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chris-ccc

11-20-2006, 12:08 AM

Hi players@ccc,

A good badminton friend, Lesley French, wrote me this mail.

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Dear Chris,

Hope you are not overworking the kids. Taking your mind off badminton for a little bit, I would like it very much if you took a little time and voted for my daughter who is a finalist in the V8 Supercar Supergirl Championships. She is in the top six and is now going for people’s choice, the address www.v8supercar.com.au/v8supergirls/ (http://www.v8supercar.com.au/v8supergirls/)

If you could get all your friends to vote and I know you have many, that would be even sweeter.

Her name is ALYCIA FRENCH, hope you like the photos.

Regards,
Lesley

====== end mail ======

Some of you might remember Lesley, who came to play with us on the night we played our 1st Friendly Match against Highvale.

Anyway, Alycia is so beautiful that I have nominated her to be our own Miss CCC.

So... players@ccc, if you could also vote for her in the above link (the V8 Supercar Supergirl Championships), it would be even sweeter. :):):)

CCC will invite Alycia to come and play with us one Friday night. Her badminton skill is not bad at all.

Cheers... chris@ccc

Fuji_

11-20-2006, 04:38 AM

Voted... No worries...;)

yschin

11-20-2006, 02:50 PM

Voted... No worries...;)

Voted ...can't let Badfever or Andrewg beats me to it.

Should Chris invite the A without the L to Friday CCC? Please vote yes or no??

YS

chris-ccc

11-20-2006, 09:30 PM

Hi LilyC,

An article on the Asian Games Draw @Doha 2006 for Malaysia.

Cheers... chris@ccc

====== start article ======

November 18, 2006 19:30 PM

Malaysia Gets Favourable Draw For Asian Games, Doha 2006

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 (Bernama) -- Badminton chief coach Yap Kim Hock could not have wished for a better Asian Games draw after securing five favourable fixtures of the six events in the Doha Asian Games.

In the men's team event, Malaysia are virtually assured of a place in the semi-finals after being drawn in Group C with Hong Kong and Japan, while the women's team may face early hiccups in Group X with China and Indonesia.

In the men's singles event, Lee Chong Wei, by virtue of his world No. 2 ranking, will avoid bogeyman Lin Dan of China until the finals. Today's draw left the gold medal at stake in Malaysians' hands.

The only obstacle in Chong Wei's path for gold is China's Bao Chunlai or Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat as they are likely to be his semi-final opponents.

"I am happy with the overall draw. It was a good draw for Malaysia. In the men's singles, we have the chance to have two Malaysians in the semi-finals as (Muhamad) Hafiz Hashim also do not have strong opponents in the early draws.

"However, the men's doubles draw was not so favourable. They face a tough fight in early stages but they do have the chance to advance to the semi-finals," he said after the draw conducted by the Asian Badminton Confederation.

In the women's doubles event, they managed to avoid powerhouse China in the early stages.

The women's doubles pair Wong Pei Tty-Chin Ee Hui could secure a surprise semi-finals spot if they can overcome Taiwan's Chien Yu Chin-Cheng Wen Hsing.

In the women's singles event, Wong Mew Choo has an outside chance of reaching the semi-finals if she can upset third seed Wang Chen of Hong Kong.

"The path for the semi-finals are looking good for us in the five events including in the mixed-doubles.

"We are still sticking to our target of one gold medal in the Asian Games. There will be no changes to the target set by the Badminton Association of Malaysia," he added.

The badminton squad will leave for Doha on Nov 25 to acclimatise and test out the courts.

-- BERNAMA

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chris-ccc

11-21-2006, 06:19 AM

Greetings,

So little news about the Vietnam Open 2006 last week...... so I thought I'll post the 2 articles that I've found here.

Cheers... chris@ccc

====== start 1st article ======

England's badminton player wins Vietnam Open

England's Andrew Smith won the Vietnam Open after defeating Malaysian badminton player Saman Ismail 21-14, 12-21, 21-19 on Nov. 19 at Ho Chi Minh City's Phan Dinh Gymnasium.

The two rivals had previously put an end to the hopes of the two remaining Vietnamese players at the event on Nov. 18.

Smith beat Vietnamese national champion Nguyen Tien Minh, who was the third seed, 21-7, 21-16 in the semi-final, while Ismail overcame Nguyen Quang Ninh 21-15, 18-21, 21-15 in the quarter-final the day before.

The Viet Nam Open badminton tournament drew the participation of more than 120 contenders from 13 countries and territories. Viet Nam sent the highest number of players but took only one bronze.

Organisers promised the second edition of the event will be held with many more badminton stars and bigger prizes for the winners.

(Source: VNA)

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and......

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Tien Minh finishes third at Vietnam Open
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Vietnamese top player Nguyen Tien Minh finished third at the Vietnam Open badminton contest, which ended in Ho Chi Minh City on November 19, reported Ho Chi Minh City Sports newspaper.

Tien Minh failed to upset top seed Andrew Smith from the UK. Tien Minh failed to overcome pressure and lost 21-7 and 21-16. After the match, Smith said that Tien Minh was not on his top form and played much defensively.

Smith was eventual champion of the tournament after beating Saman Ismail from Malaysia in the final of men’s singles on November 19.

The Republic of Korea gained great triumph at the tournament as they won women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles.

(Source: VietNamNet Bridge)

====== end 2nd article ======

andrewghw

11-21-2006, 06:26 PM

Voted!! Haiyah all the guys are so fast in their voting..Chris should get her to come this Friday and I'm sure she will be a booster for our friendly games...YES voted for A without the L :D

kong-19

11-21-2006, 08:23 PM

Hi Chris & everyone at CCC

In Melbourne I been to 2 CCC. At CCC, Chris Coaching Centre. I played 3
times. 2 sessions not of much fun. The players level, either too high
or too low for me. BUt the last Friday one was better. More fun and some
sweat. Chris promised I will have free badminton whenever I show up
in his club. Tks. Chris.

I enjoyed most at the other CCC. The Crown Classic Competition.
There I not only won the classic treatment. Also a return free air ticket
for the next trip. I did well in that competition. Credit should be given to Chris for telling me the recipe while I followed him out coaching several times. From his recipe, I learnt to improve the Skill, Tactic & most important the
" PATIENCE " Anyone want to improve themselves on court & in competition.
Chris is the " MAN "

On Sunday evening. Badfever took me to a Very Special restaurant for Special Peking DUCK. The place & the duck were a bit special and unusual to me. When u are here sometime in Dec. I will let u try out the very normal
Peking Duck here in Brisbane.

With the free badminton & the free air ticket. I may see u again sometime
before April. Hope u won`t be upset to hear of my coming.
Otherwise, we will meet again at the WC 2007 in the " BOLEH " LAND.

Thank you to everyone at Chris CCC. Have fun & enjoy the games tonight.

chris-ccc

11-21-2006, 08:41 PM

Hi andrewghw,

Your Post#114 in CCC Badminton: CATS@Waverley Wed 7:30pm-10:00pm is informative/instructive for players@ccc.
Link= http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35687

So, I will copy and paste it here.

Cheers... chris@ccc

Hi Guy!

Just remember on one of our suppertime we were discussing on Malaysian players that serves with the shuttle pointing upward instead of downward to make the shuttle spins and curves...Well the law below has changed as mentioned by Chris.

9.1 In a correct service:

9.1.1 neither side shall cause undue delay to the delivery of the service once the server and the receiver are ready for the service. On completion of the backward movement of server's racket head, any delay in the start of the service (Law 9.2), shall be considered to be an undue delay,

The second sentence is added to make it clear that once the server moves his racket backward he must then move it forward as quickly as possible to strike the shuttle without undue delay. He can't stop too long when his racket has been pulled backward before he moves it forward for example. It has to be smooth and he can't make intermittent stops along the way.

9.1.5 the whole shuttle shall be below the server's waist at the instant of being hit by the server's racket. The waist shall be considered to be an imaginary line round the body, level with the lowest part of the server's bottom rib;

This is perhaps the clearest definition of the waist which in the past has caused a lot of confusion. and if read in conjuction with Law 9.1.6 below, it has now taken away many irrelevant and unwanted misunderstanding and argument.

9.1.6 the shaft of the server's racket at the
instant of hitting the shuttle shall be pointing in a downward direction;

9.2 Once the players are ready for the service, the first forward movement of the server's racket head shall be the start of the service.

13. FAULTS

It shall be a 'fault':

13.2 if, in service, the shuttle:

13.2.1 is caught on the net and remains suspended on its top; (but not when in play, then it will be a 'let'.)

13.2.2. after passing over the net, is caught in the net; or

13.3 if in play, the shuttle:

13.3.3 fails to pass over the net

chris-ccc

11-21-2006, 09:25 PM

Hi Chris & everyone at CCC

In Melbourne I been to 2 CCC.

At CCC, Chris Coaching Centre. I played 3 times. 2 sessions not of much fun. The players level, either too high or too low for me. But the last Friday one was better. More fun and some sweat. Chris promised I will have free badminton whenever I show up in his club. Tks. Chris.

I enjoyed most at the other CCC. The Crown Classic Competition. There I not only won the classic treatment. Also a return free air ticket for the next trip. I did well in that competition. Credit should be given to Chris for telling me the recipe while I followed him out coaching several times. From his recipe, I learnt to improve the Skill, Tactic & most important the "PATIENCE". Anyone want to improve themselves on court & in competition.
Chris is the " MAN "

With the free badminton & the free air ticket. I may see u again sometime. Hope u won`t be upset to hear of my coming.
Otherwise, we will meet again at the WC 2007 in the " BOLEH " LAND.

Thank you to everyone at Chris CCC. Have fun & enjoy the games tonight.

Hi kong-19,

Great to hear from you !!! :):):)

Now that you can get free badminton and free air ticket from our CCC in Melbourne...... we hope you'll come to Melbourne more often.

Cheers... chris@ccc

yschin

11-22-2006, 07:41 PM

Hi Chris & everyone at CCC

In Melbourne I been to 2 CCC. At CCC, Chris Coaching Centre. I played 3
times. 2 sessions not of much fun. The players level, either too high
or too low for me. BUt the last Friday one was better. More fun and some
sweat.

Otherwise, we will meet again at the WC 2007 in the " BOLEH " LAND.

Hi Kong,

There were many discussions about fun in relation to high and low levels games earlier this year. Chris and doubleplease came up with a system to address that situation . Chris has probably under or over estimated your standards when pairing you up ... only kidding!!

I am taking up a job assignment in the BOLEH LAND starting 15-12-06 to ???
and will hope to see you at the WC2007 in Kuala Lumpur . How about " fish head curry" instead of Peking Duck? Let me know if you need a place to stay - will try to accomodate. We can also have a round of baddy at Bkt Jalil Golf Club (hopefully my membership still ok for not paying for so long) which is very2 near to the real action i.e WC2007. The court has that rubberised bouncy feeling that Kevin like very much!!

yih sheng

yschin

11-22-2006, 08:01 PM

Voted!! Haiyah all the guys are so fast in their voting..Chris should get her to come this Friday and I'm sure she will be a booster for our friendly games...YES voted for A without the L :D

Hi Andrew,

The democratic process doesn't seem to be working in CCC's club. Understandable - democracy can cause instability in certain situations.

Is Chris's service consider a delay i.e he takes some time to hit it after completion of the backswing ? That is only tactic he will keep it to himself - never teach it ..man.

chris-ccc

11-23-2006, 02:05 AM

Hi yschin,

Yes, I often feel much pressure/responsibility... when members@ccc ask me how/what we should do next. Their assumption underlying this, is that I have superior knowledge and experience in organising/promoting Badminton.

But I could make a wrong decision too. I need more suggestions/ideas from all members@ccc.

This matter on the democratic process should/could trigger a healthy discussion amongst our members@ccc. However, Casual Visitors will just have to follow along.

I encourage more participants in the discussion on this matter.

Sometimes I feel that members@ccc are thinking this... “Just let chris@ccc do the dirty work”. :):):)

BTW, this is what I think...

====== start idea ======

There are 3 Organising Styles:

Command style
In the command style of organising badminton, the organiser makes all the decisions, the role of the players is just to respond to the organiser’s commands. The assumption underlying this approach is that the organiser has superior knowledge and experience. It is his role to tell the players what to do. The players’ role is to listen, to absorb and to comply, no questions asked.

Submissive Style
Organiser who adopts the submissive style makes as little decision as possible. It is like ‘throw out the ball and have a good time approach’. The organiser provides little instruction and minimal guidance in organising activities and resolves discipline problems only when absolutely necessary.
Organiser who adopts this style normally lacks the competence to provide instruction and guidance. They are unable to meet the demand of their organisational responsibilities. The submissive style organiser merely acts as caretaker and often is a poor one, and usually comes into Badminton Organisation by chance.

Cooperative Style
Organiser who selects the cooperative style shares decisions making with the players. Although they recognized their responsibility to lead and guide the players towards achieving set objectives, cooperative style organiser also knows the importance of getting players involved in making certain collective decisions.

====== end idea ======

Does it sound familiar??? ;););)

Yes, it is the same way I do my coaching...... just substitute organiser with coach, and players with trainees.

Recently, hkhung put a lot of pressure on me to select players for his team. :mad::mad::mad:

However, it was good that I have made a decision that only our Friday members@ccc can take part. Can you image how difficult it is to select... if we were to select from all of the 131 players who have attended/played at Friday Social@Waverley. :confused::confused::confused:

On top of that, hkhung asked if he could include some trainees@ccc from all our different venues. Again, I have hundreds of them... so trying to do that would be a nightmare.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

This post is to trigger more ideas/assistances that I desperately require to make my task easier.

I hope that more and more members@ccc will attend supper after our session, to talk/discuss matters about club matters. Members who only turn up just to play... should realise that “We should all do our part in giving, not just taking”. ;););)

Finally, I also believe that “Politics and Sports should not mix”. Indonesia is having so many problems at the moment because, as you said in your post, it “can cause instability in certain situations”.

Cheers... chris@ccc

yschin

11-23-2006, 05:52 AM

Hi Chris,

Nobody wants to take a vote on the A & L as I have expected. I believe most of them just want to enjoy playing badminton and are happy with the current situation under your leadership. Me included. Who the hell f cares about democracy etc

There are also people who do not want to be labelled as NATO member - no action talk only - like me.

Sometime I do have some ideas but then there are a lot of difficulties associated with it. For example, when Wesley pulled out, I thought why not we split into 2 teams (Team A & B) and compete among ourselves and loser pays for a end of the year barbecue. But then ........ forget it.

I truly understand the time ,effort and difficulties in organising and appreciates what you have done.

Cheers and enjoy our badminton.

andrewghw

11-23-2006, 04:35 PM

Hi Guys,

Can never agree more with yschin! I guess its very hard to keep the group together and not many clubs are able to hold the group together for long. Chris has done a good job in maintaining it. The turn out has been pretty consistent and other clubs has not enjoyed the kind of crowds as CCC!!

Well done Chris!!

BadFever

11-23-2006, 06:10 PM

Hi Chris,

Wah......I only missed one session and already so many happenings. CCC is definitely growing. :)

But I am sad to hear about all this unnecessary presurre that you are having. I think all this arise from trying to organise too many friendlies too soon with other clubs. Why do we have so many FREAKING friendlies anyway????? :confused: :confused: :confused: Maybe our dear captain hkhung can enlighten me on this.

If you want me to vote, I vote that all these friendly matches should stop for the time being (let's say 6 to 12 months) and let you have a break so that you don't wear out from doing all these organising stuffs. We don't need it, Chris. I enjoy more just attending a normal baddy games and going to supper after the game. Period.

chris-ccc

11-23-2006, 08:26 PM

Thanks andrewghw and BadFever,

Yes, perhaps I should slow things down a bit for CCC. :):):)

But there are also 2 more suggestions put onto me which I have not mentioned(although they have been keeping me thinking for the last month). This is the time for me to release them;

(1) Friendly Match against JT Ultra
(2) End-of-Year CCC Celebration

I need ideas/suggestions/actions from all members@ccc :):cool::p;)

Cheers... chris@ccc

BadFever

11-23-2006, 10:01 PM

DoublesPlease

11-23-2006, 11:01 PM

At first glance this really has nothing to do with badminton but off-topic is not in my dictionary, so...

This is extremely cool: http://labs.live.com/photosynth

Do note however the phrase "pre-beta technology preview" and it requires XP SP2 and a recent graphics card. There's a bit of futzing around to make it go but it's worth it in the end.

DP

yschin

11-23-2006, 11:36 PM

Here is my suggestion,

1) Postpone to next year. Period. :)

2-a) We can pick one of the "All you can eat" restaurants (There is Foodstar chinese food in Knox or Cuckoo western/german in Mount Dandenong or whateva). Everyone bring one bottle of wine/whiskey/brandy/tequilla and get drunk.

2-b) BBQ & Baddy outing. One of us can bring a BBQ grill and cook outside CCC baddy hall. We play baddy, eat, play baddy, eat all day long.

That's all from me.

Badfver, you are a practical man , can tell by the way you play baddy, you don't fried the kwei teow as often as I do.

I am with you for (2-b) but add last sentence of (2-a) to it. It will be interesting to see you play after drinking. But Chris might ban 'drink and play' for health and safety reason.

That's all.

Fuji_

11-23-2006, 11:59 PM

Hi,

I hate to be sitting on the fence on this one... :D
But whereever you guys want to eat and drink, I will be there. I am sure the supper regulars should know by now, I eat and drink everything... ;)

Let's talk more about this during supper.

Cheers,
Kee

kong-19

11-24-2006, 02:22 AM

Hi Kong,

There were many discussions about fun in relation to high and low levels games earlier this year. Chris and doubleplease came up with a system to address that situation . Chris has probably under or over estimated your standards when pairing you up ... only kidding!!

I am taking up a job assignment in the BOLEH LAND starting 15-12-06 to ???
and will hope to see you at the WC2007 in Kuala Lumpur . How about " fish head curry" instead of Peking Duck? Let me know if you need a place to stay - will try to accomodate. We can also have a round of baddy at Bkt Jalil Golf Club (hopefully my membership still ok for not paying for so long) which is very2 near to the real action i.e WC2007. The court has that rubberised bouncy feeling that Kevin like very much!!

yih sheng

Hi yih sheng

Very nice to hear from u. Good to learn u back to the Boleh land for a job
assingment. Hopefully u will be there at least til end of August or longer.
Most likely, Kim & me will meet u at the WC2007. In KL, how can we forget
" Fish Curry Head, Chilli Crab & Satay " etc, etc. Also Durian if the time is right. Have forgotten when is the durain season.

As for my badminton standard. It is far below yours. Had a doubles match
with u. Without u to covere me & ur powerful smashes. we would not have won that match against DP & his partner. Thanks for partner with me.

By the way, how do u like the new racket ? Hope u get use to it already.
I will let u know once the trip to WC2007 is confirmed. Have fun & enjoy
the games with Badfever tonight.

kong

chris-ccc

11-24-2006, 09:47 AM

Have fun & enjoy the games with Badfever tonight.

kong
Hi kong-19,

I just came back from supper and found your post.

Well, we had 9 @supper and spent $15 each, so we thought we'll ask Wendy, our favourite waiter, for some oranges for dessert. ;););)

And guess what... she said her boss will reprimand her if she offered us oranges. :confused::confused::confused:

We just couldn't get any extra kindly deed from them as you have suggested that we should ask. Maybe we should go to Brisbane for supper. :):):)

But DP did use credit card to pay... so as to get those credit card points.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

11-24-2006, 10:16 AM

Hi everyone@ccc,

For those who are gearing up to follow Badminton@Doha 2006, I just received this article tonight.

Cheers... chris@ccc

====== start article ======

Badminton: Top class show in Doha
Web posted at: 11/24/2006 8:56:48
Source ::: AFP

SINGAPORE The best badminton players in the world come from Asia, which points to a top class showdown at the Asian Games in Doha with China, Malaysia and Indonesia battling for honours.

Eight of the world's top 10 men are Asian while the women shuttlers can boast seven in the leading 10. Many of them will be gracing the courts in Qatar when the tournament gets under way next Thursday with the team round robin.

China is undoubtably the country to beat, with lovebirds Lin Dan (pictured left), the world No.1, and his girlfriend Xie Xingfang, the world No.2, aiming to match each others exploits.

Lin has won six titles this year, including the world championships in Madrid in September, where he beat teammate Bao Chunlai in the final, and is the firm favourite to bag the men's singles gold.

Bao will be one of his main rivals in the Qatari capital.

Xie will start among the favourites in the women's singles after claiming four titles this year, including the world championship crown when she defeated
teammate Zhang Ning, the world No.1.

Zhang though is in top form after recently adding the China Open to her roll of honour. The world champion in 2003, Zhang's greatest moment came when she won gold in the singles at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

But not all China's top stars will be at the Games.

In a bold strategy, and with an eye on the Beijing Olympics in 2008, the communist country has opted for younger shuttlers to fill its squad as it attempts to clean sweep the seven medals on offer.

It means Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen, the Olympic women's doubles champions, are not in Doha as up-and-coming players are given the chance to make their mark.

Head coach Li Yongbo though is confident his charges can add to the disappointing two gold China won four years ago.

"It was a big headache for us when we were choosing the squad, but our goal is to win more gold than at the last Asian Games," Li said.

Out to spoil the party will be stars from Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong.

Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei, the world No.2 who relinquished the top spot to Lin earlier this year, is fit and raring to go after making a full recovery following a car accident in Kuala Lumpur in November.

"I was worried and thought I might not be able to play in the Asian Games, but I feel fine," he said.

He is determined to win back the No.1 ranking but has been struggling for form after suffering a surprise defeat to China's Bao in the quarter-finals of the world championships, and knows he has his work cut out.

"I have to battle hard for a medal considering that several of my rivals have caught up," he said.

"Lin Dan is the favourite and the others are equally strong. It is like starting all over again for me but I will give it my best shot."

Also in Qatar will be Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat, the badboy of badminton who has made a timely return to form as he prepares to defend the gold medal he won at the last Asiad in Busan four years ago.

