2008 Coaching Scheme

Badminton Comet’s Arrival

Xu, HuaiWen

(#3 Women’s Singles in the World)

Xu, HuaiWen, was born in Guiyang, China. She had turned to be a professional badminton player since 1989. She joined the China National Badminton team in 1997, and the first event that she played was the Thailand Open in 1998.

In 2003, she joined the German National Badminton team, and her major achievements in these few years are as follows:

2005 World Championships – Bronze Medal 2006 European Championships – Winner 2006 Swiss Open – Winner 2007 Greek Open & Dutch Open – Winner

Huaiwen has been working extremely hard for her dream towards the upcoming 2008 Olympics that will be held in Beijing, and her ultimate goal is to perform well and get a medal in it.

GO PLAY AND WATCH with B4US

Hauiwen will be traveling to Maryland in late August, and with my great honor; Huaiwen, ChiBing Wu (吴赤兵), Yeping Zhao(趙野萍) and DC badminton team are invited to play a few exhibition games before the summer goes away.

LOCATION: Twinbrook Community Recreation Center ADDRESS: 12920 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville MD 20851 DATE: August 25, 2007 (Saturday) TIME: *2 – 6 pm (Exhibition matches start around 3:30 pm) FEES: $5 per junior (under 18), $10 per adult (A raffle will be held after all exhibition matches) REGISTRATION: http://www.badminton4us.com/index_files/contactus.htm (Please provide with valid email address for confirmation)

Players: Xu, HuaiWen (#3 women’s singles in the world) Wu, ChiBing (1989 World Championship Mixed Doubles – Bronze, former China National Badminton Team member) Zhao, YePing (4 times (1995 - 2000) US National Ladies Singles champion, 2 times (1998 & 1999) US National Triple Crown, 1998 US open Ladies Singles champion and Mix-double second place, 1999 Pam Am Games Ladies Singles Gold Medalist in Canada) DC Badminton Team

*Participants are welcome to play (take turns) at the gym before and after the exhibition matches; the exhibition matches will consist of singles, doubles and mixed doubles which start around 3:30 pm. There are 3 courts in total, participants please feel free to come and join our play as well as watching the exhibition matches. Please keep your admission ticket for the raffle!! Shuttlecocks will be provided for all games playing!!

Please make checks payable to: Desmond Wong 10727 Tucker St., Beltsville MD 20705