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In This Issue: Midwest Badminton Association MBA PATRON? 2009 Kyle Wargo Scholarship Award Page 1 Indiana Open w How would you like to be an MBA Page 2 Tournament Calendar Patron in 2009? According to the In honor of Kyle Wargo, a junior badminton player who w Page 3 Rise & Fall ofaBadminton Club dictionary, a patron is one who supports, lost his life in a 2006 car accident, the Midwest w protects, or champions someone or Badminton Association Board of Directors established Page 3 My Serve an annual Kyle Wargo Scholarship Award. w something, such as an institution, event, wPage 4 Results of Indiana Open or cause; a sponsor or benefactor. The Award will consist of a four or five day session at the Page 5 MBA Board Mtg Minutes EIU Badminton Camp. The session of the camp is to be w To serve as a Patron, you merely need determined by the junior. To receive the award, the wPage 6 MBA Membership Form to contribute $30 to the Midwest Midwest junior must be 12-18 years of age, and must Page 6 Kudos to MBA Clubs Badminton Association. Your name submit the Top Ten Reasons he/she should be selected w Page 6 ABCD Dropdown Guidelines will be listed on the cover of the Flick for the scholarship award. w newsletter each time it goes out to recog- Page 7 New Badminton Book nize you for your generous contribution. Receipt deadline for the application is May 15, 2009. w Applicant must be a resident of the region. The award Page 7 Help Wanted You could also make a contribution in w someone else’s name to honor that person. must be used in 2009 and is not transferable. Scholarship Page 7 World Champions is paid direct to the EIU Camp upon enrollment in the w Your contribution will support the MBA camp. Applications must be submitted via postal only; in its efforts to advance the Olympic sport no email, fax, phone-in applications or hand delivery. Thanks to our MBA Patrons: of badminton in the fourteen states of the Midwest region. Hand-written applications Russ & Mary Ann Bowles must include the following: Lee Holmes Family To make a contribution, simply send a check to: Top Ten Reasons Send Postal Only to -- DIDJA SEE IT? Alice Wunderlich, MBA Treasurer Name of junior & name of parent Russ Bowles, Chair 316 S. Hi Lusi Avenue, Postal address Mt Prospect, IL 60056. Home phone number Midwest Junior Committee The December 15, 2008 issue of Newsweek and 4514 Pegasus Drive the “Health For Life” article with 96-year old Bill Thanks in advance to all who step up A functional email address to the serve and become Patrons! St. Louis, MO 63129 Finch’s full page photo of him holding his bad- minton racquet. He said he “still dates and is a member of the ADY (Ain’t Dead Yet) Club.” ddress Correction Requested Correction ddress A ASS MAIL ASS CL FIRST 7202 Omaha Trace Omaha, NE 68122 NE Omaha, Trace Omaha 7202 lick Newsletter of the Midwest Badminton Association Jan/Feb 2009 2009 Jan/Feb Association Badminton Midwest the of Newsletter f The The Newsletter of the Midwest Badminton Association Jan/Feb 2009 Januaryflick 16-18, 200918th Annual Indiana Badminton Open We are back to hosting the Indiana Open without the by Charles and Bobbie Norton of Louisville Badminton Supply Classic. This was yet another weekend for the tournament Dawn & Bharat Patel have always supported our event as stringers. They always with a little snow and below zero temperatures in the provide professional service and products for the players forecast. The ISU staff arranged to Photos courtesy of Bharat Patel and the badminton enthusiasts. Their have the heat turned back on during Open Men’s Singles time, energy and great attitudes are the night, but the gym was still cool in always appreciated. spite of the extra effort to warm-up such a large open facility. The Indianapolis Badminton Club is the supporting club allowing all the The tournament started Friday night USAB connections and communica- with singles. Once again, we had a tions to make this event happen each huge men’s draw of 32 entries. There year. The IBC support crew is primari- were so many new players from so ly Dawn and Bharat Patel along with many places. Karen Chin was a great Norma Trusler, Pam Bailey and Ellery help with handing out participant Likens. Pam and Norma ran the t-shirts, as well as assisting with the tournament desk. Thanks for all the registration. Hagen Hentschel (Finalist) Ben Hussey (Winner) countless hours given to the sport of badminton. The Indiana State University staff, as usual, did a wonderful job of getting Thanks to Mary Ann Bowles and the facility ready, keeping it clean and Open Women’s Singles Wendy Chia-Smith for umpiring the usable. The players greatly appreciate matches. We also appreciate all those the high quality service provided by individuals that volunteered to call the athletic trainers. ISU is known for lines during the tourney. Our officials their great athletic training academic are a very important part of the profes- program. We always work it into our sionalism of our sport. tournament budget to have them avail- able to work the tournaments we hold All participants received t-shirts specifi- there. Thanks to John Lenz and cally designed for this event. All final- Kimberley Monte for coordinating the ists received different t-shirts and ISU staff. We wish a speedy recovery medals for all the divisions. We usually to Elaine Chang who tore her Achilles run an A, B, C, D, Drop Flight Draw Karen Chin (Finalist) Shannon Pohl (Winner) tendon. that allows players the opportunity to play at least 3 matches per event. Derrick Applegate of USA-YONEX came through once again by provid- ing high quality shuttles and some very desirable items to raffle during Shannon Pohl and Ben Hussey were both Triple Crown winners. the tournament. The raffle items were divided into two groups with Congratulations to all the winners and finalists of all the draws and one drawing held Saturday evening and one Sunday morning. There good luck to everyone else for next year. Thanks to all the players who were 2 rackets, 2 thermal racket bags and many grips; each were raf- participated in the tournament. We hope to see you all again next year. fled off individually in order to have more people walking around with something from YONEX. Thanks to Ellery Likens for going around We usually get permission to run the event the same time each year, so the gym and getting people to purchase the raffle tickets. Gerhard mark your calendars for Jan. 15-17, 2010 for the 19th Annual Indiana Novianto of Indiana and Phuwadol Samphaongoen of Wisconsin won Badminton Open. We hope you decide to be a part of the big event the rackets. next year and make it an even bigger event. PAGE (See results & photos on Page 4) 1 Tournament Calendar The FLICK is published by the Midwest Badminton Association bimonthly, Jan-Feb, Mar-Apr, 2009 U.S. Senior National Badminton Tournament May-Jun, Jul-Aug, Sep-Oct, Nov-Dec. 3/25/2009 - 3/29/2009 Orange County Badminton Club, Orange, CA Contact: Robert Davis [email protected] 310-374-7217 Submitting Information: DEADLINE: 3/11/2009 Tournament entry forms will be printed and 2009 K & D Graphics U.S. Adult National Badminton Championships distributed with The Flick for a $75 fee. 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