Known for his unpredictable playing style, Hidayat, the 2005 world champion, has a history of temper tantrums, and sparks could again fly as the competition heats up at Aspire, the world's largest indoor sports dome.

Wang Chen of Hong Kong and Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia will be a danger to Xie and Zhang on the women's side of the draw.

The badminton team finals are on December 5 and the mixed doubles on December 8. The men's and women's singles and doubles finals are on December 9.

====== end article ======

kong-19

11-24-2006, 11:50 PM

Hi kong-19,

I just came back from supper and found your post.

Well, we had 9 @supper and spent $15 each, so we thought we'll ask Wendy, our favourite waiter, for some oranges for dessert. ;););)

And guess what... she said her boss will reprimand her if she offered us oranges. :confused::confused::confused:

We just couldn't get any extra kindly deed from them as you have suggested that we should ask. Maybe we should go to Brisbane for supper. :):):)

But DP did use credit card to pay... so as to get those credit card points.

Cheers... chris@ccc

Hi Chris & everyone @ ccc

Discount on food at restuarant is a matter of State Policy. I discover
Melbourne restaurants usually don`t give discount to regular & royal
customers. May be Melbourne folks have heaps of $$$ & time. Have
a look inside that CCC " Crown Casion Complex " Every day, there are
" PEOPLE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE SEA "

In the Mahogany Room. Very often one bet on the table, will last all
the ccc players super for 2-3 years. How nice would it be if a player
just donate one of this bet from that CCC to ur CCC.

Not may be, u guys should come here for Super. Not just discount.
U get dessert, fruit & red wine as well. And someone will foot the bill.
It is ur loss. IF u guys don`t come.

kong

chris-ccc

11-26-2006, 09:29 PM

Not may be, u guys should come here for Super. Not just discount.
U get dessert, fruit & red wine as well. And someone will foot the bill.
It is ur loss. IF u guys don`t come.

kong
Hi kong-19,

Hagane told me yesterday at CCC@MSAC, Sunday 26-Nov-2006, that he will be moved to Brisbane very soon.

So...... you and Hagane could have supper+dessert+fruit+red wine there in Brisbane for all of us@CCC. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

11-28-2006, 01:53 AM

Greetings,

Badminton Court Cancellations @MSAC from 30-Nov to 4-Dec, 2006

MSAC informed us that due to a Volleyball Championship, all courts are unavailable from 30-Nov to 4-Dec, 2006.

Our CCC@MSAC on Sunday 4-Dec-2006 will be affected. And so will MSAC Social Badminton and Wesley Badminton, over this 5 day period.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

11-28-2006, 09:49 PM

I am taking up a job assignment in the BOLEH LAND starting 15-12-06 to ???

Hi yschin,

Found this thread = http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38401

Returning to Malaysia from Oz, you might want to check this one out @Wangsa Maju. :)

Cheers... chris@ccc

yschin

11-28-2006, 10:04 PM

Hi yschin,

Found this thread = http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38401

Returning to Malaysia from Oz, you might want to check this one out @Wangsa Maju. :)

Cheers... chris@ccc

Thks Chris,

Office in PJ , the other end of Wangsa Maju and projects in North , so most of the time in Penang.

kong-19

11-29-2006, 09:49 PM

Hi kong-19,

Hagane told me yesterday at CCC@MSAC, Sunday 26-Nov-2006, that he will be moved to Brisbane very soon.

So...... you and Hagane could have supper+dessert+fruit+red wine there in Brisbane for all of us@CCC. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

Hi Chris

Most of the ccc players attended the supper are under 18. No Red wine
for Hagane if he is in that group. As for u Chris, I will order Cognac XO
" SPECIAL " in Triple instead of double when u are here in Brisbane.
When in Melbourne. I will give u the chance. I am happy to have a single
instead of a Tripple.

Cheers

yschin

11-30-2006, 07:09 PM

Hi yih sheng

Very nice to hear from u. Good to learn u back to the Boleh land for a job
assingment. Hopefully u will be there at least til end of August or longer.
Most likely, Kim & me will meet u at the WC2007.
Also Durian if the time is right. Have forgotten when is the durain season.

By the way, how do u like the new racket ?

kong

WC2007 - I will arrange something when we get nearer to that date. I told Badfever you guys can stay somewhere near Genting (might win a free trip) if you want to. Transport is very convenience now - 'Progress' in the boleh land.

Durian - Thks or no thks to genetic engineering - Durian is all year round , from seedless , bitter sweet etc - you named it and taste has never been better.

Racket - I broke the string the 2nd time I used it. Still can't figure out whether because I enjoyed smashing so much with the new racket or is it an inferior racket. When I took it for restring (string - courtesy of Badfever), he asked repeatedly where I got the string and racket and attracting lots of admirers. I told them I can supply if they want. At least I think I got a good racket.

yschin

11-30-2006, 07:52 PM

http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2006/12/1/sports/16191797&sec=sports

kong-19

11-30-2006, 10:05 PM

WC2007 - I will arrange something when we get nearer to that date. I told Badfever you guys can stay somewhere near Genting (might win a free trip) if you want to. Transport is very convenience now - 'Progress' in the boleh land.

Durian - Thks or no thks to genetic engineering - Durian is all year round , from seedless , bitter sweet etc - you named it and taste has never been better.

Racket - I broke the string the 2nd time I used it. Still can't figure out whether because I enjoyed smashing so much with the new racket or is it an inferior racket. When I took it for restring (string - courtesy of Badfever), he asked repeatedly where I got the string and racket and attracting lots of admirers. I told them I can supply if they want. At least I think I got a good racket.

Hi Yeh Sheng

It`s a bit early to WC 2007. Forgot to mention Badfever will go as well.
Of course, everyone like to have a FOC trip to watch the WC 2007.
However, it is a matter of LUCK. Who knows one might end up paying
the FIRST Class Ticket but with the E class treatment on board the plane.

Durian, no thks to the genetic. I prefer the natural ones. Especially they
drop naturally from the tree when they are ripe. However, most growers
make them drop artificially. I also prefer the one with a little bitter taste
& with smaller seeds but not seedless.

I believe the string broke was due to a mishit. A lot of players do not
know what a mishit is. Ask Badfever, he can give u a better explaination.
When u break a string next time & happen Andrew comes to Brisbane.
Get him to bring the racket here, I will do it for u FOC & u can have
it back the next day when Andrew returns to CCC.

Cheers

chris-ccc

12-03-2006, 05:56 AM

Hi kong-19,

While you were here in Melbourne, we had a discussion about Badminton Court Ethics.

Well, while surfing the net, I found this article.

You might want to add to/remove from the 10 points stated on the list.

Cheers... chris@ccc

====== start article ======

December 02nd 2006 Posted in sport (http://sports.travel-ontour.com/category/all/)
http://lawandbadminton.wordpress.com/files/2006/08/players.jpg

I love watching a good badminton game. I am what you might call a professional….spectator! Hahaha… (Did you think I was gonna say professional player!) What makes a badminton game enjoyable to watch? In my personal opinion, it becomes enjoyable when the players are good, of the same caliber and of course, well-mannered. I have watched a million informal games in court and even a sizable number of tournaments and I have observed that there are a good number of players who do not practice the proper decorum in court. I have even seen a shouting match in a tournament when a player succumbed to the cheerings and jeerings of a spectator-mom, but that’s another story altogether.

What constitutes good manners and right conduct of players in court? There are no hard and fast rules, although there are really some behavior that are prohibited in court as stated in the Players’ Code of Conduct (http://www.internationalbadminton.org/statue%20book%20latest2/159%20to%20161-app4pcoc%5B1%5D.pdf) issued by the International Badminton Federation, the official governing body of badminton associations worldwide.

I also came up with my own list. Some of these can also be found in the Players’ Code of Conduct, others are just my own observations. Please feel free to come up with your own list.

1. When the shuttle falls dead on your side of the court, you should return the shuttle properly to your opponent. The shuttle should be picked up either by hand or by your racket and properly tossed to the other side of the court. Please do not kick it, sweep it or smash it back to your opponent.

2. When the opponent is serving, do not engage in threatening acts or words in order to psyche out your opponent. Please leave that for the boxing match later.

3. When you are serving, please wait for your opponent to be ready before you swing at the bird…err…shuttle. Surprising the opponent is a “dirty tactic” that is easily gaining popularity…tsk tsk.

4. Please do not abuse the shuttle or your racket, especially in moments when you get frustrated. It is not nice to see a racket doing somersaults and back flips during a game.

5. When the opponent inadvertently lifts the shuttle high and near the net (otherwise, pag benta na — badminton aficionados will understand this term), please do not aim for your opponent’s face. This is not target shooting.

6. Show only the appropriate amount of emotion in court. Do not shout obscenities, use foul language directly to your opponent, the linesmen or the umpire. That behavior should’ve retired together with John McEnroe.

7. When playing informally with a group of friends, and the shuttle falls on your side of the court, please make the appropriate call. Please do not say that the shuttle is out when it obviously fell in. Remember the Golden Rule.

8. While this is not necessary, I really appreciate a show of apology by either raising your hand or your shuttle when the shuttle grazes the net and still falls in your opponent’s side. After all, even world no. 1 Lin Dan does this. So shouldn’t we, lesser mortals, follow his example?

9. Do not be intimated by spectators. (Ang mapikon, talo.)

10. Finally, before this list gets any longer, after a game, please do not forget to shake your opponent’s hand. (And this includes the service judge and umpire when playing in a tournament.)

With this in mind, just remember that the most important thing in a game is to enjoy. Happy playing!

====== end article ======

chris-ccc

12-05-2006, 02:55 AM

Hi everyone@CCC,

Team Events: Asian Games 2006 @Doha

Gold will be going to China, South Korea or Japan today, Tuesday 5-Dec-2006.

Here is an article.

Cheers... chris@ccc

====== start article ======

China, S. Korea, Japan set badminton team finals clashes at Doha Asiad

Powerhouses China and South Korea won over Indonesia and Malaysia respectively on Monday to set a final clash in the badminton men's team event at the Doha Asian Games.

Spearheaded by world No. 1 Lin Dan, the Chinese shuttlers smashed the Indonesian peers again just as they did in the group stage.

Although Lin trailed 12-16 in the opening set, the 23-year-old world champion fought back by collecting six points in a row.

After winning the first set 22-20, Lin encountered an extremely active Taufik and quickly lost the second game 21-13.

In the rubber set, Lin, nicknamed "Super Dan" taking advantage of his rival's lack of strength, knocked off the Athens Olympic champion 21-12.

"My opponent and I are both in form," said Lin after winning the heart-stirring duel. "I won because I trained hard for the Asian Games and I was relaxed during the fight."

Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng, doubles event winner at this year's Madrid World Championships, lost to Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan 14-21, 21-18, 16-21.

Afterwards, Asian Games rookie Chen Jin took a sweet revenge by beating Simon Santoso 21-19, 16-21, 21-14 in the third game. The 20-year-old Chen lost to Santoso 14-21, 8-21 on Saturday.

Chen disputed with the umpire for controversial line calls several times and received a yellow card. "I felt that the umpire was a little biased against me.

In the fourth game, Xie Zhongbo and Guo Zhendong sealed the win for China by beating Luluk Hadiyanto/Alvent Yulianto Chandra 6-21, 21-6 and 21-16.

South Korea blew off mighty Malaysia 3-1, only Athens Olympic silver medallist Park Sung Hwan losing to Hashim Muhammad Hafiz 12- 21, 21-11, 17-21.

In the women's part, China swept South Korea, defending champion China trampled South Korea 3-0 through efforts of top two singles Zhang Ning, Xie Xingfang and world No.1 doubles pair Gao Ling and Huang Sui.

Athens Olympic champion Zhang Ning showed no sign of age in front of 21-year-old Lee Yun Hwa, 10 years younger than Zhang. Zhang knocked off Lee 21-14 and 21-7 in 19 minutes.

Li Yongbo, the Chinese badminton team's head coach, thought the unbeatable Chinese women's lineup had not face any challenges at the Asian Games.

"The South Korean shuttlers looked tired today as they had to play two matches yesterday to take the last semifinal berth. Besides, they might thought that it was impossible to defeat their Chinese peers, so they weren't aggressive at all."

In Monday's first semifinal, Japan unexpectedly edging South Korea in the group stage, finished off Singapoe 3-0.

The clash between Japan and China is going to be held on Tuesday." Japan is stronger than South Korea," said Li Yongbo.

Source: Xinhua

====== end article ======

kong-19

12-05-2006, 05:59 AM

chris-ccc

12-05-2006, 09:50 PM

Hi Trainees@CCC,

CCC has been informed of MSAC Operating Hours over the Xmas & New Year Period, as listed below;

Changes to MSAC Operating Hours
Our operating hours will alter slightly over the Christmas and New Year Period.

Major Alterations
Saturday 9th December - Close at 6pm
Sunday 24th December - Close at 6pm
Monday 25th December - CLOSED
Sunday 31st December - Close at 6pm
Monday 1st January - Open at 12 noon

Our Sunday CCC@MSAC is not be affected !!! :):):)

This posting is meant for trainees who wish to arrange for Private Coaching on other days.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

12-08-2006, 11:41 PM

Hi everyone@ccc,

Thank you to helmut for posting our CCC 'Family Photo', which was taken at our CCC 4th Xmas Party 2005 @Middle Park.

It was posted as POST#6 in our CCC thread = http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38679

I thought I will repost the 'Family Photo' in this thread as well.

Time to go to yschin's Bon Voyage Party now.

Cheers... chris@ccc

Hi everyone,

here is my attempt of posting last year's 'family photo'
shot on authentic grainy film in bad light:crying: -- see the attachment.

Cheers
Helmut

Attached Image http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=26731&stc=1&d=1165491231

DoublesPlease

12-09-2006, 07:20 AM

Hi all,

Best wishes to yschin and we hope he can find some matches over in Penang. Any Penang players who are impressed by our group are welcome to contact us.

DP & all

DoublesPlease

12-09-2006, 07:27 AM

a pose to inspire fear and respect...

chris-ccc

12-10-2006, 08:09 AM

Best wishes to yschin and we hope he can find some matches over in Penang.

Hi yschin,

This might be a good starting place for your search for info about Social Badminton in Penang.

Ask for Ong Ewe Hock or his brother Ong Ewe Chye.
Their Centre is based at Bukit Dumbar, Gelugor 11600 Penang.
Telephone: 604-6588328
Mobile: 012-4005328

Hope it won't take too long before you start playing Badminton again. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

12-11-2006, 01:00 AM

Hi everyone@ccc,

Just received news on what Rexy Mainaky had to say after KKK+TBH won Asian Games Gold @Doha 2006, in the Mens Doubles Individual Event.

And it's the same thing that he said to me when we had dinner at the Commonwealth Games Village @Melbourne 2006... "Problem with all our Malaysian pairs: They lose focus easily and this is the major reason why they lack consistency".

I am glad that Rexy is staying in Malaysia, not returning to Indonesia or England to coach.

Cheers... chris@ccc

====== start article ======

New Straits Times
11-Dec-2006

REXY Mainaky allowed himself some breathing space yesterday from the punishing pace he has set since assuming the post of national doubles coach last August.

After all, some 12 hours earlier, Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong had ended a 36-year wait for Asian Games badminton gold but the pressure, from within and outside Malaysia for various reasons, including a bid by the Indonesian media for one of their legends to return home and take charge of the doubles pairs there, will soon be back.

But Rexy had this to say.

"Firstly, I am glad Kien Keat-Boon Heong won gold. I knew they have the talent and thankfully, they saw it through.

"After they qualified for the final, I knew that they had a chance if they could maintain the style of play they utilised against (world champions) Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng (in the quarter-finals) and Luluk (Hadiyanto)-Alvent (Yulianto).

"Once they started aggressively, I knew they would win gold.

"But I want them to remember that defending their status is a different thing altogether. Kien Keat-Boon Heong have the makings of a great pair but they must stay level-headed and remain focused.

"In fact, this is a problem with all the Malaysian pairs. They lose focus easily and this is the major reason why they lack consistency.

"This has a lot to do with self-discipline. Training is where all the hard work is done and if the right attitude is not there, then we are fighting a lost cause. If a player takes it easy in a training match, whereby trailing 0-5 is not a problem, it becomes a habit even in tournaments.

"Our players have this problem.

"People say Taufik (Hidayat) has disciplinary problems but I have known him since he was 14. We can see that when it comes to team events, Taufik plays differently and this is probably because he feels that as a team, it will be difficult to win.

"But in an individual event, especially major tournaments, Taufik delivers. He has the discipline but we only don't see it.

"I hope that Kien Keat-Boon Heong’s win in Doha will result in a change in the other pairs.

"There must be healthy competition for it will only benefit all the pairs. And there must also be a promise from the players to the coaches, one that they must keep.

"Kien Keat-Boon Heong have promised to work hard on returning to Malaysia but saying it here and actually doing it are two different things.

"There will be outside influences and other lures but they must be above all that. Winning here is good but this should only be the start.

"The target should be the Olympics and all I ask for is support from all quarters.

"Let the coaches and players work. We have our targets and if I fail to deliver, I will tender my resignation.

"I am a professional. Already, the Indonesian media has spoken to me about how they are going to pressure the authorities back home to hire me as the doubles coach.

"There has also been an approach about me returning to England but I have spoken to my wife and she is happy in Malaysia.

"But there are still some issues that I need to discuss with BAM upon returning but Kien Keat-Boon Heong have shown that Malaysia can win titles and I, as a professional, am determined to help them and the other pairs to the best of my ability."

====== end article ======

chris-ccc

12-12-2006, 09:45 AM

Hi everyone@ccc,

With the end of the year fast approaching, has anyone@ccc thought of making any New Year Resolution(s) regarding to your Badminton Participation ???

Well, I have one... I have to get fitter.

My resolution is to go jogging often, to improve my stamina.

Why ???...... I have been asked to participate in Team Events by 2 Clubs; namely Telstar and DTBA.

Getting fitter should be good for me...... that is, if I could keep to my resolution.

I have somehow neglected my health and fitness in 2006.

Tell me about your New Year Resolution(s).

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

12-15-2006, 09:23 PM

Hi everyone@ccc,

Received this message from Loh in Singapore;

A MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY 2007 TO ALL OUR FRIENDS DOWNUNDER, ESPECIALLY TO ALL OUR MELBOURNE BADDY FANS IN CHRIS@CCC" :) :) :)
Link = http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=484813#post484813

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

12-17-2006, 09:28 PM

Hi everyone@CCC,

We have Mark Topping sending Xmas Greetings from Northern Ireland to CCC Badminton. :):):)

Mark, and his brother Bruce Topping, were here for the Commonwealth Games @Melbourne 2006.
Then, they were World Rank 51 in Men's Doubles.

It was great that CCC Badminton was involved with the Northern Ireland Badminton Team while they were here in Melbourne. :cool::cool::cool:

As their coach, I received invaluable pleasure and experience at the Commonwealth Games.

Cheers... chris@ccc

====== start mail ======

Merry Xmas

Thanks for your help way back in April with our team

Best Regards

Mark Topping
AOK Learning Ltd
Unit 15a, Nutgrove Enterprise Centre
Rathfarnham
Dublin 14

====== end mail ======

chris-ccc

12-17-2006, 10:09 PM

Hi players@ccc,

This quote is from POST#2

Hi players@ccc,

A good badminton friend, Lesley French, wrote me this mail.

====== start mail ======

Dear Chris,

Hope you are not overworking the kids. Taking your mind off badminton for a little bit, I would like it very much if you took a little time and voted for my daughter who is a finalist in the V8 Supercar Supergirl Championships. She is in the top six and is now going for people’s choice, the address www.v8supercar.com.au/v8supergirls/ (http://www.v8supercar.com.au/v8supergirls/)

If you could get all your friends to vote and I know you have many, that would be even sweeter.

Her name is ALYCIA FRENCH, hope you like the photos.

Regards,
Lesley

====== end mail ======

Cheers... chris@ccc

Sorry that our own Miss CCC, Alycia, was not successful this time.

Thank you for voting for her.

And Lesley sends her Xmas & New Year Greetings to us.

Cheers... chris@ccc

====== start mail ======

Dear Chris,

Thank you once again for your effort, unfortunately Alycia was not successful this time, the only blond in this round won it. It was an enjoyable experience for Alycia and she thoroughly enjoyed the racing scene.

Hope you and your charges have a wonderful Christmas and a safe, clean and happy New Year.

Hope I will be able to catch up with you soon.

Best Wishes to everyone.

Regards, Lesley

====== end mail ======

chris-ccc

12-17-2006, 10:34 PM

Strictly speaking, the creatures that inhabit the world that are closer to my age prefer things more along these lines:

Oh, 'tis the season to be naughty, :cool:
Tra-la-lala-la-la-lalala.
Deck the halls with poison ivy,:eek:
Fa-la-lala-laaa-lalalala.
Break a window, pop a tire,:rolleyes:
Ti-la-fi-fifififiiiiii.
Set the teacher's hair on fire....:p

I would never do any of the above of course. I'm a little angel. ;)

But nice colors, chris@ccc, it's : Chris @ his most Cute, Cuddly, and Christmasy.

Be merry, all, stay safe, stay out of trouble, ;), etc. etc. and the usual stuff (brush your teeth after all the sweets, trees are flammable and prone to being knocked over, so be careful...:D)

Hi players@ccc,

From hiroisuke (California), we have CCC = Cute, Cuddly, and Christmasy :cool::cool::cool:

Thank you all who attended our 5th CCC Xmas Party.

And for those who could not attend, photos should be coming to you from helmut, hkhung, etc...

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

12-17-2006, 11:10 PM

Hi players@ccc,

Received this message from JT Ultra after our Friendly Match (via smashed_1)

It's great !!! :):):)
CCC Badminton also enjoyed the match too.

Cheers... chris@ccc

====== start message =======

Hi Jason,

I behalf of my team want to say thank you for organising this great match, all the team members had great time in the games, and I believe this has been an important experience for all of them.

