First Annual Mandarin Badminton Varsity Doubles Challenge

[n_0163]

Date : February 21, 2004
Venue : Mandarin Badminton : 500 Esna Park Drive Unit 8, Markham
Time : 4:30 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. (Projected Finishing Time)
Cost : $10 including Dinner
Events : Men's Doubles, Ladies' Doubles, and Mixed Doubles
Shuttlecocks: Yonex Aerosonsa 20, 2 Supplied Per Match
Eligibity : Varsity Level of Play

To Register: Contact badminton@golfmandarin.com or call (905) 940-0600

[BobbyGeneric]

wow... $10? do you need to be a Mandarin member to go?

[n_0163]

No this "challenge" is open for non-members as well

[dex]

Originally posted by n_0163
Date : February 21, 2004
Venue : Mandarin Badminton : 500 Esna Park Drive Unit 8, Markham
Time : 4:30 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. (Projected Finishing Time)
Cost : $10 including Dinner
Events : Men's Doubles, Ladies' Doubles, and Mixed Doubles
Shuttlecocks: Yonex Aerosonsa 20, 2 Supplied Per Match
Eligibity : Varsity Level of Play

To Register: Contact badminton@golfmandarin.com or call (905) 940-0600

What are the prizes?

[zero]

Who cares!!!?!!
It's ONLY $10 with DINNER!!!!!

What more can you expect??!!:confused: :confused:

[Nanashi]

*honestly*.... people expect the world for a penny....


speaking of which, just what are the odds of people winning this??? i'm willing to bet that kevin and raymond will be playing this...and i'm willing to bet that they will not be the strongest team.....

beat kevin and raymond, then we'll talk about prizes :D


"For every winner, there are plenty of losers. Odds are, you're one of them" :D

[Pointfore.Ca]

Alright then, what's for dinner? :D

[Nanashi]

i think i know, but i'm not telling =)

[dex]

Originally posted by Nanashi
*honestly*.... people expect the world for a penny....


speaking of which, just what are the odds of people winning this??? i'm willing to bet that kevin and raymond will be playing this...and i'm willing to bet that they will not be the strongest team.....

beat kevin and raymond, then we'll talk about prizes :D


"For every winner, there are plenty of losers. Odds are, you're one of them" :D

So Nanashi, I suppose you're one of them too!:D :D Why do your staffs & members of Mandarin Club make everything sound so cheap! Do you actually want people to enter this "Varsity Level" of tournament? Afterall, Feb 21 is the Chinese New Year Eve, I suppose not everyone want to spend the whole evening at your club anyway......with no prizes or pizza being served. Thanks for your invitation! I will pass on all your words to everyone & make sure your club is well-known.

[LazyBuddy]

Originally posted by dex
Afterall, Feb 21 is the Chinese New Year Eve, I suppose not everyone want to spend the whole evening at your club anyway......

Chinese new year eve is Jan 21. ;)

[dex]

Originally posted by LazyBuddy
Chinese new year eve is Jan 21. ;)

Thxs for correcting me! u r right! Chinese New Year in on Jan 22 this year!

[Nanashi]

Originally posted by dex
So Nanashi, I suppose you're one of them too!:D :D


damn straight... i know i'm going to lose if i play.... but at least i'm realistic....


Originally posted by dex

Why do your staffs & members of Mandarin Club make everything sound so cheap!
i'm pretty sure the person that wants dinner, a tournament, and prizes sounds pretty cheap to most people....

Obviously, you must not go to many tournaments (or dinners for that matter) :rolleyes:

Actually, how about you run your OWN tournament, supply us ALL dinners, add some prizes, and charge each entrant $10? You can tell us all how much profit you made afterward.


Originally posted by dex

I suppose not everyone want to spend the whole evening at your club anyway

How is 4:30-10:00pm the entire night? There are places that don't OPEN til 10pm... :rolleyes:. And if you don't want to spend the entire night there, that's motivation to win your games quickly..

[reaper]

that tourney is at the same day as Ontario B's .....

[kychan]

it is... but it was either the 21st or 13st when 1/2 of the university students aren't on their reading/study week

since 21st is like in the middle of the two different time frame it is the better choice it's too bad that Ont. B is the same weekend but there are like more than one tournament each week!! hahah

it's either going to B and waste your money or Mandarin for $10 and have just as much fun for one day lol

[Nanashi]

Or you could play the mandarin tournament, not play singles at B's, and then play doubles and mixed at B;s! :D


assuming they are following a typical HP format

[Qidong]

Sounds like a lot of fun - badminton and dinner. Hope someone can set up one here in the bay area also. :)

[reaper]

that's a good idea, Nanashi LOL, i just might do that

[Winning Touch]

Originally posted by reaper
that's a good idea, Nanashi LOL, i just might do that

So, how was it guys? Did you all had fun on Saturday?

[Pointfore.Ca]

The tournament was run fairly well minus a few discrepancies in the draw. However this was hardly a "Varisty Challenge" considering half of the teams were not even on a varsity team or even in university for that matter. :)

But it was a fun a tournament and definitely well worth it for the price!

[reaper]

Yes, the day before, I saw the list of participants on a sheet of paper at the club. I was surprised, like Pointofore.ca said, lots of players were still in high school. But I also heard it was a fun tourney and was worth the price! Hope everyone had fun there. :)

[Nanashi]

i'd say the competition was rather meek on the ladies side.... 1-0 in the finals?!



the dinner wasn't bad... fish was a little risky.. considering that seafood allergies aren't particularly rare.. especially since each dish wasn't labelled... and one of the players told me it was chicken!!! "hmm.. this seems rather flaky for chicken..... wait a minute......!!!!"

[bigredlemon]

http://www.hogghome.com/0026/image199.jpg

Looks like chicken :p

[Nanashi]

Originally posted by bigredlemon
Looks like chicken :p

too bad not a pic of what we were served :D