i have moved off-topic discussions on crowd behavior to this thread: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26264 and i have moved Sally's nice review of the WC into its own separate thread: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26489 thanks Sally!
Games on ESPN I got the game time from ESPN if anyone is interested. I believe it is on what's called EDT time whatever that means! I hppe these are correct schedules! Sally Here is what is listed on the ESPN Website: Sept 12, 3:00pm to 4:00 pm Women's Doubles Sept 12, 4pm to 5 pm Mixed Doubles Sept 12 5-6 pm Mens Doubles Sept 19 4-5 pm Women's Singles Sept 19 5-6 pm Men's Singles
badminton for those of us on the left coast Future Airings: Badminton, ESPN2 Sep 12 12:00pm Badminton, ESPN2 Sep 12 01:00pm Badminton, ESPN2 Sep 12 02:00pm var xmlhttp=false; /*@cc_on @*/ /*@if (@_jscript_version >= 5) // JScript gives us Conditional compilation, we can cope with old IE versions. // and security blocked creation of the objects. try { xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); } catch (e) { try { xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } catch (E) { xmlhttp = false; } } @end @*/ if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest!='undefined') { xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); } //xmlhttp = false; function loadFragmentInToElement(fragment_url, element_id) { var element = document.getElementById(element_id); element.innerHTML = 'Loading ... '; xmlhttp.open("GET", fragment_url); xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() { if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) { element.innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText; if (location.href.indexOf('#') == -1) { location.href = "#submenu_results"; // must be defined in result } } else { // alert(xmlhttp.readyState + ":" + xmlhttp.status); } } xmlhttp.send(null); } function SwitchMenu(obj, k, url, lookupType) { // ensure that url is always relative to current domain if (url.substr(0,1) != '/') { url = 'unsupported'; } if(document.getElementById && xmlhttp ){ var el = document.getElementById(obj); var ar = document.getElementById("masterdiv").getElementsByTagName("span"); if(el.style.display != "block"){ el.style.display = "block"; } loadFragmentInToElement( url, obj ); } else { if (!xmlhttp) { // need to use the iframe which will get created below // when we determine we don't have xmlhttp set frames['framesubmenu'].location.href=url; } } } from http://tv.yahoo.com/tvpdb?d=tvp&id=...admintonBadminton&progutn=1126454400&.intl=us
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Article on the recognition of Badminton in USA! I like this article found by Stephen regarding the excitement of badminton now. Hope you all enjoy the recognition our beloved sport is attaining! Sally FROM BACK YARD TO FOREFRONT Phillip Hersh Published August 23, 2005 CHICAGO TRIBUNE Badminton is one of the Olympic sports, like Ping-Pong, that millions of people in the Unite States dismiss as games everyone PLAYS IN BACK YARDS AND REC ROOMS. The general public has no idea how tough it is to play these games at the world elite level, partly because U.S. athletes rarely do well enough in major events to have their skills showcased for the home folks. That is why U.S. badminton officials are trumpeting Tony Gunawan and Howard Bach as heralds for a new age in their sport. And you can forgive USA Badminton executive director Dan Cloppas for getting a little carried away about the potential impact of Gunawan and Bach’s shocking victory in Sunday’s doubles final at the World badminton Championships in Anaheim. Not only were they the first U.S. medallists at the badminton world meet, held 14 times since its debut in 1977, but they also are believed to be the first U.S. players to get beyond the round of 16 in any of the five events (men’s and women’s singles and doubles, mixed doubles) contested at the Olympics or worlds. None of the other 13 U.S. entries in the 2005 worlds won more than a single match. Gunawan and Bach, seeded 13th, beat the No. 8, 1, 4, and 2 seeds on successive nights. We’re out of the back-yard barbecue syndrome, “Cloppas said. “Children in grade schools are going to start looking at the sport differently and saying, “Well, maybe I don’t want to go into basketball or football. I want to be like Tony and Howard.” That scenario is as unlikely as…having the United States win a world title in a sport dominated by Chinese, South Koreans and Indonesians,. Those three countries have won 51 of the 61 medals since badminton made its Olympic debut in 1992. “to be a world champion, at home, it’s still surreal,” Bach said. Gunawan came to the United States to study computer engineering after winning the 2000 Olympic and 2001 world doubles titles for Indonesia. Sunday, he and Bach defeated an Indonesian pair that included Gunawan’s Olympic champion doubles partner. “(Sunday) night I stepped on the court with three legends, people I normally watch on my DVDs, “Bach said Monday. “I’m the no-namer.” Bach, 26, came to the United States as a 2-year old from Vietnam with his parents. His father Sen Cam, was a passionate badminton player in Vietnam, and Howard began playing at a San Francisco-are YMCA when he was 5. Bach played doubles with Kevin Han at the 2004 Olympics, losing in the second round. Gunawan, 30, is not expected to be a U.S. citizen in time for the 2008 Olympics. Age likely would prevent him from keeping up in 2012 with the pace of a sport where the shuttlecock (“birdie” for you back-yard players0 travels 150 m.p.h. “I came here to promote badminton, and now I feel very happy to have brought this title to the USA,” said Gunawan, who coaches at the Orange County Badminton Center in Orange, Calif. “This is the first exposure we’ve had in the United States to this kind of publicity,” Cloppas said. A live crowd estimated at 7,500 watched the historic moment, and ESPN2 plans to show it next month. Cloppas hopes that exposure will lead some of the 8 million people said to play badminton at least once a year in the United States to become more serious players. “When I came here, I saw players I believed had the ability to be champions,” Gunawan said. “We didn’t expect we could win, but we won anyway.”
action pictures Hello Sally, I was at the WC & was sitting quite closed to you & your friend LingLing Chu. She was taking quite a lot of action pictures during & after games. I wish she could post some of her works somewhere here or on her own web site. Is there a web page of her's that shows her photographies! Thanks!
