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2012 MBA OUTSTANDING JUNIOR AWARD

Hey, Junior Players!  The Midwest Badminton Association is looking for applicants for the 2012 MBA Outstanding Junior Award.  A downloadable application has been posted on this website. 

One or two Junior players may be selected for the 2012 winners.  Each Junior is presented with a plaque, a polo shirt, and plane fare to the 2012 U.S. Junior Nationals in Orange,  CA, this summer.  Deadline for receipt of the applications is April 30, 2012.  Be sure to send in your application!

Receipt Deadline is April 30.

Download the Application 

Tournament Update

Twenty-First Annual Indiana Badminton Open Tourney – January 13-15, 2012

The week before the tournament the temperatures were in the 40's and the 50's, but of course come the tournament weekend the temperature plummeted to the 20's and the 30's. 

The tournament started Friday night with singles.  That was when we discovered one of the curtain motors did not work.  We were unable to separate courts 4,5,6 from courts 13,14 and 15.  We had 57 players fromIndiana, 14 fromIllinois, 11 fromMissouriand 8 fromOhio.  There were so many new faces.    

TheIndianaStateUniversitystaff, as usual, did a wonderful job of getting the facility ready, keeping it clean and usable.  The players greatly appreciate the high quality service provided by the athletic trainers.  ISU is known for their great athletic training academic program.  We always work it into our tournament budget to have them available to work the tournaments we hold there.  Thanks to John Lentz and Kimberley Monte for coordinating the ISU staff. 

Derrick Applegate and Eric Lee of USA-YONEX came through once again by providing high quality shuttles and some very desirable items to raffle during the tournament as well as prizes for the winners of each division.  The raffle items were divided into two groups with one drawing held Saturday evening and one Sunday afternoon.  Thanks to Dawn Patel and Norma Trusler for drawing the winning tickets and presenting items to the lucky winners .

Charles and Bobbie Norton of Louisville Badminton Supply have always supported our event as stringers.  They always provide professional service and products for the players and the badminton enthusiasts.  Their time, energy and great attitudes are always appreciated.

The Indianapolis Badminton Club is the supporting club allowing all the USAB connections and communications to make this event happen each year.  The IBC support crew is primarily Dawn andBharatPatel along with Norma Trusler and Pam Bailey.   

Thanks to Pam Bailey and Norma Trusler for running the all important and hectic tournament desk.  Thanks to Wendy Chia-Smith and Mark Tomac for umpiring the finals matches.  We also appreciate all those individuals that volunteered to call lines during the tourney.  Our officials are a very important part of the professionalism of our sport.

All participants received tournament t-shirts.  All finalists for all divisions received Award t-shirts, medals and Yonex provided prizes for all the winners in each division.  We usually run an A, B, C, D, Drop Flight Draw that allows players the opportunity to play at least 3 matches per event.

Ben Hussey was in all three “A” finals winning the Singles against Quinn Hussey and Mixed Doubles with Tiffanie Kimura against Anoop Vasu and Yun Anoop and losing to Anoop Vasu and Merrell Lim in the  Doubles playing with Quinn Hussey.  Tiffanie Kimura played in Mixed Double and Women's Singles against Hannah Doren and was a winner in both events.  The Women's Doubles was an all Purdue final with Hannah Doren and  Julie Ziolkowski holding off Yi Qian Oo and Jayne Piepenburg.  Congratulations to all the winners and finalists of all the draws and good luck to everyone else for next year.  Thanks to all the players who participated in the tournament.  We hope to see you all again next year. 

 We usually get permission to run the event the same time each year, so mark your calendars for Jan. 18-20, 2013 for the 22nd Annual Indiana Badminton Open.  We hope you decide to be a part of the big event next year and make it an even bigger event.

Upcoming Events

May 26-27, 2012 Senior Badminton Tournament, Bethel College, IN

August 10-12, 2012 Don Ross Memorial Tournament, Louisville, Kentucky

To Update, Email to:   MidwestBadminton 

USA Badminton

Maccabi USA Badminton is searching for players and coaches of Jewish ancestry, to submit applications and try out for the 2013 Maccabi USA National Badminton Team who will participate in the 19th Maccabiah Games in Israel, July 17-30, 2013, and other National and International competitions.

We are seeking Men and Women Players for both Open and Juniors' competitions.

The West Coast Junior USA National Team tryout is scheduled to be part of the Manhattan Beach Junior National competition July 15-20, 2012 at the Manhattan Beach Badminton Club. Announcement for the East Coast tryout will be coming shortly.

More information about the Games can be accessed at:

http://www.maccabiusa.com/

http://www.maccabiusa.com/seclect-a-sport/badminton/503-sports-informationtryout-information.html

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ken Schwartz at K-vision@earthlink.net.