I am looking forward to invite you all for the return match (around later JAN), and pls bring my thanks to all the CCC players especially to Chris for his kind hospitality.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Best Regards
Jacky C

====== end message ======

chris-ccc

12-20-2006, 10:29 AM

Hi everyone@ccc,

Received news from KL Open 2006.

Lee Chong Wei is still playing, despite injury.

And results can be obtained from this link = http://bam.org.my/tournament/national/2006/national_circuit/kuala_lumpur_open/result1.html

Cheers... chris@ccc

====== start article ======

Source: NST 20-Dec-2006

Chong Wei to fight on despite injury

This is because it's the only way he can get a shot at a fifth consecutive national title next year.

Chong Wei, who suffered the injury during a road accident in November, played through the injury at the Doha Asian Games and still managed to return with a bronze in the men's team and men's singles.

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Wednesday/Sport/20061220082332/bad.jpg

The injury was initially thought to be serious and there were fears that Chong Wei may have to undergo surgery, but it is not the case anymore.

Chong Wei needs to reach, at least, the final of the KL Open to qualify for the National Grand Prix Finals after having missed the first leg — the Malacca Open in July — due to international duties.

Chong Wei became the only third player to win four consecutive men's singles crowns after Misbun Sidek and Foo Kok Keong when he achieved the feat in Kota Kinabalu last year and he can go one better by qualifying for the GP finals in Kuala Terengganu on Feb 8-11.

"Although there is pain, I cannot afford to miss the event. I cannot bear the thought of not defending my national crown," said Chong Wei.

"It may only be the local crown but will be a satisfying achievement for me if I can defend the title again.

Chong Wei has remained undefeated in local tournaments since winning his first national title in 2003.

====== end article ======

yschin

12-22-2006, 07:54 AM

Taufik might be joining KL racquet club??

So far have not got a chance/time to sneak in to peek at their training.

chris-ccc

12-23-2006, 12:36 AM

Taufik might be joining KL racquet club??

So far have not got a chance/time to sneak in to peek at their training.

Hi yschin,

So, are you in KL watching the KL Open 2006 live ???

BTW, the username 'smashed_til_4' is really appropriate for you.
For non-Chinese players@CCC...... it means 'smashed_til_death'.

How come Badminton Central banned that username ??? :confused::confused::confused:

Anyway, to you, a MERRY X'MAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR (Courtesy of LilyC's Artwork) from all of us@CCC in Melbourne, Australia. :):):)

Cheers.... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

12-23-2006, 02:29 AM

Greetings,

To players@CCC who are following the KL Open 2006......
we might have Xmas presents for LCW, WMC, CCM+HTH, CEH+WPT & KKK+WPT today. :):):)

Here is an article.

A Merry Xmas & a Happy New Year 2007 to everyone@CCC.

Cheers... chris@ccc.

====== start article ======

Hafiz plots strategy
By RAJES PAUL
Saturday December 23, 2006

KUALA LUMPUR: Singles shuttler Mohd Hafiz Hashim and new men’s doubles pair of Chan Chong Ming-Hoon Thien How have vowed to turn the tables on the favourites in the final of the Kuala Lumpur Open at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium (KLBA) today.

Hafiz, who has had a mediocre season this year, overcame a slow start to beat Kuan Beng Hong 15-21, 21-10, 21-12 yesterday to set up a final match against Lee Chong Wei. The top seeded Chong Wei defeated veteran Wong Choong Hann 21-14, 21-15 in the other semi-final.

The 24-year-old Hafiz, who is the second seed, is determined to break Chong Wei four-year unbeaten run in local tournaments.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2006/12/23/sports/62HAFIZ.jpg HAFIZ: Beat Kuan Beng Hong 15-21, 21-10, 21-12 yesterday to set up a final match against Lee Chong Wei.

“This is the match that I have been waiting for. I have never beaten Chong Wei in a local tournament since my victory in the 2002 Sukma in Sabah and this is probably the best chance for me to do so,” said Hafiz.

“My condition may not be at the best but I think, Chong Wei's form has also dropped a little. A win will certainly put me in the right track as I look for better results next year.”
Hafiz, who is now ranked 10th in the world, has beaten the second ranked Chong Wei only once – in last year's German Open semi-finals.

In the men's doubles, the gallant run of Chong Ming-Thien How in their first tournament as a pair continued.

Yesterday, they ended the fairy tale run of Khoo Chung Chiat-Mohd Razif Abdul Latif, winning 21-9, 21-18. The Project 2010-12 duo had upset the national pair of Tan Bin Shen-Ong Soon Hock on Thursday.

In the final, Chong Ming-Thien How will play against Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Lin Woon Fui, who did well to beat Asian Games gold medallists Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong 21-10, 19-21, 21-13.

Youngster Thien How said that he were ready to take on Fairuzizuan-Woon Fui, who were the quarter-finalists at the World Championships in Madrid this year.

“This is my first final appearance in a local Open tournament. In fact, I have never made it past the quarter-finals with my previous partner (Boon Heong). Reaching the final itself is already an achievement,” said Thien How.

“It will not be easy for us to win the title but Chong Ming and I will go all out to score another upset win.”

In the women's singles, Julia Wong of the Project 2010-12 squad will be out to end the domination of Wong Mew Choo.

In the semi-finals, Julia scored a 21-13, 18-21, 21-9 win over Lydia Cheah while Mew Choo defeated Anita Raj Kaur 21-16, 21-13.

====== end article ======

yschin

12-23-2006, 07:17 AM

chris-ccc

12-23-2006, 10:47 AM

Hi Chris,

I thought I use a different username now that I am in a different area. I think it is probably due to the reason that i used different usernames but same password. Any advice on how to change from yschin to smashed til 4??

I am in KL for the long weekend but missed KL open to catch up with some old friends but might see the first super series in KL starting on the 16-01-07.

I saw a huge banner here where Chew Choon Eng (ex national double who played in Melb commonwealth games??) looking for student to coach double.

According to my friend's son who play badminton for Monash Uni Malaysia , Wong Choon Han is now a parttime business student at a private college here. During a inter college games he beats the Monash Uni Malaysia No 1 ranked badminton player 15-0, 15-0. Coffee shop talk lah ... talk a bit of politics too ... what else to talk in M'sia ??

Hi yschin,

(1) To change your username, please send a Private Message to Cheung in Hong Kong, and BTW, he will be visting Melbourne in May 2007 and I have invited him to play with us@CCC.

(2) Please keep us@CCC updated when you watch the Super Series@KL, starting 16-Jan-2007.

(3) Chew Choon Eng wasn't here in Melbourne for the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but he was here for the 2002 Thomas Cup (Semifinal Round), and he should be an excellent teacher for netplay, as how he demonstrated to us when he was here.

(4) We all know how good a player Wong Choong Hann is. It's not difficult for WCH to beat anyone by 15-0, 15-0.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

12-23-2006, 11:28 PM

Hi players@ccc,

Yesterday, in Post#52, for the KL Open 2006, we said

we might have Xmas presents for LCW, WMC, CCM+HTH, CEH+WPT & KKK+WPT :):):)

And today, we found the Results;

Mens Singles
Lee Chong Wei won over Muhammed Hafiz Hashim 21-15, 21-18

Ladies Singles
Wong Mew Choo won over Julia Wong 21-18, 21-16

Mens Doubles
Chan Chong Ming + Hoon Thien How won over Lin Woon Fui + Fairuzizuan 22-20, 22-20

Womens Doubles
Chin Eei Hui + Wong Pei Tty won over See Phui Leng + Fong Chew Yen 21-9, 21-16

Mix Doubles
Koo Kien Keat + Wong Pei Tty won over Gan Tek Chai + Fong Chew Yen 21-13, 18-21, 21-15

Correct predictions !!! :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

12-24-2006, 10:11 PM

Greetings,

As I am sending this message out, we are getting......
A White Xmas in Melbourne, Australia 2006 ??? :):):)
It's hailing...... and our summer gardens are covered white hailstones !!!

BTW, from Monday 25-Dec-2006 onwards, we are opening up 3 courts for our Wednesday Social Badminton, 7:30pm-10:00pm. The remaining 4th court will remain for coaching purposes.

We are now inviting more Social Players to attend our Wednesday session. With 3 courts, we can accommodate 12 or more players. Previously, with 2 courts, we accommodated 6 to 8 players.

And with this Christmas song by Nat King Cole or Celine Dion, Merry Christmas to you

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir, and folks dressed up like Eskimos
Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe (will) help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow will find it hard to sleep tonight

They know that Santa's on his way, He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother's child is gonna spy to see if reindeer really know how to fly
And so I'm offering this simple phrase, to kids from one to ninety-two
Although it's been said, many times, many ways: "Merry Christmas to you".

With Cheers... chris@ccc
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Phone: 9306-2186 (Melbourne)
Phone: 0419-542-037 (Australia)
CCC Badminton Links:
General....: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38230
Sunday.....: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36264
Friday.......: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38360
Wednesday: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35687
Boroondara: http://www.australianbadminton.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35
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chris-ccc

12-27-2006, 11:58 AM

BTW, from Monday 25-Dec-2006 onwards, we are opening up 3 courts for our Wednesday Social Badminton, 7:30pm-10:00pm. The remaining 4th court will remain for coaching purposes.

We are now inviting more Social Players to attend our Wednesday session. With 3 courts, we can accommodate 12 or more players. Previously, with 2 courts, we accommodated 6 to 8 players.

Greetings,

On Wednesday 27-Dec-2006, we had 9 Social Players and 2 Trainees attending coaching.

Unfortunately, andrewghw is back in Singapore, BadFever is in Hong Kong, yschin is back in Malaysia, LilyC is in Taiwan, smashed_1 is back in Brisbane, Haifeng-W is in Sydney, helmut & DoublesPlease are somewhere in Australia, etc, etc... However, Chiranthi is back from Sri Lanka !!! :):):)

We are really International, aren't we ??? :p:p:p

Hope a few more players will be back for our next Wednesday night session.

So we had many Singles games... unfortunately, Fuji got injured in one of them.

But hkhung really enjoyed himself, playing about 8 Singles games !!! ;););)

Cheers... chris@ccc

Fuji_

12-27-2006, 07:22 PM

Hi Chris,

Yes, an old recurring 'slipped disc' problem I have had for ages now.
Excruciating pain at the moment and can hardly walk. It was amazing how I managed to finish the last doubles game and drove home last night. :eek:

Luckliy it's holidays and I have a few days to rest before work starts next week.What a painful way to rest for the new year... :crying:

My new year resolution will be 'Build a stronger back' :o
Finally, got to admit I am an old cow with heaps of bodily problems... :p

Happy New Year and stay safe and well everyone...

Cheers,
Kee

andrewghw

12-28-2006, 02:08 AM

Hi All,

Greetings from Singapore!! Even when I'm away I still read all the happenings withing the close group of CCC. When shopping looking for some good bargains for badminton stuff. Just bought 50pcs of racquet grips at a good discounted rate.

Well, Fuji guess you have to really take good care of your back and certainly do not wish to miss you coming to the socials. Anyway speedy recovery!!

To All CCC members and Friends......

HAVE A GOOD NEW YEAR!!!

Fuji_

12-28-2006, 06:11 AM

Wow... Shopping and eating in Singapore. So envy of you leh... My piggy bank is not big enough for my next trip. :-)
Enjoy yourself Andrew and see you soon.

chris-ccc

12-28-2006, 08:36 AM

Wow... Shopping and eating in Singapore. So envy of you leh... My piggy bank is not big enough for my next trip. :)

Enjoy yourself Andrew and see you soon.

Hi Fuji_ ,

But you were back home in Malaysia, only 6 months ago !!! :):):)

Perhaps, it is my turn to go back to Malaysia...... and to enjoy shopping and food. ;)

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

12-29-2006, 09:49 AM

Hi members@ccc,

CCC Badminton has been approached and asked to sell Yonex and Ashaway rackets for our club members !!! ;););)

However, we have no stock at the moment. And, we intend not to stock the rackets but to order them as required by our members.

So if any member is wishing to buy a Yonex or Ashaway racket, please check for the retail price of that particular racket, and then inform chris@ccc. We will then check if we can get one for you... @ a cheaper price.

You can be quite sure that you will get one at a lower price... because CCC does not intend to sell badminton rackets for profit.

And, we have been guaranteed that we are not getting imitation rackets. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

12-30-2006, 12:52 AM

Greetings,

Unfortunately Malaysia's players, Singles, WCH & Mohd Hafiz Hashim, and Doubles, CTF+LWW, are out of the Copenhagen Masters 2006.

Here is an article.

Cheers... chris@ccc

====== start article ======

The Star
Friday December 29, 2006

Badminton: Malaysians bow out of Copenhagen Masters

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian singles player Wong Choong Hann and doubles duo Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah were beaten in their respective second matches in the season-ending Copenhagen Masters invitational tournament at the Falconer Centre in Copenhagen on Thursday, failing in their bid to reach the final.

Choong Hann, still struggling to rediscover his form after a long injury lay-off, lost to Peter-Gade Christensen.

The world number three from Denmark beat Choong Hann 21-6, 2-19 in a Group A match to ensure an all-Danish final against Kenneth Jonassen.

Jonassen advanced to the final after beating Malaysia's Mohd Hafiz Hashim in straight games Wednesday.

Tan Fook-Wan Wah lost 12-21, 19-21 to world number one doubles pair Fu Haifeng-Cai Yun of China on Thursday.

Wan Wah-Tan Fook had defeated former world champions Lars Paaske-Nathan Robertson of Denmark 21-23, 21-18, 23-21 in a earlier Group A match.

Fu-Cai, the reigning world champions, had also beaten the Danish pair in their opening match Wednesday and will face Indonesians Joko Riyadi-Hendra Gunawan in the final.

The Indonesian pair won 21-9, 21-17 against World Championships runners-up Anthony Clark-Robert Blair of England to qualify for the final.

====== end article ======

chris-ccc

12-30-2006, 06:02 AM

Hi everyone@ccc,

With the end of this year coming...... and listening to the song 'Auld Lang Syne' on television, I want to wish everyone

A Happy New Year 2007 !!! :):):)

Every time I hear the song or tune of 'Auld Lang Syne', it brings tears in my eyes. :crying::crying::crying:

I think 'Auld Lang Syne' brings out the Joy of Sharing our Time Together.

And so, here's to you;

Should old acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind
Should old acquaintance be forgot
And days of auld lang syne

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll take a cup o'kindness yet
And days of auld lang syne

Cheers... chris@ccc

LilyC

12-31-2006, 07:44 PM

chris-ccc

12-31-2006, 11:47 PM

Hi Chris & everyone@CCC! :)

