Life Members of Glenelg Badminton Club 1978 Fergie Kerr 1978 Jacqui Kerr 1984 Pat O’Shaughnessy 1985 Anne Stoneham 1988 Brian Emery 1989 Glen McPherson 1992 Peter Van der Lans 1996 Edna Bannister 1998Robert Riggs 2000 David Nash 2001 Bobbie Salotti 2002 Jeff Green 2003 Sandy Faithfull 2006 Sally Brauer 2007 Jane Awwad 2007 Carol Packard 2007 Malcolm Wainwright 2007 Jamie Deans

Presidents of Glenelg Badminton Club Glenelg has had only 5 Presidents in 44 years

Fergie Kerr 1968—1973 Roy Bierton 1974

Ted Gentle 1975—1979 Glen McPherson 1980—1987 Robert Riggs 1988—Present

This stable leadership has been one of the main ingredients for the club’s success over the years

Glenelg Breakers

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Message from the President After some 20 years I look back on the achieve-ments and progression of the club with consid-erable pride. Over that time the club has devel-oped a firm foundation in the Associations competition with teams in all grades. This sea-son we have 2 teams in State League, 1 in A grade 3 in B grade 1 in C grade.

We have managed to maintain an excellent

Monday night social time thus ensuring we retain our focus on offering the opportunity for people to play badminton at all levels. In 1995 we recommenced a junior program initially offering training for young people on Sunday mornings. That has been further enhanced by the introduction of junior league giving our young people an opportunity to experience competition in a team environment. We currently have 5 teams in the junior league competition. The assistance from Anita Wong, Andrew Combe, Neil Grant, John Ly, Jane Awwad and Gianni Monti in managing the teams is certainly most appreciated. Thank you also to Claudio, Jane, Jeff, Mingmei and Daniel for their dedication to Sunday morning coaching. In 2000 we relocated here to Lockleys after 35 years at Holdfast YMCA. In the end I think the committee’s concerns about the move were unfounded and the club has continued to go from strength to strength. As part of the relocation we set about creating our own club room area and despite a lot of doubters particularly outside the club we have managed to create an outstanding addition to the facility. This is an area which is appreciated by all users of the venue. The project would not have been possible without significant assis-tance from Waternish Constructions, Office of Recreation and Sport, City of West Tor-rens, Davis and Brooks and the voluntary hours by some members. Along the way we have had various events to celebrate our journey all of which have been excellent and fitting occasions. The last of which was the opening ceremony in April this year which was a very appropriate celebration of the lasting legacy we have created. I remain extremely proud of our club in what we have achieved and continue to achieve. We deserve hearty congratulations on our accomplishments with particular regard for the building project. Rest assured you belong to a strong and progressive club and may I remind you that a club is truly a reflection of its members.

Robert

AUSTRALIAN U19 DOUBLES CHAMPION

The girl’s doubles in the Australian U/19 Closed Championships was won by Verdet Kessler & her partner Leanne Choo. They went through without dropping a game for the entire tournament. An outstanding achievement with Verdet winning her first National Title. Verdet and Leanne also won the Australian U/19 International Doubles

Jeff Green was selected to represent Australia as umpire

and to accompany the Aust. Team who competed in the

Whyte Trophy held in NZ.

Committee Members

Your committee members for 2009/2010

are as follows:-

President: Robert Riggs

Vice President: Simon White

Treasurer: Kym Lau

Secretary: Carol Packard

Helen White

Sandy Faithfull

Daniel Blue

Simon Oaten

John Ly

Nigel Isherwood

THANKS THANKS THANKS The front part of the bar and kitchen counter now look very fancy thanks to Claudio Diluzio and his artistic

efforts. Don’t say anything to him though ‘cause he wants to stay anonymous.

