Notes from Team Captains Meeting on July 23, 2005
- Comming soon
2004/2005 Champions: Team Willowbrook
Erin Anderson, Karen Chin, Rocky Dong, Matt Wrobel, Jimmy Ye, Serge Penksik, Peter Tygrysek
Plus (Not on the picture) Gena Fite, Leann Du-Higashi
2004/2005 Runner-Up: Team McKinley Park
Jurate Sidlauskaite, Karishma Kollipara, Gediminas Andrikonis, Haris Subacius, Scott Shigley
Plus (Not on the picture) Magdalena Upchurch
2004/2005 MVP's: Gediminas Andrikonis & Karisham Kollipara
Final Results
Finals were played on Sunday evening April 24, 2005 in Downers Grove North High SchoolFor the Championship McKinley Park drew Willowbrook 4:4
In a tight match, the tie breaker rule came into effect and the team with better result in mixed doubles games claimed the win. Willowbrook won both of their mixed doubles matches, coming back from a deficit 2:4, and claiming the inaugural Badminton Team League Championship. The rules are changing for the next season, and there will be only 7 individual matches (2xMS, 2xWS, 1xMD,1xWD, 1xXD) played in each team match avoiding a need for a tie breaker rule.
For the Third Place: Park Ridge beat Chicago Dragons 8:0
In absence of Dragons best female player Shannon Pohl, the Park Ridge team dominated the match for the 3rd place.
Semifinals
Played on Sunday March 6, 2005, 6pm in Downers Grove North High SchoolMatch #1: McKinley Park (seed#1) wins over Chicago Dragons (seed #4) 5:3
MD: Gediminas Andrikonis, Scott Shigley vs. Milan Kratka, Anthony Calderon 2:0
WD: Karishma Kollipara, Jurate Sidlauskaite vs. Shannon Pohl, Priscila Ing 2:0
MS #1: Gediminas Andrikonis vs. Milan Kratka 2:0
MS #2: Haris Subacius vs. Anthony Calderon 0:2
WS #1: Jurate Sidlauskaite vs. Shannon Pohl 0:2
WS #2: Karishma Kollipara vs. Irina Slavina 2:0
XD #1: Gediminas Andrikonis, Jurate Sidlauskaite vs. Milan Kratka, Shannon Pohl 1:2
XD #2: Scott Shigley, Karishma Kollipara vs. Anthony Calderon, Priscila Ing 2:0
Match #2: Park Ridge (seed #2) looses to Willowbrook (Seed #3) 1:7
MD: Imran Dharma, Tarwin Winawan vs. Matt Vrobel, Serge Penksik 0:2
WD: Ann Hewkin, Yvonne Hui vs. Gina Fite, Karen Chin 0:2
MS #1: Tarwin Winawan vs. Matt Vrobel 1:2
MS #2: Thomas Chan vs. Rocky Dong 1:2
WS #1: Ann Hewkin vs. Gina Fite 0:2
WS #2: Yvonne Hui vs. Karen Chin 0:2
XD #1: Thomas Chan, Yvonne Hui vs. Serge Penksik, Karen Chin 0:2
XD #2: Imran Dharma, Ann Hewkin vs. Peter Tygrysek, Erin Anderson 2:0
Round Robin Standings:
1. McKinley Park - Points: 6 (W:3, D:0, L:0); Matches: 17:32. Park Ridge - Points: 4 (W:2, D:0, L:0); Matches: 11:8
3. Willowbrook - Points: 2 (W:1, D:0, L:2); Matches: 8:13
4. Chicago Dragons - Points: 0 (W:0, D:0, L:3); Matches: 4:16
Round 3:
McKinley Park vs. Willowbrook 5:1
Park Ridge vs. Chicago Dragons 5:0
Round 2:
Park Ridge vs. McKinley Park 0:6
Willowbrook vs. Chicago Dragons 5:2
Round 1:
Park Ridge vs. Willowbrook 6:2
McKinley Park vs. Chicago Dragons 6:2
Schedule:
Round #3
McKinley Park vins over Willowbrook 5:1MD: Matt Vrobel, Serge Penksik vs. Gediminas Andrikonis, Scott Shigley 1:2 (15:10, 11:15, 8:15)
WD: Gina Fite, Leann Du-Higashi vs. Karishma Kollipara, Jurate Sidlauskaite 2:1 (8:15, 15:10, 15:10)
MS #1: Matt Vrobel vs. Gediminas Andrikonis 1:2 (15:10, 12:15, 5:15)
MS #2: NP
WS #1: Gina Fite vs. Jurate Sidlauskaite 1:2 (11:7, 6:11, 9:11)
WS #2: Karen Chin vs. Karishma Kollipara 0:2 (5:11, 4:11)
XD #1: Jimmy Ye, Gina Fite vs. Scott Shigley, Karishma Kollipara 0:2 (8:15, 13:15)
