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2014 AZBC B-C SPRING CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT
Arizona Badminton Center
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Beibei Sun & Shaohua Li
2014 AZBC 'B-C' SPRING CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT
May 17, 2014
May 17, AZBC, Mesa...
Badminton continues to grow in Arizona and for some time we have wanted to establish a basic ranking system. 'A' for advanced, 'B' for intermediate, and 'C' for novice/beginner. These are not clearly defined levels of play, but give a general guideline to help tournaments provide more opportunities for developing players.
The 2014 AZBC 'B-C' Spring Challenge is really the first Arizona tournament to focus on the 'B' and 'C' level players using a 'B' drop 'C' format for WS, MS, WD, MD, MX without the "intimidation" of having 'A' players around. The result was several players playing in a tournament for the first time and lots of hard fought matches throughout. Beibei Sun (see photo to the left by Mike Hilliard) won the triple crown in the 'B's-- BWS, BWD with Sherry Yuan, BMX with Shaohua Li. Shaohua Li also won the BMS. Looks like it is time to move Sun and Li up to an 'A' ranking!
Additional results are as follows: BWS: Beibei Sun def. Sherry Yuan, 21-10, 21-19; BWS-Cons: Samantha Berg def. Maryann Stegall, 21-11; CWS: Alexis Mee def. Jaime Rostron, 21-15, 17-21, 21-9; CWS-Cons: Kiana MacDonald def. Meghan Marshall, 21-19; BMS: Shaohua Li def. Mike Hilliard, 21-8, 21-16; BMS-Cons: Gino Canez def. Rafi Sadek, 21-18; CMS: Murali Krishnan def. Dean Glazeski, 16-21, 21-17, 21-12; CMS-Cons: Ken Lee def. Tom Leong, 21-17; BWD (4 team round robin): 1st: Beibei Sun/Sherry Yuan, 2nd: Karen Guo/Alexis Mee, 3rd: Kiana MacDonald/Maryann Stegall, 4th: Samantha Berg/Haley Lesar; BMD: Warren Mee/Art Solo def. Mike Hilliard/Rafi Sadek, 21-14, 21-18; BMD-Cons: Dean Glazeski/Tom Leong def. Gino Canez/Shaohua Li, def; CMD: Marcus Allen/Jason Grey def. Vishwas Gowda/Murali Krishnan, 21-19, 12-21, 23-21; BMX: Shaohua Li/Beibei Sun def. Rafi Sadek/Sherry Yuan, 21-11, 21-19; BMX-Cons: Art Solo/Kailee Grey def. Murali Krishnan/Kirielle Singarajah, 21-19; CMX: Vishwas Gowda/Erlinda Singarajah def. Jason Grey/Kailee Grey, 21-10, 21-12.
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