2009 New Zealand Open GP

[george@chongwei]

sure,will wait.hehe.thx:cool:
wow, you are surely indeed a very big fan of CHW in bc:D:p
unfortunately she lost in the final, by right she should be able to win the match together with wiratama after i watched the match. anyway, all the best to them in the world championship:)

[chris-ccc]

The next Six.......shd be... Jap, England, Hong Kong, Thailand, India and Chinese Taipei.......



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We shouldn't forget to include Singapore. Their younger players have been making great progress lately.
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[Krisna]

I am waiting for India to be the 6th badminton powerhouse... :cool:

The first 5 are obviously:
China
Indonesia
Malaysia
Korea
Denmark

The next 5 should be:
India
England
Australia
USA
Brazil
:D

I'm just thinking ahead.... :p Without enthusiastic participation from countries all over the globe, the future of the game is not so fantastic... :(


http://soon.smugmug.com/gallery/9132225_ADDvk

There you go :)

BTW, I would replace Australia from that list with New Zealand... they may have the numbers and funding, but I think historically NZ does better than AUS :p

NZ have no market... too few people... many many cattles though...


..yeah, Japan should be up there, at least before India.
..how abt Hong Kong China (okay, i know they're a part of China)??..
Thailand??..
Australia and New Zealand should team up together..
USA is still far...Brazil is even further..:p

Btw, thanks for capturing and sharing the pics with us all, noluckjim!:cool:

If we see the world today, yes, Japan is up there, but we need the whole planet to be involved in badminton...


The next Six.......shd be... Jap, England, Hong Kong, Thailand, India and Chinese Taipei.......

That's the situation right now... We need the BIGGER countries like the US, India, Brazil to be involved... maybe Russia too... :D

[ctjcad]

..courtesy of gettyimages.com

Chan Yan Kit & Wong Wing Ki (black/white top)

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Sayaka Sato & Maria Febe K.

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