A GRADE

Plate Winner: Aditya Shivam

Ladies Singles Runner Up: Anita Wong

B GRADE

Ladies Singles Runner Up: Georgia Combe

Men’s Singles Winner: Jeffrey Wong

Men’s Singles Runner Up: Zhe Lim

Mens Doubles Runners Up: Allan Davis &

Mitchell Davis

Ladies Doubles Runner Up: Georgia Combe

C GRADE

Men’s singles winner: Ian Wong

Men’s doubles winner: Manoj S. Mansukhani

Men’s doubles Runners Up: Ralph Johnstone & Curtis Eyles

Mixed Doubles Winners: Carol Packard & Manoj S. Mansukhani

Mixed Doubles Runners Up: Beck Valentine & Craig Markham

CITY OF ADELAIDE

Anita Wong

Carol Packard & Manoj S. Mansukhani Ian Wong

David Currie and Jeff Green both played against each other in the

recent Grange Golf Club Championships. Unfortunately for both

of them they missed qualifying in the final eight - David in a play-

off and Jeff by just one shot. Better luck next year !

On another note. Jeff was advised how to play by a 10 year old

member of his club who went on to win Jeff’s section of the club

championships . Seems Jeff has been swinging his clubs incor-

rectly all this time. The 10 year olds 14 year old brother won the A

grade club championship.

CLUB SHIRTSCLUB SHIRTSCLUB SHIRTSCLUB SHIRTS There are new club shirts now in stock

Round neck, navy blue, with white side insert panel

Club logo on the front Sizes

S, M,L AND XL Cost $28 each

See Kym Lau if you would like to buy one

Junior League Glenelg entered 6 teams in Junior League for the Winter season. 2 in Divi-sion 1 and 4 in Division 2 Division 1 – Best Team Player won by Scott Von Stanke Division 2 – Whales finished 2nd (Joseph Awwad, Ryan Kinner, Hanna Hutama, Sam Todd) and Dolphins 3rd (Mitchell Grant, Alex Grant, Niamh Towler- Thirlwell and Jack Harrington President’s Medal was won by Mitchell Grant and Best Team Player won by Aaron Genikas. A huge thank you is extended to the managers of all teams and the par-ents who attend matches.

Ken Hall Volunteers Award

Debbie Gutte (Ken Hall’s daughter) presenting Jeff Green with

the Ken Hall VolunteersThis award has been established in conjunction

This award was established in conjunction with Badminton SA and

Margaret Hall in acknowledgment of Ken’s years of valuable, dedi-

cated involvement with badminton in SA. Ken is recognised as SA

Badminton’s longest serving volunteer, volunteering for some 50

years.

Successful organisations are only the sum

total of their contributors both visible and

unseen and this award is to recognise this.

Shannon Riggs Medal

Robert Riggs presenting Verdet Kessler with the

Shannon Riggs Medal at the SABA AGM

This medal was created as a fitting memorial to Shannon and the

qualities she displayed during her involvement with badminton.

It is open to U15, U17 and U19 State Squad members. Points are

awarded to players by their coaches/managers throughout the year

for:-

* Training attendance

* Performance at training

* Ability to follow instructions

* Willingness to assist

* Positive attitude to team spirit

* Consideration for others

* Consistent effort in all endeavours

COMMENTS MADE DURING THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

It’s a lot easier playing

with Katie than playing

mixed with Simon!!

Simon White lost 15

balls in a round of

18 Golf!! Better

stick to badminton

Suck it up princess...get on

court!! This after just having

played and being asked to play

the next game.

You choked it!!

My racquet got in the

way!!! Huh!!!

How Joseph Awwad really broke his

arm…. Joseph and Alex were wrestling

one day, as they do, and Joseph (the

younger brother) was getting the upper

hand. Alex decided to end it with a mighty

thud and broke Joseph’s arm.

Joseph didn’t cry but Alex did. Why???

It seems Joseph kicked Alex where it hurts

most. Ouch!!!! Brings tears to your eyes.

She’s the oldest ladies

doubles winner ever!!

His time will come

Jane!!

Yummy

dip John!!

Club Championships Earlier this month the club Championships were held with good attendance at

both senior and junior level. Our thanks go to Simon White and Simon Oaten for

the efforts they put in in planning and organising the event and Simon Oaten and

Carol in running the event on the day. Thanks also to Jane for her assistance in

running the junior tournament. It is important that I acknowledge the excellent

work done by Eli Awwad in cooking the barbecue. Thank you to all those who

brought salads for the lunch time barbecue. It seemed to me that it was a great

day well run and enjoyed by all.

In September we had the social championships, once again there was good par-

ticipation with Jeff providing his usual handicapping skills. (Very dodgy indeed

some would say.) There were some keenly fought games with a good time had by

all. Thank you to Jeff and Carol for their efforts on the night.

