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Ontario Badminton Association 3 Concorde Gate, Suite 209 Toronto, ON M3C 3N7 www.ontariobadminton.on.ca info@ontariobadminton.on.ca 2009-2010 Board of Directors President: Ian Bishop 613 224 6046 ipbishop@magma.ca Treasurer: Jeff Sum 647 229 1276 jeff_sum@yahoo.com Director: Susan Mussakowski 905 440 6041 susan.mussakowski@ontario.ca Director: Brian Tjoa 416-884-6374 brian.tjoa@gmail.com Director: Eduardo Gregorio 905 465 2992 Eduardo_Gregorio@msn.com Director: Dave Kumar 905 335 4480 kumard@sympatico.ca Director: Pry Gnana 905 826 3203 events@badmintonbirds.com Director: Jim Duncan 905 391 5491 james.duncan@rogers.com Director: Deborah Tom 416 819 6193 deborahktom@gmail.com District Presidents COBA: Ted Feather 905 404 0014 tedfeather@rogers.com GBDBA: Alan Henry 705 458 1655 Siralan.62@rogers.com NOBA: Frank Boulanger 705 268 3626 nobafb@yahoo.ca ODBA: Fei Tam 613 592 8247 kanatajrbc@yahoo.ca T&DBA: Fred Carruthers 905 607 9439 carruthers@on.aibn.com WOBA: Jeff Goldsworthy 519 886 9679 goldy@golden.net
Executive Director Val Butler—416 426 7192 val.butler@ontariobadminton.on.ca Membership Services Jolande Amoraal—416 427 7195 jolande.amoraal@ontariobadminton.on.ca
Content Highlights: New Tournaments and Clubs…………………...4 Badminton in Indonesia…………………………5 Junior Ranking System Update………………...8 Ontario Winter Games Update…………………9
I have just returned from the World Masters Games Badminton in Sydney, Australia and met so many great people from literally around the world. Meeting all those people helped me realize that we have a great microcosm of the world here in Ontario and how lucky we are to have so many cultures all coming together in our sport of badminton. So, after such a great opening statement, where are we going with the Ontario Badminton Association. We are moving forward in a backward kind of way - we have taken a huge downward hit in our Grant money from the Ontario Government and really need to come up with ways to replace that lost money. While we are dealing with the financial reversal we are still moving forward with some big plans: - bringing a Grand Prix Badminton event to Toronto in 2011 (Pry Gnana and Jim Duncan) - introducing a Badminton Instructional Program for Ontario Teachers (Pry Gnana, Val Butler, Edith Hayman, Roger Wallis) - reviewing our Membership structure to improve members, revenue and service (Board and District Presidents) - upgrading our Website to be "cutting edge" (Eduardo Gregorio) - High Performance Practices and Camps for our Elite players are starting (OBA HP Committee, Coaches and Players) - Officials and Coaches Certification courses are changing and increasing (Val Butler and Susan Mussakowski) We need some real help in ALL forms of Sponsorship - one of the areas that we failed in with our Grant Evaluation was non-Government revenue generation. All in all some very worrying but very exciting times for OBA.
Ian Bishop Articles and news for Ontario Badminton Today welcomed. Deadline for next issue:
Canada Winter Games Selection Camp………10
January 15, 2010
Player Profile—Surabhi Kadam………………11
The editor reserves the right to edit submitted articles.
Player Perspective—Charmaine Reid………...12
The Ontario Badminton Association gratefully acknowledges the funding support of the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion
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OBA JR B Singles Only, The Oakville Club: November 15, 2009 US Senior International Championships, Miami Lakes: January 5-9, 2010 Leamington Doubles & Singles Too, Leamington Badminton Club: April 9-11, 2010
The OBA would like to welcome these NEW clubs to the Ontario Badminton Association!
Metro Pulse Sports Association in Scarborough, www.metropulsesports.com BARS (Badminton at Riverside South) in Ottawa Cedar Springs Health, Racquet & Sportsclub in Burlington, www.cedarspringsclub.com York Region Youth Outreach Association in Scarborough, www.yorkregionyouth.com St. Mark’s Club in Whitby Hintonburg Badminton Club in Ottawa Gracious Light in Ottawa, www.graciouslight.org Manitouwadge Badminton Club in Manitouwadge
CORRECTION: OFSAA Results: Boys Doubles ‘A’ Flight Silver—James Richmond/Mike Sullivan Boys Doubles ‘B’ Flight Silver—Louis Pinsonneault/Andrew Shymanski Bronze—Adam Constantineau/Justin Richardson Boys Doubles ‘C’ Flight Silver—Jeffrey Wong/Anthony Ho Bronze—Garrett Duff/ Hans Agnihotri The OBA apologizes for these mistakes and any inconveniences they might have caused.
