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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 kumarm@sympatico.ca Director: Pry Gnana 905 826 3203 events@badmintonbirds.com Director: Jim Duncan 905 686 5491 james.duncan@rogers.com Director: Deborah Tom 905 470 6913 deborahktom@gmail.com
It seems like the summer has never arrived – no sooner were the OBA and Badminton Canada AGM’s finished than the OBA Board of Directors had a full day of planning to go over plans for the 2009/2010 season. It was a pleasure to welcome Jim Duncan and Deborah Tom to their first meeting after their election to the board at the AGM. Deborah will be looking after increasing OBA services to our Adult Members and Jim will be responsible for the Promotion and Media Awareness for the sport of Badminton. Basically we are looking at a very exciting year of badminton:
The Canada Winter Games 2011 TEAM SELECTION process starts now High Performance in Partnership with the Canada Winter Games will have more money available for a structured program for both PLAYERS AND THEIR COACHES Promotion and Media Awareness of BADMINTON starts now Our OBA AWARDS PROGRAM will recognize as many of the contributors to our sport as possible Toronto INTERNATIONAL tournament – planning for this huge undertaking starts now Plans for a New and Exciting OBA WEB-SITE are well underway
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
These are just a few of the hopes and plans that your OBA Directors are working on – if you would like to be a part of these exciting times we are looking for committee people to help – please contact the OBA office or contact one of the OBA Directors directly.
Executive Director
Ian Bishop
Val Butler—416 426 7192 val.butler@ontariobadminton.on.ca
In closing I would hope that everyone is enjoying summer (between the raindrops) and that we are all getting ready for a GREAT BADMINTON YEAR.
Membership Services Jolande Amoraal—416 427 7195 jolande.amoraal@ontariobadminton.on.ca
Content Highlights: Partners in Excellence…………………………………...4 Upcoming coaching clinics………………………………4 Results at US Open………………………………………5 Awards Banquet……………………………………….6-7
“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.”
OWG……………………………………………………...8 Results at Junior Nationals…………………………….11 Results at Masters Nationals…………………………..12 Spring AGM…………………………………………….14
Articles and news for Ontario Badminton Today welcomed. Deadline for next issue: October 31 The editor reserves the right to edit submitted articles.
The Ontario Badminton Association gratefully acknowledges the funding support of the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion
4 Ontario Badminton Association joins on as newest member of Humber College’s Centre of Excellence! The Ontario Badminton Association is delighted to announce a partnership with Humber College in a sporting Centre of Excellence. For many years, the OBA has held events at Humber College with the Toronto Open a regular fixture, an exhibition featuring Danish players, and culminating in the December 2008 Exhibition with Hariawan, Engga Setiawan and Canadian players. Other tournaments have also taken place at Humber on a regular basis.
Badminton gaining popularity as an emerging sport
Humber has formed a partnership to develop a Centre of Excellence—participating sports include the OBA, Ontario Basketball and Ontario Volleyball. Elite OBA athletes will be invited to train and receive athletic therapy services. The OBA will hold an increasing number of tournaments (national, provincial and other), clinics and camps at Humber and looks forward to this partnership developing the Centre of Excellence.
