CTJCAD, yup Appollo ONO was there throughout the whole time from Sat thru Sun in the audiance. He is very friendly ..... i took some pics with him.. In fact, he also played some badminton against Raju on Sun afternoon. He looks pretty good .... fast and quick, has some pretty good skills too. I hope he will become badminton ambassador too like the singer, Sally Yap.
wow..is that right??.. wow, so i guess the consensus on the new scoring system is, it will stay permanently after the TC/UC??even before the final decision is decided later during the meeting after TC/UC??...
hehe, i wasn't paying attention and must've missed seeing him then... i wonder if he was sitting the whole time during the tournament, cos i don't recall seeing him playing baddie with Raju.. btw harimau, mind sharing the pics you took with Mr. Ohno??..
i have some pics of Ohno if anyone is interested. you can view my other pics of the tourny there as well. i just got my camera and still learning how to use it so some of the pics are a bit dark. http://www.flickr.com/photos/joits/sets/72057594103105609/ Ohno didn't sit on the bleachers much... he mostly hung on the side of the bleachers with Howard Bach and Eric Go. Saw him hit a birdie up against the wall for a few mins.
2006 Thomas Cup Team Raju Rai (1st MS, 2nd MD) Eric Go (2nd MS, 3rd MD) Howard Shu (3rd MS) Tony Gunawan (1st MD) Howard Bach (1st MD) Bob Malaythong (2nd MD) Ronald Sou (3rd MD) 2006 Uber Cup Team Lili Zhou (1st WS) Jamie Subandhi (2nd WS) Cindy Shi (3rd WS) Mesinee Mangkalakiri (1st WD) Eva Lee (1st WD) Melinda Keszthelyi (2nd WD) got injured and is replaced by Laurent Todt Jennifer Coleman (2nd WD) Rulan Yeh (3rd WD) Rulien Yeh (3rd WD) They are leaving for Sendai, Japan this week to compete in the most prestigious badminton event in the world. Wish them best of luck ....
Yes, best of luck to them also.. They should already left, if not within a day??..cos the competition is starting on April 27th??.. Some personal thoughts: Hmm, noticed Eva won't be playing 1st WS, as a matter of fact not even in a Single event??.. but rather Lily Zhou and the veteran & coach Cindy is playing 3rd WS?? I guess they want to save her(Eva's) energy for the WD event??..But if they go with the current format, SSSDD, hopefully one of the 3 WS player can win, if not they'll be sitting and not playing.. Unfortunate for Ms. Keszthelyi, but what a good news & big break for Ms. Todt.. For 3rd MS, i thought Howard Bach should play instead..Cos it will be the last Men's event, in case they go that far, and he will already played his MD(1st) event with Tony..I thought they should've added Bartolo Chen also, so Raju and Eric Go can just focus on MS..hmmm Anyways, some of them will have early jitters, but should be fine as the tourney progress. Long wish, but looking fw to them at least reaching the QF..Good luck and they should get lots of experience from this..And hope they enjoy themselves and have lots of fun..
I am surprised when i learned that Howard Bach did not join the team to Japan this time. ??????? Now the chance for US TC Team to steal 1 point from other teams become dimmer ......:crying:
Article in Westways magazine on badminton & OCBC found this article from Westways magazine(part of AAA) in their May/June 2006 issue. And if you guys scroll down, check out the 2nd article...enjoy! http://www.aaa-calif.com/westways/0506/features/sports.asp
Here is the article in PDF format.. ..oops, sorry.. anyways, here it is in PDFd format; see page 6-9..enjoy-
hehe, i've got a hardcopy of the magazine also; but i thought rather than scanning it, it was easier if i find it thru its online website....fortunately, i found it, thus i created the PDF file..
Congratulations to Tony Gunawan & Chandra Wijaya for winning the 6 Star 2006 Korean Open Mens Doubles Championship. What an accomplishment !!!
I will get it from him; which HS do you play for ? Did you participate in the Wilson HH High tournament last SAT ?