Upcoming NCCP Technical Coaching Clinics All dates tentative – for more details, visit the OBA website and confirm dates under Important Information, NCCP
Level 1—December 5-6, 2009 - The Badminton & Racquet Club, $170 Level 2—December 18-20, 2009 - info to come Level 2—February 20-21, 2010 - info to come
Welcome Back to these clubs:
Banting Badminton Club in Alliston Aurora Badminton Club in Aurora Laurentian Badminton Club in Nepean Club Panthere in Sudbury Club de Badminton Vars in Vars
“Protective Eyewear” - put them on when you go on “Effective September 1 2006, all junior players in Ontario must wear protective eyewear, meeting the ASTM F803 standard, whenever there are more than two players on the same court, at all OBA, District or affiliated club activities. The OBA strongly recommends that all players wear protective eyewear meeting the ASTM F803 standard whenever on court.”
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TJ Force Camp This summer I had the opportunity to train for five weeks in Gor (hall) Bantong, Jakarta, Indonesia. There I participated in the TH (Taufik Hidayat) Force Camp. I stayed in a house â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with air conditioned rooms â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with coach Hariawan, Loke Kok Pong (from Malaysia, training for three months), and around four other players in the camp. These guys were the nicest, funniest, and hardest-working badminton players I have ever met. Whenever I was not at the house sleeping or eating, I was out playing badminton. We practiced around six hours a day five days a week. I was quick to learn a bit of their language, Indonesian, and even a bit of Arabic, seeing as the majority of the population is Muslim. After my five weeks of training in close to 40-degree temperatures and a huge intake of rice I noticed a drastic improvement in my game. Being lighter I can move much faster and my shots are much tighter. I had the best time of my life. McLean Brownlee
6 I, along with 17 other OBA players attended the RSL/Ahuntsic Badminton Camp in Montreal August 10 to 14 lead by coaches: Hirota, Lino, Kim and Kanno. I had attended the two previous camps held at the Ridges badminton club and my badminton game benefitted immensely from these coaches who travelled all the way from Japan to share their knowledge with both players and coaches. The camp covered strokes, speed training, physical conditioning, and tactics for singles and doubles. Three things that separate this camp from other badminton camps is the detail explanation given by the coaches before and after we perform the drills. The second thing that is unique is the emphasis placed on feeding, especially for the multi bird drills. Finally, they keep statistics on the players who participate to provide feedback to the players so that they can compare their performance against other Canadian players and with Japanese players. With available 10 courts, there was plenty of court time for all participants. Mr Naomichi, being an experienced badminton player himself, provided excellent translation of instructions to the participants. All coaching staff worked very hard in improving the competitive skill of the player. Feedback from the players and coaches that I talked to were all positive. I would like to thank David Dai of RSL Canada for sponsoring this camp and to Fei Tam for looking after the ODBA junior players. Corey G Hum
OBA Awards Programme The OBA takes part in Ontario programmes to recognize volunteers who work in sport. Clubs are invited to contact Dave Kumar, OBA Director Awards Programme with names of volunteers who have served with a club for 5, 10, 15 or 20+ years. Volunteers can be coaches, officials, executive members â&#x20AC;&#x201C; any volunteer capacity.
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Victor Ontario Circuit â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Player of the Year 2009-2010 Points awarded in main round only: 3 for a win, 2 for finalist, 1 for semi-finalists. Next event - the Festival City Open!
