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NW Senior Games Results & Other Events

Thanks to you all for entering the NWSG Badminton Tournament, and making it such a success. Hopefully, we'll get even more competition next year.

Here are the results:
50LS Gold Melissa Tang
75LS Gold Denise Coates
50MS
Gold Sing Lam
Silver Michael Whitaker
Bronze Andy Lin
55MS
Gold Rob Seguin
Silver Yee Hwa Soon
Bronze William Tang
50LD
Gold Helen Roome/Marti Fagnan
Silver Florette Lam/Carla Furukawa
Bronze Melissa Tang/Grace Yuen
50MD
Gold Sing Lam/Leon Ma
Silver John Mautz/Don Keller
Bronze Patrick Ip/Alan Lai
55MD
Gold Rob Seguin/Yee Hwa Soon
Silver William Sang/John Mautz
70MD Gold Gary Stensland/Harvey Eng
50Mx
Gold Don Keller/Marti Fagnan
Silver Rob Seguin/Carla Furukawa
Bronze Sing Lam/Melissa Tang
55Mx Gold William Sang/Joyce Jones
70Mx
Gold Gary Stensland/Joyce Jones
Silver Harvey Eng/Denise Coates

I am also including the scores of the best 4 matches of the tournament. This was great competition! In the 55MS finals Rob Seguin defeated Yee Hwa Soon 19-21, 21-19, 21-13 Wow! The 50MD finals Ling Lam/Leon Ma d. John Mautz/Don Keller 21-13,18-21, 21-13! The 50Mx finals Keller/Marti Fagnan d. Seguin/Furukawa 24-22, 21-15! The 70MX finals Gary Stensland/Joyce Jones d. Harvey Eng/Denise Coates 20-22, 21-13, 21-14!

I would like to remind you of the WSSG. The badminton tournament will be held Aug. 3 in Tacoma, run by Joe Moelders. www.pugetsoundgames.com. This will be the qualification tournament if you want to go to the National Senior Olympics in San Francisco in '09.

After several of us having tried for about 10 years to get the World Huntsman Games in St. George to include badminton, they are finally going to give it a try this year! The Games will be held from Oct. 6-18, with badminton Oct. 13-14. This will be Utah's State Games, so it will also be a qualifying event for the National Senior Olympics. So, if you are unable to make the WSSG tournament on August 3, you could qualify for Nationals in St. George. Or, you could play and qualify in both. I have been to the Huntsman Games several times, and it's a wonderful experience! They do a great job. I hope that a lot of you will be able to support it. To have one of their entry brochures mailed to you, you can call the toll free # 800-562-1268 or their website is www.seniorgames.net. If you DO decide to enter the Huntsman Games, there is a space on the entry form that says "Bring a Buddy". It's for those who've never entered the Huntsman Games before to put in the name of the person who has entered before and told them about it, and that person will receive a $10 gift certificate for the gift shop. I'd appreciate it if you would put my name in that space. I hope that a lot of you will attend and support it. I guarantee you won't be disappointed.

Thanks again for supporting the Northwest Senior Games -- Joyce Jones


Applications for High School All-Americans

Applications for USA Badminton's High School All-Americans are now being accepted. All high school juniors and seniors during the 2007-2008 school year are eligible. Recipients will be chosen based on Junior National titles held, badminton and academic achievements, extra-curricular activities, and a coach's recommendation. The time period under consideration is from August 2007 through completion of the 2008 Junior National Badminton Tournament. Applications will be available at the 2008 U. S. Junior National Badminton Championships, which will be held from June 28-July 2, 2008. Interested students can also contact the National Office to request applications at (719) 866-4808, ext. 3 or by email to peggy@usabadminton.org. Please note that all completed applications must be received by the USA Badminton National Office no later than August 15, 2008. All applications will be reviewed by a subcommittee of the USA Badminton Junior Committee. Download PDF application here.

Bellevue Badminton Summer Camp 2008

Date: Summer 2008
Location: Bellevue Badminton Club
Contact: Kenny Lu
For complete info: download form here

2008 Oregon Open Draws

The draws are available now.
45+ Mens Doubles
45+ Mens Singles
45+ Mixed Doubles
Boys Doubles
Open Womens Singles
Open Men Doubles
Open Men Singles
Open Mixed Doubles
Open Womens Doubles

2008 State Games of Oregon

Date: July 12, 2008
Location: Multnomah Athletic Club, Portland OR
Contact: Christopher Hughes/Herry Hermawan
For complete info: visit website here

2008 U.S. Junior National Badminton Championships

Date: June 28 - July 2, 2008
Location: Marblehead High School, Massachusetts
Contact: Dee Colcord/Melinda Keszthelyi
For complete info: download entry here

2008 WA Open Draw/Result

Note and result are available.

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