Calgarians Geoff Prieur, Chelcia Petersen, Kathleen Lougheed, Martin Giuffre and David Pastewka, all of The Glencoe Club are among the Canadian athletes contesting the team and individual events of the 2008 World Junior Badminton Championships. Other Team Canada athletes include: Michelle Li, Peter Bultler, Stephanie Pakenham of Toronto.
Team Canada finished 10th among 21 countries in the team competiton, which finished Monday, October 27th. The team competition consisted of a best-of-five match tie, one each of men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. Canada finished with a three win / three loss record - good enough for 10th position. Martin Giuffre compiled a record of five wins and three losses in his eight matches, while club-mate Kathleen Lougheed finished with four wins and three losses. The remaining three Calgarians all recorded at least one match victory. The Canadian Team was coached by Ram Nayyar of Vancouver.
Final team standings: 1. China, 2. Korea, 3. Malaysia, 4. India, 5. Thailand, 6. Japan, 7. Indonesia, 8. Hong Kong- China, 9. Chinese-Taipei, 10. Canada, 11. Singapore, 12. France, 13. England, 14. Russia, 15. New Zealand, 16. Germany, 17. Scotland, 18. Sri Lanka, 19. Turkey, 20. Czech, 21. Estonia
For a complete listing of all the team competition matches, use the following link - http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=25206
The individual event competition began today (Wednesday, October 29) with the following results involving Canadian athletes: Men's Singles: Chih Hsun YANG (TPE) defeated Peter BUTLER (CAN) 21-8, 21-10; Andreas HEINZ (GER) def. Timothy CHIU (CAN) 21-10, 21-17; Michiharu KIDO (JPN) def. Martin GIUFFRE (CAN) 21-17, 21-7; Kamil Vehbi AKCEBE (TUR) def. David PASTEWKA 23-21, 21-14. Women's Singles: Laura VANA (EST) def. Christina GIUFFRE (CAN) 21-14, 22-20; Stephanie PAKENHAM (CAN) def. Noran Hassan EL BANNA (EGY) 19-21, 21-11, 21-11; Michelle LI (CAN) 9/16 seed def. Menat Allah Bahgat ESMAEEL (EGY) 21-10, 21-11; Misaki MATSUTOMO (JPN) def. PAKENHAM (CAN) 21-4, 21-10. Mixed Doubles: Hsin Hao LU/Hsiao Chu Peng (TPE) 9/16 seed def. David PASTEWKA/Chelcia PETERSEN (CAN) 21-15, 21-10; Hee Chun MAK/Kah Mun Vivian HOO (MAS) 5/8 seed def. Peter BUTLER/Michelle LI (CAN) 21-12, 21-9; Dae Eun KIM/Hye In CHOI (KOR) 9/16 seed def. Timothy CHIU/Christina GIUFFRE (CAN) 21-2, 21-8;
Play continues Thursday through Sunday. For a complete set of individual match results - use the following link. http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=25261