ONTARIO TOP 10
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Ontario Junior Ranking System (OJRS) for 09-10 The Ontario Junior Ranking System is a ranking system for Junior players competing on a Provincial and National circuit level. The OJRS awards points to players based on the competitive level of the competition and the round achieved by the player - the higher the round achieved the higher the points obtained. Points are also awarded for ‘B’ or consolation round events. A player’s ranking is determined by accumulating the player’s best 3 results over the last 12 months for each discipline (singled, doubles and mixed). The rankings are updated and posted weekly after each Provincial or National event. Some of the guiding principles of the OJRS are: · to encourage player participation and development through competition; · to better reflect player ability and performance at competition; · to promote fairness throughout. OJRS Objectives and purpose The OJRS system will track tournament results for Provincial and National Circuit events and is designed for Players, their Parents and their Coaches to: · provide feedback on standings and progress throughout the season; · provide a tool in which players can set and measure goals; · provide a means to discover and develop among their peers; · motivate and prepare players in their development; · encourage higher levels of participation and player development. The OJRS is also used by several organizations as a guide to: · qualify and seed players for circuit tournaments; · identify developing players suited for special programmes such as High Performance events; · work with product and financial sponsors to qualify player development and recognize player achievement. Ranking Guidelines – Summarized · Ranking is based on Best 3 results from a Provincial or National event. · Best 3 results for each singles, doubles and mixed event must have been played in the last 12 months. · Points are awarded for each successive round played in the Main rounds and ‘B’ or consolation rounds. · Base points are published as a Points Grid accessible through the OBA website under Junior Ranking. · Tournaments that are ranked must be sanctioned and listed by the OBA and must report and publish tournament results using Tournament Planner software.
For more information on the OJRS including some FAQ, please go online to the OBA website at www.ontariobadminton.on.ca under Junior Rankings, or see the OBA newsletter Ontario Badminton Today. Queries—please email JrRanking@OntarioBadminton.on.ca .
STOP THE PRESS! Toronto Wins Pan Am 2015 Bid! NEW Badminton Canada membership In January 2010, Badminton Canada will be introducing a membership for athletes, coaches (NCCP Level 1 certified) and officials. From February 28 2010, to compete, coach or officiate in Badminton Canada events, membership will be required. Application forms will be available later this year.
Over the next few weeks, Districts will be hosting trials for their Ontario Winter Games teams. For more information, here are the contacts: COBA: Coach and Manager to be announced. Contact Ted Feather at tedfeather@rogers.com for more information. GBDBA: Coach Dave Wesley, Manager Karen Ng (wesley.dl@forces.gc.ca, kpng@hotmail.com) NOBA: Coach Benno Kurvits, Manager Frank Boulanger (bwkurvits@xplornet.com, nobafb@yahoo.ca) ODBA: Coach Daniel LeBlanc, Manager Ann Rayner (daniel_leblanc23@hotmail.com, ann.rayner@rogers.com) TDBA 1 & 2: Coaches and Managers to be announced. Contact Roger Wallis at roger.wallis@sympatico.ca for more information WOBA: Coach Charles Pyne, Manager Amanda Carruthers (ccspyne@gmail.com, acarruthers14@hotmail.com)
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CANADA WINTER GAMES SELECTION CAMP OBA Canada Winter Games Camp at Humber College 27-29 December (maximum of 70 athletes) Athletes are invited to attend the 2009 OBA Christmas Camp. Male athletes must be born in 1989 or later, female athletes 1991 or later. Please go to the OBA website to download the application form. Leading the team of coaches will be Stephane Cadieux, 2011 OBA Canada Winter Games Coach. The camp is for up to 70 players and will a great opportunity for athletes to spar, drill and train with the top athletes in the province. Lunch and shuttles are provided. Deadline for applications is Tuesday December 1st. Selection will be based on OBA High Performance rankings and athletes will be notified by Friday December 5th. Email applications will be accepted (giving the information requested on the application form) and a cheque for $40 must be mailed to the OBA office at Ontario Badminton Association, 3 Concorde Gate, Suite 209, Toronto ON M3C 3N7.
Ontario-Quebec Challenge @ Laval University Round 1
Toronto defeated Humber College (Toronto) 8 matches to 1 match
Round 2
Toronto defeated Laval #2
Round 3
Toronto defeated Sherbrooke 6 matches to 3 matches
Round 4 (FINALS)
7 matches to 2 matches
Laval #1 defeated Toronto 6 matches to 3 matches
SUNDAY – INDIVIDUAL EVENT (DOUBLES AND MIXED DOUBLES) Women’s Doubles Michelle Li and Josee Matte finished 1st place in this event against 22 other teams – they went undefeated in their pool with a 2 wins and 0 loss record and then won their semifinal 19-21, 21-17, 21-12 and the finals 21-8, 21-9 against a talented team from Laval. Men’s Doubles Mike Lawler and Jesse finished in 3rd spot in this event against 34 teams and as with our women had an unblemished record in the preliminary pool play and then won their quarter finals 21-8, 20-22, 21-4 against Laval and played the most exciting match of the tournament against Laval in the semifinals winning 21-17, losing 20-22 and losing 16-21 but in this match Toronto actually had match point in the second game but Lawler guessed wrong on the service return and made an unforced error to allow Laval to tie the score and move on to the win. But this pair is the best pairing Toronto has had in more than a decade and hopefully will challenge the best teams in the OUA this season. Mixed Doubles Mike Lawler and Michelle Li won the gold in this division and had little trouble throughout the tournament winning 3 matches in preliminary pool play and then quickly moving through the main event and dominating the tournament. Jesse Assing paired up with rookie Michelle Chow losing to the eventual finalists in three games and showed again that Chow is ready for a starting role. Raymond Zhang and Melissa Hill won their pool in preliminary round but lost in the quarter finals to a Laval team.
