Following E-mail ws sent out today be National Executive Director (NED) Stuart Borrie and relates to the news of Dennis Morgan death on 1th October, and funeral on 22th October Dear All On Tuesday this week - BA learned that on 15 October Dennis Morgan, former BA National Executive Director and Badminton Competition Manager for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games passed away. His funeral was held on Saturday 22 October 2005. Robin Bryant, President wrote the following on his significant contribution to our badminton community. Dennis Morgan Dennis Morgan worked for Badminton Australia from around 1990 until 2 years before the Sydney Olympics where he took up the job of competition manager for Badminton. Dennis arrived in badminton from hockey and proceeded to move the sport from the kitchen table to a more professional operation. Dennis spent a lot of time, developing relations with the Sports Commission, building up the inventory of activities that a professional office required and working closely with Board Members to ensure each of their portfolios contributed to the growth of the sport. With the advent of the Olympic Athlete Program Dennis put his organising skills to use by developing our first full time national squad. That he did this with a budget that was really meant to be a part time operation based on camps is a tribute to his organising skills. His efforts saw the development of a group of players who distinguished themselves at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria Canada with a total of 5 medals (4 bronze medals and a gold in the ladies singles). Dennis was totally committed to sport, he was an affable person with a very strong network. His work at the Sydney Olympics saw a first class presentation of badminton, well in keeping with the standards applied right across the Games. An obituary was published today in Sports Vine - a subscriber online news service to the sports industry in Australia (see below for this). Please circulate as appropriate. Regards Stuart Borrie National Executive Director Badminton Australia Tel: + 61 3 9397 4722 Web: www.badminton.org.au ****************************************** Obituary Dennis Morgan OAM, Administrator Dennis Morgan OAM, who died on October 15, will be remembered for his greatcontribution to Australian sport as a player and an administrator. Morgan played professional Rugby League in Australia and the United Kingdom. A Kyneton dairy farmer, Kyneton Councilor, President of the Kyneton Basketball Association, basketball coach and life member Victoria Basketball Referees Association, he was also Executive Director of Victorian Mens' Hockey Association and oversaw development of the State Hockey Centre at Royal Park. He also organised the prestigious Mens' Hockey Championships Trophy in 1990. Executive Director of Australian Badminton Association for more than ten years in this role before the Sydney Olympics, where he took up the job of Competition Manager for badminton, Morgan moved the sport of badminton from the kitchen table to a more professional operation. He spent a lot of time developing relations with the Australian Sports Commission, building up the inventory of activities that a professional office required and working closely with board members to ensure each of their portfolios contributed to the growth of the sport. Morgan, who was awarded the OAM for services to sport, was totally committed to sport. He was an affable person with an extremely strong network. His work as Competition Manager Badminton at the Sydney Olympics saw a first class presentation of badminton. ******************************************************************