XD #2: NP
Park Ridge wins over Chicago Dragons 5:0
MD: NP
WD: NP
MS #1: Thomas Chan vs. Milan Kratka 2:1 (15:6, 10:15, 15:13)
MS #2: Tarwin Winawan vs. Milan Kratka 2:1 (15:5, 6:15, 15:7)
WS #1: Ann Hewkin vs. Irina Slavina 2:0 (11:4, 11:6)
WS #2: NP
XD #1: Alice Wunderlich, Jason Hui vs. Irina Slavina, Milan Kratka 2:0 (15:8, 15:6)
XD #2: Ann Hewkin, Imran Dharma vs. Shannon Pohl, Milan Kratka 2:0 (15:12, 15:8)
Round #2
McKinley Park wins over Park Ridge 6:0MD: Gediminas Andrikonis,Scott Shigley vs.Thomas Chan, Tarwin Winawan 2:0 (15:13,15:9)
WD: Jurate Sidlauskaite, Karishma Kollipara vs. Ann Hewkin, Katie Monahan 2:0 (15:6, 15:13)
MS #1: Gedas Andrikonis vs.Tarwin Winawan 2:0 (15:13,15:13)
MS #2: NP
WS #1: Karishma Kollipara vs. Katie Monahan 2:0 (11:4,11:4)
WS #2: NP
XD #1: Scott Shigley, Karishma Kollipara vs. Thomas Chan, Katie Monahan 2:0 (17:15,15:4)
XD #2: Gediminas Andrikonis, Karishma Kollipara vs.Tarwin Winawan, Yvonne Hui 2:0 (15:6,17:14)
Willowbrook wins over Chicago Dragons 5:3.
MD: Peter Tygrysek, Rocky Dong vs. Anthony Calderon, Milan Kratka 2:1 (15:3, 9:15, 15:12)
WD: Karen Chin, Erin Anderson vs. Tiffanie Kimura, Priscila Ing 2:0 (15:9, 17:15)
MS #1: Matt Vrobel vs. Milan Kratka 2:0 (15:7, 17:16)
MS #2: Rocky Dong vs. Anthony Calderon 2:0 (15:8, 15:13)
WS #1: Karen Chin vs. Tiffanie Kimura 0:2 (4:11,1:11)
WS #2: NP
XD #1: Karen Chin, Peter Tygrysek vs. Tiffanie Kimura, Milan Kratka 2:0 (15:12, 15:10)
XD #2: Jimmy Ye, Karen Chin vs. Anthony Calderon, Priscila Ing 0:2 (9:15, 10:15)
Round #1
Park Ridge defeated Willowbrook 6:2MD: Matt Wrobel, Serge Penksik vs. Imran Dharma, Masood Ali Khan 1:2 (15:13, 10:15, 13:15)
WD: Erin Anderson, Karen Chin vs. Sarah Sammit, Katie Monahan 0:2 (8:15, 5:15)
MS #1: Rocky Dong vs. Alex Mathew 0:2 (11:15, 13:15)
MS #2: Jimmy Ye vs. Tarwin Winawan 0:2 (9:15, 7:15)
WS #1: Karen Chin vs. Ann Hewkin 2:0 (11:6, 11:2)
WS #2: Erin Anderson vs. Sarah Sammit 0:2 (2:11, 0:11)
XD #1: Peter Tygrysek, Erin Anderson vs. Ann Hewkin, Tarwin Winawan 0:2 (11:15, 2:15)
XD #2: Peter Tygrysek, Leann Du-Higashi vs. Ann Hewkin, Imran Dharma 2:1 (11:15, 15:12, 15:8)
McKinley Park wins over Chicago Dragons 6:2
MD: Donny Chen, Milan Kratka vs. Haris Subacius, Scott Shigley 0:2 (5:15, 7:15)
WD: Irina Slavina, Sayaka Honda vs. Jurate Sidlauskaite, Karishma Kollipara 0:2 (3:15,5:15)
MS #1: Milan Kratka vs. Scott Shigley 2:0 (17:14, 15:8)
MS #2: Donny Chen vs. Haris Subacius 2:0 (15:8, 15:8)
WS #1: Irina Slavina vs. Jurate Sidlauskaite 0:2 (4:11, 6:11)
WS #2: Jodie Leahey vs. Karishma Kollipara 0:2 (1:11, 4:11)
XD #1: Donny Chen, Eva Mai vs. Haris Subacius, Magdalena Upchurch 1:2 (15:9, 11:15, 12:15)
XD #2: Milan Kratka, Irina Slavina vs. Haris Subacius, Karishma Kollipara 0:2 (5:15,7:15)
Statistics:
Team Roasters:
1. Willowbrook
Captain: Jimmy Ye,Rocky Dong, Gena Fite, Leann Du-Higashi, Matt Wrobel, Serge Penksik, Karen Chin, Erin Anderson, Peter Tygrysek
2. Chicago Dragons
Captain: Milan KratkaDonny Chen, Jodie Leahey, Eva Mai, Irina Slavina, Shannon Pohl, Sayaka Honda, Tiffanie Kimura, Priscila Ing, Anthony Calderon
3. McKinley Park
Co-Captains: Jurate Sidlauskaite, Haris SubaciusScott Shigley, Jurate Sidlauskaite, Karishma Kollipara, Magdalena Upchurch, Gediminas Andrikonis
4. Park Ridge
Co-Captains: Alex Mathew, Yvonne HuiImran Dharma, Katie Monahan, Ann Hewkin, Sarah Sammit, Thomas Chan, Tarwin Winawan, Alice Wunderlich, Jason Hui, Yvonne Hui
Round Robin Phase
