Bay Area Corporate Badminton Challenge (BACBC) 2009

**monto** · 06-01-2009, 03:37 PM

any word on winners and second/third place?

looking forward to Kwun's pictures, I saw him there perched atop his trusty stool, when not busy playing XD

**naim564** · 06-01-2009, 03:54 PM

1st Ebay
2nd Oracle
3rd Cisco
4th Yahoo

kwun will be posting pictures soon.

**badpp** · 06-01-2009, 06:00 PM

Congrats to EBay for retaining the crown.

This year I noticed the quality of the teams from last year had all improved, and there are pleasant surprises from the new participants as well. Kudos to the organizers/volunteers for a tournament well run. Looking forward to the photos, and to an even greater BACBC 2010.

btw, Kwun, great XD play.

**ctjcad** · 06-01-2009, 06:03 PM

..so, anyone took any pics of kwun in baddy action??..

***kwun*** · 06-01-2009, 08:45 PM

thanks for posting the results. as predicted, Ebay won the Cup again this year. they beat Oracle 3-1 in the finals. my team failed to advance to the playoff but we gave everyone our best. i am very proud of them.

as for photos, i failed this time to take much good photos. i was too engrossed with helping with organization and cheering for my team i hardly spent any time with photography. i will try to see if there are good ones to share. i hope other photographers will share some photos with us.

it was totally incredible to see GGBC packed to the brim with participants and supporters from 14 different valley companies.

total success for 2009 and we are looking forward to 2010. my team will start training for it, tomorrow.

***kwun*** · 06-01-2009, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by badpp

btw, Kwun, great XD play.

thanks. much credit goes to my XD partner. she played her best badminton game yesterday, cutting off and pushing down everything that goes near her while maintaining the game plan. all i had to do was to smash down the loose lifts.

***kwun*** · 06-01-2009, 09:22 PM

these are the teams from Ebay (1st), Oracle (2nd) and Cisco (3rd)

**NGRA2000** · 06-01-2009, 09:41 PM

we had great time playing aganst Nvidia, we both fought hard and the games so tight it could go either way. I wish I could put up a better in XD with my aging body. I am sure both companies will train hard for next year's event. Our guys have a really good time and I was glad we can give them even playing time. Looking forward to next year rematch.

**Joseph** · 06-02-2009, 12:02 AM

You guys should start recruiting more badminton players into your respective companies for next year. It can be like how colleges scout high school players for certain sports. Except you guys scout badminton players for your companies for next years Bay Area Corporate.

***kwun*** · 06-02-2009, 01:42 AM

Originally Posted by NGRA2000

we had great time playing aganst Nvidia, we both fought hard and the games so tight it could go either way. I wish I could put up a better in XD with my aging body. I am sure both companies will train hard for next year's event. Our guys have a really good time and I was glad we can give them even playing time. Looking forward to next year rematch.

there were indeed great closely fought matches against Lam! there were many 3 gamers that got my whole team on our feet and the edge of our chairs. my stomach was still churning with tension well into the night. we lost fair and square to a better team.

we will come back stronger next year. so train hard.

***kwun*** · 06-02-2009, 01:45 AM

and these are some of the company representatives who made this great event possible. there should be 14, some of them were not present when the photo was taken. the rep's fearless leader is the third guy from the right in the back row.

**Qidong** · 06-02-2009, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by kwun

.... the rep's fearless leader is the third guy from the right in the back row.

I know him. So you mean he is "badpp"?

**ctjcad** · 06-02-2009, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by kwun

these are the teams from Ebay (1st), Oracle (2nd) and Cisco (3rd)

..i know the reason why eBay, Oracle and Cisco finished 1 through 3 respectively. It's because they had Lily Zhou in their corner, i mean she's in all 3 pics. Hmm, your team should hire her for next yr..

Originally Posted by kwun

and these are some of the company representatives who made this great event possible. there should be 14, some of them were not present when the photo was taken. the rep's fearless leader is the third guy from the right in the back row.

..i notice you're standing next to eBay's fearless leader. Hmm, are you trying to switch team for next yr??..

***kwun*** · 06-02-2009, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by Qidong

I know him. So you mean he is "badpp"?

he is not badpp. badpp did come say "hi". he played against our team and beat our #1 doubles!

**badpp** · 06-02-2009, 11:10 PM

There are still 11 team pictures missing... come on guys and gals. Also, anyone has a shot of the "bracket result"?

Noticed one thing about the top two winning teams, you have to wear team uniforms and they have to be dark colors. Lili is no exception.