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E-mail from Caroyln Toh, NSWBA President
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Hi everyone,

Badminton Australia in conjunction with Badminton NSW are proud to host the above exhibition match in Sydney on 22 & 23 December 2004. There is a China Australia Exchange program planned for 2005 - 2008 Beijing Olympics.

We are pleased that the highly impressive list of players and officials are able to have a trip to Australia this month prior to the commencement of the official exchange program between our national team with reciprocal training trips next year.

We would be delighted to have sponsors and volunteers assist us in making our visitors welcome as we are responsible for the land content on this earlier trip project that is unbudgeted for this year.

Many thanks and look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Carolyn Toh
on behalf Badminton Australia/NSW

[Pecheur]

Huh? Typo I assume.


Top Chinese Players Visit Melbourne

[Maz]

Huh? Typo I assume.

They are visiting both Melbourne and Sydney. Apparently the Australian players have performed poorly against the Tier 2/3 squad from China.

[Gambit]

Iwatched them practiced yesterday at Altona stadium in Melbourne, teh Aus mens were giving a good account, although once the Chinese players up it a bit they were way more superior, the Aus women players were no where near the Chinese players calibur at all. But it was great to see some higher level badminton live.

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More photo's from SOTX Australia website (http://www.sotx.com.au/index.php)

1. Susan Wang (NSW), Stuart Gomez (NSW, AUS), Dai Yun and Sun Jun.
2. North Ryde Community Centre crowd on Wendesday night
(Thursday night Chinese consulate General and Officals were present)
3. Carolyn Toh, NSW Badminton Association President and BAdmitnon Australia Board member, Jiangsu Team (including officals and players)

Players
Sun Jun 1999 World Championships Singles Champion,
5 times World Singles Champion, Asian Singles Champion
and 5 times Chinese National Champion.
Zhu Feng 1997, 2001, 1998 Chinese Champion
Li Jian 2003, 2004 Chinese Doubles Champion
Tao Jiaming 2003, 2004 Chinese Doubles Champion
Tang Xuan 2004 Chinese National Champion
Zhang Hui 2004 All China National Junior Champion
Dai Yun 1999 World Women's Championship - Runner Up,
4 times World Singles Champion, 4 times Chinese Singles Champion
Sun Xiao Li 2000 World Junior team Champion, 2003 - 2004 National Champion
Lu Ying 4 times Chinese Doubles Champion
Liu Qiuming 2002, 2003, 2004 National Champion
Tang Chun Jue 4 times Chinese Doubles Champion
Zheng Hua 2002 National Champion title, 2003 National Champion,
2004 National Champion of Champions Winner

Officials and Coaching Staff
Zhang Xiong Deputy Director, Jiangsu Institute of Physical Education and Sport
Sun Jiameng Team Manager
Liang Hong Director, Jiangsu Province Sport & Science Institute
Sun Zhian Head Coach
Ling Bo Assistant Coach
Wang Jia Xiang Team Doctor
Li Xi Promotions Manager

[Maz]

Thanks for the photos Stu. Sorry couldn't make it. It's that rush before Christmas. Any official results from the nights' play???

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Thanks for the photos Stu. Sorry couldn't make it. It's that rush before Christmas. Any official results from the nights' play???

Sorry Maz, Wednesday night I rushed down from Canberra, only got there at 9:30pm so saw the mixed doubles only. Then Yesterday spent time with team and was going to watch but had a family matter (phone call at 7:30pm) and
had to leave before games started. I will ask Caroline or Leon.

[Maz]

Sorry Maz, Wednesday night I rushed down from Canberra, only got there at 9:30pm so saw the mixed doubles only. Then Yesterday spent time with team and was going to watch but had a family matter (phone call at 7:30pm) and
had to leave before games started. I will ask Caroline or Leon.

I have managed to source this report from Yogen...

Badminton enthusiasts in Sydney were treated to some vintage badminton by the Chinese badminton super stars, which included former world champions Sun Jun and Dai Yun, in a series of exhibition matches at the North Ryde RSL Club, North Ryde, Sydney on 22 and 23 Decemebr 2004. Players and officials were from Nanjing Institute of Physical Education and Sport, Jiangsu Province, China were visiting Australia under badminton excahnge program .

Following were the results.

Date 22 December 2004

Li Jian and Sun Xiao Li defeated Raj Veeran and Renuga Veeran 15/5, 15/9 (24 min)
(Umpires Yogen Bhatnagar and Gail Davison)
Zhu Feng defeated Stuart Gomez 15/12, 12/15, 15/1 (45 min)
(Umpires Gail Davison and Sujit Dattaray)
Tang Chun Jue defeated Eva Ratansena 11/1 (9 min)
(Umpires Sujit Dattaray and Gail Davison)
Lu Ying and Susan Wang defeated Zhang Hua and Renuga Veeran 17/15 (13 min)
(Umpires Yogen Bhatnagar and Gail Davison)
Tang Xuan and Tao Jia Ming defeated Honsyono Wangsa and Raj Veeran 15/7 (10 min)
(Umpires Gail Davison and Sujit Dattaray)
Sun Jun and Dai Yun defeated Stuart Gomez and Susan Wang 15/5 (11 min)
(Umpires Yogen Bhatnagar and Gail Davison)

Joey Ng, Joseph Tsang, Thomas Wong, Christpohe Albala, Ben Gomez were the line judges.

Date 23 December 2004

Li Jian defeated Stuart Gomez 15/5, 15/6 (32 min)
(Umpires Yogen Bhatnagar and Luisa Gomez)
Zhu Feng and Tang Juan defeated Honsyono Wangsa and Ferri Kurniawan 15/7, 15/1 ( 21 min)
(Umpires Yogen Bhatnagar and Luisa Gomez)
Dai Yun and Lu Ying defeated Liu Quiming and Tang Chunjue 15/5 (12 min)
(Umpires Yogen Bhatnagar and Luisa Gomez)
Ta Jiaming and Sun Xiao Li defeated Honsyono Wangsa and Susan Wang 15/8, 15/1 (18 min)
(Umpires Yogen Bhatnagar and Luisa Gomez)
Sun Jun and Zhu Feng defeated Tao Jia Ming and Zheng Hui 15/8 (15 min)
(Umpires Yogen Bhatnagar and Luisa Gomez)

Many thanks to the umpires who could spare their time very close to Chritmas to officiate in the matches and to Joey Ng, Joseph Tsang, Thomas Wong, Christpohe Albala, Ben Gomez who officiated as the line judges.

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