The sport of badminton is on the rise. As one of the ‘emerging sports’ it is notably the most dominating in numbers. In the US, badminton is currently not an NCAA sanctioned championship sport although with numbers increasing to that of other sanctioned sports, the NCAA will have to do some reconsidering. In order to that, it needs to have a certain number of schools participating , and of course has to dispel some misconceptions. "People see it as this non-threatening, backyard sport," he said. "But once you get into it, you see the physicality involved, the attack strategy. It's one of the most competitive sports I've ever played." - Jeff Limke, badminton coach at Burnsville. *taken from EXPN RISE—celebrating high school athletes
Upcoming NCCP Technical Coaching Clinics All dates tentative as at July 23rd – for more details, visit the OBA website and confirm dates under Important Information, NCCP Course Conductor Edith Hayman, Brantford, Level 1 Technical - September 12-13 Course Conductor Stephane Cadieux, Toronto, Level 1 Technical - September 19-20 Course Conductor Wayne King, Ajax, Level 1 Technical - November Course Conductor John Gilbert, Humber College, Level 2 Technical Dec 29-30
Officials Professional Development Seminar Sunday September 13 at The Sheraton Parkway, Toronto North from 9.00 am to 4 pm Programme Morning: RTTO update, Question and answer session Afternoon: "So you find yourself the only official present at a tournament - how do you go forward?" A help session for all, whether a referee or umpire. To confirm attendance please email val.butler@ontariobadminton.on.ca
5 National Elite Series Tournaments 2009-2010 Junior 2009 Prairie Black Knight Junior Elite Series—Saskatchewan 2009 Ontario Black Knight Junior Elite Series—Toronto 2009 Atlantic Black Knight Junior Elite Series—Moncton 2010 Quebec Black Knight Junior Elite Series—Montreal 2010 Alberta Black Knight Junior Elite Series—Calgary 2010 BC Black Knight Junior Elite Series– Vancouver
October 2-4 November 6-8 December 18-20 January 22-24 February 12-14 March 12-14
Senior 2009 Alberta Yonex Senior Elite Series—Calgary 2009 BC Yonex Senior Elite Series—TBA 2009 Saskatchewan Yonex Senior Elite Series—TBA 2009 New Brunswick Yonex Senior Elite Series—Moncton 2009 Ontario Yonex Senior Elite Series—Toronto
August 28-30 September 18-20 October 9-11 December 18-20 January 8-10
International Touranments Atwater International—Montreal, QC
April 26-May 1
National Championships National Closed—Manitoba College/University Championships—Ontario Canadian Masters Championships U14/U16/U19/U23
January 28-30 March 18-21 April 26-May 1 May 3-8
Michelle Li ranked 120 in the world for Women’s Singles Ontario Players upset at the YONEX US Open
Picture above: Michelle Li upset defending champion Liliane Chow in the quarter finals of Women’s singles.
Several Ontario athletes pulled in a solid performance at the US Open this past July. In the quarter finals of Men’s Singles, Andrew Dabeka defeated Joseph Rogers, where he then lost to Stefan Wojcikiewicz in the semi’s. In Women’s Singles, Michelle Li upset the defending champion then lost in the semi’s to Mona Santosa of the US. In Mixed Doubles, Fionna McKee, playing with Will Milroy, lost in the semi final to Howard Bach and Eval Lee of the US. Other Ontario athletes at this event were Charmaine Reid, Tommy McKee, Kevin Li and Alex Bruce. Anna Rice from BC, won Women’s Singles.
Date announced for Fall AGM: October 3-4 at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North
6 OBA 2009 Awards Banquet Held at the Sandman Signature Hotel at Toronto Airport, the 2009 OBA Awards Banquet recognized achievements by athletes, clubs, coaches, officials and builders of the sport. The most prestigious award presented each year goes to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the sport and for 2009 this was presented to Doug Fox, Athletic Director at Humber College. Doug Fox (and his staff of Jim Bielak and Dean Wiley) have for many years supported the Ontario Badminton Association as we host events at Humber College (approximately two per year). In December 2008, the OBA with Humber College hosted exhibition play featuring Hariawan and Engga Setiawan. Doug ensured a great set up for the event. Humber College also hosted a most successful NCCA Championships, promoting badminton in Ontario and hosting teams from across the country. Our front cover shows Doug receiving his award. Humber College was also presented with the OBA Corporate Award for 2009 and, right, Doug and Jim receiving the Corporate Award from Pry Gnana, OBA Director for Marketing and the driving force behind the Exhibition. Each season, the OBA presents awards celebrating achievements of athletes throughout the season. The OBA Championships’ Banner was won by the Mandarin Badminton Club, recognizing their players results at the Ontario Championships (A), the Ontario Masters Championships and the Ontario Junior Championships. The District Championships Cup (for results at the B Championships) was won by Toronto & District, and the Ontario Participation banner was won by Lee’s Badminton Training Centre. The SOTX Ontario Team Cup (for CDE level players) was won jointly by Eugene Lau and Kyle Wong of Ryerson and Maria Cheng and Bily Lau of Lee’s). Right: Drew Huerter, Brian Tjoa and Eddie Kung receive the banner for the Mandarin B.C.
