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Seven Northeast Juniors
Participate in 2009 Pan Am Junior
Championships |
Team USA brought home the
gold for the Team Event
involving 12 countries at
the XVII Pan American Junior
Championships held in Puerto
Rico on August 17th to 23rd.
Rachel Liao from Maryland
was part of the four men and
four women USA team. [more...]
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Sam and Vincent Finish 2nd
in Team USA Trials |
Sameera Gunatileka and
Vincent Nguy from Maryland
traveled to the Bay Area on
New Year’s Day hoping to
become part of the US team
to various continental
and/or BWF adult team
competition in 2009. They
placed second in the men’s
doubles event, right behind
the 2005 World Champions
Tony Gunawan and Howard
Bach. [more...]
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Malaythong: Olympian
Making a Difference in the Northeast |
Just barely four months after
moving to Marblehead, MA, to become the head coach of the Marblehead Youth
Badminton, Bob Malaythong is now a major influence in bringing up the enthusiasm
in badminton training as well as the skill and play level among the youth and
adults in Marblehead. In the recently concluded 2008 MidAtlantic Junior Open,
Bob led the Marblehead Juniors to win the Team Championship Trophy. [more...]
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Annual DC Open Tournament |
The National Capitol Open
Badminton Tournament will be
played at the
University of Maryland
January 9-11, 2009.
Once again there will be
impressive competition for
the prize purse. [more...]
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2009 Huntsman World Senior
Games |
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The Huntsman World Senior
Games is the world’s largest
annual multi-sport athletic
event for athletes age 50
and better. [more...] |
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2008 Rochester Open
Badminton Tournament |
The 2008 Rochester
Open Badminton Tournament,
held October 25th
and 26th at the
University of Rochester
(Rochester, NY), drew its
largest crowd in the
tournament’s five year
history, with nearly 120
participants.
Badminton players from
across the Northeast United
States, including
Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
New Hampshire, New York City
and Upstate New York,
competed in the game-packed
two day tournament for
bragging rights and one of
42 trophies that were
awarded to winners and
finalists in every event.
[more...]
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Could Badminton Be The Next
NASCAR? |
Day to Day, July 22, 2008 -
Badminton is the only
Olympic sport where men and
women play on the field at
the same time. It's also one
of the most popular sports
in the U.S., but Olympians
Howard Bach and Bob
Malaythong aren't convinced
that it gets the respect it
deserves.
Click here to hear the NPR
report.
Rob Schmitz reports for KQED.
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Region 1 Hosts 2008 Junior
Nationals |
Marblehead Youth Badminton
in Massachusetts offered a scene of great excitement, enthusiasm and triumph as
it hosted this year’s Junior National Badminton Tournament. From June 28
through July 2, the tournament brought together 193 players from 11 states,
competing in every age group from under-9 to under-22. The East Region was well
represented, with 62 players from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Massachusetts. [more...]
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$cholarship Available for
Students |
The USAB Northeast Region is pleased to
announce a scholarship
in the amount of $1000
to be awarded [PDF]
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Now Available |
Guidelines on how to
approach the media before
your next event, including
guidelines on writing good
press releases, with
templates to use as models.
[PDF]
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