Let me be the first person to leave a msg in 2007 in CCC~! :D

For those of you who couldn't make it for the fireworks, I'll put up a photo later today~! ;)

~~~~~~~~~ HAPPY NEW YEAR ~~~~~~~~~

Hi LilyC,

Are you back in Melbourne already ??? :confused::confused::confused:

If I knew, I would have asked you to invite me to watch the fireworks (and to have champagne) with you. I only watched the fireworks display on television.

Anyway, we are all looking forward to seeing your photo. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

LilyC

01-01-2007, 05:47 AM

Hi Chris & everyone@CCC! :)

It's a shame to watch at home, coz it's amazingly pretty when you are there to see it just in front of you!!! Although the crowd was really bad, it was still worth it!!! ;)

These are not taken by me... but enjoy the pics~~~!!!

1 - Taipei 101
2 & 3 - Melbourne
4 - London
5 - Sydney
6 - Greece

chris-ccc

01-01-2007, 12:04 PM

It's a shame to watch at home, coz it's amazingly pretty when you are there to see it just in front of you!!! Although the crowd was really bad, it was still worth it!!! ;)

These are not taken by me... but enjoy the pics~~~!!!

Hi LilyC,

Thank you for the pics. :):):)

Yes, I saw the Fireworks Display done from Taipei 101 on television, here @ABC Melbourne.

It's amazingly interesting how the lights moved from one floor level to another as the countdown began...... and then the awesome fireworks began. Very spectacular.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

01-02-2007, 05:30 PM

Hi Malaysian Players@CCC,

Malaysia is hoping to win Olympic Gold @Beijing 2008.

Here is an article.

Cheers... chris@ccc

====== start article ======

NSC Sees First Olympic Gold In Badminton

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2, 2007 (Bernama)

Malaysia may win their first Olympic gold through Badminton in Beijing next year, the National Sports Council (NSC) says.

NSC Deputy Director Datuk Zolkples Embong said this was because Malaysian shuttlers were of world standard and they could realise the dream.

"It doesn't mean I'm denying the chances of other sports but at this moment, I don't see other sports can contribute gold in Beijing 2008 unless bowling and squash are also listed.

"It's like a bonus if other sports also contribute medals, whatever the colour in the Olympics," he said when met at the NSC "Korban" ceremony at Vista MSN in Bukit Jalil, here Tuesday.

Zolkples also said that the NSC would identify athletes for overseas training in preparations for Beijing 2008.

"For this purpose, we will continue with the training programmes abroad for high performance sports like gymnastics and diving in China and cycling in Australia," he said.

On the possibility of Malaysia importing foreign athletes to represent the country, he said: "The NSC is open if there are suggestions from sport associations to import young athletes with potentials who have not represented their countries

"However, imported athletes are not the NSC's priority because the process is very tight and the objective may not necessary be achieved," he said.

On Damien Kelly's service with the NSC, he said Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Azalina Othman Said would decide on it by end of January. Kelly's contract expired last month but was temporarily extended to this month.

====== end article ======

chris-ccc

01-04-2007, 08:08 AM

Greetings,

Some news from Malaysia.

World No 4 Doubles Pair, Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah could be replaced.

Cheers... chris@ccc

====== start article ======

Badminton: Time running out for Choong Tan Fook - Lee Wan Wah

New Straits Times
04 Jan 2007
K. M . Boopathy (boopathy@nst.com.my)

THE writing is on the wall for doubles pair Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah.

With national doubles coach Rexy Mainaky having declared that the younger pairs are ready to take over from the seniors, this is a clearwarning to Tan Fook-Wan Wah that time is running out for them.

Tan Fook-WanWah, ranked World No 4, have been performing poorly since the World Championships in Madrid last September where they fell in the second round.

They also crashed in the second round of the China Open in October and were soundly beaten in the Copenhagen Masters last week by world champions Fu Haifeng-Cai Yun of China.
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Thursday/Sport/20070104083942/bad.jpg
Rexy, in a telephone interview from Jakarta, said Tan Fook, 32, and Wan Wah 31, must realise that age is not on their side, and thus should regain their focus and form to match the younger players, “The results of the younger players are better than Tan Fook and WanWah’s. I believe the juniors are ready to take over from the seniors,” said Rexy.

“But Tan Fook and Wan Wah must take this challenge positively and don’t think negatively.

It is not going to help them much.

“I will set targets for them and it is their job to hit those targets. If they don’t, other national pairs will grab the initiative.

“They may survive at the moment because of their world ranking but if the slide continues, they may not qualify for the Super Series tournaments.

They must consider all this seriously.” The rivalry among the shuttlers in the national team has heightened. Asian Games gold medallists Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong, Lin Woon Fui-Fairuzizuan Tazari, Chan Chong Ming-Hoon Thien How and Gan Teik Chai-Zakry Latif are all looking for opportunities to compete in the super series and other major tournaments.

Tan Fook-Wan Wahwere also dealt a blow by Chong Ming-Thien How, who were playing their first tournament as a pair, when they beat the veteran pair in the Kuala Lumpur Open three weeks ago.

Rexy, who had already dropped Tan Fook-Wan Wah from the Doha Asian Games because of their poor form, will not hesitate to sideline the duo if they don’t buck up.

====== end article ======

chris-ccc

01-04-2007, 09:14 PM

Greetings,

Sad for Malaysia, but Happy for Hong Kong. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

====== start article ======

China's former world No. 1 switches to Hong Kong

By Cruz Fang (Chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2007-01-04 18:31

Former women's badminton world No. 1 Zhou Mi has started training with the Hong Kong team in a bid to extend her Olympic presence after being waived from China's international team.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2008/2007-01/04/xin_0501040418384791437013.jpgChinese media reported that Zhou has been training in Hong Kong since New Year's Day and has obtained permission to stay for one year through an elites importing plan of the Special Administrative Region.
Zhou placed third in the 2004 Athens Olympics and champion of the 2002 Fusan Asian Games, but left China's international team in May of 2005 because of severe knee injuries.

Zhou explained that the desire for an Olympic medal pushed her back into badminton and choosing Hong Kong means she can still play as a Chinese.

But a trip to badminton powerhouse Malaysia last May caused problems for Zhou as domestic media speculated she might trade her nationality for Olympic opportunity.

Though long absent from the training field, Zhou's participating in Hong Kong still was a cause of worry after former mainland player Wang Chen led the SAR team in breaking out of China's block to achieve a 1-2 at the women's singles in the Doha Asian Games.

Like Zhou, Wang left for Hong Kong in 1999 after finding little hope to become a heroine on China's international team.

Li Yongbo, China's coach in chief, however, played down the possibility of Zhou ruining China's chance at gold in the women's singles in 2008.

"She's training with the Hong Kong team but cannot represent Hong Kong," Li said. "Her injuries are too much of a problem for her to be a threat.""

According to the rules of the International Badminton Federation(IBF), Zhou would normally need a three-year residence in a region before being able to represent it in important competitions like the world championships and the Olympic Games, but if the International Olympic Committee, IBF and China raise no objections, she may start amassing points to obtain Olympic qualification by this May.

"Since she had left badminton for a year and had to begin with an elementary level of competition, it's become very hard for her to obtain enough points to qualify for the Beijing Olympics," said Tang Xuehua, coach of the China women's team.

====== end article ======

chris-ccc

01-05-2007, 12:18 PM

Greetings,

And then, on the next day, 5-Jan-2007, it's confirmed that Zhou Mi will play for Hong Kong.

Cheers... chris@ccc

====== start article ======

Source: Xinhua
08:24, January 05, 2007

China's former world NO. 1 shuttler Zhou Mi to play for Chinese Hong Kong

China's former world number one badminton player Zhou Mi will represent Hong Kong, China, but her wish to play for the region at the 2008 Beijing Olympics seems impossible.

The 27-year-old Athens Olympic bronze medallist, who was imported into the region around the New Year's Day based on the Top Talent Importing Program, has been sidelined from the Chinese national side since February, 2006 due to long-time knee injuries.

"We hope she could resume playing badminton soon and make more accomplishments," said Li Yongbo, head coach of the Chinese national side.

"But it is impossible for her to play for Hong Kong, China, at the Beijing Games," he added. "According to the rules of World Badminton Federation (BWF), one could only play for another country or region after he or she is out of the previous team for two years."

Zhou is the latest in a string of former top shuttlers to move to other countries or regions after failing to hold a place at the line-up of the China's national team.

"Zhou is no threat to the Chinese shuttlers in the future as her type of playing will continue to cause injury. I don't think she will reach the top level like before," Li said.

====== end article ======

chris-ccc

01-07-2007, 09:15 AM

BADMINTON&BED&BREAKFAST (3B)

Hi to people who like to play badminton anytime & anyplace

How are you ? I am Tony, nice to meet you.

I am from Taipei, Taiwan. I have played badminton for 10 years for fun, for meeting new friends.

If any one who like to come Taipei, Taiwan, in the near future for business trip, holiday, field trip, I have bedrooms to accommodate you (little charge fee), and I can arrange a badminton game for you (little charge fee), you are all welcome to stay my place.

Any questions please feel free to mail me details.

Hoping to meet you all. Have a good day! Thank you for reading my mail.
Please give me e-mail : sinsan70@yahoo.com

Hi TONY CHEN,

Thank you for your invitation.

In fact, right at this moment, we have a CCC member in Taipei. She might(if she has time) meet up with you, and then report to us when she returns to Melbourne, Australia.

Anyway, our members@CCC now have your email address. And they might want to contact you whenever they visit Taipei.

Cheers... chris@ccc

LilyC

01-09-2007, 03:06 AM

In fact, right at this moment, we have a CCC member in Taipei. She might(if she has time) meet up with you, and then report to us when she returns to Melbourne, Australia.
Cheers... chris@ccc

Hi Chris & everyone@CCC! :)

How's all CCCers?

I got back in MELB for nearly 2 weeks now... hehe... :p
Just haven't got the time to turn up for baddy yet~ I've been working full time 6 days a week since I got back, but hopefully I'll be back at my normal hours next week.
I will be back at CCC soon~!!!;)

Cheers.

chris-ccc

01-09-2007, 03:03 PM

How's all CCCers?

I got back in MELB for nearly 2 weeks now... hehe... :p

I will be back at CCC soon~!!!;)

Hi LilyC,

Very bad that you did not tell us that you've been back in Melbourne. :mad::mad::mad:

Chiranthi is always asking me about you...... about when you'll be back.
She is now playing in our Socials every Wednesday and Friday.
And she will be very happy when I tell her tonight that you're back.

She hopes that you can come on Wednesdays too, because she is the only girl there.
At least on Fridays, we have LisaC and Marissa-L.
BTW last Friday, Jacqui-L, Belinda-C and Karen-C were there as well. :):):)

Hope to see you ASAP.

Cheers... chris@ccc

LilyC

01-10-2007, 06:15 AM

Hi LilyC,
Very bad that you did not tell us that you've been back in Melbourne. :mad::mad::mad:
Chiranthi is always asking me about you...... about when you'll be back.
She is now playing in our Socials every Wednesday and Friday.
And she will be very happy when I tell her tonight that you're back.
She hopes that you can come on Wednesdays too, because she is the only girl there.
At least on Fridays, we have LisaC and Marissa-L.
BTW last Friday, Jacqui-L, Belinda-C and Karen-C were there as well. :):):)
Hope to see you ASAP.
Cheers... chris@ccc

Hey Chris~! :)
C'mon... don't give me the angry faces... :p I have no choice leh... :p
Chiranthi will be disappointed this time, coz WED is a definite NO for me at the moment. :o
Anywayz... I will be back ASAP~ ;)

chris-ccc

01-11-2007, 01:55 AM

Hey Chris~! :)
C'mon... don't give me the angry faces... :p I have no choice leh... :p
Chiranthi will be disappointed this time, coz WED is a definite NO for me at the moment. :o
Anywayz... I will be back ASAP~ ;)

Sorry LilyC,

I won't be angry with you no more. Please forgive me.

BTW, we set a RECORD last night at our Wednesday CCC.
In total, Coaching Trainees plus Social Players = 20. :):):)
Please refer to Post#148 of our Wednesday Thread = http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35687

We hope to see you very soon.

Cheers... chris@ccc

LilyC

01-11-2007, 05:06 AM

Sorry LilyC,
I won't be angry with you no more. Please forgive me.
BTW, we set a RECORD last night at our Wednesday CCC.
In total, Coaching Trainees plus Social Players = 20. :):):)
Please refer to Post#148 of our Wednesday Thread = http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35687
We hope to see you very soon.
Cheers... chris@ccc

Hi Chris~! :)
MUAHAHAHA.. I was just kidding!!!
No need to apologise! ;)
Congrats~ Good to see CCC on WED getting more and more people!!!
WELL DONE, Chris!!! *thumbs up* :)

chris-ccc

01-16-2007, 03:14 PM

Congrats~ Good to see CCC on WED getting more and more people!!!

WELL DONE, Chris!!! *thumbs up* :)

Thanks LilyC,

It was only in last week that our attendances were getting good again.

But the previous 4 weeks were pretty bad.

However, CCC is committed never to close unless our venue is not available for us, or when I am called to coach an important event(which happened once).

Since CCC started 5 years ago, we were opened even on Xmas Day and New Year Day !!!

Because many of our players/trainees do not read our threads, I feel that it is too much trouble to inform everyone that we are sometimes on and sometimes not.

Therefore our CCC sessions are always on.

Over the last 5 years, we were closed for only one period, and that was the time when I was called to coach the Northern Irish Team for the Commonwealth Games, Melbourne 2006.

And guess what... there was a coup@CCC, which I will never forget. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Cheers... chris@ccc

LilyC

01-19-2007, 10:37 PM

chris-ccc

01-20-2007, 04:10 AM

Hi Chris and everyone@CCC! :)

Who's read the front page of The Age today? :(

Well, i've got the link below:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/tennis/ladies-and-gentlemen-the-problem-is-wayne-arthurs-cannot-finishthe-match/2007/01/19/1169095977306.html

I actually thought that was very well written... nearly cried when i finished reading it... :crying: I felt so sad for him and at the same time, so angry at some people in the crowd that didn't show any respect!!! :mad:

I'm sure we are all very sad that he finished like that yesterday... let's wish him the best for his recovery. :) :) :)
Hi LilyC,

Very sad that Wayne Arthurs suffered so much last night at the Australian Tennis Open 2007.

Thank you for the link. I did not know about it until I read the link.

It touches me to know that he felt he had an obligation to play for his fans at the packed Margaret Court Arena, even though he was not fit to play.

A Great Australian !!!

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

01-21-2007, 04:53 AM

Greetings,

This is just incredible... Koo Kien Keat+Tan Boon Heong of Malaysia won the Malaysia Open 2007 Mens Doubles, beating Tony Gunawan+Candra Wijaya of Indonesia, 21-15, 21-18 in the Final.

CONGRATULATIONS to KKK+TBH !!! :):):)

Malaysia Boleh.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

01-22-2007, 08:51 AM

Greetings,

Just congratulating myself, hehehe :):):)

Today, Tuesday 23-Jan-2007, I found that I have made 1000 postings @Badminton Central.

Well, we sometimes do not realise how time can fly. ;););)

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

01-23-2007, 07:16 PM

Greetings,

I have started to organise with a restaurant to prepare dinner for us to celebrate the Chinese New Year 2007.

This afternoon, we will be getting from the restaurant, a full list/detail about our CNY Dinner.

Players@CCC playing Badminton on Wednesday, Friday or Sunday will be able to comment and talk/suggest more on it (ie, when to have it, how much should we spend, how many can come to the dinner, etc, etc......).

With families, partners, friends, etc... of all our players@ccc, we should hope to get around 50-100 diners to come along. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

yschin

01-23-2007, 08:48 PM

And guess what... there was a coup@CCC, which I will never forget. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Cheers... chris@ccc[/quote]

Interesting that there was a coup and coup-de-tat usually done outside the country to prevent a backlash! I am outside now :D .

Chris, take this scenario :- CCC badminton getting more and more popular now and has attracted more than 32 players (say). For 2 consecutive social nights, there are 40-50 players attending and most will be hanging around by the courtside playing only a game or two. While waiting and out of a casual talk someone suggested organising among themselves a small group to play social. The reason is simple enough - they want excersise and also some social outing which they think they do not have enough of the latter. Then the attendance to CCC start coming down for reasons not related to this small group of people. And there is also a possibility of someone from CCC might pop in to the new group for a game or two. Is this a coup??

CCC organising another session might be the the option but attendances not constant and CCC might run into negative territory.What is your suggection to this situation?

chris-ccc

01-23-2007, 10:03 PM

Hi yschin,

Chris, take this scenario :- CCC badminton getting more and more popular now and has attracted more than 32 players (say).

We will not allow more than 32 players in a session.

We have said this before, our membership will be closed once we get 32 members. This is because we have only 4 courts.

And when there are more than 32 players attending, Casual Visitors will be turned away first, but members can continue to play.

Otherwise, why join as a Club Member of the CCC Badminton.

Luckily, we haven't arrived at that situation as yet at CCC@Waverley.

But when it is approaching that situation, we will have to break up CCC into more nights, as I have done before...... certain nights for certain type/group of players.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

01-25-2007, 06:57 PM

I have started to organise with a restaurant to prepare dinner for us to celebrate the Chinese New Year 2007.

Players@CCC playing Badminton on Wednesday, Friday or Sunday will be able to comment and talk/suggest more on it (ie, when to have it, how much should we spend, how many can come to the dinner, etc, etc......).

With families, partners, friends, etc... of all our players@ccc, we should hope to get around 50-100 diners to come along. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc
Greetings,

One of our former CCC trainees runs a Malaysian Restaurant@Elsternwick. And this is a different restaurant from the first one that we talked about at our Wednesday Night Badminton session/supper.

We have been informed that this Elsternwick Restaurant can provide "Lou Sang" for us as well, for our CCC Chinese New Year 2007 Celebration Dinner. :):):)

So tonight, at our Friday Night Social Badminton, we will discuss to decide at which one of the 2 restaurants we shall hold our CCC CNY 2007 Dinner.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

01-30-2007, 08:47 AM

Greetings,

With Chinese New Year 2007(The Year of the Pig) coming up on Sunday 18-Feb-2007, let us celebrate together.

Many Badminton players/agents from many different clubs/agencies are invited to join in this celebration.

Clubs from which players are invited includes;

Albert Park Badminton

Altona Saturday Social

Altona Sunday Social

Box Hill Sunday Social

CCC Badminton

Doncaster-Templestowe Badminton

JT Ultra Badminton

Monash Uni Badminton

Melbourne Uni Badminton

MSAC Social

Telstar Badminton

Southern Star

Wesley Badminton

Agents/Suppliers invited includes;

Epsilon
Garuda

RSL

Sea Lion

Victor

Yang Yang

If there are Clubs/Agents that I have missed out in the above list, please accept my apologies.

But please let me know if you wish to come along, for anyone involved in Badminton is welcomed.

Here is an invitation to you, your partner, your family and friends.

Chinese New Year 2007 Banquet

When:.... Saturday 10-Feb-2007 (7:30pm for 8:00pm Banquet)

Where:... Happy Palace, 87 Bourke St(Cnr of Exhibition St), Melbourne 3000(BYO/Fully Licenced)

Why:...... To celebrate the coming Year of the Pig

What:..... Banquet($30 Menu, as shown below) or your individual dish order($???)

Who:...... Anyone involved in Badminton is welcomed

How:...... We'll have food, wine, dancing(free dance floor), singing(free karaoke)

Some Malaysian players@CCC wanted their Malaysian “Lou Sang Dish“ for their CNY, so we have requested it to be included in the $30 Banquet.

Happy Palace Restaurant is happy to provide us this Special Discount Banquet.

The $30 Banquet Menu

Seafood Soup

Lou Sang with Salmon

Crispy Skin Chicken

Honey Pepper Beef

Mushroom with Vegetable in Oyster Sauce

Scallops & Prawns with Snow Peas

Spicy Pork Chop

Chinese Sausage with Fresh Prawns Fried Rice

Fresh Fruit

For the banquet, you are requested to pay chris@ccc before Tuesday 6-Feb-2007, $30 per person, in an envelope, with your name(s) written on it.

For your individual(Children, Vegetarian, etc...) dish order, please pay restaurant as you order on the night.

Table Sitting: 10 persons per table.

For your own(private) table, you are requested to inform chris@ccc before Tuesday 6-Feb-2007 the names of the 10 persons, as it would be displayed at the table.

You are allowed to bring wine and your own karaoke material to the restaurant.

The restaurant can sit up to 200 persons. So for those who could only decide after Tuesday 6-Feb-2007, you can still attend, fingers crossed that it won't be Full-House at the restaurant.

Can we get up to 12 lucky tables or even the whole restaurant for this occasion???...... we shall soon know. :):):)

LET'S ENJOY THIS SPECIAL OCASSION !!!

Replies can be posted here(best and preferred) or sent to chris@cccbadminton.com

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

02-01-2007, 11:52 AM

Can we get up to 12 lucky tables or even the whole restaurant for this occasion???...... we shall soon know. :):):)

LET'S ENJOY THIS SPECIAL OCASSION TOGETHER !!!

Replies can be posted here(best and preferred) or sent to chris@cccbadminton.com

Greetings,

I am getting too many emails... so I am taking too much time to read them and to reply some of them.

Please reply via this thread... because some of our other CCC members can help to reply.

Overloaded... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

02-03-2007, 12:03 AM

I am getting too many emails... so I am taking too much time to read them and to reply some of them.

Please reply via this thread... because some of our other CCC members can help to reply.

Overloaded... chris@ccc
Greetings,

Most emails that I have received are queries, rather than confirmation of coming.

We need more confirmations for those who are coming. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

yschin

02-03-2007, 12:48 AM

Hi,

HAPPY & PROSPEROUS CHINESE NEW YEAR TO ALL.

Wish that the coming "CNY dinner" a great success. Don't miss it guys, I will have to wait another year for that :crying: .

If too stress out organising it , take it easy here is something to lighten up : http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/3/focus/16770000&sec=focus

Cheers

chris-ccc

02-04-2007, 05:23 AM

CCC Badminton has been approached and asked to sell Yonex and Ashaway rackets for our club members !!! ;););)

However, we have no stock at the moment. And, we intend not to stock the rackets but to order them as required by our members.

So if any member is wishing to buy a Yonex or Ashaway racket, please check for the retail price of that particular racket, and then inform chris@ccc. We will then check if we can get one for you... @ a cheaper price.

You can be quite sure that you will get one at a lower price... because CCC does not intend to sell badminton rackets for profit.

And, we have been guaranteed that we are not getting imitation rackets. :):):)

Hi players@CCC,

Today, Sunday 4-Feb-2007, we have received Yang Yang shuttles of Speed 76 and 77.

Over our last 6 weeks of many sessions, since just before Xmas 2006 to now, we have been using many different brands (RSL, Garuda, Victor, Sea Lion, etc...) at Speed 78.

Many players@CCC were requesting for slower speed over our Summer months.

So...... now, you've got them !!! :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

andrewlyw

02-04-2007, 09:59 PM

Hi Chris,

Unfortunately I won't be able to make it to the dinner this coming Sat. You all have fun and I shall see you on Friday night social.

Cheers,
Andrew

chris-ccc

02-05-2007, 11:36 PM

HAPPY & PROSPEROUS CHINESE NEW YEAR TO ALL.

Wish that the coming "CNY dinner" a great success. Don't miss it guys, I will have to wait another year for that :crying: .

Greetings,

Everybody is responding to our Chinese New Year 2007 Invitation the last moment. :(:(:(

Yes, I have sent emails to over 100 people. And now, I am stuck with reading email replies(for those who do not want to respond via this thread/forum). :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

BTW, to make it clearer... below is a reply to one of the emails.

====== start reply ======

Hi Michelle,

Glad that you can come to our CNY Celebration. I will pay for you first, and you can pay me on the night.