In 2008-2009, the OBA with Victor presented two new awards—for the best results at the Victor Ontario Circuit and for the players who competed at all the circuit events. The top two players were Cheryl Tanaka and Drew Huerter (see right), and also the only two players to compete at all events.
Left: Danica Lau and Sommer Chou receive the Lee’s banner and Right: Eddie Kung and Robert Lau receive the District Challenge Trophy on behalf of T & D.
Athletes of the Year junior awards were based on overall achievement on points from the Ontario Junior Ranking System; for the U23 category based on results, and for the Master category, achievements at the Provincial and National Championships. Awards went to: U12: Samuel Goh (triple winner at Provincial Championships), Sommer Chou and Danica Lau jointly at the top of the table; U14: Bosco Lau and Michelle Tong; U16 Nyl Yakura and Jody Chan; U19 Saman Mahmoodzadeh and Michelle Li; U23 Joycelyn Ko, and Kevin Li and Tommy McKee. The Senior winners were Michelle Li and Andrew Dabeka and the Masters winners Penny Parkes and Ian Bishop. Left: Athletes of the Year who were present at the banquet with their certificates.
7 Each year, the OBA President and the OBA District Presidents recognize contributions that members have made. Ottawa and District recognized Sylvain Coulombe and Ferdy Doreleyers for the contributions to the District and Western recognized Cheng Chuang of the Lester B Pearson Badminton Club for his contribution. The OBA recognized Pry Gnana and Fred Carruthers for their contribution towards the very successful Exhibition held in December. The OBA also recognized Deryck Williams and Jamie McKee for their services to the Board of the Ontario Badminton Association. Deryck spoke of the achievements during his tenure as President and gave his best wishes to the future of Ontario badminton.
The OBA also recognized the athletes who had been awarded Quest for Gold carding in 2008-2009 and recognized their achievements through the season. Also recognized, the athletes in attendance who achieved at the University and College events . Left: Dave Kumar with Melissa Hill from the University of Toronto, coach and player; Amanda Carruthers from the University of Waterloo team, and Jody Carruthers from the Cambrian College team.
The OBA Coach of the Year was Stephane Cadieux of the Badminton & Racquet Club, presented with his certificate and award by Dave Kumar, OBA Director—see right. The OBA Officials of the Year were Lillian and John Cree (below), with a special award going to Asokan Sadasivan for his contribution as an official in Ontario. Our thanks too to John for the photographs.
The keynote speaker for the event was Wayne Macdonnell (see right) who spoke of his achievements internationally and nationally and what it took then and what it takes now to be a champion. Andrew Dabeka in 2009 equalled Wayne’s number of Canadian singles wins. Something to aim for Ontario singles players! The OBA would like to thank Dave Kumar for his work in presenting the Awards Banquet and Jolande Amoraal for her table decorations—hanging shuttles.
8 2010 Ontario Winter Games Bracebridge Ontario hosts the OWG from 4-7 March 2010, with badminton at the Bracebridge Sportsplex. Opening Ceremonies take place the evening of Thursday 4th on the waterfront in Gravenhurst. To compete for your District, contact your District President, OWG Coach or Manager, or watch for more information on your District website. To coach a district team, contact the District President - NCCP Level 2 certification required. Ottawa and District Badminton Association have announced their Coach and Manager so do contact them directly - Dan Leblanc (Coach), daniel_leblanc23@hotmail.com. and Ann Rayner (Manager): ann.rayner@rogers.com. The OWG is a team event - in 2008, Toronto & District Team 2 defeated Toronto & District Team 1, with the bronze medal position going to Western Ontario. The Black Knight fair play awards went to Ryan Van Spronsen WOBA (male athlete), Susie Yan NOBA (female athlete), Dave Wesley GBDBA (Coach) and Olga Gabroussenok ODBA (Manager). See you in Bracebridge ! DID YOU KNOW? The Duke of Beaufort held parties at his estate, Badminton house in 1873. His guests were invited to play a game with shuttlecocks, thus the game of badminton was born.
