side news during Hongkong Open 2008

**badMania** · 11-24-2008, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by huangkwokhau

..In Austria/Zurich.....it was snow storm.....amazing...in HKG it is not chilly at all...

Weather report: It's slowly going to be pretty cool (14-15 degrees) right at the weekend. Right now, it's quite mild with sunshine.

**abedeng** · 11-24-2008, 10:37 PM

Originally Posted by .ash.

haha.
of course them suprised about that
because they dont believed why the biggest sport in INA and always give medals cant fund their players to go to tournaments..
hmmpf..
I hope our ina players can do their best and get more excited
becaused they fund themselves to go the tournament..

Well, it surprised me too. Never saw PBSI's lack of funding became an issue in the 60s to 90s.

Anyway, as you said, since players are funding themselves, they would probably have better motivation to fight for the title this week.

**.ash.** · 11-24-2008, 11:08 PM

yeah,,that's why it's suprised most of people..hehehe

yap,,that's right
i hope ina players will have at least 1 title for this tournament

**ants** · 11-24-2008, 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by huangkwokhau

YONEX is coming up "limited edition" for shoes/bags with Dragon symbol in it.....it costs HK$ 500for shoes....HK 300 for bags...this time, YONEX is selling a lot of "Japanese made Yonex shirt"...not cheap but very good quality...

That is considered cheap already...

**george@chongwei** · 11-25-2008, 12:20 AM

good side news there, rudy@

keep them coming..
and dont forget to update me some news as well

**abedeng** · 11-25-2008, 12:52 AM

Originally Posted by george@chongwei

good side news there, rudy@

keep them coming..
and dont forget to update me some news as well

George, if only you would join us for Super Series finals, you could be the source of side news too ........

**george@chongwei** · 11-25-2008, 01:11 AM

Originally Posted by abedeng

George, if only you would join us for Super Series finals, you could be the source of side news too ........

im already started to plan for the MO09 already

btw, the tickets are up for sale now

**huangkwokhau** · 11-25-2008, 03:26 AM

There is a rumour that China may not send their players to MAS Open and Korea Open as they need intensive training.....

**george@chongwei** · 11-25-2008, 03:30 AM

Originally Posted by huangkwokhau

There is a rumour that China may not send their players to MAS Open and Korea Open as they need intensive training.....

thats quite sad though especially to fans from malaysia or korea to see the top chinese players in action..
anyway, its just a rumor, lets not make it like it is really gonna be happen

**etudiant** · 11-25-2008, 03:48 AM

Originally Posted by huangkwokhau

There is a rumour that China may not send their players to MAS Open and Korea Open as they need intensive training.....

intensive training for what exactly....olympic is nowhere near at least 3 yrs ahead....or maybe for SC as thyre the def champ...

**abedeng** · 11-25-2008, 04:07 AM

Originally Posted by huangkwokhau

There is a rumour that China may not send their players to MAS Open and Korea Open as they need intensive training.....

Intensive training, for what, World Championships? That's a long way away ......

I remember Zhang Ning during the last Malaysian Open, she looked so tired from intensive training, went down to Hwang Hye Youn easily.

**ants** · 11-25-2008, 06:12 AM

I will be joining the China team in Jan. Therefore i will not be attending the MO 09 as well.

**badMania** · 11-25-2008, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by abedeng

Intensive training, for what, World Championships? That's a long way away ......

I remember Zhang Ning during the last Malaysian Open, she looked so tired from intensive training, went down to Hwang Hye Youn easily.

They had the annual intensive Winter Camps usually held late December-mid January.

**ants** · 11-25-2008, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by badMania

Weather report: It's slowly going to be pretty cool (14-15 degrees) right at the weekend. Right now, it's quite mild with sunshine.

Its not really MILD for Malaysian standard. Zurich is colder right now compare to Austria. Last week the weather is still tolerable. At night its freezing and snowed a little. Good thing its not windy.

**ye333** · 11-25-2008, 09:02 AM

According to news, LYB indeed said that. He said the team will undergo 3 months of intensive training. I guess we can expect some players have great form in 2009 AE.

Originally Posted by huangkwokhau

There is a rumour that China may not send their players to MAS Open and Korea Open as they need intensive training.....

**Jonc108** · 11-25-2008, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by ye333

According to news, LYB indeed said that. He said the team will undergo 3 months of intensive training. I guess we can expect some players have great form in 2009 AE.

LYB did say so...
As I said in other threads, the CHN team only cares about OG, WC, Thomas Cup, Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup, AG and maybe AE... not really care about SS...
All their training program are set according to the major competitions that they really care about...
So their next year's targets could be WC, AE and Sudirman Cup...

**ctjcad** · 11-25-2008, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by huangkwokhau

YONEX is coming up "limited edition" for shoes/bags with Dragon symbol in it.....it costs HK$ 500for shoes....HK 300 for bags...this time, YONEX is selling a lot of "Japanese made Yonex shirt"...not cheap but very good quality...

you mentioned?? worn by Yip Pui Yin and some of the HK players??..

Btw, no sign of you in those pics??..