SENIOR RESULTS MENS SINGLES- Winner: Nigel Soon Runner Up: Gert Goesaert LADIES SINGLES- Winner: Katie Wilczynski Runner Up: Mingmei Teo MENS DOUBLES— Winners: Kym Lau/James Abraham Runners Up:Nigel Soon/Gert Goesaert LADIES DOUBLES –Winners: Katie Wilczynski/Jane Awwad Runners Up: Anita Wong/Leah Danieli MIXED DOUBLES— Winners: Ben Schwidder/Katie Wilczynski Runners Up: Leah Danieli/Kym Lau Congratulations to Katie Wilczynski...triple winner JUNIOR RESULTS BOYS SINGLES - Winner: Kosta Angelakis Runner Up: Tony Do GIRLS SINGLES - Winner: Ayesia Kamara Runner Up: Michaelia Sires DOUBLES - Winners: Alex Grant /Michaelia Sires Runners Up: Alex Awwad/Dillon Hua SOCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Ladies winner: Rebecca Valentine Runner Up: Anita Wong Men’s winner: Victor Chia Runner Up: Fraser Gill

Aaaaaarhh!!! The plague is coming!! Older play-

ers are going through a mid life crisis, wanting to

be 20 again. BIG DEAL you think!! In recent

months people have been subjected to some ordi-

nary sights. It is believed a former coach is behind

this tragic event by helping others improve their

fitness. Many players have taken up cycling and

have been seen riding along the coast lines of

Adelaide. So what you are thinking!! Unless you

have seen one of these older people in lycra bike shorts (ughhh!!! Not a

pretty sight. Believe me I’ve seen one of them) even their wives are refusing

to accept any responsibility for this behaviour.

If you get the sudden desire to improve your fitness, do not attempt to wear

lycra, it only causes humiliation (not to say budgie smuggling as well). As

for anyone who has been seen wearing lycra, there is no cure. For the wives

out there, we apologise. All we wanted to do was play badminton at a com-

petitive level and ‘flog a young buck or two’.

Once again beware of the lycra men, it can be harmful to your eyesight.

SABA Awards Cadd Trophies were won by Ken Lam (A grade), Buu Tran (B grade) and Manoj S. Mansukhani (C grade)

Ken Lam Manoj S. Mansukhani

SABA Winter competition

The Glenelg Mantas

were winners of the

C grade final

Daphne Law, Matt

Eyles, Kim Duong,

Carol Packard,

Manoj S. Mansukhani

Ralph Johnston,

Curtis Eyles, Craig

Eyles, Libby Olpot,

Paul Estreich

The Glenelg Dolphins were runners up in the B grade final

Allan Davis, Mitchell Davis, Victor Chia (pictured)

Peter Eblen, Simon Bond, Heip Pham, Supattra Hom-On,

Le Tran, Anna Olshansky, Aruna Shivam

Always remember….. be yourself…

‘cause everyone else is taken.

Junior Winners & runners upJunior Winners & runners upJunior Winners & runners upJunior Winners & runners up

Kosta Angelakis

Ayesia Kamara

Michaelia Sires Tony Do

Dillon Hua & Alex Awwad

Michaelia Sires & Alex Grant

What is he

doing??

Someone has

stolen a

shuttle!!!

Look at me!! I’m

better at this than

playing badminton

How’s your eyesight?? Read the passage below:

“It deosn't matter in waht oredr the ltteers in a word are, jsut

That the frist and last ltteer are in the rghit plcae. This is beusace the

human mind deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef but the woird as a

wolhe!”

Confused?? Find your local optometrist at www.optometrist.asn.au

Helena is 10 weeks old in the photo. She was born on the 29th July (a

week and a half early) and weighed 2.9kg/6.7pounds and born a

natural, 9 hour labour.

Cheeks are rosy – especially when she cries –and boy has she mas-

tered that skill! But despite the mid evening wake up feeds, Chris and

I are enjoying every moment of this huge learning curve and we can’t

imagine life without her.

As for me – I’m hoping to see you all again –ok give me a little time –

but I’m looking forward to getting on the courts again and seeing my

friendly Monday night badminton bunch again soon.