Ontario Junior (U23) High Performance Programme The OBA is delighted to announce that Stephane Cadieux from the Badminton & Racquet Club will be the CWG 2011 Team Coach. Melissa Hill from Varsity Blues will be the Assistant Coach, and Deb Singer will be the Manager. Advance Notice: Christmas Camp 27-29 December at Humber College. This will be the first camp for the 2011 Canada Winter Games team selection. Age eligibility: Male - athletes 23 and younger as at 31st December 2011, female - athletes 21 and younger as at 31st December 2011. By invitation - 70 athletes will be selected and invited to attend the camp (no charge, including shuttles and lunch) using the OJRS Rankings at the end of the season 20082009 from both U19 and U16 age groups and OUA and OCAA results. Other athletes are invited to apply to attend at a cost of $40 for the three days. Invitations will be finalised in early October. From these athletes, a squad of 40 athletes will be selected for training through 2009-2011. Final team selection procedure will be announced in due course.
Canadian Masters Badminton Association
- SHUTTLETALK If you did not renew your membership, you will no longer receive Shuttletalk via email. To renew your membership, or join the CMBA, send $5 to the address below, being sure to include your name, address and email address. $5.00 to CMBA, #4 - 118 Aldersmith Place, Victoria, BC Canada V9M 7M9 Make Cheques payable to: "DAVID NIVEN - IN TRUST CMB"
The 2010 Canadian Masters Championships Monday April 26-Saturday May 1 2010 Hosted by the Kelowna B.C. in British Columbia Co-Chairs Sue Rogers and Denise Vines
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Gold Kevin Cao Alex Duong Duiltha Jayasinghe
Silver Clayton Law Kyle Thompson Jay Flannigan
Bronze Kevin Tseng Owen Kurvitz Mike Pinsonneault
Adrienne Goldsworthy Nikki Chen Cindy Wong
Jenna Flannigan Chinue DeLaMerced Christina Grail
Christi Chang Mandy Chow Amberly Qualegesic
Chris Leonhardt/Dan Leonhardt Clifton Leung/Michael Wong Brandon Mackey/Neil Bourque
Adam Chen/Jack Lan Adam Constantineau/Justin Richardson Logan Dayus/Trevor Neville
Maclean Brownlee/Bruce Burdett Louis Pinsonneault/Andrew Shymanski Jeffrey Wong/Anthony Ho
Holly Kwok/Jessamine Chang Natalie Hebert/Katherine Harvey Kailee Somers/Rebecca Hawthorn Cassandra Cheung/Amy Kim Connie Ho/Junyi Dai Lisa Lahaie/Janelle Fortin
Vanessa Carruthers/Nirosha Damboragama Jessica Wiseman/Vanessa Wiseman Amy Vandertoorn/Kelsey Neerhof XD A Gold A Silver A Bronze
Stefanie Lau/Ryan Lau Karl Huras/Bryan Duquette Jasmine Fan/Oliver Chow
B Gold B Silver B Bronze
Alaina Lee/Andy Atkins Jacinda Yeung/Vito Chui Wenhan Chen/Raymond Cheng
C Gold C Silver C Bronze
Kelly Grant/Shawn Bogart Shawnyce Leroy/Conrad Thompson Joyce Lai/Daniel Dai
Junior Eligibility Season 2009-2010 The calendar year defines age group for the season (this is for tournaments starting September 2009) U10 - Born in 2000 or later U12 - Born in 1998-1999 U14 - Born in 1996-1007 U16 - Born in 1994-1995 U19 - Born in 1991, 1992, 1993 U23 - born in 1987 or later
10 Insurance – What It Means & Why It Is Important There are not many better ways to have fun, spend time with friends and get in shape than playing sports. Everyday the young and young-atheart across Canada participate in sports as a way to keep active and spend time with friends. We tend to think about the fun and the competition and not about the possibilities of something going wrong. Unfortunately things can happen. In sports we see injuries to people participating and to those who are watching. We also see property being damaged by those who are participating in sports. Insurance can help your sports group protect yourselves from the results of such mishaps. Insurance? How does that work? Insurance will protect you in the event of an