Don't know if you have read it properly... it's only those wanting the Special Banquet are needed to pay in advance. The chef wants to know how much of the special ingredients he is required to order for the Special Banquet.

If any of your friends want to join in later, they are welcomed. They can order the restaurant 'everyday/normal' dishes, under $20.

At the moment, about 40 are interested and 10 are on the Special Banquet.

All of our CCC's activities are listed below, under my signature. Just click on any one of them.

So see you at the restaurant.

Cheers... chris@ccc
--
Mr Chris Hoh
Phone: 9306-2186 (Melbourne)
Phone: 0419-542-037 (Australia)
CCC Badminton Links:
General ....: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38230
Sunday .....: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36264
Friday.......: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38360
Wednesday: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35687 (http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35687)
Boroondara: http://www.australianbadminton.com/forum/showthread.php?p=241 (http://www.australianbadminton.com/forum/showthread.php?p=241)

====== end reply ======

So...... after tonight, Tuesday 6-Feb-2007, the deadline for the Special Banquet, people coming will be on the 'everyday/normal' dishes. :):):)

And bring your dancing shoes !!!

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

02-06-2007, 12:49 PM

Hi Chris,

Unfortunately I won't be able to make it to the dinner this coming Sat. You all have fun and I shall see you on Friday night social.

Cheers,
Andrew
Hi andrewlyw,

Thank you for your reply.

You will miss out on some of the fun I thought I will organise.

What is it?...... I thought I will get our Badminton players to occupy the dance floor to show to the non-Badminton patrons of the restaurant a new dance, our Badminton Footwork exercise,...... to be known as "The Badminton Shuffle". :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

kong-19

02-06-2007, 08:06 PM

Hi Chris & everyone at ccc

Back home almost a week. Just to let you know. I enjoy more this time in ur CCC. As there are more players of my level. It would even better, if YSchin was there.

Thank you Chris for the pick up at the rush hours & brought me home in
the middle of the night. The suppers were a bit heavy for me.

I also enjoy in the other CCC. Through coaching from Chris on table game.
I believe, I am able to obtain a free return air ticket each time I go to Melbourne. If Siva -S ," Horoscope Match" method, works on court games
as well as the table games to an accuracy of 65 %. Then, I will fly to
Melbourne every Friday. Evening in Chris CCC. Sat & Sun in the other CCC.
Fly home on Monday morning. Dream can become reality, depends on how
accurate Siva-S Horoscope Match method is.

Just read your post on the CNY dinner party. Seems a lot of people is
going to attend this party. Hope everyone have fun and enjoy the
2007 CNY dinner party. And hope the special Dish " LOW SANG "
really works for everyone.

cheers

chris-ccc

02-06-2007, 08:56 PM

I believe, I am able to obtain a free return air ticket each time I go to Melbourne. If Siva -S ," Horoscope Match" method, works on court games as well as the table games to an accuracy of 65 %. Then, I will fly to Melbourne every Friday. Evening in Chris CCC. Sat & Sun in the other CCC. Fly home on Monday morning.

Dream can become reality, depends on how accurate Siva-S Horoscope Match method is.

Just read your post on the CNY dinner party. Seems a lot of people is going to attend this party. Hope everyone have fun and enjoy the 2007 CNY dinner party. And hope the special Dish " LOW SANG " really works for everyone.

Hi kong-19,

Glad that you have enjoyed playing Badminton@CCC and playing at the other CCC.

Hope that our Horoscope Master, Siva-S, will find favourable replies to your questions... and then, you can fly down to Melbourne almost every weekend. :):):)

====== and also ======

To you, BadFever, Kim, yschin, etc, ......
Please refer to the link below (A question from Loh, from Singapore) asking who would be going to the World Championships @KL, 7-19 August 2007.

Link= http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=510973#post510973

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

02-06-2007, 11:57 PM

With Chinese New Year 2007(The Year of the Pig) coming up on Sunday 18-Feb-2007, let us celebrate together.

But please let me know if you wish to come along, for anyone involved in Badminton is welcomed.

Here is an invitation to you, your partner, your family and friends.

Chinese New Year 2007 Banquet

When:.... Saturday 10-Feb-2007 (7:30pm for 8:00pm Banquet)

Where:... Happy Palace, 87 Bourke St(Cnr of Exhibition St), Melbourne 3000(BYO/Fully Licenced)

Why:...... To celebrate the coming Year of the Pig

What:..... Banquet($30 Menu, as shown below) or your individual dish order($???)

Who:...... Anyone involved in Badminton is welcomed

How:...... We'll have food, wine, dancing(free dance floor), singing(free karaoke)

Some Malaysian players@CCC wanted their Malaysian “Lou Sang Dish“ for their CNY, so we have requested it to be included in the $30 Banquet.

Happy Palace Restaurant is happy to provide us this Special Discount Banquet.

The $30 Banquet Menu

Seafood Soup

Lou Sang with Salmon

Crispy Skin Chicken

Honey Pepper Beef

Mushroom with Vegetable in Oyster Sauce

Scallops & Prawns with Snow Peas

Spicy Pork Chop

Chinese Sausage with Fresh Prawns Fried Rice

Fresh Fruit

For your individual(Children, Vegetarian, etc...) dish order, please pay restaurant as you order on the night.

Table Sitting: 10 persons per table.

For your own(private) table, you are requested to inform chris@ccc before Tuesday 6-Feb-2007 the names of the 10 persons, as it would be displayed at the table.

You are allowed to bring wine and your own karaoke material to the restaurant.

The restaurant can sit up to 200 persons. So for those who could only decide after Tuesday 6-Feb-2007, you can still attend, fingers crossed that it won't be Full-House at the restaurant.

Replies can be posted here(best and preferred) or sent to chris@cccbadminton.com

Greetings,

We have closed off the $30 Banquet...... but you are still welcomed to attend, but you will have to order your individual dishes at the restaurant.

At the moment, there are more females than males coming :confused::confused::confused:

What's happening to the boys/men@CCC ???

Some girls might want boys/men for dancing partners, even though, some might be happy to be dancing among themselves.

Come people now, everybody get together to dine & dance. :cool::cool::cool:

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

02-07-2007, 01:25 AM

Come people now, everybody get together to dine & dance. :cool::cool::cool:

Greetings,

With our many postings and threads that we have made @Badminton Central, kwun is kind enough to allow us to have our own CCC Badminton Sub-Forum= http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=192 :):):)

Please note that for your General/Open threads, not relating to the activities of CCC Badminton, you should have them posted into the Main Forum@Badminton Central.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

02-08-2007, 05:03 AM

Come people now, everybody get together to dine & dance. :cool::cool:

Good news...... Helmut will again be our photographer for our Chinese New Year 2007 Dinner Dance. :):):)

BadFever

02-08-2007, 07:17 PM

This Saturday is a no go for me. I hope everyone who attend will have a great time as usual.

See you guys tonight.

Sorry, Chris.

chris-ccc

02-12-2007, 07:53 AM

Hi BadFever, kong-19, Hagane, Fend.,

Kim has replied, see Post#48 of this link= World Championship 07 Who is GOING (http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=513083#post513083)

Loh, see Post#49, is now waiting for replies from you guys.

BTW, Hagane informed me that he will be coming to our CCC Social on Wednesday 14-Feb-2007. :):):)

Hope that Kim and BadFever would be there to welcome him and to play with him.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

02-14-2007, 08:46 AM

Greetings,

Many players@ccc have asked me about Badminton strings, when they asked me to do their racket restringing. And these include hkhung, Ketut-S, ozheater, Edward-C, LilyC, etc, etc......

Well, you guys have not been searching the 'Badminton String' section @Badminton Central. There are lots of good info regarding this matter. :):):)

One of the better threads was posted by DinkALot. And this is the link= http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38509

Anyway, I do not intend to carry every brand of strings. I intend to limit them to just 3 Brands; Ashaway(USA), Epsilon(Taiwan) and Yonex(Japan).

Because many of you are from Asia and South-East Asia, perhaps you can buy your own strings when you return home for your holidays, as they are much cheaper there, compared to our Australian prices. And you can save your restringing costs by providing your own strings.

BTW, I am only a professsional coach/promoter for Badminton, and I am not intending to be a professional racket restringer. I am only doing it when club members ask for it.

And sorry, I have no desire/passion to do restringing for players outside our CCC. :):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

02-14-2007, 11:23 AM

Greetings,

smashed_1 brought out the subject of our CCC Team shirts.

Please read more at this thread= http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=514143#post514143

We need feed back from all players@ccc.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

02-15-2007, 01:53 PM

Kim has replied, see Post#48 of this link= World Championship 07 Who is GOING (http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=511046#post511046)

Loh, see Post#49, is now waiting for replies from you guys.

Hi kong-19,

Thank you for thinking of us (you rang us from Brisbane) when we had our CCC Chinese New Year 2007 Dinner Dance on Saturday 10-Feb-2007.

Sorry that I could not talk to you longer when you rang because I was driving, searching for a car parking space.

Happy Chinese New Year to you & your family from all of us@ccc !!!. :)

Kim and BadFever are thinking of going to KL for the World Badminton Championships 2007, how about you?

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

02-17-2007, 06:35 AM

Greetings,

Happy Chinese New Year 2007 to all players@CCC !!! :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

kong-19

02-18-2007, 06:50 PM

Hi kong-19,

Thank you for thinking of us (you rang us from Brisbane) when we had our CCC Chinese New Year 2007 Dinner Dance on Saturday 10-Feb-2007.

Sorry that I could not talk to you longer when you rang because I was driving, searching for a car parking space.

Happy Chinese New Year to you & your family from all of us@ccc !!!. :)

Kim and BadFever are thinking of going to KL for the World Badminton Championships 2007, how about you?

Cheers... chris@ccc

Hi Chris

Remember, I keep telling u to watch out, watch out while U were
driving with me. That`s why I stopped talking when knowing u were
looking for a parking space.

Well, the WC 2007 in KL. I will show up when time comes. I can go
there at anytime. Unless no flights available in the last minute.
I am still figuring out how to get a free return air ticket to " Gantin "
Don`t know if Siva-S can of some help ?

Currently, I have lots of fun at the Brisbane CCC. " City Conrad Club "
Hope u can come to join me at our CCC one day. But this one is not
as generous as the Glen Waverly Chris CCC & the Melbourn city CCC.

Best WIshes & A Healthy & Happy CNY to everyone at the Chris CCC.

Cheers

hkhung

02-18-2007, 08:37 PM

On friendly match against JT Ultra:
- Let Jason F to worry about this one until everything is finalised, and i can help him if he want. So i say put your feet up on this one.

If anything, at least we know that it cannot be on 1/3 cos not enough time to organise

On end of year CCC celebration:

2-a) We can pick one of the "All you can eat" restaurants (There is Foodstar chinese food in Knox or Cuckoo western/german in Mount Dandenong or whateva). Everyone bring one bottle of wine/whiskey/brandy/tequilla and get drunk.

good idea mate. For organizign purpose, might have to worry about the following matters:

- since buffet normally have seating at a certain time, if people come lates, we would have to go in without them

- for the last minute people, they would have to either a) book on the day b) miss out if the restaurant cannot fit

- booking as a groupis essential if it's sat day. The chance of having another place all to our selves like CNY is highly unlikely

- as we all says this is organised by members since it's about what they want. So i say let people talk about this for as long as they want, no point for people to organize another event like my movie thing unless a few people really really want it.

I would even say let the people who first suggest an occasion to celebrate organise that event to organise. Otherwise, people gonna keep asking "what" "when" and "where" and nothing would ever happen.

chris-ccc

02-20-2007, 12:22 AM

Greetings,

I believe that I have finally informed individually, to all our members@ccc, of our CCC Sub-Forum @Badminton Central.

Wow, it took some time to do it. :):):)

And, for our visitors@ccc, this is the message;

====== start message ======

This is our CCC Badminton Sub-Forum, link= http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=192

Please bookmark this link (our CCC Notice Board), because you will also find all our other CCC threads(activities) there.

====== end message ======

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

02-21-2007, 10:15 AM

Greetings,

I have been informed that our CCC Badminton Club has become the first Club@Badminton Central to achieve passing the 1000 posts. :cool::cool::cool:

So...... We are pretty proud of ourselves !!!. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

02-24-2007, 08:38 AM

I have been informed that our CCC Badminton Club has become the first Club@Badminton Central to achieve passing the 1000 posts. :cool::cool::cool:

So...... We are pretty proud of ourselves !!!. :):):)

Greetings,

The last 2 nations that we have at our CCC Badminton are from Norway and Spain.

We hope that in March 2007, we would have our first guests from Canada and Switzerland, as we have corresponded through Badminton Central. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

02-27-2007, 01:06 AM

Greetings,

Here is a post that I have just done for CCC Friday Social@Waverley;

====== start of post ======

I just posted my weekly comment for our CATS@Waverley, to be expected for Wednesday 28-Feb-2007. And I like to post here, part of the comment;

====== start of comment ======

After our CCC Friday Social Supper last week, DoublesPlease made a comment that he would like to know in more detail, who will be coming/not coming to our CCC Socials, whether Wednesday or Friday.

Well, DoublesPlease is asking for too much. :):):) And I would not be able to handle it, informing everyone who will be/not be coming.

BTW, according to my database, out of our 31 Wednesday Social Sessions to-date, 42 different Social players have attended. And this does not include our CATS trainees, where so far we have 31 different trainees.

The use of our CCC Badminton Sub-Forum (located at http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=192 ) is for everyone@ccc to post, to inform us about his/her involvement or participation in our sessions. In fact, DoublesPlease is a 'Big Pain' himself :p:p:p because every time when he couldn't come, he would email me or Private Message me, and then expecting me to post his info. :(:(:(

Anyway, this is my common expectation: When no news is received from a regular player, it is expected that he/she would attend. And for new or irregular players, we would like them to inform us when they want to attend.

====== end of comment ======

Anyway, back to our CCC Friday Social@Waverley...... according to my database, out of our 45 Sessions to-date, 174 different players have attended.

I am now finding it too hard to look over 174 different players' details. In fact, weekly when I update our database, I am finding that I am already spending too much time checking whether we are getting a first timer or an irregular player who has played with us before. :):):)

So, to answer this question for DoublesPlease, about knowing who is coming or not coming, let us all communicate via our relevant thread(s).

====== end of post ======

Cheers... chris@ccc

DoublesPlease

02-27-2007, 07:30 AM

What I was thinking was more along the lines of how can we make the scheduling easier. The online calendars similar to that offered by Google are geared to a single person and don't lend themselves to input from multiple participants, scratch that one. Perhaps the threads are the most straightforward way of doing this.

bPdP...it just comes naturally

chris-ccc

02-27-2007, 09:22 AM

Perhaps the threads are the most straightforward way of doing this.

Thanks DoublesPlease for your consideration of making the scheduling easier.

We hope that our players@ccc would use our threads@CCC Sub-Forum efficiently. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

hkhung

02-27-2007, 07:32 PM

Anyway, this is my common expectation: When no news is received from a regular player, it is expected that he/she would attend. And for new or irregular players, we would like them to inform us when they want to attend.

Chris+doubleplease, not to be rude. But i do not know how you can let people know that "we would like them to inform us when they want to attend".

Coming from box hill and seeing how things turned out on friday especially, i feel strongly about this. Look, it's true that common sense should prevail that people should know about this. Then again, that's not the case all the time.

So the mechanism of letting people know can either be
a) if you come to supper you would let people know about this
b) if they found CCC through badminton forum, they would read the general forum hopefully
c) members let them know throughout the night
and doubleplease, i can help you to inform people if you want. But this get even harder if on a friday nite when there are not enough people and the games are non stop. Then worse case scenario they don't come for supper (or they went away half way through without knowing that) i have not thought of a plan B on this one to be honest.

On wednesday with so few people and not many new people i think it can be done. On friday, i say "forget about it".

As Chris said, things are to be in stages, i would say let's deal with
a) getting people to drive you there and letting people know on the day
b) organising partnership before games
If you get b) happening regularly, "people letting you know coming or not" should be much smoother as you are only worrying about the non member+new people

To doublesplease:

To be honest, i think we would let people to decide how much they care about "letting people know coming" matter.

DoublesPlease

02-27-2007, 10:42 PM

Re: big post just above

Hey HK,

This all came about through a discussion on how the nights could be made more attractive to those coming along. Some people may like to know ahead of time who will be there. At the moment Chris is the coordinator-by-default and I thought there was an easier way to do things, it turns out there really isn't apart from the forums.

This is not to say that people should feel pressured into opting in or out through the forums every night, the facility is available if you believe you're expected and you want to pass on your presence/absence.

DP

BadFever

02-27-2007, 11:03 PM

2nd Re: big post just above

Hey Captain Hung,

You confused the hell out of me. :confused: :confused: :confused:

To make thing worse, it's costing me money. Why, cos I am having headache now and have to go buy Panadol. Conclusion, from now on, I am not going to read any of your posts which contain more than 1 sentence in it. ;) :rolleyes:

hkhung

02-27-2007, 11:58 PM

badfever, no problem mate.

smashed_1

02-28-2007, 05:58 AM

2nd Re: big post just above
You confused the hell out of me. :confused: :confused: :confused:

haha,:D i'm lost 3... what was the question again?

I've seen those attendance diary sites DP refers to.... prolly easier to create a sub-sub forum topic & create like a chain letter... add ur name to the bottom with everyone elses name on top in the post etc & keep adding..... but then again... you wouldnt want to do that for each session!

hkhung

02-28-2007, 03:39 PM

but then again... you wouldnt want to do that for each session!

I am confused this time. If we were not doing that for each session, why are we keep track of who come and who don't come again?

Anyway, will confuse you some more when i see you lot for JTUltra tonite.

chris-ccc

03-03-2007, 03:13 AM

I am confused this time. If we were not doing that for each session, why are we keep track of who come and who don't come again?

Hi hkhung,

DoublesPlease and smashed_1 are thinking of a way for our players@ccc to inform us, each and everytime before a session, who will be coming and who will not.

Cheers... chris@ccc

hkhung

03-03-2007, 05:13 AM

DoublesPlease and smashed_1 are thinking of a way for our players@ccc to inform us, each and everytime before a session, who will be coming and who will not.

It will be good if that could happen and i like to help in anyway that i could.

Fuji_

03-05-2007, 09:02 PM

Hi,

I have just received an email notification about the upcoming 2007 Central Melbourne Open & Graded Tournament.

Please see this thread for more info...

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=521984

Cheers,
Kee

DoublesPlease

03-07-2007, 05:53 PM

Hi all,

We will be running a competition night Fri 23rd March to run in parallel with the usual social. Details are at:

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41382

DP

chris-ccc

03-08-2007, 09:51 PM

We will be running a competition night Fri 23rd March to run in parallel with the usual social. Details are at:

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41382

Greetings,

We need names of interested participants for our CCC League Competiton. :):):)

And we have little time for DoublesPlease to organise/structure the Competiton.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

03-10-2007, 08:37 AM

Greetings,

With so many activities going on for CCC Badminton, some of you might not be aware of this event;
Return Match: CCC Vs Wesley, to be held on Friday 16-Mar-2007, 7:30pm-10:30pm at CCC@Waverley.

We are asking for feedback on this event from our 10 selected members.

Could the 10 selected members please state if you are available for this event ???

Please reply to this thread: Return Match: CCC Vs Wesley, which is located at: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40604

Cheers... chris@ccc

DoublesPlease

03-11-2007, 07:10 AM

chris-ccc

03-11-2007, 08:25 PM

The trial league competition night on the 23rd March has 7 people signed up, we need 5 more to reach our target of 4 teams of 3 people for the night. If you're interested hop over to this thread and throw your hat in the ring.

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41382

Hi DoublesPlease,

I agree with you...... many of our players@ccc are moving in a really slow, slack pace. :)

Cheers... chris@ccc

hkhung

03-12-2007, 01:11 AM

Hi DoublesPlease,

I agree with you...... many of our players@ccc are moving in a really slow, slack pace. :)

Cheers... chris@ccc

Look. I had to say it. There are a few people who don't check discussion board+don't come supper. Hence the chance of them finding out about the trial leauge is pratically zilch.

I for one is happy to advertise this during the session.

Then again, when the no of social players is around 18, you don't get rest. Hence barely have enough time to get people to do their "square", let alone talk about other matters.

chris-ccc

03-13-2007, 05:46 AM

Greetings,

This is for those who do not check our 'Thread Contents' of our CCC Sub-Forum, located at: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=192

JT Ultra is inviting us to participate in their Graded Tournament, to be held on 21&22-Apr-2007. :):):)

Here is the link, which is located at: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41581

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

03-15-2007, 01:27 PM

Greetings,

After what smashed_1 and LilyC have mentioned in posts #15 and #16 of this thread: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/foru...471#post531471 (http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=531471#post531471) ...... an idea came to mind.

CCC Badminton Club Library !!! :):):)

Your feedback is appreciated in this thread, located at: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41664

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

03-17-2007, 07:26 AM

Hi kong-19,

Today, Saturday 17-Mar-2007, I have picked up your Kirby Vacuum parts from Tara for you. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

03-17-2007, 12:13 PM

Greetings,

An important message to all players@ccc.

Please read this post that I have just made in this thread, located at: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=534158#post534158

Cheers... chris@ccc

DoublesPlease

03-19-2007, 08:56 PM

The Trial League competition night is being held this Friday. I need two players to fill vacancies. Please let me know if you are available to play. More information is available in this thread:

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41382

DP

chris-ccc

03-20-2007, 06:53 AM

The Trial League competition night is being held this Friday 23-Mar-2007.

I need two players to fill vacancies. Please let me know if you are available to play.

More information is available in this thread:

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41382

Hi DoublesPlease,

Just received email from SH-Foo, saying that he is joining Membership@CCC this Friday 23-Mar-2007.

SH-Foo is very regular, playing the last 5 Fridays. I am sure he will participate when asked on Friday.

And Foo is at Handicap = -2.

The other 3 regular members, not missing the last 5 Fridays are Chiranthi(+4), helmut(+4) and ozheater(0).

I think they do not visit our forum often...... so I will email them regarding your 2 players required.

Cheers... chris@ccc

hkhung

03-20-2007, 03:52 PM

The other 3 regular members, not missing the last 5 Fridays are Chiranthi(+4), helmut(+4) and ozheater(0).

I have talked to Helmut myself last friday, he said that he will come on friday.

Anyway, we will ask him to reply on the forum tonite (wednesday).

chris-ccc

03-20-2007, 04:58 PM

