I was about to write that...but Chris beat me to this one. It's Ibu Yati She should be fired...as well as those incompetent ppl inside PBSI.
Off topic-Well.. ..ibu Yati, according to some reports, is usually responsible for registering PBSI players to tournaments. But for some unknown reasons, her calendar in the office is always a month late and some say she might be overdue for an eye exam as she often times mixed up players' names in submitting their registration forms.....
'Someone' granted 200 million of INA people plea, "Please give us ONE reason why we should be proud of our country..."
OMG,,,she's forgetful lady or she's just kidding?? hopefully,, that shame thing wont happen again,, . amen!
When you do it once, it's luck. When you do it many times, that's called "tradition". And having supportive clubs like Djarum, Tangkas et al does help, a lot .......
Nusa Mahsuri came about from a splinter of players and ex-players (led by the Sidek brothers) who were not happy of how politicians came about to remove the then BAM President in 1993. Now, they still maintain a sort of love-hate relationship with BAM, which resulted in the top BAM MS player getting training from Nusa's top coach. KLRC was only recently formed, and is more geared towards sponsoring any existing talent, whether Malaysian ex-players or International players. Maybe one day, the KLRC academy will be able to nurture very young talents, but not now. The club system in Malaysia is not as developed as Indonesia, and funding from private sector is difficult to get. New players generally come up the ranks from the district and state level, thru BAM state affiliates.
I agree with you on this. Most grassroots is mostly from the Government affiliates, which is connected with BAM. Unless those young players is from International or Private Schools. However even then.. some who is selected for the Grassroots Development for future Talents under BAM does have some connections. Anyway its really tough when come to young players, have to deal with Parents,existing coaches etc..
Many Government affiliates understand little about Badminton . ONE DAY, we hope that ONE DAY our Malaysian players would not be requiring Government affiliates to be involved in selecting players, but just for providing funds to promote Badminton. Many Government affiliates understand little about Badminton. .
Anyway like ants implied, Malaysian parents will take some convincing, 'cos they focus more on education rather than sports. There are those sports schools, supposedly where young talents are nurtured, but we've heard of many budding talents rejected entry for whatever reason (connections or, ahem, moolah). Each sports school is supposed to specialized in only a few sports, but we haven't hit paydirt yet ...... Unless your kid is really talented (like our squash queen Nicol David) or you have the dictatorial mindset of the late Dato' Haji Sidek Kamar (father of the Sidek brothers), kids are not normally exposed to career in sports. Anyway, back to the BWF's handling of the SS Finals. It is actually all about having proper planning and backup plans. Granted that BWF is not a profit-oriented organization, but it has to do effective selling on badminton for it to catch interest.
Provisional List of Qualifiers This is what I manually computed, based on latest ranking + estimated no of pts gained in the HK Open. They are not necessarily in right ranking order or 100% accurate. Qualifiers - MS 1. Lee Chong Wei - Malaysia 2. Sony Dwi Kuncoro - Indonesia 3. Joachim Persson - Denmark 4. Chen Jin - China 5. Peter Hoeg Gade - Denmark 6. Lin Dan - China 7. Taufik Hidayat - Indonesia 8. Chan Yan Kit - Hong Kong * Note: Kenneth Jonassen was among the top 8, but Denmark already has 2 higher ranked qualifiers. Qualifiers - WS 1. Zhou Mi - Hong Kong 2. Tine Rasmussen - Denmark 3. Lu Lan - China 4. Zhu Lin - China 5. Wang Chen - Hong Kong 6. Pi Hongyan - France 7. Xu Huaiwen - Germany 8. Hwang Hye Youn - Korea * Note: Wang Lin was among the top 8, but China already has 2 higher ranked qualifiers. I do not know whether China is allowed to select any 2 of its players from the list of top 8, or strictly go through rankings. I suspect it is possible for Wang Lin (ranked 6th) to replace either Lu Lan (ranked 3rd) or Zhu Lin (ranked 4th). Qualifiers - MD 1. Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan - Indonesia 2. Mohd Fairuzizuan Tazari/Mohd Zakry Abd Latif - Malaysia 3. Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen - Denmark 4. Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae - Korea 5. Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen - Denmark 6. Tony Gunawan/Candra Wijaya - US/Indonesia 7. Koo Kien Kiat/Tan Boon Heong - Malaysia 8. Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng - China Qualifiers - WD 1. Wong Pei Tty/Chin Eei Hui - Malaysia 2. Du Jing/Yu Yang - China 3. Vita Marissa/Lilyana Natsir - Indonesia 4. Ha Eun Jung/Kim Min Jun - Korea 5. Cheng Shu/Zhao Yunlei - China 6. Lena Frier Christiansen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl - Denmark 7. Miyuki Maeda/Satoko Suetsuna - Japan 8. Lee Kyung Won/Lee Hyo Jung - Korea * Note: If LKW/LHJ does not compete (due to LKW's retirement), their place will be taken up by the next highest active ranked pair from any other country other than China. Qualifiers - XD 1. Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir - Indonesia 2. He Hanbin/Yu Yang - China 3. Thomas Laybourn/Kamilla Rytter Juhl - Denmark 4. Lee Yong Dae/Lee Hyo Jung - Korea 5. Anthony Clark/Donna Kellogg - England 6. Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen - China 7. Robert Blair/Imogen Bankier - England/Scotland 8. Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thungthongkam - Thailand
can i know whether anyone know the ticket for this super series is open for sale now? or not? if yes... please give me the info... thx very much!
Badminton is so different from Tennis . abedeng ... Thank you for taking time to compile your list of SS qualifiers. Some players who missed a few SS events to concentrate on the Olympic Games have now found themselves unable to qualify for this 2008 SS Finals. Badminton is so different from Tennis. Tennis players would have concentrated less on the Olympics, but more on their Series Tournaments. .
Lee Chong Wei will be participating the SS Final, however, he will skip the Malaysia national final. I recall reading few articles from Malaysia press last week.
Will Lee Chong Wei be participating in the 2008 SS Final? . I think Han is more correct. I thought LCW skipped the 2008 Hong Kong Open SS to nurse his injury in order for him to prepare for the 2008 SS Finals. And I hope that LCW will be ready by then. Should be expecting an All-Out 'LCW vs LD" match there. .
Yup. LCW will skip the national grand prix finals held a week bf SS finals and prepare for SS Finals in Sabah.
