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KLRC World Juniors 2007
DAY 1
The first day in New Zealand provides no match for team USA. The USA team was matched against Mongolia but won by walkover. Tomorrow should prove more difficult when faced with last years champions, Korea.
World Juniors
Good luck to everyone competing
at the World Juniors Championship!!
The offical website for the tournament is http://www.worldjuniors2007.co.nz/
Daily results can be found at tournamentsoftware.com
Badminton Makes the News
Badminton is rarely in the news, so to see it in the Wall Street Journel is a pretty neat thing. Check it out. Congratulations to Howard Bach for helping promote the sport while earning some extra travel money.
World Junior Draws
The draws for the KLRC World Juniors Team Competition 2007 are out on tournamentsoftware.com and can be found here
The draws for the individual tournament will be out on October 19th and will also be available on tournamentsoftware.com.
Upcoming Tournament
***Attention Juniors***
The dates have been set for the 2007 USBDF Winter Junior International. The tournament is to take place December 7-9, 2007. Entries are due no later than November 8, 2007. This tournament will take place at the Orange County Badminton Club. For more information or for the entry form please download the attachment.
2007 High School All-Americans
***ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS AND SENIORS***
Due to a low number of applicants
the deadline for High School
All-Americans is being extended.
Applications for USA Badminton's High School All-Americans are now being accepted. All high school juniors and seniors during the 2006-2007 school year are eligible. Recipients will be chosen based on Junior National titles held, badminton and academic achievements, extra-curricular activities, and a coach's recommendation. The time period under consideration is from August 2006 through completion of the 2007 Junior National Badminton Tournament.
Interested students please apply by mail to the National Office, USA Badminton, One Olympic Plaza, Colorado Springs, CO 80909 or by email to peggy@usabadminton.org. Please note that all completed applications must be received by the USA Badminton National Office no later than October 15, 2007 (an extension from the original deadline of August 15, 2007). All applications will be reviewed by a subcommittee of the USA Badminton Junior Committee. Certificates will then be awarded to the winners to be included their college applications.
Download the Application below.
2007 Pan Am Junior Individual Results
Congratulations to the U.S. individual players who competed in the Pan Am Junior Championships. In total they broght home 3 gold, 6 silver, and 7 bronze medals! Here are the complete results:
| Singles | Doubles | Mixed | |
| Natasha Hsu | (U13) 2nd Round | (U13) 1st Round | (U13) 2nd Round |
| Brendan Lum | (U17) 2nd Round | (U17) Bronze | -- |
| Micaela Lum | (U11) Quarter Finals | (U13) 1st Round | (U11) Silver |
| Randy Hsia | (U17) Quarter Finals | (U17) Bronze | -- |
| Michael Buasan | (U15) 2nd Round | (U15) Quarter Finals | (U15) 2nd Round |
| Brandon Chi | (U15) 1st Round | (U15) Quarter Finals | -- |
| Sharon Ng | (U15) 1st Round | -- | (U15) 2nd Round |
| Timothy Lam | (U11) Silver | (U13) Quarter Finals | (U11) Silver |
| Andrew Susanto | (U15) 2nd Round | (U15) Quarter Finals | -- |
| Kenneth Hui | (U13) 1st Round | (U13) Quarter Finals | (U13) 2nd Round |
| Kevin Hui | (U15) Quarter Finals | (U15) Quarter Finals | (U15) 1st Round |
| Vimla Phongasavithas | (U19) 2nd Round | (U19) Silver | -- |
| Jamie Subandhi | (U19) Gold | (U19) Silver | (U19) Bronze |
| Priscilla Lun | (U19) Quarter Finals | (U19) Quarter Finals | (U19) Bronze |
| Cheryl Chow | (U17) Bronze | (U19) Quarter Finals | (U19) Quarter Finals |
| Howard Shu | (U19) Silver | (U19) Gold | (U19) Quarter Finals |
| Jack Shu | (U19) 1st Round | (U19) Gold | (U19) Bronze |
| Emmanuel Pun | (U19) 3rd Round | -- | (U19) Bronze |
For more information check out tournamentsoftware.com
2007 Pan Am Junior Results
***CONGRATULATIONS***
To the U.S. Junior Team
for brining home the gold!!
After 10 countries battled for two days, the Pan Am Junior Team competition came to an end with U.S.A. bringing home the gold. First U.S.A. played Jamaica winning 4-1. Next they took on Guatemala and didn't lose a match (5-0). Their last match was against Brazil, they won 4-1.
Day two of team competition was more difficult. U.S.A. beat Mexico 3-2, then they went on to play Canada in the semi finals winning 3-1 (knock out round). In the finals U.S.A played Peru and won 3-1.
Final Results
1st USA
2nd Peru
3rd Canada
4th Guatemala
For complete results please check out tournamentsoftware.com or go to panambadminton.org.
US Open LIVE ONLINE
***ATTENTION ALL BADMINTON FANS!***
The Finals of the US Open will be shown LIVE and FREE online this Saturday at 6pm pacific time. The guy who owns livesportsvideo.com wants the word spread to as many people as possible plus it is a great way to promote badminton. The matches should be great, it's free, plus you may hear a familiar person commentating the matches!! What better way to spend your Saturday evening. Please pass on the word and check it out, thanks!!
Here is the website
http://www.livesportsvideo.com/badminton/07usopen.asp
