Memphis Open Badminton Tournament Nov 17, 2001
Tournament information, including pictures, results, and round-by-round descriptions are also posted on the club's website: http://www.geocities.com/shuttlemaster
Tournament Results
	Open Event-Mens Singles-'A' Division Kazhuhisa Iwabuchi (University of Martin, Martin, Tennessee) over Yaowu Zhao (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee) 15-3, 15-9 Open Event-Mens Singles-'B' Division Frank Chen (Homewood Badminton Club, Hoover, Alabama) over Chih-Shiue Yan (Birmingham Badminton Club, Birmingham, Alabama) 12-15, 15-9, 15-3 Open Event-Mens Singles-'C' Division Fei Ling (University of Alabama-Huntsville Badminton Club, Huntsville, Alabama) over Kevin Ross (River City Badminton Club, St. Louis, Missouri) 15-1, 15-2 Open Event-Mens Singles-'D' Division Galzi Damien (University of Alabama-Huntsville Badminton Club, Huntsville, Alabama) over Wenjun Yun (University of Alabama-Huntsville Badminton Club) 15-6, 15-3 Open Event-Mens Doubles-'A' Division James Seal and Jeetendra Dayaldasani (Gateway Badminton Club, St. Louis, Missouri) over Bill Chong and Thein Maung (University of Alabama-Huntsville Badminton Club, Huntsville, Alabama) 15-4, 15-3 Open Event-Mens Doubles 'B' Division Wai Fong Ching (Arkansas State University, Searcy, Arkansas) and Shesh Rai (Memphis Badminton Club, Memphis, Tennessee) over Sam Leow and Bai Xueai (Memphis Badminton Club, Memphis, Tennessee) 13-15, 15-13, 15-11 Open Event-Mens Doubles 'C' Division Frank Chen and Stanley Lim ((Homewood Badminton Club, Hoover, Alabama) over David Chen and Will Miner (Memphis Badminton Club, Memphis, Tennessee) 15-12, 12-15, 15-9 Open Event-Mens Doubles 'D' Division David Shaw and Chih-Shiue Yan (Birmingham Badminton Club, Birmingham, Alabama) over Mike Agee and Jim Hicks (Memphis Badminton Club, Memphis, Tennessee) 15-13, 12-15, 15-4 Open Event-Mixed Doubles Jeetendra Dayaldasani and Kristin Artman (Gateway Badminton Club, St. Louis, Missouri) over James Seal and Mary Ann Bowles (Gateway Badminton Club, St. Louis, Missouri) 15-4, 15-3 Consolation Event Gregor Tamindzija (Arkansas State University, Searcy, Arkansas) and Jessica Morgan (University of Chicago Badminton Club, Chicago, Illinois) over Kazuhisa Iwabuchi and Mai Imamoto (University of Tennessee-Martin, Martin, Tennessee) 15-13, 15-4 Open Event Womens Singles Kristin Artman (Gateway Badminton Club, St. Louis, Missouri) over Maxine Evans (Memphis Badminton Club, Memphis, Tennessee) 11-0, 11-2 Consolation Event Xiaoling Zhang (University of Alabama-Huntsville Badminton Club, Huntsville, Alabama) over Neesha Survarna (Memphis Badminton Club, Memphis, Tennessee) 11-6, 10-13, 11-4 Open Event Womens Doubles (Round Robin) 1st Place: Kristin Artman and Mary Ann Bowles (Gateway Badminton Club, St. Louis, Missouri) 2nd Place: Maxine Evans and Penny Sun (Memphis Badminton Club, Memphis, Tennessee) Master Event-Mens Singles (Round Robin) 1st Place: Jim Hicks (Memphis Badminton Club, Memphis, Tennessee) 2nd Place: Bosco Yu (Memphis Badminton Club, Memphis, Tennessee) Master Event-Mens Doubles (Round Robin) 1st Place: Russ Bowles (Gateway Badminton Club, St. Louis, Missouri) and Len Williams (Top Flight Badminton Club, Omaha, Nebraska) 2nd Place: Gary McNeal and Jerome McCaskey (Memphis Badminton Club, Memphis, Tennessee)
Tournament Trivia
	Total Number of Courts: 7 Total Number of tournament participants: 55 Total Number of Matches: 107 Duration of Tournament: 13 hours Badminton clubs that attended the tournament: Gateway Badminton Club-St. Louis, Missouri River City Badminton Club-St. Louis, Missouri Memphis Badminton Club-Memphis, Tennessee Bristol Badminton Club-Bristol, Tennessee Vanderbilt University Badminton Club-Nashville, Tennessee University of Alabama-Huntsville Badminton Club-Huntsville, Alabama Homewood Badminton Club-Birmingham, Alabama Top Flight Badminton Club-Omaha, Nebraska University of Chicago Badminton Club-Chicago, Illinois Universities represented by faculty and students at the tournament: University of Memphis-Memphis, Tennessee University of Tennessee, Martin-Martin Tennessee Vanderbilt University-Nashville, Tennessee Arkansas State University-Jonesboro, Arkansas University of Mississippi-Oxford, Mississippi University of Alabama, Huntsville-Huntsville, Alabama Different states represented: Nebraska, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama Nationalities of tournament participants: China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, India, France, United States, Jamaica, Burma, Yugoslavia Tournament Badminton Vendor/Stringer: Louisville Badminton Supply-Louisville, Kentucky