HUGHES Susan

[seawell]

In China open she bt Xu huaiwen

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Given Name Susan

Family Name HUGHES

Competitor ID 12818

National Authority SCOTLAND

Gender

Date of Birth 12 October 1982



31 Oct 2005 Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Badminon Championship 2005 1/32

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18 Oct 2005 DENMARK OPEN 2005 1/32

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29 Sep 2005 Czech Republic International 2005 Winner

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8 Sep 2005 Belgian International 2005 Semi-Finals

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15 Aug 2005 XIV WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005 1/64

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10 May 2005 SUDIRMAN CUP FINAL 2005 TEAM

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14 Apr 2005 Velo Dutch International 2005 Semi-Finals

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31 Mar 2005 Finnish International Championships 2005 Winner

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15 Mar 2005 SWISS OPEN 2005 1/16

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8 Mar 2005 YONEX ALL ENGLAND OPEN 2005 1/32

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28 Feb 2005 YONEX GERMAN OPEN 2005 1/32

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5 Jan 2005 40th Portuguese Badminton Championships 2005 1/32

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9 Dec 2004 Irish International 2004 Semi-Finals

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2 Dec 2004 Welsh International 2004 Gold Medal Final

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11 Nov 2004 Iceland Express International 2004 Winner

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28 Oct 2004 29th Victor Hungarian International 2004 Quarter-Finals

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12 Oct 2004 GERMAN OPEN 2004 1/32

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28 Sep 2004 YONEX DUTCH OPEN 2004 1/16

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21 Sep 2004 OCBC/YONEX US OPEN 2004 Semi-Finals

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16 Sep 2004 Bulgarian International 2004 Gold Medal Final

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[alanSS]

what's wrong with her? she got financial problem or looking for a mates? beating xu who? once??

[Winex West Can]

what's wrong with her? she got financial problem or looking for a mates? beating xu who? once??

This is the type of post that gets folks banned. Nothing useful or constructive to say, don't bother posting.

[the_danish_boy]

Susan has really improved, i watched a game from china open..

she is really good. good luck in the future for her :D

[other]

what's wrong with her? she got financial problem or looking for a mates? beating xu who? once??

xu huaiwen...it says in the first post:confused:

ps i agree with WWC

ps seawell, i like that last photo, where she is about to play a forehand drive

[cheongsa]

ps seawell, i like that last photo, where she is about to play a forehand drive

Really? From the position of the umpire, and the direction the shuttle is heading, I am more inclined to believe that she will a split second later have to dig the shot out from her deep forehand corner...

[seawell]

Susan Hughes

profile

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Date of birth: 12th October 1982
Marital status: Single
Residence: Clarkston, East Renfrewshire
Occupation: Full-time student/badminton player
Main event: Ladies Singles
Scottish Senior Caps: 55
International Titles:
2005 Czech Open Ladies Singles Champion
2005 Finland Open Ladies Singles Champion
2004 Iceland Open Ladies Singles Champion
2003 Hungarian Open Ladies Singles Champion
Scottish Titles:
2005 (Oct) Scottish National Ladies Singles Champion
2002 Scottish Invitation Singles Winner
2001 Scottish National Ladies Singles Champion (Youngest ever winner)
Other notable achievements:
- Singles Bronze Medal at Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006
- Team Bronze Medal at Manchester Commonwealth Games 2002
- Ladies Singles Bronze Medal at World Student Games 2002
Career Highlights: Commonwealth Games Singles Bronze Medal 2006 and Commonwealth Games Team Bronze Medal 2002
Highest World Ranking: 21 (March 2006)
Club Team: Team Aarhus (Denmark)
Joined Institute: 1999
Coach(s): Alan McIlvain
Sponsors: Yonex UK
Equipment used: Yonex MP 88, Yonex Shoes
Badminton Goals & Ambitions: To compete in 2008 Olympics and win Commonwealth Games Individual Medal
Typical week Training Schedule: 16 hours badminton, 6 hours strength and conditioning training
When did you start playing badminton? Started at Primary School
First badminton memories: Watching Scottish Open at Kelvin Hall
What do you enjoy most about being a badminton player? Travelling the world and visiting countries I would never have gone to if I didn’t play badminton
If not badminton then… Working with animals
Tips for young players: Always enjoy training
Superstition: Don’t have any
Hobbies: Going out with friends, shopping and cinema
Favourite food: Lasagne
Favourite music: Scissor Sisters
Favourite foreign badminton destination: America
Favourite badminton tournament: All England
Most admired badminton player: Camilla Martin (Denmark)

[demolidor]

SuSAN EgELSTAFF n Susan Egelstaff, Britain’s No.1 badminton player, two-time Commonwealth Games medallist and winner of the Dutch Open at the weekend

BADMINTON

Snooker schmooker,

it’s just a game taking the limelight from a real sport

CaN someone please explain why snooker can dominate the television schedule as it has in the last 10 days while my sport, badminton, struggles to garner even one minute of terrestrial TV coverage outside an Olympic or Commonwealth Games? While I am as happy as the next person to watch a Stephen Hendry 147 or a Ronnie O’Sullivan meltdown, it continues to perplex me as to why badminton cannot get more TV coverage.

The alleged sport of snooker appears to be a member of the seemingly impenetrable clique that is mainstream sport in Britain and, in my opinion, for badminton to expand it needs to try to break into this bubble.

While I am admittedly seeing it through rose-tinted glasses, I defy anyone to argue that elite badminton is not a hugely demanding sport, both physically and mentally.

Top players possess a combination of speed, strength and endurance, as well as phenomenal racket skills and mental fortitude. I will readily concede that snooker’s top set have huge amounts of mental strength but I’m guessing that Stephen Lee’s bleep test scores are less than impressive.

Badminton has the potential for expansion in the media due to the impressive levels of participation which the sport can boast, with about two million people regularly playing in the UK. If I had a pound for every time someone, invariably a man, claimed they could beat me in a match because “they’ve played a bit of badminton in their day” then I’d be travelling to all my tournaments in my own private jet.

This suggests there is a market to tap into. The advantage badminton has is that the majority of people have played it at one time or another, unlike some of the rather more uncommon sports such as sailing or archery. Until badminton does this it will remain a minority sport in media terms.

Track cycling in Britain has shown that it is possible to make the unlikely leap from obscurity into the public consciousness, with household names such as Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton. It did, however, take the unparalleled success of the current team to achieve this, with Britain’s combined total of 18 medals at the previous two Olympic Games facilitating its transition into a more mainstream sport.

Another important question is are there no badminton stars because of the lack of media coverage, or is the lack of coverage due to the dearth of stars in the sport? The Williams sisters almost singlehandedly – well, you know what I mean – reinvented women’s tennis, which shows that a couple of personalities can work wonders, although admittedly tennis had a much more prominent platform than badminton enjoys.

Snooker acknowledged the importance of media coverage and in response to the dwindling interest of the public – 18.5 million people watched the epic 1985 World Championship final between Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis, significantly more than the number who watched last year – Barry Hearn was brought in to ‘*** up’ the sport and introduced the Premier Snooker League.

Also, cricket authorities are putting a heavier emphasis on the Twenty20 version of the game rather than the longer, more traditional test matches as they believe it is more spectator friendly.

I would love badminton to enjoy a greater prevalence in the public arena but fear that until there is the sort of rush of Olympic medals that has been enjoyed by track cycling then badminton will remain in the backwaters of the Scottish media.

- 26 Apr 2011 Sport -