Last weekend might have been the MOST exciting team match I have ever played and coached. Saturday afternoon Lyngby Badminton Klub played at home against Farum Badminton Klub. Farum is the 4th best team in our pool but has lost to the top teams in VERY close matches. Ours was no exception. [...]
Archive | November, 2009
Irish International 2009, Draw
Today the draw for the Irish International 2009 was published. Like I said in one of my previous statements, it is one of the strongest EBU’s I have played in a long time. I have been moved up from being the 9th highest ranked player in the tournament which would not allow me [...]
Irish International Championships 2009, Entry List
Here is the entry list for the 2009 Irish International. This year’s Irish international is probably the strongest I have ever seen it. Every player in the draw is a formidable foe…the qualifying list alone is a tournament worth winning! Unfortunatly I will probably not be seeded in this tournament since I am the [...]
Song Of The Week The Black Eyed Peas – I Got A Feelin’ – Oprah Winfrey
This week’s song of the week is “I Got A Feelin’” by The Black Eyed Peas. However this video is a bit different since a Live concert that is being held in Chicago with Oprah Winfrey. I heard about this video from my friends and they all told me how cool it was. [...]
2009 Bank of Scotland International Badminton Championships, My Battle for Top 16
Yesterday I played my second round at the 2009 Scottish International. I was matched up against a Scottish player, Calum Menzies. I had never seen him play before so I think it was a first for both of us. The first set I was leading for the most part, doing a good [...]
2009 Bank of Scotland International Badminton Championships, First Round Close Call
Here I am in Glasgow at the 2009 Scottish International. Yesterday afternoon I played my first round against a young English player Chris Coles and what a match it turned out to be. I had a feeling that I was going to have a tough time in that match since in my warm [...]
Lyngby Strikes Again!
Another great day for Lyngby Badminton Klub. Our team played away yesterday afternoon in Frederiksberg (Copenhagen) against Frederiksberg Badminton Klub. This was going to be a very big challenge for us since they were the #2 team in the group and we were,and still are, the #1 team in our group. However [...]
2009 Bank of Scotland International Badminton Championships, Draw
The draw for the Scottish International 2009 has been released today. I am the 5th seed in the tournament and have been drawn up against qualifier #4. Funny its seems that I often get a qualifier first round. The qualifying rounds start on Wednesday the 18th of November and the main draw [...]
Stephan The Man on TV5 November 18th
I would like to make a quick annoucement to all my stephantheman readers that I will be on television on the 18th of November at 22.30 (eastern standard time). I will be on a station called TV5 which is a french television station and the show is called “Plus loin + sport”. The [...]
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