This post is made because of 2 reasons;

(1) We wish to have OPEN COMMUNICATIONS within our CCC Badminton Club. We encourage players@ccc to post their communication in our CCC Badminton Forum. (Other members@ccc can chip in to answer queries, a good example was Fuji_ answering gozzer's post)

chris@ccc can get up to 100 emails/Private Messages from Badminton Central in ONE day.

(2) chris@ccc is under great stress... because he is involved with too many Badminton matters at the moment.

So guys, please post in our threads via CCC Badminton Forum instead of emailing or Private Messaging.

Greetings,

Please don't PM me anymore because my PM is full and congested.

Sorry, I just couldn't keep up with the answering of questions PM'ed to me at the moment. :o

But if your mail is really, really private...... then email it to me at: chris@cccbadminton.com

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

03-24-2007, 01:38 AM

Greetings,

We posted this subect in another CCC thread.

But I thought I should post it here too.

====== start subject ======

I am sure you are not making CCC into such priviledge club right?

Yes, I have been thinking about this... :):):)

As the attendance of our players@CCC increases, CCC will need to become a privileged club, and here is the reason;
For a particular night/session, as you would have heard me saying again and again, when our attendace reaches 32, we will have to become exclusive and privileged.

I still remember when you suggested to me 'When we get to be overcrowded, only then we should start thinking of what to do'.

Well, I have thought about it and I thought that I should have a tentative plan... and now that you have brought up this subject matter, so here is IT: Players@CCC who just come to play and who has no feeling of concern for CCC will be the first to be asked to leave.

Just last night, 2 members informed us that because they will be likely to come less regularly, they have opted not to become members@ccc but just want to become casual visitors.

And this saddened me... because they think that CCC will always be there for them when they wish to attend, but they did not think that CCC requires their participation if CCC is to continue to operate/exist.

Anyway, thanks Chris for providing a clearer definition of what CCC Club is.

So here is another clearer definition/policy of our CCC Club.

====== end subject ======

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

03-26-2007, 01:27 AM

andrewlyw

03-26-2007, 01:48 AM

Greetings,

For those who do not check our CCC Forum Threads Content;
Please be informed of andrewlyw's thread, requesting for partners for the CBA Tournament to be held on Saturday & Sunday, 28 & 29-Apr-2007.

The thread is located at: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42007

Cheers... chris@ccc

Thanks for that Chris.. but I've managed to PM BK168 and he replied saying yes.. so I'll be playing both singles and doubles at both JTUltra and CBA tournament. :D

anyone else joining except hkhung (JTUltra D Singles) and hagane (CBA C doubles) ??? :rolleyes:

hkhung

03-26-2007, 03:05 AM

As of current discussion between us, Kevin (wednesday nite trainee) would hopefully be playing with me in CBA D grade double. Wish Jack would be with me.

I think Ketut is still looking for C doubles partner.

Following are info regarding to structure of JTUltra email from Jacky Chen

all mixed are on SAT, threst are on SUN

all round robin format

thanks

Hopefully better structure than Melbourne U comp.

chris-ccc

03-26-2007, 08:31 PM

Greetings,

I posted this in another thread...

And I thought I will post it in this thread too.

====== start post ======

It is a fact that in most other clubs , stronger players tend to play among themselves and the weaker or begineers confine to a court all by themselves.

I would like to explain...

One of the reasons why CCC Badminton was founded is because I believe it's time for Melbourne to have a 'Community/Social Badminton Club'.

Melbourne has too many 'Segregation Badminton Clubs', and I find that 'Segregation Badminton Clubs' are just NOT FRIENDLY ENOUGH.

And, as you have put it, in 'Segregation Badminton Clubs' "stronger players tend to play among themselves" and "weaker or beginners confine to a court all by themselves".

As you know, I am well known in Badminton in Melbourne because I visit many Badminton Clubs. In fact I have been members(not just casual visitors) of many of them. And I am still currently members of many clubs, even though I find that I frequent them seldom nowadays since I started CCC Badminton. I still like to be treated as part of their families and therefore I decide to continue to pay for my memberships.

Fortunately I am a skilled player. And they treat me with great respect and with tremendous friendliness.

But unfortunately, they are 'Segregation Badminton Clubs'.

So what's wrong with that, you may ask...

Well, the answer/reason is I find problem/discrimination against my lower skilled friends, who are non-members of the clubs concerned, but they want to come play with me just to pass time.

And you will be quite shocked to hear that I have been told "How can you bring this friend of yours when he/she is of such low skilled level of play?".

I find this quite upsetting. :mad::mad::mad:

Yes, you may say that those clubs have the right to choose whoever they like (based on skills) but I find it detrimental to the promotion of Badminton, a sport I dearly wish to promote.

Trying to accommodate everyone is always not easy.

I am sure Chris would like to give this a try to add some varieties to the current system. The current system works well but still stronger pair will only occasionally pick a weaker pair and I think to play ‘mixed’ against ‘mixed’ can be more challenging than against a pair that is so much different in standards than your pairing. Even handicaps doesn't make any different but cut short the playing time.

(‘mixed’ – weak + strong)

I devised our CCC Handicapped Games so that everyone@CCC can play against each other, regardless of their skill levels.

And I have heard from our stronger players@CCC that it is not easy to win a game against weaker players if the weaker players have 16 points start. And this I like... because it now offers a challenge to our stronger players@ccc.

It's like you and me, partnering in Doubles, asking Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong, if they can beat us if they give us 16 points start.

However, my suggestion that a player of a particular skill should form a Doubles Partnership with another player of about the same skill is because I think that it is very unfair when opponents keeping hitting shots to the weaker player and leave the stronger player out of the game.

The stronger player of the Partnership just doesn't enjoy it.

====== end post ======

Cheers... chris@ccc

BadFever

03-28-2007, 12:06 AM

I have on many occasions being left standing in the middle of a court waiting for players to join in , only to realise that nobody is interested because my standard is not that attractive to them. I must say that did not happen to me or anybody else for that matter in CCC. Cheers to that.

Hey yschin, the above sounds very familiar. To make think worse, when you walk out the court thinking no one's intersted to play, some idiots would quickly walk in. That's why I enjoy our CCC Miracle Board System. :) :) :)

However, there is this one thing that I find a bit "unattractive" about CCC at the moment is that there are just too many "non badminton related" social activities happening too frequently. I only wanna play Badminton. ;) ;) ;)

chris-ccc

03-28-2007, 01:30 AM

I enjoy our CCC Miracle Board System. :) :) :)

However, there is this one thing that I find a bit "unattractive" about CCC at the moment is that there are just too many "non badminton related" social activities happening too frequently. I only wanna play Badminton. ;) ;) ;)

Hey BadFever,

You are correct again... our main aim is 'PLAYING BADMINTON' :):):)

Don't forget... 'CCC was formed in the hope that it will help more people enjoy playing Badminton'.

Sometimes I have to tear my hair out when some players@ccc try to introduce/drive us to all different directions other than just 'PLAYING BADMINTON'.

But don't get me wrong, they are also trying to establish/make us a family unit, which I think is important as well. :cool::cool::cool:

Here are some examples are;
*yschin & Fuji_: Hope to play Basketball instead of Badminton in one of our sessions.
*hkhung: Hope to go for a Movie for entertainment.
*smashed_1: Hope to have our own CCC Badminton T-shirts.
*chris@ccc: Thro' comments from smashed_1 & LilyC, hope to start a CCC Library.
*ozheater: Hope to enjoy food, a Sichuan Restaurant Dinner.
*DoublesPlease: Hope to introduce some Competitions within CCC.
*Yonex Suppliers: Hope to sell rackets to players@ccc.

As the Chairman of CCC, I make notes on all these matters.

And sometimes, I just couldn't keep up. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

hkhung

03-28-2007, 02:43 AM

And sometimes, I just couldn't keep up.

Hang on, isn't "delegation" is the keyword.

If the person who suggest the activity is going to organize it, i think it's gonna be fine.

DoublesPlease

03-28-2007, 12:56 PM

The second Trial League games night is being held Friday 13th April. If you are interested please refer to this thread:

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42127

DP

chris-ccc

04-01-2007, 11:22 PM

Greetings,

Pleased be informed that both our Friday CCC Social@Waverley and our Sunday CCC@MSAC are not affected by the Easter Break. :):):)

We will carry on as normal, since both venues are available for us.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

04-08-2007, 09:15 AM

Pleased be informed that both our Friday CCC Social@Waverley and our Sunday CCC@MSAC are not affected by the Easter Break. :):):)

We will carry on as normal, since both venues are available for us.

Greetings,

HAPPY EASTER 2007 TO EVERYONE@CCC !!! :):):)

Both our CCC activities over Easter, CCC@Waverley on Good Friday 6-Apr-2007 & CCC@MSAC on Easter Sunday 8-Apr-2007, turned out to be QUITE GOOD, even though many players@ccc left Melbourne for their Easter Holiday Break.

Reports for them will be out soon.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

04-11-2007, 02:42 AM

Greetings,

I just posted this in our 2 bigger threads, Wednesday CATS and Friday Social, and I like it to be read here as well.

====== start of messages ======

Hi kwongj,

Thank you for your confirmation.

But take it easy... if you are too tired to drive from Bendigo, you better not drive.

The mentioned attendance of16 expected Wednesday Social Players has included you... since you have played the last 3 weeks in a row. :):):)

And we appreciate players like you who make confirmation.

Anyway, as said before, any player who is consistent with his/her attendance is expected to attend.

And I am glad that you post your confirmation straight into this thread... as I am still bothered with many PM's & emails sent to me, example from... ozheater, kong-19, Ketut, Eric-L, George-B, Helina-G, Alex-G, Edward-C, Amanda, Chiranthi, Andy-S, John-W, Thiru-R, etc...... and many new players/trainees/friends wanting to come.

I am still getting about 100 PM's & emails a day. :mad::mad::mad:

Hope that others will follow your example... as CCC Badminton encourages OPEN COMMUNICATIONS.

It will save some of my stressful time trying to inform all other players@ccc, who/what is expected to happen. :):):)

Again... another example... Alex-G just informed me (by phone) that he is in New Zealand and couldn't attend tonight.

Alex-G spoke to me about it during last Wednesday CATS, but I just forgot about it. :o

it shows that I have just too much information to process... and under stress.

Wish that Alex-G can post straight into this thread.

Please remember that CCC Badminton is created for you all... and you all should exchange information.

If you think that chris@ccc is the one to be contacted because he is important and he is the organiser, then you are wrong.

Everyone within CCC Badminton is just as important. :):):)

====== end of messages ======

Cheers... chris@ccc

BadFever

04-11-2007, 08:37 PM

Hi DP & everyone,

Below is the link to 2 videos (Post #1 & #5) showing Peter Gades's trademark deceptive shot. Enjoy.

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42530

DoublesPlease

04-12-2007, 12:22 AM

Hi DP & everyone,

Below is the link to 2 videos (Post #1 & #5) showing Peter Gades's trademark deceptive shot. Enjoy.

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42530

Hey BF,

Nice shot. After watching it, this one appeared http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0X-sdwgXz4&NR=1. I've done this a few times.

DP

BadFever

04-12-2007, 12:54 AM

andrewlyw

04-12-2007, 01:41 AM

DP, thought you should know that your smashes during last night sessions were a lot more powerful after lowering the tension. Now I am having thought of restringing one of my AT900T to 20lbs to check what I can get out of it, err maybe even 18lbs.

oh.. really?? DP: what tension are you using atm?? I am currently doing 25lbs on the AT900T.. maybe i should lower it to 24 or 23 just like my AT700...:confused:

hey badfever.. let me know how you go.... :D i felt it'll be a waste if I have to cut it and restring it...:(

BadFever

04-12-2007, 01:55 AM

hey badfever.. let me know how you go.... :D i felt it'll be a waste if I have to cut it and restring it...:(

Sure will. But I am not cutting the string also. So, let's see who's breaking the string first. :D

hkhung

04-12-2007, 02:34 AM

hey badfever.. let me know how you go.... :D i felt it'll be a waste if I have to cut it and restring it...

Some people has realised the disadvantage of stringing at high tension at 25 lbs expericing elbow fatigue much more often than playing with 20lbs.

Between cutting it and keep playing and hurt my arm, i think we all know what will we do.

Now I am having thought of restringing one of my AT900T to 20lbs to check what I can get out of it, err maybe even 18lbs.

18lbs? that's my tension.

On one side, we have people with high tension with elbow pain, on the other side, we got people hitting out all the time with low tension.

Decision decision .....

DoublesPlease

04-12-2007, 03:08 AM

DP, thought you should know that your smashes during last night sessions were a lot more powerful after lowering the tension. Now I am having thought of restringing one of my AT900T to 20lbs to check what I can get out of it, err maybe even 18lbs.

BF and Andrew: 25 lbs is like trying to whack it with a pingpong bat and the noise it made I was always afraid it'd go off wile coyote style. Dunno about 20 though, I was always fiddling with the strings to straighten out what I did to them last rally.

currently 23 lbs.

DP

BadFever

04-12-2007, 03:21 AM

DP, I don't think straightening the string matters that much. I think it doesn't make any different or will cause any errors on the next shot. Maybe you should try it out next time, just ignore how the string looks after a rally. I will try it out as well.

hkhung

04-12-2007, 05:50 AM

Maybe you should try it out next time, just ignore how the string looks after a rally.

Speaking of this, i still remmeber the first time i hit with newly string 18lbs and finding it quite strange and cannot look away from it.

andrewlyw

04-12-2007, 06:25 AM

BF and Andrew: 25 lbs is like trying to whack it with a pingpong bat and the noise it made I was always afraid it'd go off wile coyote style. Dunno about 20 though, I was always fiddling with the strings to straighten out what I did to them last rally.

currently 23 lbs.

DP

thanks DP..i guess i'll drop it back to 23/24lbs next time... the stringbed feels flat when smashing now.. which means my technique and my arm can't cope with 25lbs yet...:o

i agree 20 is too low, let alone 18.. will lose too much control, where it's no use if you gain power, you'll just hit the shuttle out all the time...:p

BadFever

04-12-2007, 09:50 AM

So, andrewlyw, are you going to cut the string? I hope you are not going to :crying: :crying: :crying:

Recently, I felt a bit tight. So have to let loose a bit. I think 18lbs will do me fine. :p

Wah, didn't realize it's alreay 1am. Better go to bed now. See you guys tomorrow, if my flu doesn't kill me. :D

andrewlyw

04-12-2007, 06:43 PM

Fuji_

04-13-2007, 09:58 PM

Hi BadFever and Ketut,

Men singles, quarter final of Asian Championship
- Hidayat Taufik (Ina) bt Lee Chong Wei (Mas) 21-17, 21-17

Aiyah...

However this news would please Ketut for a few days... ;)

Cheers,
Kee

chris-ccc

04-13-2007, 10:12 PM

Men singles, quarter final of Asian Championship
- Hidayat Taufik (Ina) bt Lee Chong Wei (Mas) 21-17, 21-17

Aiyah...

However this news would please Ketut for a few days... ;)

Greetings,

Yes... our Indonesian Ketut will be pleased with that result@ABC 2007. :):):)

Also, today 14-Apr-2007, we want to wish all our Sri Lankan Players@CCC...

A HAPPY SRI LANKAN NEW YEAR !!! :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

Robbo77

04-14-2007, 12:44 PM

Hey guys, I have played around with string tensions over last year and can make a few observations.

I used to play with tension 21-22lbs and yes if you keep your swing speed the same, you will find putting the string tension up will DECREASE your power and also might result in you getting tennis elbow (which I did get).

I persisted with this and now play with 25lbs. To overcome the decrease in power, you need to speed up your swing. Then it actually does become more powerful and accurate (though less room for error on the sweet spot). THe main reason I put the tension up was to make more accurate net shot and also help with defensive shots (let the racket do the work) as my smash is not my most strongest weapon when I play higher standard players.

It really comes down to your "feeling". Most international players have tensions around 30lbs + but they use proper technique and can hit the shuttle on the right spot on the racket each time, but for us, there is more error in our technique and strokes, so less tension means the racket can allow for room to make mistake and so we play 'not bad' compared if we used rackets with 30lbs+ tension.

smashed_1

04-15-2007, 05:16 AM

Hey guys, I have played around with string tensions over last year and can make a few observations.

I persisted with this and now play with 25lbs.
Hey Robbo,
ahh yes, I have found the same since trialing 25lbs, its good on the defensive shots. I really like the nice crisp sound when hitting clears & smashes.

Interestingly though get a different feeling when put on titanium strings as opposed to normal strings. Do you use ti strings at 25lbs?
The thing is the feeling is nice, but to me the strings break real easy, I've had so many breakages, or maybe its just my bad mis-hits with the ti strings. haha... next I'm trying 24lbs & see how it feels & lasts - good fun experimenting!.

Robbo77

04-16-2007, 03:59 AM

No I stopped using ti strings for two reasons:

1. Found they snap more easily than normal bg65s ( maybe we all hit off centre hehe:rolleyes: )
2. I recently got a lot of colour strings which are bg65s and not 65ti's so want to use them up:D

chris-ccc

04-16-2007, 09:34 AM

yschin

04-16-2007, 10:00 AM

Hi yschin,

A member@BC, wuldup, quoted this:

'I just went to Petrama Complex to buy AT-900 or NS7700. It was 525RM(US$150.00) and 490RM without string'.

Now you know where to get them... or you might want to PM wuldup for more info. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

Will check that out later - I think I still have the business card of that particular shop I picked up when I visited just 2 days before I left for Melb.

Thks Chris
ys

hkhung

04-16-2007, 06:53 PM

All these string tension discussion, a new thread is born.

I think we can group racket, string, shoes under thread called "badminton equiipment"

Any suggestion?

BadFever

04-16-2007, 07:56 PM

Hey smashed_1, you should give the new Yonex string a try, Nanogy-95. I saw Xinsports selling for $15 each.

chris-ccc

04-16-2007, 08:10 PM

All these string tension discussion, a new thread is born.

I think we can group racket, string, shoes under thread called "badminton equiipment"

Any suggestion?

No hkhung,

I promised kwun that only CCC activities are to be discussed/posted in our CCC Forum.

For other General/Open Threads, like Badminton Equipments, they should remain in the Open BC Forum...... for us to share Badminton Information with the Rest of the World.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

04-17-2007, 01:48 AM

Greetings,

As I discussed with hkhung about the statistics for viewing our CCC Forum @Badminton Central:
here is another surprising statistics (for postings)...... :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Just 3 Sundays back (1-Apr-2007):

The total number of postings for Australia & New Zealand (Combined) was 3000.

For CCC Badminton, we went past 50% of it... containing 1500. :):):)

And today, 17-Apr-2007, we have 1730+ postings.

Worldwide, CCC Badminton is the most active Forum User @Badminton Central. ;););)

So, Keep It Up...... everyone@ccc !!!

But Remember: It's the Quality, not the Quantity, that we post :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

NaNo-TiMe

04-17-2007, 06:50 AM

hey Chris@CCC , i want to buy a new Nano 9000 X . i been shopping around but still it abit expensive. At Xinsports selling it for $250.
Do you know some one selling it ?

smashed_1

04-17-2007, 08:49 AM

Hey smashed_1, you should give the new Yonex string a try, Nanogy-95. I saw Xinsports selling for $15 each.

Hey BF, thanks for the lead on the strings. I'll have to read up on them on BC. Wonder if its durable... thou not sure if I could spend 15 on strings...:( :(

chris-ccc

04-17-2007, 11:15 AM

hey Chris@CCC , i want to buy a new Nano 9000 X . i been shopping around but still it abit expensive. At Xinsports selling it for $250.

Do you know some one selling it ?

Hi NaNo-TiMe,

Sorry, I don't sell Yonex products.

However, our members@ccc, through me, do get Yonex products (rackets, strings, shoes, etc) at a discounted price.

So far, our members@ccc have purchased the Armortec 900 @$220 (AS code) and the NanoSpeed 7700 @$200 (AS code).

Sorry that the discounted price could not be offered to non-CCC members. :o:o:o

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

04-17-2007, 11:28 AM

I'll have to read up on them on BC.

Wonder if its durable... thou not sure if I could spend 15 on strings...:( :(

Hi smashed_1,

So far, the best thread required by you is located at:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38509

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

04-19-2007, 03:22 AM

Sorry that the discounted price could not be offered to non-CCC members. :o:o:o

Hi NaNo-TiMe,

Sorry that I did not realise that you have joined our membership@CCC on Friday 13-Apr-2007.

So disorientated I am, at the moment. :):):)

Soon... I will find out for you, the CCC discounted price for your NANOSPEED 9000 Type X.

Cheers... chris@ccc

NaNo-TiMe

04-19-2007, 05:05 AM

That is ok chris, just let me know how much is the
NANOSPEED 9000 Type X once you find out. Much appreciated :D

chris-ccc

04-19-2007, 09:53 AM

That is ok chris, just let me know how much is the
NANOSPEED 9000 Type X once you find out.

Hi NaNo-TiMe,

Our members@ccc can purchase the NANOSPEED 9000 Type X @$210 (frame only, AS code). :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

NaNo-TiMe

04-20-2007, 03:58 AM

Thanx you Chris, i'll talk to you about the racket tonight.

chris-ccc

04-23-2007, 12:14 PM

Greetings,

At Suppertime@CCC last Friday 20-Apr-2007, our new member, sylvia from Singapore, suggested that we can inform each other... who will be attending our coming CCC sessions.

This is a common practice in Singapore... and to look at an example, please refer to Post #21 of this thread located at:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34806&page=2

In fact, this was also suggested by DoublesPlease and smashed_1, some 6 weeks ago.

Could members@ccc try this type of listing for those intending to attend our CCC sessions ??? :confused::confused::confused:

As I have said before... If you members@ccc can communicate efficiently within our Forum@CCC, I could be spared myself the trouble of being a central person as an information source. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

04-24-2007, 12:25 AM

Greetings,

Just 12 days ago, Thursday 12-Apr-2007, I picked up kong-19 from Melbourne Airport, for his flight from Brisbane, Queensland.

Now, I've just returned home after sending him to the airport... for his flight going back home.

And kong-19 wishes to thank everyone@ccc for our hospitality. :):):)

Our CCC League Games was worth coming for to participate... he said.

How time flies when we are having fun. :):):)

So... Well Done to Everyone@CCC !!! :cool::cool::cool:

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

04-24-2007, 07:56 PM

Hi players@ccc,

For those who are participating in the Central Melbourne Open & Graded Tournament, 28 & 29-Apr-2007......

Just received this email from Gary Grierson:

====== start mails ======

OPEN and B & D graded competitors are advised to allow at least an extra 15 minutes to find parking at MSAC on Saturday ---- There is a swimming carnival and another major event being held on all day Saturday.

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----- Original Message ----- From: Gary Grierson (garygrierson@ozemail.com.au)
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:15 AM
Subject: Central Melbourne Tournament

Hi people

Please note MSAC is a very busy place this Saturday --- Parking may be hard to find.....

attached is the draw for the Graded tournament.

On Saturday the B and D grades play .... and so does the OPEN.
Matches will primarily be on the wooden floored courts (1-6) with some use of court 7.
Singles will start at 9.00am -- warm-up courts will be available from 8.30am.
You are requested to check in at the GRADED desk and pay any outstanding entry fees BEFORE beginning to play.
Doubles will start as soon as possible after the singles --- expected to be close to 11.00am so check in is from 10.30am.
The mixed will start as soon as possible after the Doubles -- expected to be close to 1.30pm so check in from 1.00pm.On Sunday the A and C grades play .... and there are no OPEN matches.

Matches will primarily be on the Taraflex courts (7-12) with some use of courts 4,5,6.
Singles will start at 9.30am -- warm-up courts will be available from 9.00am.
You are requested to check in at the GRADED desk and pay any outstanding entry fees BEFORE beginning to play.
