News flash - Results of 1st round on 19th May SBH Badminton Pentangular Challenge - NUSS 2nd position after 1st round

 Dear all,

News flash:  1^st round kick off last evening (19^th May 2012);  We started playing at about 6:45 pm and our last match ended at around 11:00 pm (yes, no mistake in my typing);

 

1)      Background:

 

NUSS was once again invited by Singapore Badminton Hall (SBH) to participate in Badminton Pentangular Challenge;  The other four (4) teams are:

1)      SBH

2)      Swift

3)      Team from China

4)      Team from Philippines

 

2)      Match format:  5 Doubles (Open) played over 4 rounds;  The five (5) doubles pairs were ranked accordingly and all the 1^st ranked players from all the five (5) teams will play among each other in court 1;  This applies to 2^nd ranked in court 2, 3^rd ranked in court 3, and so on till 5^th ranked;  To spice up the game and allow more players to play including "players might need to "retire" due to injury, each team is also allowed to play their substitutes (newly added after this evening kick-off meeting among Team Captains);

 

3)      In all, each doubles pairs would have to play 4 matches (2 games of 21 points; Handicap given to losing team in 1^st set based on difference in score in 1^st set, minus 2 divide by 2 and round down);  No rubber set;  A win is 3 points, draw 1 point and no point for loss;  At the end of each round, all the teams will be ranked according to points scored;  1^st position team will be awarded 5 points, followed by 4 for 2^nd, 3 for 3^rd, 2 for 4^th and 1 for 5^th;

 

4)      At the end of each round, all the Team Captains will meet to discuss to review the performances of all teams;  In order not to have a runaway winner, the weaker team(s) will be given additional handicap if required by the stronger ones so that every team is a winner!  Sounds complicated?  Never mind… just go straight to the 1^st round results;

 

5)      NUSS 1^st round results (Win/Draw/L/Points):  Some of the games were very close with deuce….sorry I don't the full matches score details…

 

1^st Doubles – Daniel/Sew Meng:  2/1/1/7 points

2^nd Doubles – SK Gan/Jeremy: 3/1/0/10 points

3^rd Doubles – Charles/Davis: 1/2/1/5 points

4^th Doubles – Francis Tan/Michael: 2/1/1/7 points

5^th Doubles – Alex/Ah Boon: 2/1/1/7 points

Total: 10/6/4/36 points (60% marks out of maximum 60)

 

6)      At the end of 1^st round:

 

SBH: 37 points

NUSS: 36 points

PILIPINAS: 31 points

SWIFT: 17 points

SAT: 14 points

 

7)      Round 2 matches kicks off on Sunday, 8^th July 2012, tentatively at about 3:00 pm (to be confirmed);  Please let me know if you are keen to come and support us in person;  I have attached the road map to SBH for your convenience in case you want to surprise us!

 

With Best Regards/Francis

NUSS Badminton Convenor – 2012