About one full match played in a month period.Team captains negotiate the place, date, and time of the match.
Individual duels do not have to be played on the same date or same location.
Visiting teams are listed first.
Report results the old fashion way or electronically.
Download Match Report Sheet in MSWord format.
Download Match Report Sheet in RTF format.
Rules:
Round-robin team matches plus play-offs.Each team match consists of 2 men's singles, 2 ladies' singles, 1 mixed doubles, 1 men's double, and 1 ladies' double. Games count 2 out of 3 games, each game to 15, except the ladies' singles played to 11. The prefered order (unless BOTH captains agree otherwise) of games played is WS1, MS1, WS2, MS2, WD, MD, XD1
All IBF rules, including sportsmanship and dress code, shall apply. Team players should wear the team colar shirt with the name of the team, its sponsors, and the possibly the name of the player
Two different players need to play in the two singles matches, unless BOTH teams captains agree otherwise. Women are allowed to play men's events. The match should start with the wave of four singles games, followed by the wave of the two doubles games, followed by the mixed doubles game. The order can be changed only upon mutual agreement between both team captains. The breaks between the matches should not be more than 15 minutes.
It should take under two hours to complete a whole match in a gym with 3 or 4 courts available, while tying 4 courts only for the duration of the singles matches only. It shall take less than 2.5 hours if only 2 courts are available for the play.
The system allows a team to consist of anywhere between 2 ladies, a ll the way up to 5 men and 5 ladies, each one playing at least in one match. A team match can result in scores 0:8, 1:7, ..., 4:4, ... ,8:0.
Each team will be allowed to default two individual matches in the round-robin phase, each additional default will result in a penalty of one and a half match point (so the score can actually be 1:7.5 ).
The final match for the winner of the Badminton League play-offs, and also possibly all play-off matches, will be played at a prearranged location with invitation of the medias and possible sponsorship coverage.
The results of each match have to be submitted by email or by fax by the next day after the match. They will be kept in the league's database and posted on the league's web site www.BadmintonLeague.com.
Both team captains need to sign and deliver the attached score sheet, and keep one hard copy for themselves. Upon possible acceptance by the MBA and USAB the results of individual matches will be submitted to their ranking committees.
The results and the current standings will be also submitted for publication to Chicagoland Badminton Players News Group, the MBA's Flick Magazine , USA Badminton Magazine, as well as local newspapers.
Once a player played for a team, she or he can change a team only with a consent of captains of all teams. There cannot be any team change during the play-off phase. Only players who played at least one match in the round robin phase are allowed to play in the play-off matches.
Prize:
The trophy, plus at least a total of $400 cash prize from sponsorship.The two MVP man/lady players, and the sportsmanship award will be selected by the team captains.
Funds are available for gas for the team that would need to travel to play in the league, e.g. from Urbana or Carbondale and so on.