Final Team Standings University Team
Rounds Won
Rounds Lost
Matches Won
Matches Lost
Games Won
Games Lost
Laval #1
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Sherbrooke
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24
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Humber College
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STOP THE PRESS! SURABHI IS TRIPLE WINNER AT TORONTO JUNIOR OPEN 2009!
Surabhi Kadam D.O.B. 25th August 1992 Home, Woodbridge, Ontario
Club: The Badminton & Racquet Club Coaches: Stephane Cadieux and Kevin Li
Long-term goal: To represent Canada in the Olympics in 2016 Short-term goal: To represent Canada at the Youth Olympics in 2010 Achievements: Selected to represent Canada at the World Junior Championships to be held in Malaysia in October 2009. Represented Canada at the 2009 and 2009 Pan Am Junior Championships Silver and Bronze (Mixed and Doubles) at the 2009 U19 Canadian Junior Championships, and two silver medals (singles and doubles) at the 2008 U16 Canadian Junior Championships Gold (singles) at the 2001 U10 National Championships in India Badminton Canada Fair Play Award in 2006, and Ontario Badminton Athlete of the Year in 2008 and 2006
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Final Results Women's Singles Nicole Grether defeated Charmaine Reid 21-12, 21-13 Women's Doubles Charmaine Reid/ Nicole Grether defeated Stephanie Ko/ Melody Liang 21-8, 21-14
Alberta Elite Series Badminton Tournament At the Alberta Elite Series Badminton Tournament Nicole Grether and I won the Women's Doubles title without dropping a game. In the semi finals we played the #4 seeds Stephanie Pakenham and Caroline VeZina and defeated them 21-3 21-11. In the finals we played against the #2 seeds Stephanie Ko and Melody Liang. We played with high pressure and speed, attacking smart and with very little errors, winning in two straight games 21-8, 21-14. In the women's singles action I had hard work to reach the finals. My first match was up against Florence Lavoie a top Canadian player for many years who wasn't seeded and after an hour match and tons of smashes I won 21-19, 19-21, 21-12. In the quarter finals I defeated the #4 seed Caroline VeZina 21-10, 21-9. The semi finals was another long 3 game match against #2 seed Valerie St-Jacques. Long rallies, tight dropshots and pump clears, we both moved a lot around the court and finally I was able to attack at the right times and won 16-21, 21-15, 21-14. Now into the women's final and up against my doubles partner Nicole Grether. Nicole played with high speed and accuracy which was hard for me to follow and won the match and gold medal in 2 games 21-12, 21-13. Our next tournaments will take us to Changzhou China, for the Li-Ning China Master Super Series and Tokyo, Japan, for the Japan Super Series Sept 15.
Ontario badminton athletes travelled to Sydney in October to compete at the World Masters Games where 25,000 players in 28 sports took part. Congratulations to the great gold medals in individual events - Keith Priestman in 45 MS and Penny Parkes in 50 WS. Keith also won a silver medal in 45 mixed with Sue Rogers. Other medal winners, Gary Helmkay a silver in 55 mixed with Siew Har Hong and a bronze in singles, Ian Bishop won a silver in 60 MS and Val Butler a bronze in 60WD with Helen Koh. Jennifer Aziz also won Gold in 55WD with Siew Har Hong. Team results had gold medals in the open division, Jennifer Aziz and Gary Helmkay on the 55+ Canucks team, Ian Bishop on the 60+ Pencil Necks team and Val Butler on the 65+ YUM team. John and Lillian Cree competed in the C division team on the 65+ Golden Racquets team, winning silver.
