Mission Statement:
To encourage young athletes to play badminton Recreationally, Competitively, Nationally and Internationally.
Recreationally - thousands of young people in all kinds of settings playing badminton and having fun.
Competitively - young athletes competing in local and national tournaments, having had the coaching and training necessary to play their best in formal competition.
Nationally - individuals and teams competing in elite regional tournaments and Junior Nationals to become the best in the U.S.
Internationally - individuals and teams representing the U.S. across the world.
*US Junior Badminton is not an official website of USA Badminton, the National Governing Body for Olympic Badminton in the U.S. USA Badminton is a membership organization and all badminton players- Juniors, Collegiate, and Adult are encouraged to join USABadminton. Our goal is to help the sport grow.
2009 Maryland Junior Open Results
Congratulations to all of the winners!
| GS | BS | GD | BD | XD | |
| U11 | Sydney Lai | Alvin Chung | -- | Alvin Chung/ Bobby Huang | -- |
| U13 | Soumya Gade | Clark Uhl | Soumya Gade/ Sydney Lai | Clark Uhl/ Alexander Zavriyev | Piper Newhall/ Clark Uhl |
| U15 | Phyllis Lin | Christopher Rodts | Phyllis Lin/ Aarthi Prakash | Kyle Maulden/ Critstopher Rodts | Phyllis Lin/ Alex Cheng |
| U17 | Nikki Matha | Rahul Talari | -- | Kenneth Bohr/ Austin Liou | Nikki Matha/ Austin Liou |
| U22 | Gina Wong | Bobby Douangpangna | Connie Wang/ Gina Wong | Eliot Bohr/ Bobby Duangpangna | Connie Wang/ Bobby Duangpangna |
Jr. Pan Am Coaches
USAB and the USAB juniors Program are pleased to announce the coaching staff for the 2009 Jr. Pan Am Games to be played August 17-23 in Puerto Rico. The process turned out to be much more complicated than ever before. This began with the Junior International Trials at the Affinity Badminton Club, San Carlos in the Bay Area. A record number of entrants, over 130 competed February 14-16 to qualify for both the U-19 team event and for the five events (BS,GS,BD,GD,XD) of the individual tournament U-11 to U-19. After 550 matches organized with incredible precision by Chris Lawrence, enough payers had qualified to fill almost all eligible berths (4 boys singles, 4 girls singles, 2 boys doubles, 2 girls doubles, and 4 mixed doubles in each age group).
Then came two months of work by the organizing group of Amy Ng, Widya Susanto and Fred Coleman of the Juniors Committee, with help from many past organizers like Wayne Lum, Jim Todt, and other parents and coaches. Once we had definite confirmations of how many athletes could go, we realized with a likely squad of over 60 athletes, there was a new major concern. With the limited budget available ($5000), USAB had typically sent a head coach and on occasion a developmental assistant coach in previous years. Clearly two coaches could not handle the responsibilities of so many fine young athletes.
A coaching selection group of Andy Gouw (USAB Board Member and head of the Coaching Department for USAB), Amy Ng, Widya Susanto, and Fred Coleman of the Juniors Committee first selected Andy Chong (High Performance Coach, and past Coach of a number of our International Adult Teams) as a Head Coach. With his consultation and that of Mohan Subramaniam, the committee posted a set of criteria for coaching applications (see previous posting). The committee received ten excellent resumes of coaches seeking assistant positions.
With some further hard work to raise some additional funding, the selection group felt we could afford to send an assistant head coach and four additional assistant coaches. The structure of the coaching team would allow Andy Chong to provide significant training to the younger members of the team, and the team to put skilled coaches on court for as many matches as possible.
HEAD COACH - ANDY CHONG
ASSISTANT HEAD COACH - RADU MILEVSCHI
ASSISTANT COACHES - RUTH MENCHACA, BOB MALAYTHONG, PAULA OBANANA, and HOLVY DE PAUW.
2009 USBDF National Junior Team Tournament
The very first USBDF National Junior Team Tournament will be held July 27, 2009 at the Orange County Badminton Club in California. Deadline for entries is June 26. The entry form is attached below with additional information, or participants can contact either Yvonne Chern at wychern@comcast.com or Widya Susanto at widmeister@yahoo.com.
2009 Pan Am Junior Participation
For players who have qualified for the 2009 Pan American Championships, attached is information on where to send payment and how to register.
2009 MBBC Junior International
The 2009 Manhattan Beach Badminton Club is hosting the 17th annual Junior International Badminton Championships- Wes Schoppe Memorial. It will take place from July 13- July 19, 2009. Age divisions include: U11, U13, U15, U17, U19, and U22. Entries are due by 6/25/09. Additional information can be found in the entry form.