incident. There are several types of insurance coverage. Each protects you in a different way. Liability Insurance - will protect your club and its members if you are sued for bodily injury or property damage. A spectator or another player who is injured or the building owner could make a claim if his building has been damaged. They could sue your club or you as a player stating that your negligence caused the injury or damage. Liability insurance will defend you against the action and provide payouts up to the policy limits. Directors & Officers/Wrongful Acts – protects your Directors & Officers, Executive, Employees & Volunteers in the event that you are sued forcompensatory damages as a result of wrongful acts. Sport Accident Coverage - provides payments to a member who has been injured while playing sports. It is designed to cover out of pocket expenses for items such as dental treatments, prescription drugs, ambulance, physiotherapy, etc that are not covered under any other medical plan. What if we don’t have insurance coverage? If you did not have insurance you are leaving yourself and your club open to severe financial impact in the event of an incident. If a player is injured and they do not have their own medical or accident coverage they will have to pay for their medical expenses out of their own pocket. If you are sued and don’t have liability / Director & Officers coverage you would have to hire a lawyer to defend you against the action & then pay any damages out of your own pocket. Defence costs alone can be quite expensive; probably enough to bankrupt most sports clubs. How do we obtain proper insurance coverage? Ontario Badminton Association has an excellent insurance program with the coverages you need. The program includes Liability, Directors’ & Officers, and Sport Accident coverage. By obtaining the coverage through the Ontario Badminton insurance program your club can operate knowing it is properly protected. Nancy L. Au, BBA, FCIP, RIB(Ont) Pearson-Dunn Insurance Inc.
The Ontario Badminton Association programme offers $5 million in liability insurance. Contact Jolande.Amoraal@ontariobadminton.on.ca for more information.
District News—COBA To the most impressive badminton courts in the woods we go. A diamond in the rough has emerged in the form of badminton courts facility in the woods of Millbrook or should I say a diamond in the woods. And yes we got to play the best games of badminton, oh what great fun that was. Friday till midnight and Saturday all day with a great bunch of girls. The food was fantastic and the company was great, I loved every minute of it. - Lynn Michel, College Boreal, on the courts at the Ridges
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Benny Lin (1) Josephine Wu (1) Marc Lee Nathan Osborne (3/4) Takeisha Wang Josephine Wu (2) Nathan Osborne Josephine Wu (1)
Duncan Yao (5/8) Vanora Lo (2) Philippe Giguere Guillaume Grenon (3/4) Candice Ip Eileen Wong Duncan Yao Simone Cheng (2)
Bosco Lau (5/8) Karen Lau Bryan Jok Andrew Lee (2) Simone Cheng Vanora Lo (1) Jack Hall Michelle Tong (5/8)
Bryan Jok (3/4) Eileen Wong (5/8) Michael Wu Duncan Yao (3/4) Joanna Chu Shirley Guo Calvin Che Shirley Guo
Nyl Yakura (1) Christin Tsai (1) Nyl Yakura Nathan Choi (1) Shannon Saunders Kacey Tung Clinton Wong Christin Tsai (1)
Clinton Wong (2) Bethany So (2) Nathan Leung Clinton Wong (2) Jody Chan Stephanie Yeung (1) Andrew Wilkinson Jody Chan (2)
Jason Sun Jody Chan (3/4) Andrew Lau Andrew Wilkinson (3/4) Carolyn O’Dwyer Bethany So (3/4) Neil Tai-Pow Stephanie Yeung (3/4)
Nathan Leung (3/4) Qufei Chen (3/4) Andrew D’Souza Joshua Hurlburt-Yu (3/4) Iliza Cloutier Emilie Fleury-Larocque (2) Andrew Lau Bethany So (3/4)
Martin Giuffre (1) Michelle Li (1) Martin Giuffre Geoffrey Prieur (1) Alex Bruce Michelle Li (1) Martin Giuffre Kathleen Lougheed (3/4)
