The supporters were shouting from morning until night. Even qualification round on Tuesday, the supporters already shouting.
In case some of our BC-ers do not know they can see the video of yesterday's matches from this website.... here is a sample.... http://www.djarumbadminton.com/djarum-indonesia-open/gallery/video/category-list/?tx_rwflowvideo_pi1%5Bvideocat%5D=97&cHash=eebae928bc# [video]http://www.djarumbadminton.com/djarum-indonesia-open/gallery/video/category-list/?tx_rwflowvideo_pi1%5Bvideocat%5D=97&cHash=eebae928bc#[/video]
Peter Gade, Praise Istora suppoters Jakarta - Istora been rumbling since the first game held at 11.00 am. Getting late, the audience became more crowded Istora, yelling Indonesia and their shout for the athletes make Istora never quiet. Player from Denmark, Peter Hoeg Gade praised Indonesian supporter as the most wonderful supporters. He was amazed how the audience was packed Istora since qualifying. "Some countries do have an audience that is so crowded, like China, Malaysia, and several other countries but Indonesia has always been the most crowded," he explained. Peter himself is a player from Denmark who was born on December 14, 1976 last, he had often come to Istora. And this is his last year competing in Istora, because in the coming year he had decided to retire after the performances of the 2012 London Olympics. "The audience is fantastic, they are already present in the field even from qualifying round, proving that Indonesia is a badminton country, and this is my last year playing here, of course I would really enjoy the game," he said. Peter on the day won the second round matches. He successfully bend Korean single, Shon Wan Ho with two straight games, 21-15 and 21-19. In the quarter-finals later on, he will be met one nemesis since 1999, Taufik Hidayat. http://www.djarumbadminton.com/djar.../detail/read/peter-gade-puji-penonton-istora/
Please watch the interview Intanaon and Jones Jensen and Jwala Gutta on Trans TV at 6 am on Saturday and Sunday!! Kudos to Djarum for organzing this event and even Gillian Clark was so impressive and she told me that they talked about it especially facilities outside ISTORA!!
Err, I will hold my judgement first ...... until I see the legendary Djarum girls, wakakakakakaka .........
[video=youtube;9HT9N-7Qb7Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HT9N-7Qb7Y&feature=related[/video] This is a sample video of the crowd in Istora..... I hope they upgrade Istora soon... I saw the drawings, it will look waaayy better...
Malaysia Praise Pelatnas Cipayung JAKARTA - In between of Djarum Indonesia Open Super Series Premier 2011, the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) took a visit to the national badminton training center in Cipayung, East Jakarta. During the visit, the Director of BAM Datuk James Selvaraj admitted impressed with what he saw in the national training centre Cipayung.According to him Indonesian national training centre is pretty good. "They have complete facilities which is required for a training centers, and even more, such as a swimming pool and jogging track," said James Selvaraj quoted as saying by Bernama, Friday (06/24/2011). "Of course the basic needs are also there. Mes and things like exercise, "said Selvaraj. BAM plans to build a training center in Kuala Lumpur to revive Malaysia's recent achievements which are less bright. "We need a special training center if we want to start having the stars of the future. We need special facilities for badminton and there are at least a training center, can not do without it, "he said. "We must convince the authorities that we have our own training centers, and Indonesia's badminton academy is an impressive one," she says. http://sports.okezone.com/read/2011/06/24/40/472467/pelatnas-cipayung-dipuji-malaysia
