In This Issue: wPage 1 Don Ross Memorial wPage 3 MBA Conference Call wPage 3 My Serve wPage 4 Olympic Twist wPage 5 K.I.S. Fitness wPage 7 Thank You, Don Ross wPage 8 2008 Jr Nationals wPage 8 USAB Update wPage 9 Eight MBA Jrs in Nat’ls wPage 10 Young “Old” Player wPage 11 New Board Member wPage 11 Kansas Sr Games Results Thanks to our MBA Patrons: Russ & Mary Ann Bowles Dawn & Bharat Patel Address Correction Requested Correction Address FIRST CLASS MAIL CLASS FIRST 7202 Omaha Trace Omaha, NE 68122 NE Omaha, Trace Omaha 7202 ck i l Newsletter of the Midwest Badminton Association Sep/Oct 2008 2008 Sep/Oct Association Badminton Midwest the of Newsletter f The 1 The flickNewsletter of the Midwest Badminton Association Sep/Oct 2008 2008 Don Ross Memorial by Dawn Patel The gym, when we walked in, had the back- Yonex generously donated many items to the drop plastic hanging from the dividers, a tournament as prizes for a raffle. Cindy table, and the portable PA system. Once it Blackshaw circulated through the crowd of dawned on us that the poles and nets were players and sold tickets. There were a lot of not setup we were helped by the early happy players as Cindy announced the winners arrivals at the gym and the courts were up on Saturday and Sunday. Congratulations to and numbered. Thanks to all those early birds. all the Yonex prize winners. Congratulations also to the winners of the MBA fleece throws: We had a few more players than last year’s Ken Blackshaw and Ishwinder Arora. tournament and kept the format of allowing people to play up to 6 events as long as they Congratulations to Ben Hussey on winning knew they might be required to play back- the “A” Men’s Singles and Deepti Reddy to-back matches with less of a rest period. for “A” Women’s Singles. Ben Hussey and We had 15 players playing 4 or more events Peter Sidorczuk were the winning pair for in the open and the many senior divisions. “A” Men’s Doubles. Deepti Reddy and Mary Unfortunately, many of the better players Ann Bowles were the proud winners of the were in this group, so it was impossible for “A” Women’s Doubles. James Meier and the courts to be filled because of the need of Hua Zhang were the “A” Mixed Doubles these players in various events and age champions for the second year in a row. groups at the same time. We may need to Congratulations to all the winners in all rethink the 6 events limit for next year. the events and better luck next time for If there are any thoughts on how we can all the finalists and participants. let people play the number of events they desire and still keep the tournament Thanks to Alison Ewart for putting moving please let us know. together the Don Ross Trifle and bringing (continued on page 6) Men’s Singles: (L)Ben Hussey (winner), PAGE Women’s Singles: (L) Ashley Lepcin (finalist) (R)Peter Sidorczuk (finalist) 1 (R)Deepti Reddy (winner) 2 Tournament Calendar The FLICK is published by the Midwest Badminton 2008 Madison Open 12/6/2008 - 12/7/2008 Association bimonthly, Jan-Feb, Mar-Apr, Univ. of Wisconsin Madison Natatorium, 2000 University Drive, Madison WI May-Jun, Jul-Aug, Sep-Oct, Nov-Dec. 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Alice noted it is not always possible to get players to sing George Herbert, English poet, 1593-1633, said, DIRECTORS August 23, 2008 for trophies, abut players are reminded about the responsibility “Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ ” of taking a trophy. Alice also noted she and Tony would be DIRECTORS ON THE CALL: Mary Ann Bowles, Robinson happy to relinquish their trophy care to a new volunteer/s. Bob Cook, Bob Ericson, Dawn Patel, Kishore Subramanyam and asked Alice to write an article about the vacancy for the Flick. How was he so prescient without television, cell Alice Wunderlich. Jane Wang and Wayne Wang were unavailable phones, iPods, e-mail, airplanes, automobiles, for the call. USAB UPDATE Mary Ann Bowles reported on the new USAB Nominating and the Internet, football games, the BCS, and a President Dawn Patel called the meeting to order at Governance committee, the 2008 U.S. Open results, 2008 Junior host of other 21st century gadgets and gizmos? 2:03PMCDT. Minutes of the April 26, 2008, Annual General National results from Massachusetts, 2009 Junior Pan Am Meeting and Board of Directors’ meeting were approved. Championships results from Guatemala, U.S. elite athletes going to Beijing, new USAB website, and the possibility of Sound familiar? It’s just as true today as it was CALENDAR YEAR CHANGE Chicago hosting the 2016 Olympics. James Huang had written back in the 17th century. If you don’t do “it” Earlier in the summer, the Board had approved the change in an article for the Flick about his trip to the 2008 Junior now, the time will never be right.