Hi all, I hear Candra Wijaya will be at this year's summer camp at ClearTwo starting at the end of this month. Any of you lucky ones joining the camps? Wish I could be there to at least see some of the action. Too bad I will be out of town while he is here :crying: - De
whoah, i just knew abt this also...hmm, so if that's the case, Candra will be traveling quite a bit this summer; heard there's also going to be an exhibition in Detroit, Michigan area, with him as well as several others ex-national...
hmm, not sure abt the Bay Area plan. The SoCal folkz would like to have him come here also..hehehe anyways, here's the link to the info abt the Detroit area badminton exhibition: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=302898#post302898 don't know if it's still a go or not, as Tony/Halim are in Macau this week and the U.S. Open is approaching soon next month(within a few weeks)...
This event is over, and Candra Wijaya did not make it, see e-mail below: Lilly Feng <badmintonclinic@hotmail.com> to dan43632, rteo30 Hide options May 24 From: Lilly Feng <badmintonclinic@hotmail.com> Mailed-By: hotmail.comTo: dan43632@aim.com, rteo30@yahoo.com Date: May 24, 2006 6:03 PM Subject: Letter from Dan Leung Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Add sender to Contacts list | Delete this message | Report phishing | Show original | Message text garbled? Greetings, I hope all is well! This year Northville Parks and Rec is hosting another tournament with a special event included... Our goal for the weekend of June 2nd through the 4th is to promote this game that we all love which is BADMINTON of course. A lot of you know that this sport is also like family, many of you may agree that the community of badminton players is like 2nd or 3rd family and to some the only family. We not only want to promote this game but also during the event just enjoy one another's company, like a family reunion or something you know? I know am starting to sound NUTS but I think you all get what I am saying. This year our special event is called "The World Class Experience" and I am not going to share each person's bio on who's participating cause it's not about their fame or what they've accomplished it's about giving everybody a chance to see this game played at a higher level and most of all a chance for anybody to learn how to play this game at that high level. The players who are participating is Kevin Han, Halim Haryanto, Eric Go, Raju Rai, Kathy Zimmerman, Erin Hois, Katarina Prax, Camilla Stroem and as well as other midwest athletes like Matt Wrobel and other midwest players we're inviting that can play that game at high level... Again it's not about them personally... these are friends and individuals who share only one passion which is to help bring awareness to this game. I understand they are not super world champions or hardcore world legends but these are players who love to coach, who love to help make this game grow and most of all these are players who have amazing character as well as everyone else who plays this sport. If we wanted Lin Dan or Peter Gade we would had broke our back to get them to come out but I believe that each of these individuals can help bring this experience alive and help us bring more awareness to this game. The world class experience will consist of the following... Team tournament... Team U.S. International (Imported players) Kevin Han Halim Haryanto Katarina Prax Camilla Stroem Coach: Martin Barnes Team: USA (Born in the U.S.) Raju Rai Eric Go Erin Hois Kathy Zimmerman Coach: Tom Charmichael as well as Pro's vs Joes which will consist of Midwest and Mid-Atlantic players vs the Pro's. The schedule of this event is June 3rd from 12:30-4 12:30 to 1:00 - Skills contest (fastest smash, trickiest shots, highest jump smash, etc.) 1:00 to 1:30 Pro's vs Joes 1:30 to 4:00- Team match up, 21 points, split at 11. Matches: MX- Haryanto&Prax vs Go&Zimmerman WS-Stroem vs Hois MS- Han vs Rai WD- Stroem&Prax vs Hois&Zimmerman MD- Han&Haryanto vs Rai&Go Team that wins the most matches win. This event is FREE... also Truth Spa and Salon are setting up a couple message tables as well and they are FREE! FRESS BODY MESSAGE, even for spectators and players... it's 15 minute per a person. When was the last time you actually had a message for beautiful lady, and um, yeah... guy too? Also they're giving away free gifts as well. Not that this tournament is beauty parlor or anything but it's the free message and free beauty tips that count right? hahaha... So that's a perk... Another huge perk is that everybody will get a chance to play with these pro's... Ever dreamed of playing doubles against or with 2001 world champion Halim Haryanto? or even get coaching tips from Kevin Han or Halim? Ladies and Gents... these players are here for you... It is a chance to get personal, and ask them any questions and get tips on how to build your skills and it's a chance for you to play against them and brag to everybody that you beat a world champion... Take advantage of this huge offer.... All this is FREE! No catch or anything, just thank them for coming out. Getting back to the tournament... If you havent signed up, it's cool... As long as you sign up before next Wednesday or Thursday, you're totally fine. NO extra fee... If you need a doubles partner or mix parter, we will do our very best to get you one. If you're worried you'r out of shape or a bigginer or something, DON'T! This tourmament is all level, beginner/out of shape and up. We need you all to be apart of this and help us continue to build up this game. If there is anyway we can help by asking any questions or anything, please email us. This tournament planning team consist of Lilly Feng, Richard Teo, Joe Barabario and myself. Lilly, Richard, and Joe and I are totally committed to help you and help make this game grow. We are here to help. All of them have been working hard to try to bring this world class badminton experience LIVE in front of you and also an opportunity to ask questions, get to know these players and become a better player both on and off the court. If you have any ideas please let us know, we would love to hear them! Help us, help grow this game. We need you! Thank you for your time! Dan For entry info or other stuff please email the following... JBarberio@ci.northville.mi.us, rteo30@yahoo.com, badmintonclinic@hotmail.com *Pros are not playing in the open draw, they will play in the event and also open gym... not the tournament. So don't be scared if they are in the main draw cause they're not playing!
I remember last year there was also an international player at the camp, but can't remember who it was. Does anyone know?
He was a Danish ex-international. I couldn't recall his name either. Timeless told me about his experience at the summer camp before.
Who is this Dan guy who doesn't consider Halim's world championship a super achievement? He and Tony beat the previous world champions, Kim Dong-moon and Ha Tae-kwun in the finals, including 15-0 in the first game! You can't even say he's over the hill considering that he's won 2 tournaments last year.
Yup, Thomas Stavngaard is also coming back and I believe he's bringing some of the top danish juniors too (U-14/U-16 I think). Also, there will be some athletes from Manitoba attending the camp as well.
Candra is here now! At the end of the session today, we did a 4 vs 1 demo against Candra (he played defense)... ... and of course, he won pretty much every single rally. If you want to see him in action, drop by ClearTwo between 12:00 - 2:00, and 3:00 - 6:00 on weekdays until the 10th
Wow, for real---enjoy you guys & take some pics... Thanks for the update news towbsss.. Wow, you guys up in Van city are very2 lucky!! Even played 1 vs. 4 against him.. So, he indeed has quietly traveled from INA to Canada...wonder, what city is he going to next??..hmm, do you mind asking him, towbsss??Will he travel down south to U.S.??.. BTW, where's the rest of the VRC gang (ie. PeteLSD and others), you guys better hurry up and take advantage of him being there..hehe One last thing & request, towbsss and for the rest of you guys meeting him, could you post & share some pics with him, with the rest of us in here??..thx