Drop in fee vs. one time visitor's pass? I just noticed on the GGBC website that there's a drop-in play fee of $6 before 3:00pm... is that only for weekdays? I've been using my discount guest pass which is $8 a visit, so I'm just wondering what the difference is between Drop-in play vs. visitor passes?
Hi Loco, If you come to the club before 3pm on weekdays only, the drop in fee is $6.00 per person regardless of age. After 3pm on weekdays, the drop in fee is $10 per Adult and $8 per Junior (under 21) / Senior (over 65) and weekend all day. The guest pass you bought is for Adults and you saved $20.00 if you pay for 10 admissions all at once (hence the card). If you "drop in" 10 times you would end up paying $100 which is $20.00 more than if you bought the card. Some good calculators prefer to pay the $6 drop in fee if they come in before 3pm and save the guest pass for later and weekends. We also have a DAYtime guest pass ( before 3pm'ers) which is 10 times for $60.00 and you get one extra entry free. That means you pay for 10 admissions, get 11 admissions. Another REALLY darn good benefit you get from buying the guest pass is that on the DAY you finish using it and you want to join membership, you get a $50.00 credit towards your membership so the last 10 times you played is even cheaper! We want to give good incentive to people who come to our club so we try our best to encourage people not to join first (cos some people are really eager!) but instead try our 10 pass first to get the feel of the place and make sure they will enjoy coming more cos we want our players to find our club a home away from home and have many happy years of badminton to come. We pride ourselves on our club facilities and our staffs eagerness to help people get the best of their experience in GGBC. If for any reason none of our staff explained that to you and you honestly come in before 3pm on weekdays only, GGBC will be happy to refund you the difference. Let me know! Sally
HEYYYY... GOOD idea cos I'm a wondering what she's going to do with so many of those photos she took. SHe is a GREAT photographer you know? She usually takes landscapes, butterflies, trees etc.. Only lately she has diversified and this was her first "action" photog experience but whenI saw her photos they were really very good! She has won important prizes and has a special distinction title. I'm very proud of her. If Kwun doesn't mind, would we be able to post some of her photos? I know she would be happy to give us many, but I know it would take some time for her to process them. Sally
Hey there Sally, Thanks for the info... no, there hasn't been any mix ups where I thought I was being overcharged, I just saw the drop-in fee on the website and they both sounds similar, so thatnks for the clarifcation. I didn't know about the $50 credit towards membeship, so that's a cool bonus.
I don't think Kwun would mind that at all. The more contributor(s) the better. As a matter of fact, BC is probably short on "fresh" WC pics which Kwun and the rest of the people, haven't posted them up yet. And if possible, if there are pics of other players/personnels, not just "the usual players"..
action pictures Hello Sally One last advice. I think she needs a monopod. When I was there watching her shooting constantly for over 3-4 hours with those heavy equipments , I worried about her hands. Anyhow, have a nice day. Good luck!
Oh Kwun took soooooo many photos cos I was watching him running around to every corner of the gym non stop thru-out the whole tournament! He told me he is working on processing his own photos and he has posted some up already. Sally
Oh she has all the equipment but it was too heavy to lug around in the auditorium so she just held it. But she does have BIG CAMERA!! Sally
BC will love to host her photos! has she posted them somewhere online where we can download them from?
I talked to her last night and she is so happy to give us her photos but being the modest person she is, feels her photos aren't good enough to put her name onto it. Too late now. She will work on it soon. She will give me the disk and I will choose from the lot. I hope I will know how to post it here. If not, I will ask Kwun to post for us... hee...heee. As if you didn't have enough to do! But I'm just so dumb with techno stuff! Will let you guys know as soon as she give me the pics! Sally
WC pictures Hello Sally Thanks for the efforts. I'll post mine later after some processings. I'm quite busy after coming back from LA. Have a nice day!
Hi, I have photographed the match that was held in GGBC tonight. Is it allowed to post it here? Or should I send them to Sally? Thanks.
Yes you are welcome to post it here by all means! We will also post here. Hope everyone will enjoy seeing it! Sally
GGBC's HALLOWEEN DOUBLES TOURNAMENT Hi Everyone! GGBC is so happy to announce our first TOURNAMENT! Anyone and everyone can enter! We're having a one day HALLOWEEN DOUBLES TOURNAMENT on Sunday, October 23rd, 2005. A LOT... OF PRIZES FOR ALL FLIGHTS: A, B, C/D More details on the entry form. See attached file. There is also a JUICY prize for BEST COSTUME so dress yourself & come play!! Costume will be optional. Orange & Black apparel preferred. Attached is our cooool entry form in PDF format (you can download the attachment). Fill it out and send it to us ASAP. If you have any questions regarding the entry form, you can email Ben Lee at ben@ggbadminton.com or call GGBC 650.838.9318 / www.ggbadminton.com HOPE TO SEE YOU AT GGBC! GGBC Management
