ying Ong/Merrell Lim
C-Iris Chang/Jason Meyer def. Bei Fei/Kuok Shin Teo (21-19, 21-10)
D-David Sell/Nongluk Buranabunyut def. Haixai Deng/Keith Chan (21-10, 21-19)

Senior Men's (Over 40) Doubles
1st Place-Alex Mathew/Spencer Kimura
2nd Place-Victor Hirano/Sai Saysano

USAB Coaching Department awarded two Outstanding Juniors at the tournament:
Ladies: Rebecca Shu
Mens: Quinn Hussey

The organizers wish to thank all those who helped with the tournament -
especially Jimmy Ye who worked with the EGV Park District to secure the venue!.
Thanks to those who traveled from long distances such as Wisconsin, Indiana and
Michigan to play. This year the tournament was a resounding success with over
100 players and events were on schedule on both days. See you next year at the
next EGV tournament!

If anyone has posted their pics/video of the Elk
Grove Tournament and would like to share it,
please send the links to us at: clbp-owner@yahoogroups.com



2. 2008 Pennsylvania York Badminton Tournament
6/21/2008 - 6/22/2008
Joe & Rosie Ruhl Student Center, York, PA
Contact: Daryl Jones djonestamu@... 717-838-9653
DEADLINE: 6/11/2008

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



3. Open Draw for the 2008 USBDF Spring Junior International & JITT
by USA Badminton
"...The Open Draw for the 2008 USBDF Spring Junior
International Badminton Tournament and the 2008 USA
Badminton Junior International Team Trials (JITT)
will take place at the Orange County Badminton
Club on Monday, April 7, 2008 at 7:00 PM Pacific
time.

The seedings have been reviewed by USA Badminton
Junior Committee Chair Fred Coleman and has been
posted at:

http://tournamentsoftware.com/sport/seeds.aspx?id=19739

Any questions or concerns should be sent to Widya
Susanto at widmeister@... ..."

Source: http://www.usabadminton.org/page.asp?Page=News&iID=486



4. DallasBC Featured Player
http://www.dallasbadmintonclub.com/index_files/Hue.pdf

[Interesting idea! Anything like that here in Chicagoland?]



5. Bank of America To Rally Nation Behind US Olympic Team...
"...Bank of America's commitment to U.S. Olympic
athletes is realized through the Bank of America
Hometown Hopefuls(R) program. Through this
program, the bank provides financial support and
marketing exposure to 12 U.S. Olympic athletes and
hopefuls. They include: Tony Azevedo (waterpolo);
Howard Bach (badminton)..."

Source:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-07-200\
8/0004787737&EDATE=

[Hopefully, we'll some BA ads with Howard Bach &
Badminton...)


-- CLBP Moderators