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Last Updated: 05/10/08
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| 2008 Kyle Wargo Scholarship Award  | In honor of Kyle Wargo, a junior badminton player who lost his life in a 2006 car accident, the Midwest Badminton Association Board of Directors established an annual Kyle Wargo Scholarship Award.
The Award will consist of a four or five day session at the EIU Badminton Camp. The session of the camp is to be determined by the junior. To receive the award, the Midwest junior must be 12 to 18 years of age, and must submit the Top Ten Reasons he/she should be selected for the scholarship award.
The receipt deadline for the application is Thursday, May 15. The applicant must be a resident of the region. The award must be used in 2008 and is not transferable. The scholarship is paid direct to the EIU Camp upon enrollment in the camp. Applications must be submitted via postal only; no email, fax, phone in applications or hand delivery.
The hand written applications must include the following:
Top Ten Reasons player should be selected,
Name of junior and name of parent,
Postal address,
Home phone number,
A functional email address.
Send Postal Only to ------
Russ Bowles, Chair
Midwest Junior Committee
4514 Pegasus Drive
St. Louis, MO 63129
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| | 2008 MBA Outstanding Junior Award | Hey, Junior Players! The Midwest Badminton Association is looking for applicants for the 2008 MBA Outstanding Junior Award.
One or two Junior players may be selected for the 2008 winners. Each Junior is presented with a plaque, a polo shirt, and plane fare to the 2008 U.S. Junior Nationals in Marblehead, Massachusetts, this summer. Deadline for
receipt of the applications is April 12, 2008. Be sure to send in your application!
The application is available for download from the MBA Home Page.
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| | Friendship Teams Forming | The Osaka Ladies Badminton Federation of Japan is bringing their fourteenth Annual International Friendship Ladies Team Badminton Tournament to the United States October 17-19, 2008, at the Orange County Badminton Club in Orange, California. The format will be a ladies doubles team format with 6 to 8 ladies per team. The tournament will run pool play feeding into a main draw competition.
Events will be A Zone with Advanced level teams of any age; B Zone with all players 55 and under; C Zone with all players 56 to 65; and D Zone with all players 66 and older. Age requirements must be met for Zones B-D as of October 17, 2008. The cost will run $200.00 per team, and the entry deadline is August 1, 2008.
Check your calendar—the Midwest would like to have as many teams as we can muster for this great one-time event! If you have interested players, now’s the time to start organizing your team. Each team will need a team manager/supervisor, a team captain, and a team name like Badminton Beauties, USA Pacific, Shuttle Smashers, etc. If you are interested in being on a team but don’t know of a team or others who might be on a team, we need to know of your interest so we can put teams together. Please contact Mary Ann Bowles, 314-487-7187, maryannbowles@gmail.com to let us know of your interest so we can organize teams. Let’s go for the gold in October!
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| | International Friendship Ladies Team Tournament | It is the pleasure of the Osaka Ladies Badminton Federation in Japan to bring their 14th Annual International Friendship Ladies Team Badminton Tournament to the United States.
Please come to the tournament and have fun playing ladies doubles format competition, make new badminton friends, and/or rekindle old friendships. Stay a few extra days and take in the sites such as Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, the Pacific Ocean, and shopping at the prestigious South Coast Plaza. Ladies, this is a badminton tournament you do not want to miss!
The Orange County Badminton Club looks forward in hosting this one-time U.S/Japan event. Hope to see you at the tournament.
Monica Ortez-U.S.A. Team Coordinator
WHEN: October 17, 18, 19, 2008
WHERE: Orange County Badminton Club
1432 N. Main Street
Orange, California 92867
714-639-6222
FORMAT: Ladies only! Team doubles format: 6-8 ladies per team. Pool play into main draw competition.
EVENTS: A Zone: Advanced-level, any team wishing to enter this zone; no age requirement
B Zone: All players must be 55 years of age and under
C Zone: All players must be 56 to 65 years of age or older
D Zone: All players must be 66 years of age and older
You must meet age requirements for Zones B-D as of October 17, 2008.
COST: $200.00 dollars per team
ENTRY DEADLINE: August 1, 2008
CONTACT PERSONS:
U.S. Team Coordinator: Monica Ortez (mortez@ovsd.org)
U.S. Management: Tim Mangkalakiri (TimOCBC@aol.com)
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