Doubles will start as soon as possible after the singles --- expected to be close to 11.30am so check in is from 11.00am. C grade ladies doubles will be about one hour later.
The mixed will start as soon as possible after the Doubles -- expected to be close to 2.00pm so check in from 1.30pm.Trophies may be collected at the end of the finals of the events..... once the results have been verified.

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Gary Grierson
Vice President and Match Secretary
Central Badminton Association Inc.
Phone 9700 2536 (prior to 6.30pm)
Mobile 041 958 2079 (prior to 10.00pm)
Email garygrierson@ozemail.com.au
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Cheers... chris@ccc

smashed_1

04-25-2007, 12:55 AM

Hi All,
Discovered yesterday about Beijing Olympics 2008 tickets.
Travel agent directed me to this site: www.cosport.com (http://www.cosport.com) where can now put in requests for tickets. The requests go into a pool & get confirmed July-Sept this year.

Looks like you have to get in this early to nominate requests with the demand. Can nominate 40 something sessions to get in.

I've put in for quite afew baddy sessions - mite be lucky and get at least 1!. Anyone else thinking of going?

chris-ccc

04-25-2007, 02:01 AM

...... about Beijing Olympics 2008 ......

Anyone else thinking of going?

Hi smashed_1,

Our members@ccc from Beijing might be able to help us with accommodations@Beijing Olympics 2008. :):):)

We shall talk more at Suppertime@CCC.

See you tonight, ANZAC DAY, Wednesday 25-Apr-2007 ?

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

04-25-2007, 11:03 AM

Greetings,

We have kelvin_k wanting to participate in our Friendly Match with Highvale.

And this is my reply... and I hope that everyone@ccc can follow my opinion/drift.

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Sorry kelvin_k,

Unfortunately, you have graduated to Section 2 in our Handicapped System. :):):)

As we have said at our Suppertime@CCC, we will categorise our players into
3 Sections;
Section 1 = Handicapped @ -8, -6 and -4
Section 2 = Handicapped @ -2, 0 and +2
Section 3 = Handicapped @ +4, +6 and +8

The Highvale Team is only as strong as our CCC Section 3, therefore, only our Section 3 players will be involved.

However, you will be involved when CCC plays a club that has a team which is as strong as our CCC Section 2

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Cheers... chris@ccc

kong-19

04-25-2007, 11:41 PM

Hi Chris & everyone@ CCC

Just back home less than 48 hours. If fact I was on court just 2 hours
after arrived home. NO dinner or supper was needed. May be the afternoon
T-bone steak with u was too huge.

Thanks to Chris for the pick up as usual & the lift to the airport for the
return home flight.

I did enjoy the Trial League organised by DP. Thanks DP. No wonder YS
wanted to play opposite me. He won 2 out of 3 matches V me.

I also enjoyed my last Friday night matches V Fuji & BK. Thanks to
Badfever did all the hard work to win the games. So, Fuji & BK you
won`t have the chance to revenge till the Australian Tennis Open Jan
next year. U have plenty of time to sharpen the knife to wait for me
to return to the CCCs.

Once again thank you to everyone @ CCC, I met & played with & against.

cheers
kong

chris-ccc

04-26-2007, 12:51 AM

Our members@ccc can purchase the NANOSPEED 9000 Type X @$210 (frame only, AS code). :):):)

Hi NaNo-TiMe,

I have picked up your NANOSPEED 9000 Type X @$210 (frame only, AS code) from our Yonex Supplier@CCC.

Your request for me to string it with BG80 is not possible... because our Yonex Supplier@CCC doesn't have the BG80 in stock at the present moment.

However, our Yonex Supplier@CCC offered to supply us with the latest Yonex string, the Nanogy95. :):):)

So... do you want me to string your racket with the Nanogy95, or do you want me to wait for the stock of the BG80 ?

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

04-26-2007, 01:01 AM

Just back home less than 48 hours. If fact I was on court just 2 hours after arrived home. NO dinner or supper was needed.

May be the afternoon T-bone steak with u was too huge.

Hi kong-19,

Yes, the steaks we had were huge. :):):)

And... Thanking You for buying my lunch before I sent you off.

Cheers... chris@ccc

NaNo-TiMe

04-26-2007, 01:06 AM

well, chris. if that the chase then i will try the new string nanogy95.
Seem it is a lastest string i will give it a go. try it out and see what i like.

SO yes!!. you can string my racket with Nanogy95 .
String tension : 25lbs i think

Thank you chris.

chris-ccc

04-26-2007, 11:30 AM

Greetings,

Just found this mail from Wesley Badminton Club... and the invitation is to be passed on to everyone@ccc.

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To all Wesley Members,

Central Badminton Association Inc is holding it's annual tournament at MSAC this weekend, Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th April, 2007.

Everyone is welcome to come along and spectate (FREE!!) as the tournament is both an Open and Graded tournament - many of Australia's top male and female players will be participating.

ANYONE WHO CAN SPARE ALL OR PART OF SATURDAY AND/OR SUNDAY, AND IS WILLING TO ASSIST IN THE RUNNING OF THE TOURNAMENT IS INVITED TO ATTEND - IF NOT, JUST COME ALONG TO SEE SOME GREAT BADMINTON!!

Details:

Saturday - All Open, B and D grades will be completed. Playing time will commence at 9.00am and conclude by approximately 7.00pm.

Sunday - All A and C grade events will be completed. Playing time will commence at 9.30am and conclude between 4.00 and 5.00pm.

Regards,
John Weisheit

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Many@ccc have met John Weisheit when he came to play at our Wesley Return Match@CCC on Friday, 16-Mar-2007.

He was their team captain and he also attended our Suppertime@CCC.

BTW, to those of us@ccc who are able to attend...... we should go and cheer/support our players@ccc who are participating in it. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

04-26-2007, 11:39 AM

... I will try the new string nanogy95.
Seem it is a lastest string i will give it a go. try it out and see what i like.

SO yes!!. you can string my racket with Nanogy95 .
String tension : 25lbs i think

Hi NaNo-TiMe,

OK... I will string your racket with the Nanogy95 @25 lb.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

04-27-2007, 01:23 PM

Greetings,

Our Friday Social@CCC membership has reached 40 now !!! :):):)

And we have indicated to you... that we are working on consolidating all our players/trainees from our different venues into a single membership.

Why the consolidation ??? ... To achieve a CCC Family Unit.

After we have consolidated , CCC membership could reach 100+.

And we will become one of the bigger clubs in Melbourne. :):):)

But don't be concerned about being overpopulated in a particular session... Measures will be taken to ensure that each session's attendances will be controlled/restricted.

As BadFever has suggested, we will soon start at another venue/session to distribute our players, ensuring members@ccc do not suffer lack of play/participation as we grow bigger. :)

Cheers... chris@ccc

LilyC

04-27-2007, 09:06 PM

Hi Chris@CCC!

I saw a suggestion by Badfever - Box Hill?

There's an advertisement that I saw on the chinese paper a few months ago and I cut it out thinking I might need it one day:

Opens on WED, FRI, SAT night 7:30pm to 11:30pm.
A court for $20 for 4 hours.
address: 15 Hay St, Box Hill South
contact no: 0402487100 David

I have no idea if this is a reasonable cost + I've never been there before, so I don't know if the condition of that venue will be good though... just to let you know there's a such place, that's all!

Cheers.

chris-ccc

04-27-2007, 09:54 PM

I saw a suggestion by Badfever - Box Hill?

I have no idea if this is a reasonable cost + I've never been there before, so I don't know if the condition of that venue will be good though... just to let you know there's a such place, that's all!

Cheers.
Hi LilyC,

Hehehe... I know that David@Hay St, Box Hill South.

CCC Badminton played there from Aug 2003 to Feb 2006. And they have only 2 courts.

At the beginning, they were charging us @$8 per person playing, and by 2006, @$10 per player (for just the courts, no shuttles).

CCC Badminton ended up charging $12 per player there by 2006, because we have to purchase/supply our own shuttles.

We eventually left there.

Perhaps, their courts are not in use at the moment... so they are going cheap. :):):)

The condition of the venue is just ordinary.

Cheers... chris@ccc

smashed_1

04-28-2007, 08:13 AM

Hi NaNo-TiMe,

OK... I will string your racket with the Nanogy95 @25 lb.

Cheers... chris@ccc

Wow Nano-ti,
What a weapon!!!! a Nano+Nanogy95+25lbs. sounds awesome, is it nice?
Now I'm afraid to play against you with that weapon!! ;) ;)

Hope your strings last longer than mine@25lbs!

enjoy!

hkhung

04-29-2007, 12:38 AM

The condition of the venue is just ordinary.

LilyC:

Comes to think of it, once you been waverley@ccc, you never want to go to box hill.

waverley's better because
- better lighting, as players like me, Peter and Chris would tell you, there are some spots you cannot look up, otherwise you would be blinded
- way way better floor, waverley's floor has better gripping than box hill's floor
- more courts (box hill has 2 instead of 4), hence box hill might be only suitable for coaching instead of social games

DoublesPlease

04-29-2007, 04:58 AM

way way better floor, waverley's floor has better gripping than box hill's floor

The coke waxing went some way to improving the surface but I agree it isn't the best place to play.

dp

hkhung

04-29-2007, 07:53 AM

The coke waxing went some way to improving the surface but I agree it isn't the best place to play.

IN fact, Chris is still talking about how you use c0ke to wax the floor.

chris-ccc

04-30-2007, 08:21 PM

Members@CCC have been categorised into 3 Sections; namely Section 1, 2 & 3.

Greetings,

A member@ccc asked:

Why do we categorise our players of CCC@Waverley into 3 Sections for Friday Nights ?

Wouldn't it encourages segregation ?

Answer: There are 2 reasons why we categorise our players@ccc.

(1) Because we encourage players@ccc to form Doubles Partnerships with other players of about the same skill level...... players@ccc can see clearer now, with whom suitable partners are available for them.

For more explanation for why we encourage players of the same skill level to form partnerships, please read the second part of Post #12 of this thread located at:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40653

Our CCC Handicapped Games are designed in the hope to create all games getting to 20-all when weaker partnerships play against stronger ones, without the latter mucking about with the former.

(2) Because we want to make it easier for team captains/organsiers to select/organise appropriate players, without bias/prejudice, when they are to form teams playing against other clubs in Friendly Matches, and/or, to form teams playing amongst ourselves in our CCC League Games.

It is pointless/meaningless to organise matches/games when their results are "too predictable".

We hope to get feedbacks from players@ccc on this matter.

Cheers... chris@ccc

hkhung

05-02-2007, 08:09 PM

Well, in my opinion, dividing players into 3 section does not encourage segregation. On the other hand, strong player only pick the strong pair to play on friday nite does more to that.

Comes to think of it, we probably should start thinking of discouraging strong pair picking strong pair only ...

NaNo-TiMe

05-02-2007, 11:15 PM

Hi chris. i forgot to tell you, With my racket that you going to restring for me.
can you put 24lb and the string type you can put what you have available. But my first preference is BG80.

thanx you chris. i see you on friday :)

chris-ccc

05-03-2007, 12:00 PM

Greetings,

============ *** ============

A BIG CCC ANNOUNCEMENT was made on Wednesday 2-May-2007

As you know, we have been talking about combining/uniting our CCC/CATS Trainees and our CCC Social Players together. so that we all feel united as one club.

The changes to the club fees and conditions are as follows:

All new fees and conditions will apply from 1-Jun-2007.

These will be applied to all CCC Trainees/Social Players at all our different venues.

CCC Membership Fee:

For our new Membership Fee@CCC: $10 per month, payable per season.

For our Student Concession holders: $5 per month, payable per season.

We will now have a bigger number of players eligible to participate in our Inter-Club Friendly Matches (as the new changes will see an increase in our membership, and only members can represent our club). :):):)

CCC/CATS Trainees:

Trainees will be charged at different rates:

For Members, $15 per session, payable five-weekly.

For Visitors, $20 per session. payable per session.

CCC Social Players:

CCC Badminton will commence a new weekly session, the details and the new thread will be released soon.

From 1-Jun-2007, no visitors* will be accepted for our Social Games on Wednesday and Friday.

However, our Sunday Social Games will be accepting visitors.

We apologise that this decision was made... Our Wednesday & Friday attendances are just becoming TOO BIG.

Because of bigger participation, our Winter (June-August) Social Session Fee will be dropped to $6. :):):)

* However, each member is allowed to bring 2 visitors.

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Cheers...chris@ccc

chris-ccc

05-05-2007, 12:50 AM

Greetings,

We have just commenced our new Sunday Session thread located at:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43362

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

05-05-2007, 06:40 AM

Hi Malaysian Players@CCC,

This is something NEW to me...... MASCA Badminton Contest in Australia, May 2007.

The thread is located at:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43373

I wonder if our Malaysian Players@CCC would/could participate in it. :confused::confused::confused:

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

05-07-2007, 12:33 PM

Hi Malaysian Players@CCC,

CCC to participate in MASCA Contest 2007 ??? :):):)

Found this thread located at:

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43373

Many members@ccc are Malaysians... so perhaps, some might be interested in participating.

Please respond if interested.

And please have someone nominated/volunteered as our CCC Captain.

If we get a positive response, then may our CCC Captain follow through on organising to participate in this event.

Initially, I wanted to volunteer as captain... but, with so many other CCC projects that I am currently involved in, I thought someone else might want to take up the captaincy. :):):)

Please make your response in this thread located at:

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43463

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

05-10-2007, 11:14 AM

Greetings,

Someone@ccc asked...

"Why do we commence our Sunday CCC@Waverley on Sunday 20-May-2007 rather than Sunday 13-May-2007 ?"

Answer = Sunday 13-May-2007 is MOTHER'S DAY

And so...

To all mothers@ccc, we wish you...

A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY
on Sunday 13-May-2007 !!! :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

05-13-2007, 07:18 AM

To all mothers@ccc, we wish you...

A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY
on Sunday 13-May-2007 !!! :):):)

And Lee Chong Wei' mother was so happy and proud today !!! :):):)

For Lee Chong Wei to have won the Mens Singles Final today at the Djarum Indonesia Badminton Open 2007.

Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia) beat Bao Chun Lai (China), with the score 21-15, 21-16

Cheers... chris@ccc

BadFever

05-13-2007, 07:39 PM

chris-ccc

05-14-2007, 02:28 PM

Hi Chris, Kim & Kong,

I won't be giving you guys any DVDs for SO and IO cos the videos quality were not good, only watchable on PC. If convert to DVD, it gets worse. Hopefully, later someone will post some good quality ones and I will convert to DVD for you guys.

Hi BadFever,

Thank you for informing us. :):):)

We will wait for someone to post some good quality ones via Badminton Central.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

05-14-2007, 11:01 PM

Greetings,

Players@CCC intending to attend the World Badminton Championships 2007 might want to participate in the World Senior Invitation Badminton Championships. :):):)

For more info...
Please refer to this link, located at:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43761

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

05-15-2007, 12:38 PM

Greetings,

Regarding our Sunday Night Session, commencing on 20-May-2007.

DoublesPlease is organising our CCC League Games Trial #3 for 27-May-2007.

For details, please find the relevant thread located at:

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43486

And as things are developing, it appears that for our Sunday Night Session, 1 court could be used for CATS, which chris@ccc is organising.

So far, we have 3 trainees interested in our Sunday Night CATS.

Our Sunday Night thread is located at:

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43362

At the moment, it appears that DoublesPlease, Hagane and NaNo-TiMe will be the only 3 participating in our CCC League Games Trial #3 , therefore, they will be playing Singles against each other the whole night on any of the other 3 courts. :)

As I have said before, players@ccc have driven me to start our Sunday Night Session... but it is disappointing that, so far, the respond is not encouraging.

Perhaps, we could encourage hkhung (or anyone interested) to organise a CCC League Games Trial #4, for players with handicaps from +8 to 0, occurring the same time with the CCC League Games Trial #3. :):):)

Only wish that kong-19 and yschin were here in Melbourne... for they have before, suggested some other systems/ways for organising League Games.

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

05-17-2007, 12:55 AM

Greetings,

I posted this in our CCC Sunday@Waverley thead located at:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43362

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A question has been asked about our CCC Sunday Night@Waverley.

Is CCC Sunday Night meant to be

for Social Games, or

for League Games, or

for CATS (Coaching And Training Sessions)?

Answer:

CCC Badminton was formed in the hope that it will help more people enjoy playing Badminton.

So, it is not important how we will structure or organise it (at the moment).

Let us all turn up.

Let us just enjoy our Badminton !!! :):):)

On Sunday 20-May-2007, our 'Launching Night', there will be a bit of everything;

* chris@ccc will be answering questions about our CATS (Coaching And Training Sessions)

* DoublesPlease will be answering questions about our CCC League Games

* helmut will be answering questions about our CCC Social Games

And we hope to meet many new players who have never been before to CCC Badminton.

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Cheers... chris@ccc

hkhung

05-18-2007, 01:49 AM

Perhaps, we could encourage hkhung (or anyone interested) to organise a CCC League Games Trial #4, for players with handicaps from +8 to 0, occurring the same time with the CCC League Games Trial #3.

Let me take another risk of someone slapping the back of my head.

Is trial league #3 only for section 1+2?

chris-ccc

05-21-2007, 08:55 AM

Is trial league #3 only for section 1+2?

Hi hkhung,

Orignally, DoublesPlease planned to have our CCC League Games Trial #3 for our Section 1 players.

Because there was a weak repond from our Section 1 players, I suggested that he might want to include some Section 2 players.

However, DoublesPlease still thinks that he would get enough (requiring 8) players from our Section1.

We will soon know... by Wednesday 23-May-2007(the deadline), I assume. :):):)

Please Note: The thread for our CCC League Games Trial #3 is located at:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43486

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

05-21-2007, 01:16 PM

Greetings,

Received this news from New Straits Times Online.

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21-May-2007
By : K.M. Boopathy (boopathy@nst.com.my)

http://www.nst.com.my/Monday/Sport/20070521080734/insidepix1
Unseeded Chong Ming (front)-Thien How beat top seeds and World No 11 Albertus Susanto-Johan Hadi Kusuma of Hong Kong 21-14, 20-22, 21-11 to win their maiden doubles title in the New Zealand Open in Auckland yesterday.

CHAN Chong Ming and Hoon Thien How clinched their first international title, but Wong Choong Hann failed to deliver when he crashed to Indonesia’s back-up player Andre Kurniawan in the New Zealand Open in Auckland yesterday.

http://www.nst.com.my/Monday/Sport/20070521080734/insidepix2?display=xsmall Choong Hann: Failed to deliver. Unseeded Chong Ming-Thien How, playing in their first final as a pair, beat top seeds and World No 11 Albertus Susanto-Johan Hadi Kusuma of Hong Kong 21-14, 20-22, 21-11 in 57 minutes to win the doubles title.

However, Andre, ranked 70, upset Malaysian World No 35 Choong Hann 13-21, 21-18, 21-14 to clinch his first international grand prix title. Choong Hann’s was the third straight Malaysian scalp the Indonesian claimed. He beat Roslin Hasim in the quarter-finals and Yeoh Kay Bin in the semis.

Choong Hann was expected to have a rough ride and the up-and-coming Indonesian youngster did as expected. However, Chong Ming-Thien How made sure the Malaysian contingent did not return empty-handed, and despite losing the second game, they fought back to dominate their opponents.

Chong Ming-Thien How, a combination formed only in November, had competed in seven previous tournaments previously and reached the quarter-finals of the German, Swiss and Indonesia Opens. Yesterday’s was their biggest to date.
National doubles coach Rexy Mainaky said that the win is important, particularly for Chong Ming, although the New Zealand Open is not a prestigious event.

"It is a major tournament but this title is important for them and it will help build the confidence of Chong Ming who had been struggling a little," said Rexy in Kuala Lumpur.

"Our pairs have struggled against Korea but Chong Ming-Thien How beat their No 1 Lee Ae Jin-Jung Jae Sung in the Indonesia Open and I hope that they continue improving."

The win comes as consolation for Chong Ming-Thien How who lost their spot in the World Championships when the wild card in the men’s doubles was given to Fairuzizuan Tazari-Zakry Latif.

Chong Ming now has a unique record of winning six titles with three different partners since 2002. He won the Japan Open in 2002 with Chew Choon Eng, then won the Taiwan, Denmark, Swiss and Malaysia Opens with Koo Kien Keat before securing a sixth with Thien How yesterday.

For Thien How it was the 23-year-old first title. His previous best was a runners-up medal with Tan Boon Heong in last year’s Asian Championships.

Chong Ming-Thien How, ranked World No 31 before yesterday, will now move up to 24th but more importantly, the win is a massive confidence boost for the pair.

Results — (All finals) Men’s singles: Andre Kurniawan (Ina) bt Wong Choong Hann (Mas) 13-21, 21-18, 21-14.

Doubles: Chan Chong Ming-Hoon Thien How (Mas) bt Albertus Susanto-Johan Hadi Kusuma (HK) 21-14, 20-22, 21-11.

Women’s singles: Zhou Mi (HK) bt Chie Umezu (Jpn) 21-13, 21-10.

Doubles: Ikue Tatani-Aya Wakisaka (Jpn) bt Meiliana Jauhari-Shendy Puspa Irawati (Ina) 21-17, 16-21, 21-15.

Mixed doubles: Devin Lahardi-Lita Nurlita (Ina) bt Anggun Nugroho-Nitya Krishinda Maheswari (Ina) 21-16, 21-15.

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Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

05-23-2007, 01:23 PM

Greetings,

I posted this in one of our threads... and I thought that I should post it here too.

============*============

I have just received mail from Cheung from Hong Kong, one of our Badminton Central moderators, informing me of visiting our CCC@Waverley on Sunday 27-May-2007.

So, please let us give Cheung a BIG WELCOME !!! :):):)

And come along with us, to attend our SUPPERTIME@CCC with Cheung on Sunday 27-May-2007.

============*============

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

05-27-2007, 10:58 PM

I posted this in one of our threads... and I thought that I should post it here too.

Last but not least...... We wish to thank helmut for his time and effort to introduce his Label System.

So...... A VERY BIG THANK YOU to helmut !!! :):):)

But credits should also be given to the following who gave suggestions that initiated this system:
1. HandsFull - wanting to try ad hoc Doubles partnership during our sessions
2. BadFever - wanting to have an organised Games Schedule (for players awaiting to play)
3. Siva-S - wanting to play Singles Games (1-on-1 and/or 2-on-1)
4. DoublesPlease - wanting to reduce work for chris@ccc administrating the older system
5. helmut - wanting to reduce overcrowding around our Magnetic and Score Boards

Finally... we want to thank everyone@ccc who have the patience for us to develop this newer system (as required/suggested by those who have brainstormed us).

We sincerely hope that our players@ccc will now be happier. :):):)

But, sometimes we wish that CCC will settle down, and not to have ever-changing systems, for it has caused too much stress to our players and organisers. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

hkhung

05-28-2007, 01:00 AM

But, sometimes we wish that CCC will settle down, and not to have ever-changing systems, for it has caused too much stress to our players and organisers.

Change = confusion = time to explain

-> less time to play game

chris-ccc

05-29-2007, 09:50 AM

Change = confusion = time to explain

-> less time to play game

Hi hkhung,

Hehehe... :):):)

Yes, in a way, it's my fault...
For asking for suggestions from our players@ccc to improve/brainstorm/expand our CCC Activities. :p:p:p

Thanks to those who have contributed with lots of suggestions. :):):)

But the ones, who spent the time and the effort to accommodate/implement the new suggestions/systems, namely you, DoublesPlease and helmut, are the BIGGER ONES to be thanked. :):):)

Without you three, CCC Badminton won't be as exciting as it is now.

We hope that we will settle down now for our Winter Season, June-August, 2007

Perhaps, when we get nearer to the end of our Winter Season, we will have another bash with our brainstorming. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Cheers... chris@ccc

hkhung

05-29-2007, 11:04 PM

Yes, in a way, it's my fault...
For asking for suggestions from our players@ccc to improve/brainstorm/expand our CCC Activities.

as you can see, suggestions are good. But it means more work.