Sergiy Shatenko Sarah Kong (2) Saman Mahmoodzadeh Ross Golding (2) Kathleen Lougheed Jenny Saunders Michael Diamond Surabhi Kadam (5/8)
Timothy Chiu (3/4) Jessica Leung (3/4) Peter Butler Timothy Chiu (3/4) Surabhi Kadam Jessica Leung (3/4) Saman Mahmoodzadeh Katelin Dejak (2)
Nathan Lee (3/4) Stephanie Pakenham (5/8) Maximilan Koreny Oliver Trudeau (5/8) Sarah Kong Christin Tsai Peter Butler Alex Bruce (1)
Alex Pang Joycelyn Ko (2) Richard Liang Derrick Ng (3/4) Grace Gao Melody Liang (1) Derrick Ng Grace Gao (2)
Joseph Rogers (2) Isabelle Mercier (1) Kevin Li Tommy McKee (2) Phyllis Chan Joycelyn Ko Darren Hong Melody Liang
Philippe Gaumond (3/4) Phyllis Chan (3/4) Francois Champagne Manuel Thomas (1) Audrey Bonneville Karine Deragon-Jean Kevin Li Joycelyn Ko (1)
Richard Liang (1) Roxanne Fraser (3/4) Logan Campbell Darren Hong Roxanne Fraser Isabelle Mercier (2) Pieric Langlais Gagne Audrey Bonneville (3/4)
GD XD U16 BS GS BD GD XD U19 BS GS BD GD XD U23 MS WS MD WD XD
JR HP Early Season Date Reminders! OBA Yonex Junior High Performance Circuit Season 2009-2010 starts early, mark these dates for your competitive plan for the season #1 #1
U19 at Woodstock Badminton Club U16, U14 at Niagara Falls Badminton Club
Sat-Sun 26-27 September Fri-Sat 2-3 October
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U19, U16, U14, U12 at Stratford Badminton Club Includes Halloween costume and pizza party Prizes for best costumes (by age group) !
Sat-Sun 31 Oct - 1 Nov
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2009 Yonex Canadian Open Masters Championships One hundred and eleven players from Ontario entered the Canadian Open Masters Badminton Championships held last week in Ottawa, with many local players joining the Ontario competitive players. International players from Pakistan, Japan, Peru and England, and Canadian competitors from across the country, totalled 281 athletes at the event. Former Canadian athletes playing in their first Masters included Mike Beres and Kyle Hunter from Ontario, together winning the 35+ Men’s Doubles event, and Mike defeating Kyle in the Men’s Singles event. The host committee, led by Marg Thom and Wally Gerus, were thanked by all at the closing dinner. The venue for the 2010 event will be announced as soon as confirmation is received. Mike Beres (35+) from the RA Centre, Penny Parkes (50+) from Woodstock Badminton Club and Ian Bishop (60+) from the RA Centre were triple gold winners.
The 2010 Canadian Masters Championships Monday April 26-Saturday May 1 2010 Hosted by the Kelowna B.C. in British Columbia Co-Chairs Sue Rogers and Denise Vines
Ontario results 35MS Gold—Mike Beres, RA Centre Silver—Kyle Hunter, RA Centre Consolation Winner—Varghese Devassy 35WS Silver—Suneeta Khare, Belleville Consolation Winner—Yiwen Jiang 35MD Gold—Mike Beres/Kyle Hunter, RA Centre Silver—Bryan Blanshard/Mike Levasseur 35WD Silver—Diana Harvie/Doris Piche Consolation Winner—Laura Gemmell/Min Zhao, RA Centre 35MX Gold—Mike Beres/Doris Piche Silver—Bryan Blanshard (with Marie-Helene Loranger) Consolation Winner—Ernest Nketiah/Min Zhao, George Brown/RA Centre 40MS Silver—Ernest Nketiah, George Brown 40MD Gold—Bryan Blanshard/Mike Levasseur 40MX Gold– Bryan Blanshard/Doris Piche 45MD Gold—Chris Dorey (with Reed Sumida) Silver—Saj Malik (with Grant Pittman), Woodstock 45WD Consolation Winner—Dominique Guertin (with Johanne Plourde) 50MS Silver—Jeff Goldsworthy, K-W Badminton 50WS Gold—Penny Parkes, Woodstock 50MD Gold—Chris Dorey (with Solaiman Jonatan) Silver—Jeff Goldsworthy/Saj Malik, K-W Badminton/Woodstock Consolation Winner—Gary Helmkay/Mike Van Der Schilden, Barrie/The Ridges 50WD Gold—Debbie McCoy/Penny Parkes, Woodstock Consolation Winner—Barb Martin/Cindy Stuart 50MX Gold—Saj Malik/Penny Parkes, Woodstock Silver—Chris