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The Canadian team finished with 3 Gold and 1 Silver in the finals of the individual events, adding to the team event gold medal. On the Canadian team from Ontario, Joseph Rogers, Joycelyn Ko and Alex Bruce. In individual events, mixed doubles saw an all Canadian final with Joycelyn Ko with Alex Pang going down 15-21, 16-21 to Toby Ng and Grace Gao. In bronze medal position, Kevin Li and Alex Bruce. In men’s singles, Stephan Wojcikiewicz won the silver medal with bronze medals going to Joseph Rogers and David Snider. Women’s singles featured Anna Rice, seeded 1 and Joycelyn Ko who had defeated the second and third seeds. Anna defeated Joycelyn 17 and 14. No men’s doubles competition for Canada but in mixed two Canadian teams had made the final. Milaine Cloutier and Valerie St. Jacques defeated Fiona McKee and Grace Gao in three games. Congrulations to all and to Jeff White coach/manager of the team. Pictured above: Junior Pan Am Team
Canada defeated Brazil 3-2 to finish third in the team event. USA defeated Peru 3-2 for first place. Congratulations to Jody Chan, Nathan Leung, Bethany So, Nyl Yakura and Stephanie Yeung, Ontario players on the team - and to Jeff White and Stephane Cadieux, team coaches. In individual events - congratulations - two gold, three silver, two bronze to Ontarians. In U19, Timothy Lam and Nathan Lee won silver in boys doubles. In U17, Nathan Leung (teamed with Clinton Wong) won gold in boys doubles. Nyl Yakura won gold in boys singles, then teamed with Nathan Choi to win silver in doubles. Jody Chan and Stephanie Yeung won silver in girls doubles, and Stephanie
Following preliminary pool play, Canada finished 18th in the team event, losing to Germany 3-0. For Ontario, players were Nathan Lee, Timothy Lam, Surabhi Kadam, Katelin Dejak and Michelle Li. In individual events, the sole Ontario success was in mixed where Nathan and Surabhi won their first match losing their second.
Alberta – August MS Silver to Joseph Rogers; WS Silver to Charmaine Reid; WD Gold to Charmaine Reid with Nicole Grether BC – September WS Gold to Michelle Li; WD Gold to Michelle Li and Alex Bruce; MX Silver to Fiona McKee with Alvin Lau Saskatchewan – October MS Silver to Joseph Rogers; WS Gold to Michelle Li, WD Silver to Joycelyn Ko with Phyllis Chan; MX Gold to Michelle Li and Ruben Khosadalina
Saskatchewan—October BS U16 Silver Jackie Yeung, BD U16 Silver Darren Mak and Jackie Yeung, GS U16 Silver Vivian Kwok, Bronze Kally Ho, GD U16 Vivian Kwok (with Vanora Lo), MX U16 Silver Jackie Yeung and Vivian Yeung, Bronze Joshua Hurlburt-Yu and Brittney Tam. BS U19 Bronze Nyl Yakura, BD U19 Gold Nyl Yakura (with Joseph Donaldson), Silver Andrew Lau (with nathan Choi), Bronze Michael Diamond and Wesley Marr, GS U19 Silver Tracy Wong, Bronze Surabhi Kadam, GD U19 Gold Surabhi Kadam (with Jessica Leung), Bronze Nicoline Chan and Bethany So, MX U19 Gold Nyl Yakura and Tracy Wong, Silver Andrew Lau and Bethany So, Bronze Michael Diamond and Surabhi Kadam.
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The 2009-2010 Yonex Ontario Junior High Performance Circuit got underway in September with the U19 players travelling to Woodstock Badminton Club. The U16 and U14 athletes played in Niagara Falls the following weekend with Rachel Honderich a triple winner in the U14 age category. Event # 2 took place at the Stratford Badminton Club - all ages competing on the 14 courts at the club. (An update - OFSAA will take place in May 2010 at the Stratford B.C. with other schools in the area also providing their facilities.) In Stratford, two triple winners emerged. In U19 Bethany So teamed with Nicoline Chan in doubles, Andrew Lau in mixed and then won the singles. In U12 Michelle Cheng teamed with Giselle Chan in doubles, Jason Ho-Shue in mixed and then won U12 singles. As part of the fun at Stratford, a group of players carved pumpkins and then presented them at a pizza and pop party later in the day. U12 and U14 players dressed up and prizes were awarded for the best costumes and the best pumpkins. Next event - # 3 at the K-W Badminton club for the U19 and U14, and the Boulevard Club for the U16 and U12 - November 28-29 “Protective Eyewear” - put them on when you go on “Effective September 1 2006, all junior players in Ontario must wear protective eyewear, meeting the ASTM F803 standard, whenever there are more than two players on the same court, at all OBA, District or affiliated club activities. The OBA strongly recommends that all players wear protective eyewear meeting the ASTM F803 standard whenever on court.”
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