Chicago Open 2008

**alexkho** · 09-04-2008, 09:28 AM

well improve is so far away for me
i need find someone to coach me but no coach around in 100miles :P

so well looking forward to meet everybody in chicago open

i hear there is now 109 people register 50 +++ more is sending in their application as we speak.

**tansarbh** · 09-04-2008, 03:25 PM

jeez, thats too many!

**alexkho** · 09-18-2008, 01:18 PM

looking foward to see you guys who is going to chicago open !!!!!!!

not really loooking foward for my first match hahahah don't really feel 100% now

**nala123** · 09-19-2008, 01:17 PM

good luck to everyone playing and hope you all have a good time!

does this mean single only have to show up around 12:00 pm? how are the draws made?

20th 8:00 am Registration Warm-up
9:00 am Tournament play, MD & WD play to semi finals
12:00pm Singles registration
1:00 pm MS & WS play to semi-finals
3:30 pm Mixed Doubles registration
4:00 pm Mixed Doubles play to semi-finals

**ThePlayer** · 09-19-2008, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by nala123

good luck to everyone playing and hope you all have a good time!

does this mean single only have to show up around 12:00 pm? how are the draws made?

20th 8:00 am Registration Warm-up
9:00 am Tournament play, MD & WD play to semi finals
12:00pm Singles registration
1:00 pm MS & WS play to semi-finals
3:30 pm Mixed Doubles registration
4:00 pm Mixed Doubles play to semi-finals

As long as you are there before 1:00, you will be fine. But better be there at least 15 minutes earlier.

Some known good players make up the seeds. Others will fill the blanks. if you are not good played know by organizers, most probably you will play a good player in the first round, which is necessary not a bad thing. You end up in group C or D and have a chance to play more games.

That's probably the case for me.

**nala123** · 09-22-2008, 11:02 AM

How was this tournament? Were there lot of people? Who ended up winning by the way, my friend went to it for the finals day but I haven't talked to him after that. Who won? Any BC'ers?

**alexkho** · 09-22-2008, 11:10 AM

my partner was in the final of men's A group

he lost but still was an awesome event !!

i will post some photo here when i get done process the photo.

**alexkho** · 09-22-2008, 01:15 PM

http://picasaweb.google.com/kho.kiak...hicagoOpen2008

here the photo i took ..... mostly taken on Sunday (Semi and Final). Larry the photographer took most of the photo on Saturday.

Please comment on my photo and let me know how can i improve on taking photo !! too bad i not much picture of me .... because i taken most of it !!

Thanks!!!

**ThePlayer** · 09-22-2008, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by alexkho

http://picasaweb.google.com/kho.kiak...hicagoOpen2008

here the photo i took ..... mostly taken on Sunday (Semi and Final). Larry the photographer took most of the photo on Saturday.

Please comment on my photo and let me know how can i improve on taking photo !! too bad i not much picture of me .... because i taken most of it !!

Thanks!!!

The photos are very good. If you view those photos in a fast continous motion, you actually see a player moving, cool.

I am surprised to see I am in there too.

**alexkho** · 09-22-2008, 03:38 PM

which one is you
PM if you don't to let everyone know !!! hahahaha

**tansarbh** · 09-22-2008, 04:27 PM

Wow, nice pics man.

It was nice to see you there.

btw, where are my pics?:@

**spohl** · 09-22-2008, 05:47 PM

Wow, Great photos! I was wondering if you might be able to email me copies of the following photos in the large file size? Would you mind if I put some of these photos on my website?

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My email is admin@shannonpohl.com

Again, nice shots!

Thanks,
Shannon Pohl

**spohl** · 09-22-2008, 06:04 PM

Hello again!

I just wanted to mention to everyone that I am now coaching in the Chicagoland area! I am available for private, semi-private, and group lessons. I am also available for clinics and demonstrations!

I spent last year coaching two adult teams in the Danish professional badminton league. I was happy to return to coaching the Eastern Illinois Junior Badminton Camp this year after being unable to for several years while I was training in California and Denmark! I am currently #2 in the USA in women's singles, and reached my highest international ranking ever this year at #69 in the world in women's singles.

If you're interested, feel free to contact me at admin@shannonpohl.com!

~Shannon

www.shannonpohl.com

**ctjcad** · 09-29-2008, 04:29 AM

Originally Posted by alexkho

http://picasaweb.google.com/kho.kiak...hicagoOpen2008

here the photo i took ..... mostly taken on Sunday (Semi and Final). Larry the photographer took most of the photo on Saturday.

Please comment on my photo and let me know how can i improve on taking photo !! too bad i not much picture of me .... because i taken most of it !!

Thanks!!!

(just my 3 sens worth)
...for pics taken mostly, if not all, by a 50mm lens, i would say they look good, esp. the action pics (i'm not sure if you know or not, but you can actually crank up the ISO setting on that 40D to 3200, i believe it's H on the setting).

I can sense, in some of the pics, the (range) limitation you had in using that lens, though.
*wonder if our master silentheart actually attended this tourney or not??..

**ctjcad** · 10-01-2008, 05:05 PM

..(after skimming through the pics again) i recognize the gentleman in pics 2, 3 & 11. I believe he's Korean and came to the World Championships in 2005 to help as one of the Liaison Officers. And if not mistaken, he's also a BC member; however, i don't recall his name from the top of my head.

Please pass my regards (from Chris) to him the next time you see him, alexkho!thanks-

*I am still looking for pic(s) of our other Chicago-based BC members DoublesPlayer and silentheart! If either or both are in the pics, could someone id them for us-thanks-