1. Friendship Teams Forming
The Osaka Ladies Badminton Federation of Japan is bringing their fourteenth
Annual International Friendship Ladies Team Badminton Tournament to the United
States October 17-19, 2008, at the Orange County Badminton Club in Orange,
California. The format will be a ladies doubles team format with 6 to 8 ladies
per team. The tournament will run pool play feeding into a main draw
competition.

Events will be A Zone with Advanced level teams of any age; B Zone with all
players 55 and under; C Zone with all players 56 to 65; and D Zone with all
players 66 and older. Age requirements must be met for Zones B-D as of October
17, 2008. The cost will run $200.00 per team, and the entry deadline is August
1, 2008.

Check your calendar !! The Midwest would like to have as many teams as we can
muster for this great one-time event! If you have interested players, now's the
time to start organizing your team. Each team will need a team
manager/supervisor, a team captain, and a team name like Badminton Beauties, USA
Pacific, Shuttle Smashers, etc. If you are interested in being on a team but
don't know of a team or others who might be on a team, we need to know of your
interest so we can put teams together. Please contact Mary Ann Bowles,
314-487-7187, maryannbowles@... to let us know of your interest so we can
organize teams. Let's go for the gold in October!

More details are linked below.

If you are in the Chicago Area and want to be part of a team, also contact Gena
Fite at gena_fite@...

More details at:
http://midwestbadminton.com/news.asp#24
http://midwestbadminton.com/news.asp#26

and entry forms are also hosted by CLBP at:
http://the-reader.webhop.net/2008us-osakaprinciplepoints.doc
http://the-reader.webhop.net/08_euf_osaka_entry_form.xls

[Thanks to Gena and Mary Ann for the heads up!]



2. Players in the news
"Meet Rachel Cliburn of Stevenson High...

She has been a four-year member of the
school's badminton program, and is playing No. 1
singles this spring.

She ranks No. 4 academically in Waukegan High's
senior class of nearly 900..."

Source:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/sports/bonato/920160,5_2_WA29_EXTRAPO\
INT_S1.article



3. Badminton Photography
These are photographs of Illinois High School Athletes available for purchase.
Scroll down at the bottom of:
http://www.ihsa.org/activity/bad/index.htm

"IHSA Tournament Photography by VIP"

[Nice action shots!]



4. HS Badminton Summer Camp schedules!
Check:
http://the-reader.webhop.net/HSBadmintonSummerCampSchedules.xls

[Thanks to Victor Hirano for compiling the information!]



5. Athlete Representative to the Nominating and Governance Committee
"...USA Badminton is seeking a qualified athlete
nominee to serve on the initial Nominating and
Governance Committee that will select the new USA
Badminton Board of Directors...."

Source: http://www.usabadminton.org/page.asp?Page=News&iID=490



6. An interesting use of statistics to market a sport
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080501/ap_on_re_us/swimming_blacks

[Any badminton examples for possible marketing use?
Possible sample stats: 85% of badminton players live beyond 95, 98%
of female active badminton players age 70 and over have NO osteoporosis...
If you find something, please email us the links at clbp-owner@yahoogroups.com
]


7. Long/Interesting rallies
http://youtube.com/?v=xJsuX-J0fyY
http://youtube.com/?v=mj4HfD3Gotw



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