some people make suggestion at supper, some at the board, some to you in person.

For the people only come to supper, chris has to pesonally type up all the things on the board.

last friday, I was even talking smashed_1 about printing certain posts for people to read (sort of homework to do). As if anybody gonna read that when they go home .....

Without you three, CCC Badminton won't be as exciting as it is now.

smashed_1:

i think this is the time you say something like "without you, the board won't be as exciting"

chris-ccc

05-30-2007, 12:10 AM

smashed_1:

i think this is the time you say something like "without you, the board won't be as exciting"

Oops, yes... :o:o:o

My apologies...
we have forgotten to thank smashed_1, who took charge when CCC played our Friendly Match with JT Ultra.

So... here is a BIG THANK YOU to smashed_1 !!! :)

Cheers... chris@ccc

kwun

06-01-2007, 11:01 PM

BadFever

06-01-2007, 11:25 PM

nice. anybody took photos??

Only 2. http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43486&page=3

chris-ccc

06-03-2007, 09:37 PM

nice. anybody took photos??

Hi kwun,

Here are 2 photos of Cheung enjoying himself at CCC Badminton on Sunday 27-May-2007. :):):)

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=32479&stc=1&d=1180305711 http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=32480&stc=1&d=1180305711

And we hope to invite you to play with us at CCC Badminton when you get a chance to visit Australia soon. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

BadFever

06-04-2007, 08:18 PM

Chris,

I found someone that think the same like me (read the last 3 paragraphs). I wish I can still play badminton when I am 72, that is if I am not dead yet. :) :D:D:D

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44423

chris-ccc

06-04-2007, 11:06 PM

I found someone that think the same like me (read the last 3 paragraphs). I wish I can still play badminton when I am 72, that is if I am not dead yet. :) :D:D:D

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44423

Hey BadFever,

Thank you for that link to cooler's post. :):):)

Me too... Wishing to play Badminton when I am 70+. :p:p:p

You might not know this... I have been playing with a player aged 70+ for the last few years @Doncaster Badminton. And I really respect him for his passion for Badminton.

And we hope to invite Alan Teoh Choo Leong to play at CCC Badminton when he visits Australia. ;););)

Cheers... chris@ccc

kwun

06-04-2007, 11:10 PM

Hey BadFever,

Thank you for that link to cooler's post. :):):)

Me too... Wishing to play Badminton when I am 70+. :p:p:p

You might not know this... I have been playing with a player aged 70+ for the last few years @Doncaster Badminton. And I really respect him for his passion for Badminton.

And we hope to invite Alan Teoh Choo Leong to play at CCC Badminton when he visits Australia. ;););)

Cheers... chris@ccc

i will certainly play badminton until all my muscles and joints are so old they seize up whenever i try to move them.

then i will go pick up golf.

ps. thanks for the pics!

chris-ccc

06-13-2007, 12:46 AM

Greetings,

After our 4th Sunday session, we think that we have succeeded to have our CCC Badminton: Sunday 7:30pm-10:00pm to be a permanent fixture. :):):)

Our attendance for the past 4 Sundays;
8 on 20-May-2007
12 on 27-May-2007
15 on 03-June-2007
24 on 10-June-2007

This is GOOD NEWS for CCC Badminton... more sessions for us to play !!! :):):)

Our CCC@Waverley Sunday Session is located at:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43362

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

06-19-2007, 12:17 AM

I will certainly play badminton until all my muscles and joints are so old they seize up whenever i try to move them...

Hi kwun,

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the oldest badminton player who took part in tournaments until the age of 95, was Henry Paynter.

A Canadian, a member of the Kelowna Badminton Club, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest competitive badminton player in the world.

Also an orchardist, Paynter was a farmer and beekeeper. He discovered badminton when he was 19, and at 95 was still competing with his 50-year-old son Henry A. Paynter as a partner in the Canadian Open Masters Badminton Championships.

Below... an article from The Daily Courier.

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Paynter meets Guinness (file:///C:%5Carchive%5C2003%5C02%5C25%5Cstories%5C3714.htm l)
The Daily Courier, Feb 2003
By Ron Seymour

It’s official – Henry Paynter of Westbank has been recognized as the world’s oldest badminton player. A certificate from Guinness World Records Ltd. will be presented today to Paynter, who turned 96 on Monday.

“ Actually, I first got word of this award when I was 95. So, since I’m 96 now, I’ve already broken my own record,” Paynter said with a laugh a few hours before family members gathered at his Westside home for a birthday celebration. Paynter was nominated for inclusion in the Guinness Book of Records by fellow members of the Kelowna badminton club. Paynter, who first took up a racquet in 1926, still plays at the club on Tuesday and Thursday, for three hours each day.

“ It’s a great game, good for your heart and health,” Paynter said. “And keeping your eye on that bird, that keeps your eyes sharp.” Paynter doesn’t just play badminton — he plays it well. Along with son Henry Jr., aged 51, he came near the top in the seniors division at a weekend badminton competition in Calgary.

“ Henry is a great player, extremely quick with good reactions, movement and concentration,” said Tom McGuinness, who alerted the Guinness people to Paynter’s badminton prowess.
Paynter, whose family came to the Okanagan from England in 1909, has lived on the Westside since 1919. The patriarch of the well-known Paynter family, Henry has six children, 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He’s married to Sheila, age 83. Paynter is so fit and healthy that he still works the family farm, last fall picking about 1,800 ears of corn by himself.

“ I guess the big reason I’ve lasted as long as I have is that I’ve always enjoyed the work that I’ve done,” he said. “Being out in the field, sweating it out on a tractor or digging around in the dirt, that’s my idea of fun.” In his younger days, Paynter enjoyed playing other sports such as golf and hockey. But he jokes that his schedule these days doesn’t allow for too many distractions beyond farming and badminton.

“I’ve got too much work to do out in the fields to play Golf anymore,” he said.

============ end article ============

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

06-26-2007, 11:04 PM

Hi everyone@ccc,

I have just posted this message in our thread, CCC Badminton: Sunday 7:30pm -10:00pm.

============ start message ============

This will be happening to our Sunday CCC@Waverley from Sunday 1-July-2007.

The expected participants(and court allocations) for our activities are as follows;
4 trainees(allocated to 1 court) for our Coaching And Training,
6 players(allocated to 1 court) for our Social Games, and
12 competitors(allocated to 2 courts) for our League Games.

============ end message ============

Cheers... chris@ccc

BadFever

06-28-2007, 02:54 AM

Okay, boys and girls, our Big Boss at BC decided to add a new feature to our post count. You can check the link below for explanation. Basically, if you find any post you don't like, you can -ve the poster and +ve if you find the post good/entertaining.

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45143

chris-ccc

06-28-2007, 05:42 AM

Our Big Boss at BC decided to add a new feature to our post count. You can check the link below for explanation.

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45143

Hi BadFever,

Thank you for informing us about this new feature...... Karma System@Badminton Central. :)

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

07-12-2007, 08:08 AM

Greetings,

Received this news from New Straits Times Online.

============ start news ============

12-July-2007
By: K.M. Boopathy

http://www.nst.com.my/Monday/Sport/20070521080734/insidepix2?display=xsmall

WONG Choong Hann made an impressive start in the China Masters when he upset World No 2 Chen Hong in the first round in Chengdu yesterday.

Choong Hann, who gained direct entry into the main draw of the super series event for the first time, secured a deserving 21-16, 11-21, 21-18 win over Chen Hong who won the Thailand Open on Sunday (just last Sunday 8-July-2007).

But Choong Hann has another mountain to climb as he takes on Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia in the second round today.

He was joined by Lee Chong Wei and Hafiz Hashim who advanced in contrasting styles.

Chong Wei, the joint third seed, was impressive in his 21-8, 21-17 win over England’s Andrew Smith in 25 minutes to set up a clash with compatriot Sairul Amar Ayub today.
Sairul secured his berth by beating Hong Kong’s Chan Yan Kit 21-15, 23-21.

Hafiz, playing in his first tournament since the Asian Championships in Johor Baru in April, looked rusty in his 19-21, 21-12, 21-16 victory against Japan’s Shoji Sato which lasted 38 minutes.

The Malaysian No 2 next has a tricky match against in-form Thai Boonsak Ponsana, who outplayed China’s joint third seed Chen Jin, 21-11, 21-16.

Yeoh Kay Bin also advanced following a 21-13, 20-22, 21-16 win over New Zealand’s John Moody. He too has a tough second round match against Bao Chunlai of China.

Meanwhile Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah, who were shocked by Thai pair Tesana Panvisvas-Sudket Parapakamol in the Thailand Open last week, played well below themselves as they struggled to a 21-14, 21-23, 21-7 win over Australian pair Ashley Brehaut-Basuki Sindoro.

Their second round opponents are Indonesian pair Luluk Hadiyanto-Alven Yulianto and will have to buck up or risk an early exit today.

Fairuzizuan Tazari-Zakry Latif, who beat Taiwan pair Chien Yu Hsun-Lin Yu Lang 21-13, 21-17, have a potentially dangerous second round match against China’s back-up pair Shen Ye-Hanbin.

World Championship-bound Tan Bin Shen-Ong Soon Hock also cleared their first hurdle beating Svetoslav Stoyanov-Mihail Popov of France 21-14, 21-16. The Malaysian pair have a good chance of making the quarter-finals as they should beat their second round Japanese opponents Shuichi Sakamoto-Shintaro Ikeda today.

Chan Chong Ming-Hoon Thien How were the only Malaysian pair to fall when they were beaten 21-15, 21-18 by Indonesian second seeds Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan.

============ end news ============

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

07-14-2007, 01:53 PM

Greetings,

We have just posted this message in our Wednesday CCC@Waverley thread located at:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=614734#post614734

============ start message ============

Because fewer of our members@ccc are attending our Wednesday CCC Sociai Games......
from Wednesday 18-July-2007, we will return to having 3 courts for CATS and 1 court for Social Games.

With our new Sunday CCC@Waverley... it has stolen some Social Players from our Wednesday CCC@Waverley. :):):)

We are now returning to what was posted on Tuesday 29-August-2006 (in our Wednesday CATS thread), located at:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/foru...ad.php?t=35687 (http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35687) :):):)

And welcoming to our Wednesday CATS, are...
(1) Angela-W
(2) Stephy-Y
(3) Mary-Z
(4) Patrick-K

============ end message ============

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

07-19-2007, 07:24 AM

Greetings to our players@ccc from Malaysia,

Congratulations !!!
Malaysia now has the best Asian junior team.

Here is a report...

============ start report ============

The Star Online
Thursday 19-July-2007

Badminton: Malaysian shuttlers beat China in three matches

By RAJES PAUL

KUALA LUMPUR: Singles shuttlers Mohd Arif Abdul Latif and Lydia Cheah gained sweet revenge in Malaysia’s success to claim the status as the best Asian junior team after a lapse of six years.

The duo scored upset wins in Malaysia’s stunning 3-0 win over China in the mixed team final of the Rakan Muda Yonex Sunrise Asian Junior Championships at the Juara Stadium in Bukit Kiara yesterday.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2007/7/19/sports/s_70tan.jpg Tan Wee Kiong-Woon Khe Wei started the ball rolling.

Arif was the hero of the day, clinching the winning point by beating the fancied Chen Long after Lydia had put Malaysia 2-0 up with a sensational 21-18, 21-17 win over Liu Jie.

Tan Wee Kiong-Woon Khe Wei had given Malaysia a superb start with a 21-15, 21-8 win over Wang Xiaoli-Li Tian 21-15, 21-8 in just 28 minutes in the opening mixed doubles match.

Arif and Lydia were not expected to win their matches following defeats by the same players in the Olympic Youth Festival in Australia early this year.

The victory for Malaysia in the Under-19 championships yesterday was only their second in the series against China and it was a memorable one with all three matches won in straight games.

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2007/7/19/sports/s_70arif.jpg Mohd Arif Abdul Latif completed the job with a straight game win over Chen Long to give Malaysia a 3-0 win over China in the team final of the Asian Junior Championships yesterday.

Last year, Malaysia also beat China – in the semi-finals but they dropped a match.

The mixed team event was introduced last year. The last time Malaysia won the team title was in 2001 in Taiwan through the boys. Then, China did not send a team.

The odds were heavily stacked against Arif beating the lanky Chen Long in a match dubbed as David versus Goliath. But it saw the cool and confident Arif taking a 14-2 lead in the first game.

“I felt that I could score an easy win over him but he increased the pace and caught up. I was rattled but fortunately, I recovered quickly. It was a tight second game but I am glad that I hung in there,” said Arif, who dedicated his win as a birthday gift for his father.

“This win has inspired me to go all out to win the individual title (Arif was beaten in the semi-finals last year).”

Lydia’s attacking game took her to victory over Liu Jie.

“It feels great to beat the Chinese for the first time. I went for the attack first and tried to keep the shuttle low,” she said. “She led 6-0 in the second game but I was not too worried. I was determined to win a point for the team after my failure yesterday (in the semi-final against Japan) and I fought back.

“It is really a great day for Malaysia. I will go into the individual competition with greater confidence.”

Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) chief coach Sun Chenhua was all smiles. “The singles players did well and all the homework we did with them to analyse their opponents’ game paid off. They stuck to the game plans and I am happy for them,” he said.

“We have also had good working relationships with the coaches from the senior teams. Our doubles players had also trained with Rexy (Mainaky, the national doubles coach). All these contributed to our success today.”

============ end report ============

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

07-24-2007, 02:27 AM

Greetings,

We have posted this message in another of our threads, and we thought we will post it here too...

============ start message ============

Greetings to all members@ccc,

As a Badminton Coach and a Badminton Promoter, I have this dream... :):):)

Our CCC Badminton Club is to be promoting all 5 events, namely;
(1) Mens Singles
(2) Womens Singles
(3) Mens Doubles
(4) Womens Doubles, and
(5) Mixed Doubles

With more males than females playing @CCC at the present moment, we know that it would/could not happen in 2007.

And in 2007, with most of our male members not fit enough, we have been playing mainly Mens Doubles.

But we hope that by 2010, we could have enough male and female players to satisfy the dream of our CCC Badminton Club, that is to be playing all of the 5 events mentioned above. :):):)

============ end message ============

Cheers... chris@ccc

hkhung

07-24-2007, 02:57 AM

Our CCC Badminton Club is to be promoting all 5 events, namely;
(1) Mens Singles
(2) Womens Singles

To CCC member:

As more and more friendly matches is gonna involve single, i would love to see more people playing single.

chris-ccc

07-30-2007, 04:15 PM

Greetings members@ccc,

Because of the poorer participation@ccc in our last 2 months of Winter 2007 (June & July), we are required to increase our fees for our sessions.

The fee for members@ccc will rise from $6 to $8.
The fee for visitors@ccc will rise from $10 to $13.

All new fees will apply from 1-August-2007.

Some months ago, HandsFull suggested that we should not drop our session fees... but we did not listen to him. :o:o:o

At the same time, kwongj suggested that visitors should pay double of what members are paying... but we still think that it could discourage visitors attending. :(:(:(

Last week, andrewghw, BadFever and DoublesPlease suggested that $8 for members and $13 for visitors could be tried/experimented... and so we will try this out. :):):)

PS: For your comments, please post them at this thread located at:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/foru...ad.php?t=46212 (http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46212)

Cheers... chris@ccc

kong-19

08-01-2007, 06:46 PM

Hi Fuji & Kim

I got ur message. I don`t know how to PM u both at a time.
So I post it here.

I shall leave Brisbane tonight after finished Badminton at 9 pm.
flight departs midnight. From my home to the airport is less than
30 mintues. Believe I won`t miss my flight.

Loh PM me. He expecting to meet up with u & others, not to
compete for the WC title but to watch the games & have fun together.

I shall keep in touch with both of u when I return to KL from Sabah.

Cheers
kong

chris-ccc

08-02-2007, 06:33 AM

I shall leave Brisbane tonight after finished Badminton at 9 pm. Flight departs midnight.

Loh PM me. He expecting to meet up with u & others, not to compete for the WC title but to watch the games & have fun together.

Hi kong-19,

We hope that you, Fuji_, Kim, Loh and all others@BC will have an enjoyable time at the World Championships 2007. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

hkhung

08-11-2007, 06:12 PM

To all CCC member:

As i finished organizing the danny tan's coaching team, something came to my mind.

There must be people who would like to join the friendly match but they don't come to supper + don't read forum. As Chris has said about "maximum participation" for any function, so i wonder how might we do that?

As people know by now, Chris is trying to slow down on any organizing, so why should he stop everybody at the beginning of event and do any advertising? The only other way for all members to know of an event is if the event organizer physically come to every single session to advertise. As CCC expand (wed/fri/sun nite + morning), this is near impossible.

So I thought of the idea of "co event organzier", we have been having captain whenever we organize any friendly match. Now we could have a dedicated person for each nite to help advertise the event. The person would only need to inform people about the event and direct the interested party to the chief organizer.

These roles would only be active when we have friendly match and other event.

Any suggestion is welcomed.

andrewghw

08-11-2007, 07:41 PM

Hi BK168,

Congtrats for winning the Mens doubles Category D of the Sounthern Star and Titans 2007 Tournament.
34425

BK168

08-12-2007, 10:07 AM

Thanks Andrew for posting the photo.

Thanks everyone especially to Chris for being a great host.
I had lots of fun at the games and at supper.
Thanks to DoublePlease, Smashed_1, YS and Chris for the free rides to/from CCC.
Would not be able to be there without you guys.

It has been a pleasure meeting all of you as friends, baddy partners and opponents. :)
Enough of the Oscar speech. :D

Hope to meet up with you all not far in the future.
Keep up the badminton spirit and keep up the good work.

Take care and keep in touch.
Adios Amigos,
BK168

Fuji_

08-13-2007, 02:21 AM

...
Thanks to DoublePlease, Smashed_1, YS and Chris for the free rides to/from CCC.
Would not be able to be there without you guys.
...

Hey BK,

I've given you free rides and I don't see my name in tha above post... :D
No more free ride for you... ;)

Bon voyage my friend...

Please keep in touch.

BK168

08-13-2007, 02:34 AM

Hey BK,

I've given you free rides and I don't see my name in tha above post... :D
No more free ride for you... ;)

Bon voyage my friend...

Please keep in touch.

Then I give you free ride in KL loh. :)
Thanks for everything dude.
Enjoy your WBC and hit the pong pong loud loud. OK!? ;)
GO LCW! Malaysia Boleh!

Cheers,
BK

chris-ccc

08-13-2007, 06:44 PM

Please keep in touch.

Hi BK168,

Yeah, as Fuji_ said...

When you are back in Singapore/Malaysia, please keep in touch. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

chris-ccc

08-14-2007, 03:59 AM

As i finished organizing the danny tan's coaching team, something came to my mind.

There must be people who would like to join the friendly match but they don't come to supper + don't read forum. As Chris has said about "maximum participation" for any function, so i wonder how might we do that?

As people know by now, Chris is trying to slow down on any organizing, so why should he stop everybody at the beginning of event and do any advertising?

So I thought of the idea of "co event organzier", we have been having captain whenever we organize any friendly match. Now we could have a dedicated person for each nite to help advertise the event. The person would only need to inform people about the event and direct the interested party to the chief organizer.

These roles would only be active when we have friendly match and other event.

Any suggestion is welcomed.

Hi hkhung,

What you have said is correct.

The shortest answer is doing. :):):)

I am not trying to slow down on any organising, but I am finding it too stressful when I have to do so many things for so many different members.

I used to encourage our members@ccc to learn more about Badminton and then to encourage them to enter competitions. And I was preparing all these things for them.

But what I found is that... not all our members want to learn more about Badminton. They just want to exercise and to have fun. And this is good for them.

And I also found that not all our members want to play competitions. Again, they just want to exercise and to have fun. And this is good for them, as stated before.

I am not going to say what is best for each and everyone of our members, but I just want to stick to our motto...

"We insist that we should look after all players, regardless of their skill levels"

and

"Participation is the key to the enjoyment of Badminton, not the winning or losing"

I know that you and some other members are driving our CCC to be more competitive, but we have to realise that not every member@ccc thinks the same. There are ones who just want to exercise and to have fun.

But, I fully support what you have posted.

Perhaps, some sections of our memberships, as we grow bigger, can help you to achieve your competitive goal. :):):)

At the present moment, CCC is to be looked upon as an club to enjoy playing Badminton. And we have no ambition to be the top competitive club in Melbourne as yet.

But as I am coaching our CCC kids aged between 6-12, we could be the strongest club in the future. Let us just hope it will come true. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

hkhung

08-14-2007, 05:34 AM

I know that you and some other members are driving our CCC to be more competitive, but we have to realise that not every member@ccc thinks the same. There are ones who just want to exercise and to have fun.

i do want to be more competitive in badminton but that's not why i typed up the "essay".

well, my essay is typed after feeling that i could not done a better job in organizing. and that apply whether it's a friendly match or dinner knowing there are people who don't know about my friendly match e.g some of our wed or sunday CATS.

Maybe i could have post the friendly match in all the wed/sun MSAC + sunday nite CATS thread (would that be a good idea?)

if anything, what i wish is a "co event organizer" for "effective organizing" instead of "more competitive" in joining more competition.

cheers.

chris-ccc

08-14-2007, 10:51 AM

The shortest answer is doing. :):):)

I am not trying to slow down on any organising, but I am finding it too stressful when I have to do so many things for so many different members by myself...

I am not going to say what is best for each and everyone of our members, but I just want to stick to our motto...

"We insist that we should look after all players, regardless of their skill levels"

and

"Participation is the key to the enjoyment of Badminton, not the winning or losing"

At the present moment, CCC is to be looked upon as a club to enjoy playing Badminton...

But as I am coaching our CCC kids aged between 6-12, we could be the strongest club in Melbourne in the future. Let us hope it could come true. :):):)

i do want to be more competitive in badminton but that's not why i typed up the "essay".

well, my essay is typed after feeling that i could not done a better job in organizing. and that apply whether it's a friendly match or dinner knowing there are people who don't know about my friendly match e.g some of our wed or sunday CATS.

Maybe i could have posted the friendly match in all the wed/sun MSAC + sunday nite CATS thread (would that be a good idea?)

if anything, what i wish is a "co event organizer" for "effective organizing" instead of "more competitive" in joining more competition.

Hi hkhung,

Not only that you will need to post the Friendly Matches in our Wednesday, Friday and Sunday threads, but you will also need to talk to those members who don't read our CCC Forum@Badminton Central.

The finding a "co event organiser" is an excellent idea. :):):)

In fact, we should think that the creating of "different event organising committees" could even be better.

Perhaps the best approach for us@ccc is the Kaizen way. So some time later, we might take CCC apart and then put it back together again in a better way. :):):)

If you do not understand what Kaizen is, please visit this link located at:
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Kaizen

But you have done a good job in organising our many Friendly Matches played. And we could also see how stressful the situation that you have been, because you were doing it all by yourself. :)

Cheers... chris@ccc