BADMINTON VICTORIA ‘AROUND THE COURTS’ Vol. 3; Issue 3 April 2010 What’s on in April… In this issue... April 3-10 U17 June Bevan Carnival Perth, WA April 9-11 Altona Future Series Altona • From the BV Of- fice April 11 Ballarat Veterans Ballarat April 18 U19 State Titles MSAC • June Bevan April 18 L1A Coaching Course MSAC • Awards Night April 24 Junior State Pennant SEBA • BV Board 2010 April 25 Senior State Pennant MSAC • Around Victoria • Recent Results Upcoming Badminton Events in 2010 • CP Madden 2010 • Grants & Funding May 1-2 Central Open & Graded MSAC • From the Chair May 8 L1 Coaching Course & L1/1A Refresher Course Altona • Coaching Corner May 15 Junior State Pennant TBC • Altona Future Se- May 16 Senior State Pennant MSAC ries May 22 SEBA Junior (U15/17/19) SEBA • 2010 YONEX Aus- May 23 LaTrobe Valley Veterans Traralgon tralian Open Grand Prix May 30 L1 Coaching Course & L1/1A Refresher Course Traralgon • Li Ning May 30 Umpires Course MDBA P: 9686 4777 www.badmintonvic.com.au 2 BADMINTON VICTORIA ‘Around the Courts’ From the BV Office Over 90 people attended the annual awards night held at the Kooringal Golf on the 20th March. The highlight being the induction of 5 people into the Badminton Victoria Hall of Fame. We were very fortunate to have 3 of these people able to attend on the night, Margaret & Stan Russell and Ron Young (who now lives in Queensland). Linley Frame was an excellent guest speaker and spoke of her achievements as well as the struggles she had to overcome in becoming a World Champion. With the Annual General Meeting and Awards night over, our focus now turns to “What’s Next” and there sure is a lot happening. The Altona Future Series (9-10-11 April) starts a very busy few months. The event has at- tracted all of Australia’s top players with the finals commencing Sunday 11th at 11.30am. Our U17 state team won in the June Bevan U17 team championships in Perth this week; and the Vic U19 titles, the Central Open & Graded and the Victorian Open & Graded are all coming up in the next couple of months. The Yonex Australian Open 13 – 18th July is in full planning mode. If you would like to be involved as a volunteer “do it now”. There are many areas to become involved with in- cluding general volunteer roles as well as line judging (the best seat in the house!) Let us know your availability and we will try and give you a satisfying role during the week. That’s some of what’s happening here........what’s happening in your area? Can we publicize it? Can we assist you with it? How can we help you? Our office administrator Matt Hill recently resigned to take on a key role with a sports re- cruiting company, we wish Matt all the best in his new position. Peter Roberts State Director It is with sadness that we share the news of the loss of a great member of our badminton community. Clara Ho, mother to Sam, Stephen, Sherwin and Stanley, and husband to Joe Ho passed away on Good Friday after losing her battle with cancer. She was an ac- tive volunteer in the junior badminton community across Australia. We wish the Ho family strength through these times. P: 9686 4777 www.badmintonvic.com.au 3 BADMINTON VICTORIA ‘Around the Courts’ RECENT RESULTS June Bevan Carnival ~ Perth, WA It was a close final, but the Victorian Rebels were able to triumph over Northern New Zealand to take home the 2010 June Bevan Trophy. Congratulations to both the Rebels and the Victorian Demons who took 4th place. Thanks for your hard work and dedica- tion, and best of luck in the Individual Championships. Victorian Rebels Victorian Demons Matthew Chau James Audley Hu-Wen Chew Arthavan Srithar Lucas Rais-Colvin Wilson Tang Athithan Selladurai Quor-Liung Teh Sawan Serasinghe Eric Vuong Louisa Ma Grace Hanratty Vinnink Mak Gemma O’Farrell Ruwindi Serasinghe Rojini Selladurai Gronya Sommerville Natasha Sharp Sarah Wong Jennifer Trinh Stuart Brehaut (coach) Pauline Martin (coach) Di Carter (manager) Elizabeth Martin (manager) Kay Coady (umpire) Kathryn Blencowe (umpire) P: 9686 4777 www.badmintonvic.com.au 4 BADMINTON VICTORIA ‘Around the Courts’ 2009 Awards Night With over 90 people in attendance, it was a great opportunity to showcase all the fabulous things that happened in 2009, and the successes of our athletes, coaches, clubs and volunteers. Many thanks to our MC, Troy McErvale; Guest speaker, Linley Frame; all our presenters; and Kooringal Golf Club for doing a fantastic job. Here’s a quick round-up of Award Recipients and some photos from the night. Ern Harding trophy -Ben Walklate Bruce Maxfield trophy -Erin Carroll Roy Brady trophy -Ben Walklate St Stephens Trophy -Boris Ma Paul Tyrrell Trophy -Vinning Mak Service Awards for 2010: Murray Hocking, Lisa Campbell, Paul Stevenson, Judy Nyirati, Pat Murray, Noel Jennings 2009 Administrator of the Year -Mary Earle 2009 Volunteer of the Year -Karen Audley 2009 Court Official of the Year -Kathryn Blencowe 2009 Coach of the Year -Michelle Rigg 2009 Association of the Year -Western Suburbs Badminton