University Badminton Club at the University of Minnesota

UBC 2009 Spring Tournament A Success

The tournament was a great success, thanks to the strong support and participations by more than 60 players and their families and friends. A total of 68 matches were played. We were amazed by the enthusiasms, skills, and sportsmanship exhibited by all players. We specially thank TCBC and MVBC for their cooperation and support. We look forward to meeting all of you in future tournaments here or elsewhere.

Here are the tournament results. Photos can be viewed at Gallery 1 and Gallery 2

Men's Doubles A
1st - Abhi Das & Kumar Kanisan (TCBC)
2nd - Dong Hua & Hans Weiss (UBC)
3rd - Paul Chen & JD Walker (UBC)

Men's Doubles B
1st - John Cartlidge & Venkat Inturi (MVBC)
2nd - Mohd Norizwan Mohd Amin & Mohd Izzat Mohd Thiyahuddin (UBC)
3rd - Mohd Raimi Ayob & Mohd Naeim Rozak (UBC)

Women's Doubles
1st - Xiaoqing Sun & Qifang Wu (UBC)
2nd - Ngoc Se & Yujie Li (other)
3rd - Heather Holm & Donna Maier (TCBC)

Mixed Doubles A
1st - Paul Chen & Qifang Wu (UBC); Dong Hua (UBC) & Ngoc Se (other)
2nd - N/A
3rd - Paul Chua & Celeste Chua (MVBC); Angela Min & Peter Li (UBC)

Mixed Doubles B
1st - Norman Ong & ShwuYann Chua (TCBC)
2nd - Muneaki Watanabe & Melissa Montalbo-Lombov (other)
3rd - Khoa Dinh & Cassey Quach (UBC)

Acknowledgements

We thank the University of Minnesota Student Activities Office and Coca Cola for their support.

About UBC

Founded on March 8th 2005, University Badminton Club (UBC) is a registered nonprofit student organization at the University of Minnesota. Currently UBC has more than 50 registered members from a variety of countries. Most of the members are students of the U of M. Other members are faculties, staff members, research scholars, and players not affiliated with the U of M. UBC looks forward to attracting more members and spreading out its influence in the future.

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