News: Sony Dwi moves to Sweden

[Mag]

According to Gotlands Allehanda:

Visby Badminton Club (VBMK), from the island of Gotland, Sweden, has contracted nobody less than Sony Dwi Kuncoro for the next season. Kuncoro is moving to Visby to study archaeology, and for this period he will join the VBMK team. Kuncoro intends to continue his badminton career after his studies, and it is therefore vital that he can keep training during his studies.

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The newspaper describes Sony Dwi Kuncoro as "Olympic Bronze Medalist in Men's Doubles" (sic!), and "one of the few top players that can play equally well with both hands, therefore he never needs to use his backhand, and this ability has helped him become a world class doubles player".
That passage is hilarious. Obviously, the "journalist" that wrote this knows nothing about badminton and didn't think twice about checking his "facts"... :D

It is also worth to note that Visby Badminton Club's best team plays in the 3rd division in the Swedish league (same as my club btw, but different region). In other words, Sony Dwi is not looking for competitive play or training, more likely a place to do his drills and perhaps have some fun.

[aiyuuw]

According to Gotlands Allehanda:

Visby Badminton Club (VBMK), from the island of Gotland, Sweden, has contracted nobody less than Sony Dwi Kuncoro for the next season. Kuncoro is moving to Visby to study archaeology, and for this period he will join the VBMK team. Kuncoro intends to continue his badminton career after his studies, and it is therefore vital that he can keep training during his studies.

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The newspaper describes Sony Dwi Kuncoro as "Olympic Bronze Medalist in Men's Doubles" (sic!), and "one of the few top players that can play equally well with both hands, therefore he never needs to use his backhand, and this ability has helped him become a world class doubles player".
That passage is hilarious. Obviously, the "journalist" that wrote this knows nothing about badminton and didn't think twice about checking his "facts"... :D

It is also worth to note that Visby Badminton Club's best team plays in the 3rd division in the Swedish league (same as my club btw, but different region). In other words, Sony Dwi is not looking for competitive play or training, more likely a place to do his drills and perhaps have some fun. eh, is that true? when? becos pbsi just announced that he (alongside taufik) will be playing in sudirman cup,(they announced the players yesterday), and, oh, great, so now he is a double player huh?lolhttp://badmintoncentral.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif pretty funny
before i viewed the thread i thought he was going to play for sweden or sumthin (its not that i thought u'd mind if he was maghttp://badmintoncentral.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)

[kwun]

when asked about his new club in Sweden, Sony Dwi says, "i could beat them with my left hand..." ;)

[jamesd20]

Wow! Exciting, any comment from swedish national association?

How far away from you is he?

LOL:I have never seen him play with his "other Hand" during a competitve match!

Do you know if he will be playing for sweden, or if he will only do light training, then return to INA after studying? He is 21, so even if he studies full time, he will be 24 if he returns to full time training afterwards. Given that it will be hard motivation for full time study and hard training with no other top players, it probably signifies the end in real winning potential for him (IMO) Two ABC titles and a OG Bronze isn't bad by 21 though.

Another INA player leaving national setup, they have a real problem. With Santoso not developing fast, it leaves they with no top singles player to rely on :eek: :eek:

[seven]

You forgot to give the date of the article... wasn't it published on the first of april, by any chance?? ;):D

[jamesd20]

when asked about his new club in Sweden, Sony Dwi says, "i could beat them with my left hand..." ;)

Lol I can say that too about my club....but I am left handed! :)

[jamesd20]

You forgot to give the date of the article... wasn't it published on the first of april, by any chance?? ;):D

I tried to search the paper, but my swedish isn't good:

http://www.gotlandsallehanda.se/GEN_Nyheter_Sport.asp?mnuMnuID=2218&mnuParID=2213

[aiyuuw]

http://badmintoncentral.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gifeh, yea, is it just some april fool crap
i wonder why isnt there any indonesian article mentions this matter, becos sony is quite popular here, so kinda weird if his bizzare move couldnt even be known by the media
i hope thats not true, becos pbsi said theyll send him to sudirman cup

[seven]

Found it : http://www.gotlandsallehanda.se/GEN_Sok.asp?ArticleID=831485&CategoryID=361&ArticleOutputTemplateID=63&CustomerID=32&ArticleStateID=2&FreeText=sony&PageID=1&mode=SEARCH

Here's the result of an automatic translator :


Indonesian tip player to VBMK

Visby badminton club have got really about a correct good strengthening to the autumn. Indonesiern Sony Dwi Kuncoro, that among other thing has an OS bronze medal in double will move to Gotland in order to study archaeology the wide college. Through the Swedish badminton association, he has contacted VBMK and interrogated itself about the possibility to training and playing meanwhile on Gotland. Sony states that he intends to continue his eliten career after the study time on Gotland and that the therefore is important that he sheep to hold igång your training.
- Sony of course will become an incredible strengthening for VBMK. Already we have succeeded link the f d top division playing clean Jonas's Andersson to klubben, sows the future season sees reallily light out, says VBMK: s chairmen Patrik Oscarsson.
Sony is in addition perhaps most well-known in order to he plays in principle equally good with both hands, some as is entirelily unique on this level. He hits therefore almost never a back hand, without relocations instead racket rapid itll your left hand and can thereby go to attack on in principle all balls. The is among other thing this ability as done him to such a dominant double players in today's world badminton.
VBMK has as objective to primarily to play in the young people in the varsity team why Sony to a beginning will play with the B-team in battalion 5, but the learns without doubtly also to become numbers about entry in the varsity team in important games.

