Pick-A-Winner (PAW) #31 – FINNISH INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE - 2008

Just because madbad lost to Dreamzz in the TC 3rd singles decider!

 

what more can I say...I can't deny that we are weird...a combination of human n cat

 

Damn you Loh, damn you!!
Actually, it was kinda inevitable with the number of picks he had heft

 

Pretty Rudy
Coming down the street
Surgery, surgery
That's what he needs

 

good..good...thats funny song from Pretty Women..

 

Finnish International - Previous winners

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_International_(badminton)

2007
Men's Singles
Joachim Persson (DEN)

Women's Singles
Li Wenyan (CHN)

Men's Doubles
Frederic Mawet (BDL)
Wouter Claes (BEL)

Women's Doubles
Mie Schjött-Kristensen (DEN)
Christinna Pedersen (DEN)

Mixed Doubles
Tim Dettmann (GER)
Annekatrin Lillie (GER)

 

woohooo, another PAW tournament gets underway, and another packed schedule ahead of us this weekend ...

 

Are you playing the super 3rd singles again for your team?

 

The tournament software website for the Finnish International Challenge:

http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=20293&y=2008&m=4&d=3

Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki is the capital of Finland
The native names of Finland are Suomi (Finnish), Finland (Swedish)

First Day matches (Qualification) start at 9 am (Finland time)
Finland is 7 hours behind Singapore.
So the first match will start at 4 pm Singapore time.

 

hahaha, we'll see.
my aim is always to get into the top 5, that's the main objective.

 

Flags of the Nordic Countries

The Nordic Countries have a similar pattern on their flags although their colours are different and players from these countries, namely Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark, are represented at this Finnish International Challenge. A disappointment to see so few Norwegian players though.

Can you identify the flags?

And this familiar Indonesian player, Hendry Winarto, is now representing Spain!

 

Can you identify the flags of the Nordic countries?

Sorry, I have inadvertently left out Iceland. Wonder any of their players are taking part.

You can learn more about the Nordic countries from this website:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_countries

 