Love, Suzi (Markov) and Helena

Xx

BABY NEWS

Congratulations to newlyweds, Nuy and John Ly, married

on Sunday 5th July at The Ballroom, Ayers House, North

Terrace.

Congratulations to James & Mel Abraham on the new addition to their

family, baby Patrick Jack Thomas Abraham, born on 26th June

I’ll just alter

mum’s score

Fantastic cooks– Elli & Joseph Awwad

The t-shirt speaks for it’s self!!!

The 2009 David Currie Club Award was presented to Carol Packard by Cathy Morton (Currie). This award was created by David's family in Scotland through Cathy, his wife, in memory of David Currie a club member whose dedication and commitment to our club was out-standing. Carol’s contribution to our club, es-pecially her commitment to the build-ing project has been outstanding.

The 2009 Shannon Riggs Achievers Award was presented to Mingmei Teo by Brinley Duggan (Shannon’s cousin). This is awarded to a club member who deserves special recognition for their ef-forts and achievements in badminton. Mingmei started at the club in our junior program and moved on to playing in Junior League. She is now a regular member of a senior team participating in SABA competi-tion and is involved in the coaching side of the junior program.

Most Improved club member

Kim Duong.

Kim has improved as a player

and is a valuable asset to our

club.

Finding a nice photo of myself

is a bit of an oxymoron but

here goes.

Ways to injure yourself!!

How many ways can you injure

yourself? Just ask the president of

the club he knows.

♦ Have a stroke.

♦ Cut your ulna nerve on a

smashed headlight

♦ Fall into a bush on the way

home and break 5 bones in your

foot

Going cheap. A used (only slightly)

medium sized moon boot. Good for

skating, keeping your foot warm

and keeping bones in place. Could

also be used on your head to keep

your brain from getting lost!!

Saturday morning

bike riding group Feel like some exercise apart

from playing badminton?

Join the Saturday morning,

lycra wearing bicycling

group (eww!!) Apparently

several Life Members of the

club can be seen sporting

lycra and riding along the

shores.

Contact David Nash for more

STATE TEAM REPRESENTATIVES

The club would like to congratulate the following members who were selected to represent South Australia in 2009. U17 State Team: Verdet Kessler, Georgia Combe, Khoi Pham and Ian Wong. Anita Wong was the official umpire for the team. Ian Wong was awarded the team’s best male player. Under 19 State Team: Katie Wilczynski, Verdet Kessler, Aditya Shivam. Verdet paired with Leanne Choo to win the Australian U19 Closed Doubles Title. This was Verdett’s first National Title. They also won the U19 Inter-national doubles title. Senior State Team: Katie Wilczynski, Ee-Jun Ban. Simon White – Manager and Jeff Green –Umpire Congratulations to Jeff Green who represented both SA and Australia at the Whyte Trophy as an umpire.

CONGRATULATIONS TO

Katie Wilczynski U19 State Champion Singles, doubles, mixed

Verdet Kessler U17 State Champion Singles, doubles, mixed

John Ly’s delicious dip recipe Water cress

Spinach

Egg mayonnaise

Onion

Cream

Combine all above ingredients together in a blender

Serve with wafer thin savoury biscuits

Yummy!! Just ask those who attended the club championships

especially Anita and her group.

Men’s singles Winner: Nigel Soon Runner Up: Gert Goesaert Presented by Life Member Glen McPherson

Ladies Singles Winner: Katie Wilczynski Runner Up: Mingmei Teo Presented by Life Member Peter Vanderlans

Ladies Doubles Winners: Katie Wilczynski & Jane Awwad Presented by Life Member Bobby Salotti

Men’s doubles winners James Abraham & Kym Lau Runners Up Nigel Soon & Gert Goesaert Presented by Life Member Sally Brauer

Mixed Doubles winners Ben Schwidder & Katie Wilczynski Presented by Life Member Jeff Green

SOCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Ladies winner Rebecca Valentine Runner Up Anita Wong Men’s winner Victor Chia

Ladies trophy presented by

Robyn Limbert, daughter of

Jacqui Kerr, Life Member and

founding member of the

Glenelg Badminton Club

Men’s trophy presented by

Fergie Kerr, Life Member and

founding member of the

Glenelg Badminton Club