Dorey/Debbie McCoy, Woodstock Consolation Winner—Bharat Parmar (with Ellen Meridith), Badminton Birds 55MS Consolation Winner—Dhansukh Panchal, The Boulevard Club 55MD Consolation Winner—Naomichi Aoki (with Hideo Iwamoto), The Ridges 55WD Silver—Lynne Burns (with Joanne Cicrich) Consolation Winner—Marlene Mader (with Sue Dommeyer), Niagara Falls 55MX Silver—Gary Helmkay (with Joanne Circrich), Barrie Consolation Winner—Peter Christensen/Fei Tam, RA Centre 60MS Gold—Ian Bishop, RA Centre Consolation Winner—Peter Christensen, RA Center 60MD Gold—Ian Bishop (with Curt Dommeyer), RA Centre Consolation Winner—Ferdy Doreleyers (with Bill Chudyk) 60MX Gold—Ian Bishop/Val Butler, RA Centre/K-W Badminton 65WS Bronze—Solanges Cote 65MD Consolation Winner—Di Hui Liew/Owen Stickles, Mandarin 65WD Consolation Winner—Joan Bell (with Audrey Nickless-Leclaire) 70MS Gold—James Carnwath Silver—Wilf Cote 70WS Gold—Kay Marshall Silver—Margie Uyeda, Boulevard 70MD Gold—James Carnwath/Tosh Uyeda, Boulevard Silver—James Christie/Ken Money, Boulevard Consolation Winner—Wally Gerus/Di Hui Liew 70WD Consolation Winner—Shirley Grantham/Kay Marshall 70MX Consolation Winner—Mark Grantham/Kay Marshall 75MD Silver—Arthur Brown/Mark Granatham, The Oakville Club Consolation Winner—Stanley Patterson (with James Duberry) 75WD Silver—Helen Nethercott (with Betty Thompson), K-W 75MX Gold—Arthur Brown (with Joyce Jones), The Oakville Club Silver—Shirley Graham (with Roger Kerby) 80MS Silver—Frank Melvin Bonze—Stanley Patterson 80MD Gold—Frank Melvin (with James Bosco) Silver—Stanley Patterson (with Alistair Machlachlan) 80WD Gold—Helen Nethercott (with Betty Thompson), K-W 80MX Bronze—Stanley Patterson/Helen Nethercott, K-W
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Cheryl Tanaka and Drew Huerter—winners of the Victor Ontario Circuit Player of the Year Awards and the OBA Award for competing in all six events on the Circuit. For the Player of the Year, points were awarded for a win, finalist, semi-finalist and quarter-finalist and all competitors were in the race for the OBA award—until missing a tournament! Play the Victor Ontario Circuit in 2009-2010 and compete for the awards (all players competing in all events win an OBA award). The first event is the Doug Grant Invitational at the Mandarin Badminton Club—play all six ! #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 $6
Doug Grant Invitational Oktoberfest Tournament Festival City Open Boulevard Invitational Valentines Tournament Durham Open
Mandarin B.C. K-W Badminton Club Stratford Badminton Club Boulevard Club K-W Badminton Club Ajax High School
2-4 October 2009 23-25 October 2009 13-14 November 2009 22-24 January 2010 12-14 February 2010 19-21 February 2010
K-W Badminton Club Summer Camp
2009
The K-W Badminton Club will be hosting a summer camp for juniors from ages 8 to 18 in our dedicated badminton facility. The camp will be designed to teach the fundamental strokes and footwork to those new to badminton, as well as improve accuracy, techniques and strategies for those familiar with the sport. Our coaching staff are highly skilled players and coaches with extensive knowledge and experience. There will be a maximum of 24 participants accepted. All campers must wear non-marking indoor gym shoes on the court Date: Monday, August 17th, 2009 to Friday, August 21st, 2009
Half-Day Program 9am – 12pm – Geared towards novice and intermediate players ages 8 to 15. Ideal for those who have not had formal coaching before but have played in school or recreationally. Registration Fee $140 + GST
Full-Day Program 9am – 4pm – Designed for intermediate to advanced players ages 10 to 18. The focus of the program will be on improving and learning advanced strokes, footwork and conditioning. Campers must stay on-site for lunch and will be supervised between 12pm – 1pm but lunch will not be provided so please pack a lunch! Registration Fee $250 + GST