2008 PAW Race Ranking
As of March 31, 2008

-#-.Pre#-.PLAYER---------------- -Pts-. TRN

001.(003).stork................. 19780. ..6
002.(002).luyi80................ 18812. ..6
003.(001).ycchen................ 18447. ..4
004.(004).madbad................ 18403. ..6
005.(007).Dreamzz............... 17241. ..6
006.(006).apontoh............... 16816. ..6
007.(011).Sandy................. 16190. ..6
008.(008).badMania.............. 15861. ..6
009.(020).Dmitry................ 15820. ..5
010.(005).djake................. 15645. ..5
011.(010).badders7.............. 15278. ..4
012.(013).hcyong................ 14634. ..6
013.(009).tstan85............... 14352. ..4
014.(012).chuibie............... 14186. ..6
015.(019).cooler................ 13440. ..5
016.(014).Cannot_smash.......... 13011. ..5
017.(015).kevinboy.............. 12954. ..6
018.(016).robin7................ 12251. ..5
019.(017).tommy_bun............. 12243. ..5
020.(018).vching................ 12058. ..5
021.(024).Louisa................ 11841. ..6
022.(023).azabaz_ipoh........... 11657. ..4
023.(021).kar_mun............... 11339. ..5
024.(025).Jessica............... 11134. ..5
025.(032).george@chongwei....... 11028. ..6
026.(022).demolidor............. 10650. ..3
027.(040).leonardklh............ 10365. ..6
028.(028).kschong............... 10197. ..6
029.(030).CESC THE GREAT........ _9924. ..5
030.(026).bradja23.............. _9831. ..3
031.(027).rizayosia............. _9820. ..5
032.(029).Ryan214............... _9426. ..3
033.(034).tehsham............... _9157. ..6
034.(042).Loh................... _8804. ..6
035.(031).jasonmarc............. _8630. ..4
036.(033).SendspaceMax.......... _7960. ..2
037.(035).LI De Quan............ _7880. ..5
038.(038).samuel882............. _7857. ..6
039.(036).markchan.............. _7675. ..4
040.(037).leungwai18............ _7508. ..5
041.(039).Maximum............... _7240. ..2
042.(043).chemile............... _7111. ..6
043.(041).xiao_le............... _6896. ..4
044.(044).TH_4_President........ _6416. ..4
045.(045).MaLaYsIa Boleh!....... _6315. ..5
046.(052).Loopy................. _6296. ..6
047.(054).huangkwokhau.......... _6075. ..6
048.(049).920808................ _5817. ..3
049.(057).aZn_Popcorn........... _5360. ..4
050.(046).nwy5633............... _5330. ..5
051.(050).fd16n................. _5313. ..6
052.(047).taufik-ist............ _5270. ..2
053.(051).anfan2000............. _5143. ..6
054.(048).shyeling.............. _4940. ..4
055.(053).spchu................. _4400. ..4
056.(058).jump_smash............ _4261. ..5
057.(055).tjl_vanguard.......... _3789. ..5
058.(056).LEE87................. _3770. ..1
059.(059).Depan................. _3514. ..2
060.(060).bidapower............. _2704. ..4
061.(061).CLELY................. _2600. ..1
062.(062).perunce............... _2597. ..2
063.(063).abedeng............... _2520. ..2
064.(064).te2-khoo.............. _2250. ..2
065.(065).qwertyu............... _2124. ..3
066.(066).yu hua................ _2115. ..1
067.(067).TheJunkiez............ _1709. ..2
068.(079).GeniusKid............. _1424. ..2
069.(068).vivian87_cty.......... _1395. ..2
070.(069).epaphroditus.......... _1210. ..1
071.(070).tbleong............... _1199. ..2
072.(071).PlayaFromMalaya....... __840. ..1
073.(072).Lengaby............... __780. ..1
074.(073).rwchen................ __720. ..1
075.(074).smash................. __660. ..1
076.(075).cute_cute............. __652. ..1
077.(076).Cinta_China........... __603. ..1
078.(077).redevils.............. __600. ..1
079.(078).pramilainc............ __597. ..1

 

According to the current standings, the MAD team would have the following line-up:
1st Singles - madbad (4th overall)
2nd Singles - Sandy (7th overall)
3rd Singles - hcyong (12th overall)
4th Singles - cooler (15th overall)
5th Singles - leonardklh (27th overall)

 

The Iceland flag

The Iceland flag has undergone a few changes it seems and you can read more from the following website:

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/Flags/is-hist.html

Again, its design is similar to the flags of the other Nordic countries:

 

But we only had one F1 team race in Poland and now we are meeting up again for this Finland challenge, our no.2.

I was trying hard to convince Sandy to use a more simpler method of ranking our team results, both for individual and cumlative or racing.

I find that using the current system, which is based on individual points scored, can distort our results.

Using the REVERSE scoring method by calculating the positions (instead of points) of team players is simpler and less confusing. Of course this method is the reverse of the existing system in that the lower points scored the better for both individual and team.

 

Yes, many ideas have been floated but the "committee" (i.e. Sandy) still has not settled on a workable formula. I guess something must be done at the conclusion of the Finnish Intl. as fresh points have to be added. Plus I think vching's keen to start a team too.

 

Of course, we welcome Victor to start another team, maybe comprising of his BC friends from downunder.

We also urge others to do so, such as Uncle Sam and Bro Din, who has been kept busy with the forthcoming TC arrangements in Jakarta.

The more the merrier and we're going to have lots of fun out there on the race track! Wait till you compete in Singapore, the first night race in the world and experience the great difference and many more fans will be able to witness live from the other part of the world!

 

are we out of the topic now?

 

that means the 1st round will start on Friday and MAS/SIN time 4 pm?