Asso- ciation 2009 State Pennant Trophy -Monash University Junior Sportswoman of the Year -Victoria Na Junior Sportsman of the Year -Boris Ma Sportswoman of the Year -Renuga Veeran Sportsman of the Year -Ben Walklate BADMINTON AUSTRALIA AWARDS Pat Daw - Award of Merit Dianne Carter - Award of Merit Lenny Permana - Conspicuous Service Award Hall of Fame: Alan McCabe, Ethel Peacock, Stan Russell, Margaret Russell, Ron Young Photos (from top): Vinning Mak & Jean Tyrrell; Linley Frame & Victoria Na; Stan & Margaret Russel & Ron Young 5 BADMINTON VICTORIA ‘Around the Courts’ Annual General Meeting Congratulations and welcome to the new Board of Badminton Victoria for 2010. The new board is as follows: President: Loke Poh Wong Board Members: Peter Brown, Peejade Cheng, Kay Coady, Ron Gray, Paul Kern, Val Nesbitt We look forward to an exciting, productive and very full year of badminton! Goodbye ~Matt Hill It is with a touch of sadness that I am writing to let you know that I finished up here at Badminton Victoria at the end of March. I have thoroughly enjoyed my times, roles and responsibilities as Administration Manager and have been privileged to meet and work with many great people in my 11 month stint in the BV office; however an exciting op- portunity to further grow my career in the sports industry has arisen. I'd like to thank the Board and Staff for the opportunity to work at BV and for the fantastic support throughout my employment. I certainly have a far greater appreciation of badminton than when I started and am grateful everything I have learnt and experi- enced along the way. Hopefully I have left a positive mark within the badminton com- munity; I have certainly enjoyed developing relationships with all of our member associa- tions, as well as many players, coaches and officials etc. I wish you all well for the future and hope the sport continues to grow in Victoria. I look forward to keeping in touch with all the latest badminton news (I've already sub- scribed to the "Around the Courts' newsletter) and being a face in the crowd at Austra- lian Open Grand Prix! Thanks Matt! We’ll miss you. P: 9686 4777 www.badmintonvic.com.au 6 BADMINTON VICTORIA ‘Around the Courts’ Badminton Around Victoria As badminton starts up again for many of our country associations, some exciting events have been happening! What’s going on at your club? LATROBE VALLEY BADMINTON ASSOCIATION –Come & Try On March 16th, two of Victoria’s elite players, Ann-Louise Slee and Ee-Jun Ban made a special ap- pearance in the Latrobe Valley! Organised but John Ansell of Traralgon, and the LVBA, Ann-Louise and Jun ran school clinics, coached juniors and newcomers to the sport, and even played a few ‘celebrity’ matches against some of LVBA’s top players. Overall, the event was a huge success and was highlighted in the local media. Great job increasing the profile of badminton in our coun- try areas! All photos courtesy of John Ansell (LVBA). WIMMERA REGIONAL BADMINTON ASSOCIATION - School Clinics The week of March 15th—18th also saw coach and elite player, Ashley Wilson from Ballarat, run a week of school clinics and evening coaching for the badminton community in the towns of Hor- sham, Dimboola, Nhill and Kaniva. Over 600 students participated over the 4 days, and the eve- ning sessions were open to kids and adults of all ages and abilities. 7 BADMINTON VICTORIA ‘Around the Courts’ RECENT RESULTS BALLARAT OPEN & GRADED Graeme Perks Open Men’s Singles –Jeff Tho Kelvin Read Open Men’s Doubles—Ben McCarthy & Jeff Tho Aileen Evers Open Women’s Singles—Foong Meng Cheah Erill Ludbrook Open Women’s Doubles—Vee Vien Chong & Joo Yiet Lee Graeme Brown Open Mixed Doubles—Ashley Brehaut & Ann-Louise Slee A Men’s Singles—Jacky Chen Men’s Doubles—Aaron Pham & Dee Tran Women’s Singles—Rasangi R Women’s Doubles—Melisa Pearce & Stephanie Treloar Mixed Doubles—James Audley & Tegan Berry B Men’s Singles—Jeremy Seah Men’s Doubles—Vien Bui & Anthony Robinson Women’s Singles—Isabella Hohaus Women’s Doubles—Rebecca Clarette, Jamey McIntyre Mixed Doubles—Tristan Boehm & Jenni Tran C Men’s Singles—Ben Chiang Men’s Doubles—Ben Chiang & Terry Ng Women’s Singles—Caroline Beynon Mixed Doubles—Andy Nguyen & Shalyn Tan GEELONG JUNIOR U15 Boys’s Singles—Shaun Matthews Boys’s Doubles—Shaun Matthews & Jayden Stokie Girls’s Singles—Jasmine Ziirsen Girls’s Doubles—Alice Wu & Jasmine Ziirsen Mixed Doubles—Jayden Stokie & Rachael Rais-Colvin U19 Boys’s Singles—Matt Wilson Boys’s Doubles—Rick Chong & Daniel Trinh Girls’s Singles—Natasha Sharp Girls’s Doubles—Tegan Berry & Tarah Marney Mixed Doubles—James Audley & Tegan Berry Photos (from top): Jeff Tho; Ben McCarthy & Jeff Tho; Foong Meng Cheah; Vee Vien & Joo Yiet Lee P: 9686 4777 www.badmintonvic.com.au 8 BADMINTON VICTORIA ‘Around the Courts’ IMPORTANT! 2010 U19 Australian Junior International & CP Maddern The U19 Australian Junior International (AJI) (individual event) and CP Maddern (team event) will be held in Launceston 3-10 July, 2010.