[seven]

The translation is quite difficult to understand but does it actually say he will play in the B-Team!!! :p

And the date of the article is ... 2nd of april! :confused:

[jamesd20]

Found it : http://www.gotlandsallehanda.se/GEN_Sok.asp?ArticleID=831485&CategoryID=361&ArticleOutputTemplateID=63&CustomerID=32&ArticleStateID=2&FreeText=sony&PageID=1&mode=SEARCH



That date at the bottom of report would read 2nd april though no?

If not, then it got me, but it is 4days late mag :mad: :mad:

[seven]

That date at the bottom of report would read 2nd april though no?

If not, then it got me, but it is 4days late mag :mad: :mad:
I can't imagine an april fool on the 2nd of april... :confused:
But the content of the article still makes it strongly feel like an april fool... maybe it was published one day late by mistake? :confused:

[jamesd20]

Full of confusion, surely a local Indo new paper would know something too (EVA-Help!) :confused: :confused:

My head is spinning :D

Or any Indo members.

[aiyuuw]

I can't imagine an april fool on the 2nd of april... :confused:
But the content of the article still makes it strongly feel like an april fool... maybe it was published one day late by mistake? :confused: eh, but why would an april fool article in sweden talking about sony? its not like people knew him there, if it were some kind of april fool crap i think they could have made up sumthin crazier

[FEND.]

A suggestion, why not someone call the club up and ask if it's true! lol. If not we'd be pondering till the end of time :p

[jamesd20]

A suggestion, why not someone call the club up and ask if it's true! lol. If not we'd be pondering till the end of time :p

After you, I think I can wait a few days for further confirmation!

[economet]

Last Summer there was exactly the same happening in Germany.
All the newspapers reported that Berlin had a contract with the World Champion Xia Xuanze, but only a Chinese player called Xuan Chuan from Shanghai came and he didn't even belong to the Chinese National Squad.

I guess there is somewon who really wants to hire some talents from Asia, but in my opinion there is simply no money for that in whole Europe.

[Mag]

Ouch. It IS an April fool's joke. :eek:

The newspaper article is dated April 2nd, but I found a press release on VBMK's home page, on which the news article was based. Guess what? It was published on April 1st. :mad:

Obviously the newspaper hasn't realized it was a joke, otherwise they would have removed it -- or at least had the decency to change the publishing date!

The whole thing was just too strange to be true. Well, Sony Dwi moving abroad to study isn't so strange, but the "two-handed doubles" and the division 3 club stuff surely didn't make sense.

For how long is one supposed to be prepared for April Fool's jokes? :mad: :eek: :D

[seven]

Haha :p, I find it quite funny that the newspaper could get caught by such an april fool and release an article!! :p

Well, at least it shows that they are willing to write articles about badminton... ;)

[Mag]

eh, but why would an april fool article in sweden talking about sony? its not like people knew him there, if it were some kind of april fool crap i think they could have made up sumthin crazier

Why not Sony? The joke was probably aimed at the club's own members, and the members of a badminton club in Sweden would most likely know who Sony Dwi Kuncoro is. Only this time a journalist saw the joke, fell for it, published an article based on it, the news article was quoted on the Swedish Badminton Federation (http://www.badminton.nu) site (where I found it) and voila - four days later it is official news.

I swallowed it, hook, line and sinker.
The more I think about it, the funnier it gets. :D

Is there an April fool's tradition in Indonesia? If so, somebody should report this to Indonesian media. It's a funny story.

[seven]

Is there an April fool's tradition in Indonesia? If so, somebody should report this to Indonesian media. It's a funny story.
I sent a PM to Chesire Cat, though she doesn't cover sports anymore...

[jamesd20]

Haha :p, I find it quite funny that the newspaper could get caught by such an april fool and release an article!! :p

Well, at least it shows that they are willing to write articles about badminton... ;)

I dont who is sillier- us for falling for it, or the newpaper for printing it! lol

I was completely fooled!

[jkusmanto]

I don't think this is real.

First, if the news is true, why we couldn't find any news on Indonesia's papers ?
Second, the news in Swedish web-site seems very strange.
Third, why Sweden ? why not in Denmark, England, US, Australia or.....

So.... it is really April fool.

[cooler]

i felt that it was a joke but kept quiet since i dunno if sweden has april fool day tradition. For a reporter to get some fact right and some nonsense invented, it didnt drive.

[FEND.]

It was pretty well done, even though it was slightly exaggerated :p. Whoever sent the news item to the journalist really is a pro either that or a lucky noob ;)

[aiyuuw]

wtvhttp://badmintoncentral.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif, so i guess this is an april fool crap huh?
since sony is going to play in sudirman cup, and if he really was going to play/study abroad, there must have been some news here, but there arent any
damn funnyhttp://badmintoncentral.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Loh]

I felt Mag just missed the rare opportunity of playing 'social' badminton with Sony and in the process uplift his own game! :D

[kwun]

( off-topic posts deleted. please stay on topic. thanks! )

[cappy75]

It's such a bad April Fool's joke though. Does Sony even speak a smittering Swedish? I doubt he'll take higher education in non-English European countries (even if it's true).

[Mrs Kuncoro]

WoW sonys doing archeology thats brilliant
gooooooooooooo sony :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[twobeer]

WoW sonys doing archeology thats brilliant
gooooooooooooo sony :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I'm still puzzled he hasn't started playing in tournaments with an "It's a SONY" T-shirt :-)

/Twobeer

[Go Gade]

Does he live in sweeden now? :S

[other]

um new guys read the stuff earlier in the post that says its AN APRIL FOOL story:rolleyes: