CCC League Games Trial #2 - Fri 13th April

[DoublesPlease]

Hi all,

Welcome to the return of the CCC League games. It is similar to the first trial in that it is played in a more competitive spirit than the regular social games. As before the games will run in parallel with the regular social. There has been some tweaking in the way the games are arranged to improve play.

The Play

In this trial the number of teams has been reduced to 2, each with 6 players. No handicap will be applied to any of the scores so each game is a straightforward race from 0 to 21 aces with no setting. There will be 18 games in total, arranged to favour pairing of players of similar skill.

Team Scoring

One team point will be accrued for each game won. At the end of the night the aces scored for each team will be summed, the team with the higher number of aces will be awarded one additional team point for every 20 aces difference.

So what are you waiting for?

To register your interest please add your name to the list posted below.

[DoublesPlease]

Prior to the night I will select the teams using the following:

(1) Divide the interested players into two groups of 6 based on the regular social handicap.

(2) From each group of six players 3 players will be randomly selected. The selected players will form one team, the remaining players will form the other.

DP

[DoublesPlease]

Assign each player a letter from a through f, the games will be:

Team 1 vs Team 2

a & b vs a & b
a & b vs b & c
b & c vs a & b
a & c vs a & b (x 2)
a & b vs a & c (x 2)

b & c vs c & d
c & d vs b & c
c & d vs d & e
d & e vs c & d

d & e vs e & f
e & f vs d & e
e & f vs e & f
d & f vs e & f (x 2)
e & f vs d & f (x 2)

There are 18 games in total, each player plays 6 games. To summarise the opponents that each player will face, refer below.

Player a meets opponent: ax5, bx4, cx3
Player b meets opponent: ax4, bx3, cx4, dx1
Player c meets opponent: ax3, bx4, cx2, dx2, ex1
Player d meets opponent: bx1, cx2, dx2, ex4, fx3
Player e meets opponent: cx1, dx4, ex3, fx4
Player f meets opponent: dx3, ex4, fx5

If the players in each team are arranged according to skill then games played will be with a partner of similar skill against players of similar skill. I hope that this will balance pairs to increase the quality of the ralleys.

DP

[DoublesPlease]

Please add your name to the list to register your interest as a participant:

1) DoublesPlease

[chris-ccc]

Please add your name to the list to register your interest as a participant:

1) DoublesPlease
Hi DoublesPlease,

Thank you for planning and organising our CCC League Games Trial #2 to be held on Friday 13-Apr-2007.

I will add my name to the list to register my interest as a participant.

I am sorry to miss out on our Trial #1, when I gave my spot to another member@ccc.

Cheers...chris@ccc



Participants for CCC League Games Trial #2
1) DoublesPlease
2) chris@ccc

[hkhung]

BadFever:

Very sorry that this post has got nothing to do with the trial league.


Good posting chris@ccc. But I must say could substitute 'Melbourne' to also outside of Melbourne > Vic > Australia.... Many clubs contain groups, that if you don't have a contact or the skill its near impossible to join in.

Smashed_1:

It is time for me to take things literally again and resume my status of troublemaker, too much time on his hands on whatever name under the sun.

As DP has recently found out, it's a fair bit of work for organizing games.

Take MSAC social club, it might not be impossible to join in (as in joining in the club), but it would certainly be impossible to join in someone's game and actually play as in partcipating in a game let alone how much they play.

In terms of
a) there are some player who just would want to play with same people due to friends/skill
b) there are some player who want to play all the time

Please take a moment to thank CCC for organizing thorughout the years.



Its a good thing having a regular system@ccc enables anyone from all walks of life to come along and enjoy the play & social-ness, then by adding extra activities can take part in competitive play like the trial comp

Funny that on wednesday nite supper, there was a huge discussion about activity VS focusing on badminton as in "what makes CCC so unique".

Would give you a personal recap on friday, that's if we got time though.

[smashed_1]

Take MSAC social club, it might not be impossible to join in (as in joining in the club), but it would certainly be impossible to join in someone's game and actually play as in partcipating in a game let alone how much they play.

so true hk, easy to get in the door to places, but joining in playing is another story. Unless there's a dedicated organiser newbies can easily get alienated.


Funny that on wednesday nite supper, there was a huge discussion about activity VS focusing on badminton as in "what makes CCC so unique".

tell me more HK!!!. Was it a positive discussion? I think its healthy to have a mixture of social & some more challenging baddy - keeps the interest up. What's the general consensus?

Anyway, back to the topic..lol. Count me in... sounds good DP.. what time's the live draw this round?

Participants for CCC League Games Trial #2
1) DoublesPlease
2) chris@ccc
3) smashed_1

[chris-ccc]

Anyway, back to the topic..lol. Count me in... sounds good DP.. what time's the live draw this round?

Participants for CCC League Games Trial #2
1) DoublesPlease
2) chris@ccc
3) smashed_1


Hi smashed_1,

Good to see you as #3 for our CCC League Games Trial #2.

I think hkhung wants to participate, but he has forgotten to register. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

[DoublesPlease]

Anyway, back to the topic..lol. Count me in... sounds good DP.. what time's the live draw this round?


Hey S1,

Welcome aboard. Tuesday before the night at 6:45pm.

DP

[hkhung]

tell me more HK!!!. Was it a positive discussion? I think its healthy to have a mixture of social & some more challenging baddy - keeps the interest up. What's the general consensus?

First up, thank you for voicing your opinion towards CCC matters.

Tell u more? In summary, it was a very productive discusison let me say. It was point out that what makes CCC unique is the social matters besides playing.

BUT Chris has eye up to his eyeball regarding to a gozallion of thing including (wednesday nite membership, wednesday nite coaching, sunday coaching, friday nite session not to mention things that we are not aware like CCC reunion dinner, CCC@glen waverly dinner anniversary). Hence it is understandable that he would delegate things to people.

So, in all, the query of "can we do this (being trial league or any other function) is going to get a reply of "you organize it!" And as you can see smashed_1, without going into details, the reputation of that person is going to dicate how many people are going to join in.


what time's the live draw this round?

I thought we are organizing teams ourselves, and with 2 weeks that should not be a big problem.

[chris-ccc]

...... what makes CCC unique is the social matters besides playing.

BUT Chris has eye up to his eyeball regarding to a gozallion of thing including (wednesday nite membership, wednesday nite coaching, sunday coaching, friday nite session not to mention things that we are not aware like CCC reunion dinner, CCC@glen waverly dinner anniversary). Hence it is understandable that he would delegate things to people.


Hi hkhung,

CCC Badminton was founded with an intention: To help more people enjoy playing Badminton.

And, we want to promote more participation in the playing of Badminton in Melbourne.

We have to be aware that many players who come to play at CCC Badminton do not share our CCC's intention.

They come to play at CCC Badminton just because we are available to them.

They play just for their own enjoyment, without thinking what our intention is.

The reason why I injected some Social Events@CCC, such as Suppers, Parties, etc... is really to check who are ones coming to play just because we are available to them, and who are the ones who believe in our main intention.

It is through our discussions at our Social Events that we get to know who is for just Badminton, and who is for our CCC Badminton Intention. :):):)

And, I have heard that some of our players@ccc are suggesting that our Social Events are our 'Family Commitments'. And I like it. :cool:

You still haven't registered as a participant for our CCC League Games Trial #2. :rolleyes:

Cheers... chris@ccc

[BadFever]

Sorry DP, I am still not sure if I can make it on Friday the 13th. That's why I am hesitant to put my name on the list. I will let you know before the draw.

[DoublesPlease]

I thought we are organizing teams ourselves, and with 2 weeks that should not be a big problem.

I want to ensure that we have balanced teams. We've all played with and against each other enough times that we're comfortable with whoever ends up in the team. For this trial I would like to pick the members randomly.

BF, no problem, when you know for sure.

DP

[hkhung]

You still haven't registered as a participant for our CCC League Games Trial #2.

DP, Put me down for the trial league.

Chris, thank you for clarifying things.

From the look of things, I think smashed_1 would have wished to be on wednesday nite to participate on the verbal discussion.

[DoublesPlease]

let me channel HK adding his name to the list...

1) DoublesPlease
2) chris@ccc
3) smashed_1
4) HKHung

[DoublesPlease]

1) DoublesPlease
2) chris@ccc
3) smashed_1
4) HKHung
5) Chiranthi-M
6) Ozheater (nominated in absentia, thanks Jack)

Reserves
1) Helmut
2) BadFever
3) HandsFull (if you are indeed the one I believe you to be then thanks for volunteering, if not then thank-you in advance)

DP

[hkhung]

I want to ensure that we have balanced teams. We've all played with and against each other enough times that we're comfortable with whoever ends up in the team. For this trial I would like to pick the members randomly.

DP, thanks for clarifying the aboved matter. It's very thoughtful of you wanting to have "balanced team".

When i see them on wednesday nite CATS@CCC, I will ask Kevin+Grace (who came last nite and play with Foo instead of Grace at the end of the nite) to add their names on the trial league.

Actually i been asking him to look at the board cos he been PM me.

Will bug him about reading the board again on wed nite CATS.

Let us think about some people who play in last trial league who we can contact but either
a) no one has tell them of the 2nd trial league
b) they only read friday board
c) did not participate in last trial league

I will PM joseph now.

[chris-ccc]

When i see them on wednesday nite CATS@CCC, I will ask Kevin+Grace (who came last nite and play with Foo instead of Grace at the end of the nite) to add their names on the trial league.

Actually i been asking him to look at the board cos he been PM me.

Will bug him about reading the board again on wed nite CATS.

Let us think about some people who play in last trial league who we can contact but either
a) no one has tell them of the 2nd trial league
b) they only read friday board
c) did not participate in last trial league


Hi hkhung,

It's Kelvin+Grace... :):):)

But, I thought that everyone in the 1st Trial has been informed about the 2nd Trial.

And again, I felt that I was so disturbing to everyone last night, Friday 30-Mar-2007... when I have to stop everyone during their warm-ups/games, to inform everyone about the 2nd Trial... plus that, we will be playing on Good Friday, 6-Apr-2007 and the introduction of 2 players, Sherman and Christine, first time to CCC Badminton.

Also, I kept reminding everyone to read our CCC Badminton Sub-Forum, located at: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=192

Anyway... it's good that you are helping DP to get more participants. :):):)

It will be better if all players@ccc do their own parts, that is to get more involved with the activities that we are planing for them.

Cheers... chris@ccc

[Fuji_]

1) DoublesPlease
2) chris@ccc
3) smashed_1
4) HKHung
5) Chiranthi-M
6) Ozheater (nominated in absentia, thanks Jack)

DP
7) Fuji

Finally... I have finished Candy's website and she can leave me alone now...

More badminton time... :D

Thanks,
Fuji

[yschin]

Reserves:-

4. yschin

Filling up fast this time round , better not miss the boat.

Thks DP

[jwksam]

1) DoublesPlease
2) chris@ccc
3) smashed_1
4) HKHung
5) Chiranthi-M
6) Ozheater (nominated in absentia, thanks Jack)

Reserves
1) Helmut
2) BadFever
3) HandsFull (if you are indeed the one I believe you to be then thanks for volunteering, if not then thank-you in advance)

DP

Hi DP,

Please count me in. Thanks.:)

Joseph

[DoublesPlease]

Thanks Fuji, Yschin and JwkSam

1) DoublesPlease
2) chris@ccc
3) smashed_1
4) HKHung
5) Chiranthi-M
6) Ozheater
7) Fuji
8) JwkSam

Reserves
1) Helmut
2) BadFever
3) HandsFull
4) Yschin

DP

[Ketut]

Hi DP,

Please count me in. Thanks.:)

Joseph


Hi DoublePlease,

Please count me in, if you need more players, Thank you.

cheers,
Ketut

[ozheater]

1) DoublesPlease
2) chris@ccc
3) smashed_1
4) HKHung
5) Chiranthi-M
6) Ozheater (nominated in absentia, thanks Jack)

Reserves
1) Helmut
2) BadFever
3) HandsFull (if you are indeed the one I believe you to be then thanks for volunteering, if not then thank-you in advance)

DP
Hi DP,

Thank you for add my name on.
I'm very happy to be the one player of the trial league #2.

Cheers

[chris-ccc]

Greetings,

Great to see that many names are listed now !!! :):):)

1) DoublesPlease
2) Ketut
3) smashed_1
4) hkhung
5) Chiranthi-M
6) ozheater
7) Fuji_
8) jwksam

Reserves
1) Helmut
2) BadFever
3) HandsFull
4) yschin


I believe that many players@ccc who seldom read our CCC Sub-Forum, namely;
Kulwinder-S
Tony-P
Ashraf-S
kelvin_k
gozzer
Abi-F
LChow
LilyC
etc, etc... could be interested as well.

And... We wonder why LilyC has been absent for so many weeks ??? :confused::confused::confused:

We will check with all them when we see them at our Badminton sessions on this Wednesday, 4-Mar-2007, and on this Friday, 6-Mar-2007(our Good Friday Session).

But it's First Come, First Served !!! ;););)

You see that my name has now been removed.

Again, I feel that I should be used with restraint, since we could get more than enough participants for this Trial #2, to be played on 2 courts.

On the other 2 courts, I will attend to the other Social Players@CCC... because someone has to play host@ccc and to look after them and to take care of them.

Those not playing in our CCC League Games will be participating in our regular CCC Handicapped Games.

Cheers... chris@ccc

[hkhung]

I believe that many players@ccc who seldom read our CCC Sub-Forum, namely;
Kulwinder-S
Tony-P
Ashraf-S
kelvin_k
gozzer
Abi-F
LChow
LilyC
etc, etc... could be interested as well.

I already have PM Kelvin-k about the trial league. Will bug him about this again on wednesday nite.

[kelvin_k]

hey guys i'd like to join the trial league too please :)

1) DoublesPlease
2) Ketut
3) smashed_1
4) hkhung
5) Chiranthi-M
6) ozheater
7) Fuji_
8) jwksam
9) kelvin_k

[DoublesPlease]

This is the current standing:

1) DoublesPlease
2) Ketut
3) smashed_1
4) hkhung
5) Chiranthi-M
6) ozheater
7) Fuji_
8) jwksam
9) kelvin_k

Reserves
1) Helmut
2) BadFever
3) HandsFull
4) yschin

[Ketut]

Greetings,

Great to see that many names are listed now !!! :):):)

1) DoublesPlease
2) Ketut
3) smashed_1
4) hkhung
5) Chiranthi-M
6) ozheater
7) Fuji_
8) jwksam

Reserves
1) Helmut
2) BadFever
3) HandsFull
4) yschin

Cheers... chris@ccc

Thanks Chris for giving up your place to me.

[hkhung]

First it was Joseph, Ketut and Kevin.

Great to see my effort of heavy advertising for the comp and PM everybody is working!

And we still have 10 days left to comp, the list is almost full!

[chris-ccc]

First it was Joseph, Ketut and Kevin.

Great to see my effort of heavy advertising for the comp and PM everybody is working!

And we still have 10 days left to comp, the list is almost full!


Hi hkhung,

Thank you for your effort... :):):)

But please don't be confused;

Kelvin-K is kelvin_k
Kevin-C is BadFever

Cheers... chris@ccc

[DoublesPlease]

And we still have 10 days left to comp, the list is almost full!

Thanks HK, we are nearly there. Just got an email from Siva, he's in. Looking at the spread I need at least one more from the high negative handicap group.

DP

1) DoublesPlease
2) Ketut
3) smashed_1
4) hkhung
5) Chiranthi-M
6) ozheater
7) Fuji_
8) jwksam
9) kelvin_k
10) Siva

Reserves
1) Helmut
2) BadFever
3) HandsFull
4) yschin

[BadFever]

Hi DP, I hope you are not going to draw Siva with hkhung again this time. :D :D :D :D :D

[DoublesPlease]

Hey BF,

If the draw went that way then I'm sure they'd both be looking forward to slapping each other on the back at the end of the night. Highly unlikely that they'd be on the court together whichever way the draw goes.

Incidentally, any chance I can upgrade your status to active duty?

DP

[BadFever]

Sorry DP, I can only tell you next Monday. Anyway, below is the links to all the longest rallies in Badminton.

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37809&page=2

[hkhung]

Hi Ken!!!

Thanks for PM me about the upcoming CCC trial leauge as I don't have much times to read all the CCC threads. :crying: seeing how much funs you guys are having... I would like to participate in it if i can.. but to be honest, i haven't been playing for the last few weeks (must be about a month now?!?!?!) coz i'm currently too busy with the placement at Royal Melbourne Hospital as well as my Uni lectures... I'm not sure if I can make it on that Friday yet... :( To make things harder, I've got relatives visiting from Taiwan and we are thinking to drive to Adeliade for the Easter Holiday.. argh~~~ anywayz... please count me in for now and I will let you know ASAP if I can't make it, ok?
Thank you heaps.

Chris, please let LilyC know on sunday to post this on the thread next time as i have nicely attached that in the PM.

[DoublesPlease]

Sorry DP, I can only tell you next Monday. Anyway, below is the links to all the longest rallies in Badminton.

http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37809&page=2



Thanks BF, shame that I can't train just by watching these guys.

HK, I'll put LilyC down as a reserve. Ta.

DP

1) DoublesPlease
2) Ketut
3) smashed_1
4) hkhung
5) Chiranthi-M
6) ozheater
7) Fuji_
8) jwksam
9) kelvin_k
10) Siva

Reserves
1) Helmut
2) BadFever
3) HandsFull
4) yschin
5) LilyC

[kong-19]

Hi DP

can I participate in the league game Trial 2 ?

[BadFever]

Hey DP, you should put yschin, kong-19 and YK (yschin's son) into the main draw. I thought we had some long and interesting rallies last Friday during our first few games. At one stage, we managed to do like 20+ shots.

[hkhung]

To DP and all members:

Learning from experience from last time, should we remind people verbally that eventhough trial league is on next friday 13/4, social is still on?

This is for people who
- not supper regulars
- don't have computer at home

Cheers.

[chris-ccc]

Hey DP, you should put yschin, kong-19 and TK (yschin's son) into the main draw.


Hi BadFever,

Please don't make it too hard for DoublesPlease, regarding as to who should be put into the main draw :):):)

Yes, I understand you are only joking. :cool::cool::cool:

But some players@ccc could misunderstand, and they might wonder if they could miss out... hence, creating DOUBTS.

Remember: DoublesPlease said... "First Come, First Served"


BTW, kong-19 phoned me this morning... saying that he might be in Melbourne on 13-Apr-2007. He is still "Not Sure".

yschin asked for entry as reserve only... yschin is implying 'No Commitment'.

I know exactly what DoublesPlease is going through when he is organising this event... as I have experienced organising many such events before, with lots of uncertainties everytime.


Hehehe... DoublesPlease even hinted to you... if he could put you for 'active duties'. :):):)
Maybe he is asking for some assistance from you... active duties, and not just suggestions.


But seriously...
Let's ask not what DoublesPlease can do for us, but ask what we can do for DoublesPlease.

When you find time to organise your own event, I will also ask all players@ccc to ask what they can do for you. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

[hkhung]

But some players@ccc could misunderstand, and they might wonder if they could miss out... hence, creating DOUBTS.


Man, i gotta remmeber that before i post anything.


I know exactly what DoublesPlease is going through when he is organising this event... as I have experienced organising many such events before, with lots of uncertainties everytime.


I also understand that, that's why I been helping him to PM Joseph, Ketut, Kevin, LilyC for trial league.


Hehehe... DoublesPlease even hinted to you... if he could put you for 'active duties'.

Active duties? sounds very serious.

I actually went back to look at the post to see whehter the sacred words active duties were in bold. Thankfully that was not the case.




When you find time to organise your own event, I will also ask all players@ccc to ask what they can do for you


Besides Chris, Me, Jason (for organizing interclub events) and DP obviously, it would be good to see someone else pull their hair out.

[BadFever]

Sorry Chris, I didn't know that my post could cause such inconvenience to DP. Maybe coming from a non-English background, sometimes, I tend to used the wrong word to express myself. So, I take back what I said on my last post #39. Let's get on with other thing, shall we.

From my understanding, "active duties" means DP would like to know if I can confirm to play or not. Please correct me, DP.

For now, all I can say is, I don't know. But please don't wait for my reply. Please give priority to other members. If you can find enough to join the league without me, please, please and please do so. I am happy to just play in the social for now.

[DoublesPlease]

ok,

Let's just aim for everyone having a good time. I'll be looking for two more volunteers willing to step up for active duties at CATS tomorrow night, that will round out the teams. Anyone else that wants to put their name down as a reserve please yell out.

Note that as a reserve you are simply registering an expression of interest. It helps me to know who to call on first if I need fillins. In addition the level of interest is a gauge to whether we can sustain a mini-season.

I'd only correct you if you were wrong BF.

DP

[DoublesPlease]

And the list is...

1) DoublesPlease
2) Ketut
3) smashed_1
4) hkhung
5) Chiranthi-M
6) ozheater
7) Fuji_
8) jwksam
9) kelvin_k
10) Siva

Reserves
1) Helmut
2) BadFever
3) HandsFull
4) yschin
5) LilyC
6) kong-19

[yschin]

Hi DP,

Getting complicated with words. I thought as a casual I should give member priority, moreover I hurt my arm and movement a little bit awkward.

Reserve to me means "sitting on the bench" or "fill ins" . Looks like need 4 to pull out the last minute before I can fill in. Need an outbreak of virus in CCC for that to happen.... Only kidding.

Good that I will be sparing more with Chris on that night then.

TK is not playing for sure.


Thks
ys

[DoublesPlease]

Hey Yschin,

You'll be pleased to know there are now benches to sit on, though I wouldn't want you sitting there all night waiting for someone to drop out. You might as well be playing social in that case.

Which reminds me: Daniel-S, your prize from the first trials is sitting in the fridge here and its life expectancy is dropping rapidly. If it survives till Friday I'll bring it along.

DP

[yschin]

Hey Yschin,

You'll be pleased to know there are now benches to sit on, though I wouldn't want you sitting there all night waiting for someone to drop out. You might as well be playing social in that case.

Which reminds me: Daniel-S, your prize from the first trials is sitting in the fridge here and its life expectancy is dropping rapidly. If it survives till Friday I'll bring it along.

DP

Taking it literary,cement floor will be fine. I am actually hoping Badfever to be in the main draw, with his 'all out style of play' , I should stand a good chance of replacing him mid way.

I will warm up with social games then.

Thks

[chris-ccc]

Sorry Chris, I didn't know that my post could cause such inconvenience to DP. Maybe coming from a non-English background, sometimes, I tend to used the wrong word to express myself. So, I take back what I said on my last post #39.


Hi BadFever,
(and to DoublesPlease, this is still a of Topic of our CCC Trial League Games)

Came back from coaching@MSAC and found more posts, and I like it. :):):)

I encourage Open Communications.

Hey BadFever, you and some other players@ccc might think that I was attacking you... but that was not meant to be.

I was actually indicating to those 10 who have put in their names, that they should have no doubts... once in DoublesPlease's List, no other players are going to take your places.

And, as we have said @Suppertime, we will never say no to any suggestions... so when DoublesPlease suggested our CCC League Games, straight away we said "Let's try it".

And DoublesPlease decided to try 2 different systems/approaches. :):):)

And this reminded me of yschin's comments in our thread of Trial #1.

So to yschin, if you care/dare, please make your suggestions as our CCC League Games as Trial #3. Perhaps, we could do it the next Friday 20-Apr-2007.

And we can assure you... for your trial, you take full control. :):):)

BTW, it was good that yschin made the comment that our members@ccc should have first priority to participate in our trials over visitors@ccc.

We have discussed this over supper. We have decided that for the trials, all players@ccc can participate. This because many of our visitors have more experience than our members@ccc... and we value their opinions. And besides, we weren't quite sure that we were going to have enough members@ccc to participate in our trials.

Anyway, after we have decided on which system/approach we are going to select... we can assure that members@ccc do have first priority over our visitors@ccc to participate.

MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE THE ADVANTAGE/PRIVILEGE !!! :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

[hkhung]

I encourage Open Communications.

Which reminds me, I try to explain to Kelvin last week when he PM me about CBA comp, gotta give that one more go tonite.


Anyway, after we have decided on which system/approach we are going to select... we can assure that members@ccc do have first priority over our visitors@ccc to participate.

MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE THE ADVANTAGE/PRIVILEGE !!!

I still remember Chris try to clarify "members only event" for me as in when there are limited places.

Well, if there are limited places for trial leauge, logically it would be members only.

[hkhung]

Well, if there are limited places for trial leauge, logically it would be members only.

Sorry, didn't think before i type.

I mean in suggestion, future trial leagues could be members only event.

Besides, people shouldn't listen to me, rite. I am not the organizer, DP as in Peter (aka DoublesPlease) is.

[BadFever]

Taking it literary,cement floor will be fine. I am actually hoping Badfever to be in the main draw, with his 'all out style of play' , I should stand a good chance of replacing him mid way.
Thks

Sorry yschin, not going to happen on this Trial, maybe next one.

DP, may I request you to swap my name with yschin on the Reserve list.

Don't just talk talk, yschin. With your handicapped status, you should play in the Trial. I think you will enjoy more than me. Don't worry, we have some doctors around to give you CPR if needed. :D :D

[yschin]

Hi BadFever,

So to yschin, if you care/dare, please make your suggestions as our CCC League Games as Trial #3. Perhaps, we could do it the next Friday 20-Apr-2007.

And we can assure you... for your trial, you take full control. :):):)


Cheers... chris@ccc

Yes sir , I will do it but not on the 20-4-07. I am in bolehland then. Next time when I am back and get to know some of the new members better first.

Coincidently, DP trial 2 is what i have in mind albeit DP's is much more refined in that there is a balance of 3 high and 3 low in a team ( if I got that right).

Perhaps, when we have 32 (or thereabout) members we can expand to 4 x 4 teams i.e 16 players to occupy two courts and unfinished games can always continue the following friday.

"Taking full control"- hopefully not putting ppl off from suggesting. At least I need some help from someone in drawing up the combination chart. I failed that part of the maths several times ( 4x4 isn't that a headache?)- Badfever you might be called for active duties. Not forgetting Capt for PM'ing too.

I like that part about attacking ... and with a little humour in it.. my priority when in the internet has changed to CCC forum, weather, mails and news in that order instead of CCC forum last.

Excuse me DP, interuptions into your trial no. 2 thread.

[DoublesPlease]

DP, may I request you to swap my name with yschin on the Reserve list.

No problem BF, I'll take you out for this one, perhaps next time.


Coincidently, DP trial 2 is what i have in mind albeit DP's is much more refined in that there is a balance of 3 high and 3 low in a team ( if I got that right).

The reason for the 6 man team is to allow a finer gradation of player skills in the teams. The problem we ran into with the three man team is that there was a large imbalance in skill both within a pair as well as between opposing pairs of players for a large proportion of the matches. The handicap went some way to balancing the sides in terms of the final scores but there is little it can do to balance the quality of the rallys.

I see a quality rally as one that is not dominated by any particular player and this can only be achieved by balancing the skills of the players. Without physically restraining players with anchors or whatnot (or perhaps a bungee attached to the end wall and the back of the more skilled player) we are really only left with careful player selection to balance things.

With 6 players in a team it is possible to arrange the matches so that only certain player combinations are selected while still allowing a reasonable number and variety of matches to be played. With four players in the team this would be difficult.

I am open to ideas on improving this. The downside of 6 players in each team is that it will be difficult to scale up to any more than two teams per night playing and I don't know whether we have enough players to put together a third team if we are to run a miniseason.

DP

[BadFever]

No problem BF, I'll take you out for this one, perhaps next time.
DP

Thanks DP, that helps a lot. Otherwise, I am thinking of giving Friday badminton a miss. Too much happenings other than playing badminton SOCIALLY is not my kind of ease Friday. :(


Hey BadFever, you and some other players@ccc might think that I was attacking you... but that was not meant to be.


Hi Chris,

no hard feelings from me. But I thought I might give you and any organiser my input on future activities especially on Friday.

The MAIN reason I have been telling DP to put me in the reserve is because Friday is always difficult for me to commit to Badminton due to work related. Actually not just Friday but every other days. Sorry to say this but, right now, my work comes first. In other words, I will cancel Badminton over work eventhough I had promised you guys earlier, sorry again. I already have enough stress and pressure at work. I don't need anymore, thank you.

In conclusion, for now I ONLY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL BADMINTON. I will play badminton whenever I feel like it and not because I have to.

Sorry if I offended anyone but I hope I made myself very clear and don't have to repeat again for future events.

[kong-19]

Hi DP

can I participate in the league game Trial 2 ?


Hi DP

I will fly into Melbourne on 12 April to entre the League Game Trial 2.
Thanks.

[chris-ccc]

I will fly into Melbourne on 12 April to entre the League Game Trial 2.


Hi kong-19,

It is great to have you flying from Brisbane to participate in our CCC League Games.

And yschin, who flew from Malaysia, only decided to be placed as 'Reserve'.
Hope that he will show more certainty to enter definitely, and therefore completing DoublesPlease's List of Participants.

Cheers... chris@ccc

[DoublesPlease]

a wrap of recent changes:

Siva...out
BadFever...out
Amanda...reserve
kong-19...bumped

if I've missed anything please let me know

1) DoublesPlease
2) Ketut
3) smashed_1
4) hkhung
5) Chiranthi-M
6) ozheater
7) Fuji_
8) jwksam
9) kelvin_k
10) kong-19

Reserves
1) Helmut
2) HandsFull
3) yschin
4) LilyC
5) Amanda

DP

[chris-ccc]

Hi DoublesPlease,

Amanda emailed me that she can make it to participate. :):):)

So the Latest List will now look like this;

1) DoublesPlease
2) Ketut
3) smashed_1
4) hkhung
5) Chiranthi-M
6) ozheater
7) Fuji_
8) jwksam
9) kelvin_k
10) kong-19
11) Amanda

Reserves
1) Helmut
2) HandsFull
3) yschin
4) LilyC

Cheers... chris@ccc

[yschin]

Hi DP,

Promote me to the starting squad. Looking forward to see the draw.. like to play opposite Kong on court but don't think on the table.

thks
ys

[chris-ccc]

Greetings,

Well Done... yschin !!! :):):)

Now we have the required 12 Starting Participants.

And the 3 Reserves (or more... we are still accepting names) are to be prepared as well... Withdrawals from the Starting List could happen because of unforeseen circumstances.

Participants
1) DoublesPlease
2) Ketut
3) smashed_1
4) hkhung
5) Chiranthi-M
6) ozheater
7) Fuji_
8) jwksam
9) kelvin_k
10) kong-19
11) Amanda
12) yschin

Reserves
1) Helmut
2) HandsFull
3) LilyC

Well Done... DoublesPlease !!! :):):)

And we will talk tonight, at our CCC Good Friday Games, 6-Apr-2007.

Cheers... chris@ccc

[gozzer]

I don't know if I'm gonna be there next week, but if I am and you need people, I'll play :)

[hkhung]

Now we have the required 12 Starting Participants.

And the 3 Reserves (or more... we are still accepting names) are to be prepared as well... Withdrawals from the Starting List could happen because of unforeseen circumstances.


Well done.

one week to go, and the list is filled.

Let's not stop there and try to get a few reserves from tonite's friday session.

[kong-19]

Hi DP,

Promote me to the starting squad. Looking forward to see the draw.. like to play opposite Kong on court but don't think on the table.

thks
ys


Hi ys

Good suggestion & smart decision. Playing doubbles against me on court.
ys/dp V kong may be captain HK. You sure win. Still have a chance if my
partner is Chris. But singles on the table, most likely your are the opposite.

Anyway would be nice of you to arrange some good games for us to
play opposite each other.

We are having fun here in the afternoon. ALmost every Satuarday, we
play for " ICE KAJUNK "

[hkhung]

We are having fun here in the afternoon. ALmost every Satuarday, we
play for " ICE KAJUNK "

What is ICE KAJUNK? should i look in wikipedia.com?



Good suggestion & smart decision. Playing doubbles against me on court.
ys/dp V kong may be captain HK. You sure win. Still have a chance if my
partner is Chris. But singles on the table, most likely your are the opposite.

yschin:

First it was the basketball idea and now table tennis, what else could we do on friday nite CCC instead of badminton?

..... bear in mind the condition of the court hire

Anyway, I am sure table tennis at your place would most likely be welcomed. I still have a lot of badminton tapes to watch.

After all, at the nite out for cigar's lounge at hawthorn, glenferrie rd, Chris once said of the idea of renting a place all by ourselves for the nite to watch badminton video. Hope i didn't misquite u on that one, Chris.

[hkhung]

DoublesPlease:

I talk to Daniel about the trial league last friday and he said that the list is already full but i told him he could be reseve.

He said that "i will play if i am here", and i suggest he let you know to be a reserve on condition. And he said he will talk to you before end of nite.

Has he let you know yet?

[yschin]

What is ICE KAJUNK? should i look in wikipedia.com?

yschin:

First it was the basketball idea and now table tennis, what else could we do on friday nite CCC instead of badminton?


I believe ice kajunk is a Malaysian desert (crushed ice with red beans).

Table ... but i did not mention tennis. Cards, mahjong etc are also play on a table. If you like to play table tennis you are always welcome anytime.

ys

[hkhung]

Table ... but i did not mention tennis. Cards, mahjong etc are also play on a table. If you like to play table tennis you are always welcome anytime.

yschin:

To be honest with you, forgive me to be blunt(as always), I only want another social function at your house. I don't care table tennis, card or mahjong.

[smashed_1]

Hey yschin,
Just wondering if you have your latest copy of Asia Badminton mag.... If you have could you please bring it on Fri....would be great to flip through it between the league games :)

See you then anyways.

[yschin]

Hey yschin,
Just wondering if you have your latest copy of Asia Badminton mag.... If you have could you please bring it on Fri....would be great to flip through it between the league games :)

See you then anyways.

Handed to Badfever last Wed for Chris . Should be around the club somewhere. Will get the next issue when I am back there.

ys

[yschin]

yschin:

To be honest with you, forgive me to be blunt(as always), I only want another social function at your house. I don't care table tennis, card or mahjong.

Anytime Capt.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/shuttlecock-shocker-as-bug-hits-aussies/2007/04/09/1175970980744.html

ys

[hkhung]

Handed to Badfever last Wed for Chris . Should be around the club somewhere. Will get the next issue when I am back there.

Is that the mag which Siva was reading last wed day?

DP:

I have a favor to ask, is that possible to put me and Kelvin_k together for friday's trial league so we can practice for CBA comp.

Of course, if it's not too much to ask, perfect scenario for my team would be me, kelvin_k and ozheater in the same time.

For the same reason, I wonder you might want to be with Fuji.

yschin:

i read the article. forgive me from graduating from the school of jumping topics as well as irrational thoughts, where can i find the virus so i can spread to my singles competitor?

For the potential social function, if you greenlight that at your house, i would move in stages as in
- ask around whether people would like that or not
- determine the date
- get that happening

This might get the members to shoot up beyond 32.

[smashed_1]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/shuttlecock-shocker-as-bug-hits-aussies/2007/04/09/1175970980744.html

ys
hey ys, thanks for the link. I know that Qldr in the pic. Doesn't sound too good of a holiday. heard it was food poisoning. Only 2 people from the Qld team got it, must have spread real easily.

no worries - hopefully Chris or BF will bring the mag, thanx

[chris-ccc]

Greetings,

Tonight, Tuesday 10-Apr-2007 @6:45pm, is the Live Draw for our CCC League Games Trial #2.

Looking forward to witness it !!! :):):)

BTW, as requested by hkhung... Could DoublesPlease please combine hkhung+kelvin_k as one entity in the draw, this is because they wish to be partners from now to the end-of-the-month... that is, until the CBA Tournament 28th/29th April 2007.

Cheers... chris@ccc

[hkhung]

BTW, as requested by hkhung... Could DoublesPlease please combine hkhung+kelvin_k as one entity in the draw,

Chris, you are a gem mate.

[chris-ccc]

hopefully Chris or BF will bring the mag, thanx


Hi smashed_1,

Yes, I have with me the magazine Badminton Asia that yschin brought back from Malaysia for us@CCC. :):):)

It's the Jan-Feb 2007 Edition, with Peter Gade winning the BWF Super Series @KL 2007 for the front cover.

And I will bring it for you at our session on Friday 13-Apr-2007, the night of our CCC League Games Trial #2.

Cheers... chris@ccc

[DoublesPlease]

Well, here we go in preparation for the draw later tonight.

The selection pool is listed below. As mentioned in the first post the pool has been split in two. Three players will be selected from each section below to form one team, the remaining players will form the other.

For the purposes of selection HK + KelvinK will be treated as a (rather scary 2 headed, four armed) single player as will DoublesPlease + Fuji as they will be playing in tournaments and need some practice together.

Draw will be at 6:45 tonight.

Section a
Chiranthi-M (+)
ozheater (+)
jwksam (+)
hkhung (+)
kelvin_k (+)
Amanda (+)

Section b
DoublesPlease (-)

Fuji_ (-)
Ketut (-)
kong-19 (-)
smashed_1 (-)
yschin (-)

DP

[hkhung]

Draw will be at 6:45 tonight.

Eagerly awaited.

As what i said to ozheater in chinese all the time when he lift up the shuttle and it does not reach back tram line,

"giving me a heart attack"

[chris-ccc]

Well, here we go in preparation for the draw later tonight.

The selection pool is listed below. As mentioned in the first post the pool has been split in two. Three players will be selected from each section below to form one team, the remaining players will form the other.

For the purposes of selection HK + KelvinK will be treated as a (rather scary 2 headed, four armed) single player as will DoublesPlease + Fuji as they will be playing in tournaments and need some practice together.

Draw will be at 6:45 tonight.

Section a
Chiranthi-M (+)
ozheater (+)
jwksam (+)
hkhung (+)
kelvin_k (+)
Amanda (+)

Section b
DoublesPlease (-)

Fuji_ (-)
Ketut (-)
kong-19 (-)
smashed_1 (-)
yschin (-)


Sorry DoublesPlease,

I can see that you are hinting for the latest CCC Handicapped Points, as at the end of GOOD FRIDAY 6-Apr-2007;

And here they are...

Section a
Chiranthi-M (+6)
ozheater (+2)
jwksam (+8)
hkhung (+2)
kelvin_k (+2)
Amanda (0)

Section b
DoublesPlease (-6)

Fuji_ (-6)
Ketut (-6)
kong-19 (-4)
smashed_1 (-6)
yschin (-4)

And sorry that I am not able to witness the draw... have to go now for Coaching APBC@MSAC tonight.

Cheers... chris@ccc

[DoublesPlease]

The hat has been charged and the first player out is....

Amanda

[DoublesPlease]

so, on to the next pick

shuffle shuffle, who will be the second in our group a selection...

it's...

ozheater

and the last pick for the section is...

Chiranthi-M

[DoublesPlease]

The teams so far are:

Amanda
ozheater
Chiranthi-M

and

jwksam
hkhung
kelvin_k

shake out the hat, as you can see there's nothing in there...





and now in with the other paper bits appearing today courtesy of ROC Oil and their annual general meeeting mailing sheet...

shake shake...

...

[DoublesPlease]

first up it's...

kong-19

and...

Ketut

and finally

smashed-1

[DoublesPlease]

The teams are:

Amanda
ozheater
Chiranthi-M
kong-19
Ketut
smashed_1

and

jwksam
hkhung
kelvin_k
yschin
Fuji
DoublesPlease

[DoublesPlease]

Well,

There we have it. The players are listed in no particular order at the moment. We'll need captains for the two teams to put together the order of play so I'm looking for volunteers there, I'd prefer to have the order sorted out before Friday.

Also have a think of a name for each of the teams.

DP

[hkhung]

As usual i volunteer.

It's time to brush up on my captaining skill

DP, don't forget to
a) buy presents for winners
b) bring camera (i will remember this time as last time the mobile phone cam is really rubbish)

[LilyC]

HAHAHAHAHAHA...

This is cool~ a LIVE draw!!! :D

[monic@]

DP, don't forget to
b) bring camera (i will remember this time as last time the mobile phone cam is really rubbish)I'll bring my camera along too, I love taking photos!
Unfortunately, I'll miss the first hour of games. Doesn't matter anyway, my photos won't be that great, so I'll be the back-up photographer.

See you on Friday! :D

[DoublesPlease]

As usual i volunteer.

No problem Captn, so we'll put together the batting order tomorrow night at supper? Still need a captn for the other team.


a) buy presents for winners

Another downside for 6 a team matches.


b) bring camera

Helmut is the official CCC photographer, I assume he'll be there. Don't let that stop you bringing yours Monic@, more the merrier

I think I read somewhere that Daniel wanted to be a fillin, got you on the list. And Hi Lily I need a fillin for Chiranthi and Amanda, what say you? Remember that being a fillin doesn't commit you to coming along, simply gives me a first stop, and if you do fillin and win you get to indulge in the prize.

Also remember that regular social will continue on the other two courts and then on all four once the games finish.

DP

[chris-ccc]

DP, don't forget to
a) buy presents for winners
b) bring camera (i will remember this time as last time the mobile phone cam is really rubbish)


Greetings,

Came home from coaching and found our interersting LIVE DRAW and more posts from our players@ccc...

Well Done to DoublesPlease and All Participants Involved. :):):)

We are now ready to "LET THE GAMES BEGIN".

Regarding the prize for the winners, I have something... and the prize is edible and I wish that it would be consumed at our SUPPERTIME@CCC, by winners and losers, and even by non-participants.

And agreeing with DoublesPlease...... the more photographers the better !!! :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

[hkhung]

No problem Captn, so we'll put together the batting order tomorrow night at supper? Still need a captn for the other team.

DP:

Sure, but i ain't posting it here though.

Seriously, I will try to come for supper but won't stay long cos private coaching with Chris for my singles thur 10-12.


I'll bring my camera along too, I love taking photos!

Monic@:

Good idea, mate.


I think I read somewhere that Daniel wanted to be a fillin, got you on the list.


By the way, Daniel's username is gozzer.

He should be here tonite or friday cos he need to look for partner for JTUltra c men's double.

[yschin]

[quote=hkhung]

a) buy presents for winners
quote]

On behalf of all the players and in appreciation , I have a little momento to be given out to DP and the two Capts on Fri.


ys

[gozzer]

By the way, Daniel's username is gozzer.

He should be here tonite or friday cos he need to look for partner for JTUltra c men's double.
It sure is :) But unfortunately I won't be joining you this Friday. Got some major partying to attend, at my friend's 21st, which I totally forgot about until today. Whoopsie :-)

Cheers,
Daniel

[gozzer]

Oh and DP, thanks for the chocolate you gave me last week. Very tasty stuff! :)

[DoublesPlease]

Oh and DP, thanks for the chocolate you gave me last week. Very tasty stuff! :)

No problem Daniel. For those playing this week's games Chris@CCC has organised a Surprize for the players at supper afterwards. Not sure what it is but apparently it is edible.

DP

[DoublesPlease]

Capt Hung has made his selection for the team:

1) yschin
2) DoublesPlease
3) Fuji
4) hkhung
5) kelvin_k
6) jwksam

DP

[hkhung]

Capt Hung has made his selection for the team:

Aye aye.

Was hoping not to review my squad and try to throw the opposition team a few surprises with fill in and stuff.

Have to think of another "strategy" now.

Today, I was actually thinking of 10 things that "WOULD NOT" happen in the trial league
- a lin dan stare once the umpire does not make decision of in/out straightaway (unfriendly is not a motto of CCC, then again .....)
- players receiving medals and oversized cheques (might think of this one eventually)
- players in tears at the end of the match and falling on to the ground
- crowd shouting "jai yu" which is keep working in mandarin (what crowd)
- players waving at the crowd (ditto the previous point)
- players and coach talk in an foreign language while chainging over at 11 points (will try to make this happen while speaking cantonese just to confuse people)
- changing the shuttle in the middle of the game (think about the cost, guys!)

Fill free to put in more.

[chris-ccc]

Greetings,

Team A should be pleased that your teammate kong-19 has arrived at Melbourne Airport today @1:30pm, Thursday 12-Apr-2007. :):):)

He said that his flight from Brisbane, Queensland, was good and he said that he is all ready to do his best for his teammates.

I've just returned home after picking him up at the airport and delivering him safely to the Games Village. :cool::cool::cool:

BTW Chiranthi-M, between the airport and the Games Village, I took kong-19 for lunch, at a Sri Lankan Restaurant.

Cheers... chris@ccc

[BadFever]

I've just returned home after picking him up at the airport and delivering him safely to the Games Village. :cool::cool::cool:


Hey Chris, is this "Games Village" what I think it is, our Kong-19's favourite joint. :o If it is, I hope it's not going to cost you too much unnecessary inconvenient, $$$ wise. I rest my case. ;)

[hkhung]

BTW Chiranthi-M, between the airport and the Games Village, I took kong-19 for lunch, at a Sri Lankan Restaurant.

Did you get the business card?

[smashed_1]

Hi smashed_1,

Yes, I have with me the magazine Badminton Asia that yschin brought back from Malaysia for us@CCC. :):):)

And I will bring it for you at our session on Friday 13-Apr-2007, the night of our CCC League Games Trial #2.

Cheers... chris@ccc
thanks chris@ccc, look forward to cing it. thanx to yschin too! maybe we could give yschin a forward payment & mb he could be kind enuf to post us the next edition?

Hi DP,
thanks for the nomination as team selector for the "Interstate" team

The following players are challenging HK "Hurricane Ken's" team:
1. S1
2. Ketut
3. K19
4. Ozzy
5. Amanda
6. Chiranthi

With the first 3 players on equal handicap could be a close league.

According to my scientific analysis, the first game on would be S1 & Ketut vs yschin & DP...following that will have to await for DP's match schedule :)

cyas 2morro

[hkhung]

The following players are challenging HK "Hurricane Ken's" team:

I almost forget i need a team name. Thanks for making a name.

Comes to think of it, hurricane ken doesn't really rhythm.

Well, too late now.

[hkhung]

Is it too late to chage the battering order? Without realising that e&f has the most occurences (3) besides a&b. I like to change the order.

original order
1) yschin
2) DoublesPlease
3) Fuji
4) hkhung
5) kelvin_k
6) jwksam

1) yschin
2) DoublesPlease
3) Fuji
4) jwksam
5) kelvin
6) hkhung

If you cannot type in schedule, i would do that in the middle of the day.


THIS IS FINAL. really really sorry.

[hkhung]

i just print out score sheet so will bring them tonite.

Will bring clipboard+pen.

[Fuji_]

[quote=hkhung]
... I have a little momento to be given out...
ys

Hey ys,
When are you going back? Must bring a bottle of nice red for your bon voyage. Also a good excuse to indulge myself... Haven't had a red for yonks... ;)

Cheers,
Kee

[DoublesPlease]

Hi,

Looks like the teams are now final. As last time I would like to start play at 8pm, the nets are up at 7:30 which gives everyone a nice warmup. We'll be playing on the two courts furthest from the entrance. The list of games & results will be recorded on the whiteboard. Have fun.

1) yschin
2) DoublesPlease
3) Fuji
4) jwksam
5) kelvin
6) hkhung

vs.

1. S1
2. Ketut
3. K19
4. Ozzy
5. Amanda
6. Chiranthi

DP

[hkhung]

As last time I would like to start play at 8pm, the nets are up at 7:30 which gives everyone a nice warmup.

DP, you are the king of organzing.

For all the headache, I think i owe you a can of coke.

Comes to think of it, maybe i should get you a frozen coke at 7-11 2 nite.

Then again, it depends how well we do ....

otherwise, the frozen coke might materlised in the form of a coke lolly instead

[hkhung]

When are you going back? Must bring a bottle of nice red for your bon voyage. Also a good excuse to indulge myself... Haven't had a red for yonks...

he's going back? remind me to fast track the progress of next social occasion ....

[DoublesPlease]

i just print out score sheet so will bring them tonite. Will bring clipboard+pen.

Thanks HK, have a good time tonight.

[chris-ccc]

Greetings,

Before DoublesPlease compiles and posts the Results for our CCC League Games Trial #2......
I would like to say Big Thank You's to the following;

(1) Thank you DoublesPlease for planning and organising it. :):):)

(2) Thank you Players@CCC who participated in it. :cool::cool::cool:

(3) Thank you helmut for taking photos for us. ;););)

(4) Thank you yschin who donated his engraved CCC Badminton medals, given out to DoublesPlease and the two captains, hkhung & smashed_1. :):):)

From the discussions at our supper after the Games, it appears that Trial #2 was more enjoyable that Trial #1.

However, more feedback is required.

BTW, after the Games, we set a Record Attendance for our SUPPERTIME@CCC... 25!!! :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

[helmut]

... documenting fierce battles and moments of eternal fame and shame, dutifully recorded and submitted ad majorem gloriam etc etc

Helmut

[helmut]

honoured and knighted ...

[chris-ccc]

BTW, after the Games, we set a Record Attendance for our SUPPERTIME@CCC... 25!!! :):):)


Oops... blunder caused by confusion... :):):)

monic@ has just corrected me... after the Games, we have only set a Record Attendance for our SUPPERTIME@CCC @ 24. :o:o:o

I have forgotten that ozheater, who had car problem, decided not to attend.

Cheers... chris@ccc

[monic@]

Oops... ...after the Games, we have only set a Record Attendance for our SUPPERTIME@CCC @ 24. :o:o:oONLY!?! That's still quite a record to beat!

Congratulations to all the participants of the games and well done to DP for organising and supervising it all so well (from what I was able to see :p). Thanks Helmut, for the great shots of the players in action.
Well, now I'm just repeating everyone else... but lastly, wishing all of those who have been celebrating - a happy and peaceful Hindu and Sinhala New Year. :)

[hkhung]

would like to say Big Thank You's to the following;

(1) Thank you DoublesPlease for planning and organising it. :):):)

(2) Thank you Players@CCC who participated in it. :cool::cool::cool:

(3) Thank you helmut for taking photos for us. ;););)

(4) Thank you yschin who donated his engraved CCC Badminton medals, given out to DoublesPlease and the two captains, hkhung & smashed_1. :):):)

It's time for me to act childish again (and put more post), u have been warned.

Chris, why are i not being thanked for

a) talking/PM ketut, lilyC, kevin, Joseph, talking to Jack,Daniel,Amanda for joining trial league. Hang on, that's almost like a team that i put together?!

b) bringing clipboard and scoresheet for the nite

In fact, at supper i was even comtemplating with smashed_1 the possibilty of me, DP, Helmut ALL MISSING TOGETHER for friday nite. Just thinking of it give me a evil grin. At least soon you won't have that many new member to deal with
as before.

Ok, i can sleep peacefully now.

[DoublesPlease]

Well, we've come to the end of the trial games #2. It was a good night and apart from the balanced result my impression was that the games were more evenly matched this time around. I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did.

On to the results. The teams ended up with the rather unimaginative names Blue and Green being the two textas I picked up first.

Blue vs Green

Fj + jw vs Oz + Am - 17 / 21
jw + kv vs K19 + Oz - 19 / 21
jw + kv vs Am + Cm - 21 / 14
kv + hk vs Oz + Am - 12 / 21
kv + hk vs Am + Cm - 21 / 14
jw + hk vs Am + Cm - 21 / 14
jw + hk vs Am + Cm - 12 / 21
kv + hk vs Oz + Cm - 22 / 20
kv + hk vs Oz + Cm - 18 / 21
Ys + DP vs S1 + Kt - 21 / 14
Ys + DP vs Kt + K19 - 23 / 21
DP + Fj vs S1 + Kt - 21 / 16
Ys + Fj vs S1 + Kt - 21 / 14
Ys + Fj vs S1 + Kt - 21 / 13
Ys + DP vs S1 + K19 - 19 / 21
Ys + DP vs S1 + K19 - 21 / 17
DP + Fj vs K19 + Oz - 21 / 15
Fj + jw vs Kt + K19 - 9 / 21

Blue - 9 games, 334 aces
Green - 9 games, 325 aces

Thank-you to all that played, there is a feedback thread at http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42682 please take a look and post your views.

DP

[DoublesPlease]

To HK for the score sheets for the game and what looked like to me like a schedule for the entire night's games. Also for his recruiting drive earlier on.

To Yschin for the medallion, it is hanging above my waterfall & with a bit of luck will concentrate the feng shui.

And to Chris@CCC who makes it all possible.

DP

[DoublesPlease]

The photos are courtesy of Monic@, all but two feature Ketut variously waving his arms, dancing around and even one or two on court with a racquet in his hand.

Action shot of Fuji with jwksam ready to pounce on the return & our official CCC photographer on the job with Captn Hung and S1 nearby.

And of course Ketut (left) with kong19.

DP

[smashed_1]

In fact, at supper i was even comtemplating with smashed_1 the possibilty of me, DP, Helmut ALL MISSING TOGETHER for friday nite.
Hurricane, aren't u coming on friday nights anymore?? :(, where will you 3 be going?

[smashed_1]

Blue vs Green

Fj + jw vs Oz + Am - 17 / 21
jw + kv vs K19 + Oz - 19 / 21
jw + kv vs Am + Cm - 21 / 14
kv + hk vs Oz + Am - 12 / 21
kv + hk vs Am + Cm - 21 / 14
jw + hk vs Am + Cm - 21 / 14
jw + hk vs Am + Cm - 12 / 21
kv + hk vs Oz + Cm - 22 / 20
kv + hk vs Oz + Cm - 18 / 21
Ys + DP vs S1 + Kt - 21 / 14
Ys + DP vs Kt + K19 - 23 / 21
DP + Fj vs S1 + Kt - 21 / 16
Ys + Fj vs S1 + Kt - 21 / 14
Ys + Fj vs S1 + Kt - 21 / 13
Ys + DP vs S1 + K19 - 19 / 21
Ys + DP vs S1 + K19 - 21 / 17
DP + Fj vs K19 + Oz - 21 / 15
Fj + jw vs Kt + K19 - 9 / 21

Blue - 9 games, 334 aces
Green - 9 games, 325 aces
DP
Hi DP,
Firstly compliments for DP in setting up trial No. 2. Its a great thing to have some variety events for play.

A big thanks to yschin for the medallion - muchly appreciated and thanks for coming all the way from KL to play in our little league :)
& to Kong for coming all the way from Bris-vegas to play in our team too!

Great work to the photographers too :D

Thanks for the result posting DP, but looking at the results... maybe I can't add-up but I can't calculate a total 9-9 334/325? is afew games scores switched around?


Thank-you to all that played, there is a feedback thread please take a look and post your views.

No prob DP, will let you know :)

[DoublesPlease]

they add up now...

Fj + jw vs Oz + Am - 17 / 21
jw + kv vs K19 + Oz - 19 / 21
jw + kv vs Am + Cm - 21 / 14
kv + hk vs Oz + Am - 12 / 21
kv + hk vs Am + Cm - 21 / 14
jw + hk vs Am + Cm - 21 / 14
jw + hk vs Am + Cm - 12 / 21
kv + hk vs Oz + Cm - 20 / 22
kv + hk vs Oz + Cm - 18 / 21
Ys + DP vs S1 + Kt - 21 / 14
Ys + DP vs Kt + K19 - 23 / 21
DP + Fj vs S1 + Kt - 21 / 16
Ys + Fj vs S1 + Kt - 21 / 14
Ys + Fj vs S1 + Kt - 21 / 13
Ys + DP vs S1 + K19 - 19 / 21
Ys + DP vs S1 + K19 - 17 / 21
DP + Fj vs K19 + Oz - 21 / 15
Fj + jw vs Kt + K19 - 9 / 21

Blue - 9 games, 334 aces
Green - 9 games, 325 aces

[smashed_1]

they add up now...

Blue - 9 games, 334 aces
Green - 9 games, 325 aces
Ahh thats kewl, thanks DP, I can sleep well now :)

[monic@]

Thank you DP for posting two of my shots.
I didn't think that any of them would be worth sharing, unless you're sending them directly to Ketut. It was fun to try taking action photos, difficult but a good challenge, that's why I instantly take shots of posers (too easy!).
By the way, nice camera! :cool:
Oh, a question, what's the definition of a badminton ace?

See you on Friday! :D

[chris-ccc]

Well, we've come to the end of the trial games #2...... I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did.

Thank-you to all that played, there is a feedback thread at http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42682 please take a look and post your views.

Greetings,

One of the questions has been answered... :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

[chris-ccc]

Oh, a question, what's the definition of a badminton ace?


Hi monic@,

To me... a Badminton Ace is a serve that one's receiver fails to hit/return. So, it is a point scored by such a serve.

One of the ways to achieve a Badminton Ace is to perform a deceptive flick serve.

Cheers... chris@ccc

[chris-ccc]

It's time for me to act childish again (and put more post), u have been warned.

Chris, why are i not being thanked for

a) talking/PM ketut, lilyC, kevin, Joseph, talking to Jack, Daniel, Amanda for joining trial league. Hang on, that's almost like a team that i put together?!

b) bringing clipboard and scoresheet for the nite

In fact, at supper i was even comtemplating with smashed_1 the possibilty of me, DP, Helmut ALL MISSING TOGETHER for friday nite. Just thinking of it give me a evil grin. At least soon you won't have that many new member to deal with
as before.

Ok, i can sleep peacefully now.

Hi hkhung,

Our players@ccc are not stupid !!! :):):)

We all know who are the ones who have been asking;
"What can we do for CCC Badminton ?".

And we all know who are the ones who have been asking;
"What can CCC Badminton do for us ?"

Your enthusiasm for the CCC League Games Trials is well appreciated. :cool::cool::cool:

So...... A Big Thank You for your enthusiasism for the Competitive Side of our CCC Badminton Club.

Cheers... chris@ccc

[monic@]

Hi hkhung,

Our players@ccc are not stupid !!! :):):)Hahahaha! I love the use of large, red, bold font and Chris' usual triple exclamation mark ending. I thought you were mad at Cpt. Hurricane!

Thank you for the ace explanation. Since there were hundreds of aces, I'm guessing that they were the unreturnable serves, not untouched ones... but I could be wrong! :o

See you on Friday! :D

[yschin]

Hi DP,

A big thanks to yschin for the medallion - muchly appreciated and thanks for coming all the way from KL to play in our little league :)


No worries, it is from all the participants (they owed me a few cents each). I took it upon myself to chose a medallion 'cos it can be engraved with CCC... etc on it and that is the only thing I can find with a badminton & shuttle on it which I thought might be more appropriate in this case.

Maybe you can come all the way from Melb and I organise a little league for you here.

ys

[chris-ccc]

I'm guessing that they were the unreturnable serves, not untouched ones... but I could be wrong! :o


Oops... I guessed my explanation is not clear enough. :o:o:o

Perhaps I will try another approach.

Badminton Ace occurs when the shuttlecock leaves the server's racket and finishes on the receiver's court, untouched by the receiver.

Cheers... chris@ccc

[hkhung]

So...... A Big Thank You for your enthusiasism for the Competitive Side of our CCC Badminton Club.

Albeit sometimes this enthusiasism is mistimed and uncalculated .....

I knew this would get people posting as i wait gleefully in front of my computer.

Now you know why thread are viewed many times.


Badminton Ace occurs when the shuttlecock leaves the server's racket and finishes on the receiver's court, untouched by the receiver.


Is there a term called "return ace" as you serve, receiver touch that the rally is finished.

As you can see, i am more excited by this instead of ace cos it shows receiver is up to the challenge of uh .....

receiving serve?

[Hagane]

The matches I've seen (bear in mind that these terms are often derived from tennis) calls them winners (like tennis) :)

Good pics, sounds like everyone had fun there :)

Sorry if I can't join these events :o .. Fridays are.... generally hectic for work or other things :)

Even supper starts too late for me :o

[hkhung]

opinion for trial leauge in terms of organizing:

Good points:
- roster finalized one week before the event, well done!
- people play with/against each other on a equal level, WELL DONE!
- most of players seem to know what's going on in terms of the rundown of the lague
- almost everybody had a go at umpire
- great backup plan regarding reserves

Improvements:
- we need more people to help out for umpire, match schedule, updating score when DP is playing. This could well be achieved if 1 or 2 person besides DP knew what was going on rather than asking people to read about the discussion board regarding the event.

Sorry DP, could have come to the supper on wed day before the "big day" to sort things out, but i had private coaching the day after. But i am more than happy if you hand me duty on the nite.

Summary, great event! And a miracle in terms of the result as in 9 all.

[chris-ccc]

Hi hkhung,

You have posted your comments in the wrong thread. :):):)

I have cut and pasted your comments to the correct thread, located at:
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=556315#post556315

Cheers... chris@ccc

[Ketut]

The photos are courtesy of Monic@, all but two feature Ketut variously waving his arms, dancing around and even one or two on court with a racquet in his hand.

Action shot of Fuji with jwksam ready to pounce on the return & our official CCC photographer on the job with Captn Hung and S1 nearby.

And of course Ketut (left) with kong19.

DP

Hi DP,

First of all, a big thank to you for organising the trial league-2. It was great. I'm also thanking everyone who join in the league and also thanks to Chris who provides the venue. Last but not least, I thanks to Monic@ who took some pictures of me while I was playing and/or after the games.

Ketut

[monic@]

Just quickly before I go off to class... You're welcome Ketut!

You were the only person who was trying to get the camera's attention during the second trial night. :D

[hkhung]

You were the only person who was trying to get the camera's attention during the second trial night.

Mon:

G, i wasn't even aware that you were taking picture.

Any luck posting them here on the board?

[chris-ccc]

Mon:

G, i wasn't even aware that you were taking picture.

Any luck posting them here on the board?


Hi hkhung,

Momic@'s photos can be found in Post #118... and she thanked DoublesPlease for posting them for her in Post #123.

Somehow, you are not aware of a lot of things in our threads too. :confused::confused::confused:

We have spoken about it before... and I still don't understand how come you can still miss out on so many postings. :):):)

Cheers... chris@ccc

[monic@]

Don't worry about it HK, just read more carefully next time. ;)

Direct link, if you like: DP's post of M@'s photos (http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=552562&postcount=118)
(Oh! I just realised that I hadn't thanked him for lending his DSLR to me. Thank you DP!)
See you on Friday! :D