Head Coach Charles Pyne Internationally ranked player Ranked 10th in Ontario for Men’s Singles (OBA Rank A) London 2012 Olympic hopeful University of Waterloo Varsity Badminton Team Captain and MVP/All-Star Registration Deadline: Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 For additional information, please email us at kwbadminton@execulink.com. Please send the Registration and Confidential Health forms via email and mail cheques to: K-W Badminton Club, 69 Agnes Street, Kitchener, ON,N2G 2E9
14 SPRING ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING UPDATE 2009 The OBA Annual General Meeting was held at the end of May with District Representatives and the OBA Board meeting to report on the 2008-2009 year and plan for 2009-2010. President Ian Bishop reported on the successes of the year - a very successful Exhibition with Hariawan and Engga Setiawan competing with Andrew Dabeka, Kevin Cao, Efendi Wijaya, and Michelle Li and Jennifer Lam playing a singles event, Quest for Gold supported athletes doing well at national championships, all provincial championships going well, and officials at all events. The Ontario Junior Ranking System had problems through the year as it was automated but Eduardo Gregorio reported that for the coming season he hoped to be able to include District level events on a secondary level. Quest for Gold assisted the OBA in several areas. Ten athletes received support through the Ontario Athlete Assistance Programme (Joseph Rogers, Tommy McKee, Nathan Lee, Peter Butler, Kevin Li, Michelle Li, Alex Bruce, Caroline Cheung, Katelin Dejak and Joycelyn Ko). A coach mentoring programme available saw Melissa Nock work under Wayne King and, following that success, Michael Thich also working with Wayne King. A programme to enhance coaching in the province had helped with the hosting of a seminar for coachces at the Toronto Junior Elite series tournament, helped to bring Hariawan and Setiawan and other coaches to the Christmas High Performance Camp, and helped with the first of a series of seminars for high school coaches. The operational plan for 2009-2010 would see further development in several key areas: further development of the OBA Board and Committee structure; website upgrade; promotion of the sport through the media; development of plans for senior players including more CDE events; further development of an OBA second tier circuit for juniors; sponsorship redevelopment; officials professional development through upgrade clinics and mentoring; and development of the OBA risk management programme. Highlights from the districts - Reports were received from Jeff Goldsworthy for WOBA who highlighted the inter-club play that had taken place thanks to the grant received from the OBA; Fei Tam from ODBA who reported on the Sunday Drop-in Play started in Ottawa with the aid of a Trillium grant; Frank Boulanger from NOBA where they had used the grant received from OBA to have a very successful first camp to launch their OWG team selection; Fred Carruthers reported for TDBA on a successful year but with sad news - he and Roger Wallis would be stepping down at the TDBA AGM. Roger reported on coaching and fun sessions held in the Etobicoke area; and Russ Le Blanc, attending for COBA, reported on three fun team events that had taken place in Lindsay, Bowmanville and Belleville. The OBA Board for 2009-2010 will be: Ian Bishop, President; Jeff Sum, Treasurer; Directors Susan Mussakowski, Brian Tjoa, Pry Gnana, Eduardo Gregorio, Dave Kumar, Jim Duncan, and Deborah Tom.
Date announced for Fall AGM: October 3-4 at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North
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