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99 Gillies Avenue
P O Box 26 054
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Message from the General Manager
Nov/Dec 2010 - The Christmas Edition

Epsom Auckland
Telephone 09 524 0872
Free phone 0800 BADMINTON
Have a safe holiday season and a great 2011
Facsimile 09 529 1476
by David Tregidga
www.auckbad.co.nz The management team at Auckland Badminton, Jack, Cliff, Laureen, Donna, Ruth, Celia and
David Tregidga
myself wish everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday season and enjoy celebrating the New
General Manager Year of 2011.
david@auckbad.co.nz
Next year will be a big year for Auckland Badminton as we have been working as a close
Jack Ngametua team for the last 6 months to create an environment for players that will be both rewarding
Operations Manager
jack@auckbad.co.nz and challenging. The changes will be at all levels from casual players to high performance
and we as a team look forward to working with you to turn Auckland Badminton into the
Cliff Freeman
Development Manager
centre of badminton excellence in everything we do.
cliff@auckbad.co.nz

Donna Halliday
Coaching Manager
What’s on?
donna@auckbad.co.nz It’s that time of year where the weather is deciding whether it really is going to be a good
Laureen Cooper summer and it suddenly becomes a lot hotter to play on the badminton court. Yes and
Proshop Manager Christmas is just round the corner, and so are exams and holidays for some. Here’s an
Laureen@auckbad.co.nz
update of what’s been happening and is coming up over summer.
Ruth Peterson
Administration Combined Senior / Junior Prizegiving Christmas Party
Gillies Ave Stadium - Friday Nov 26th Just $15 or $5 if under 20
6pm to 7pm: Pre Prizegiving game of Snakes and ladders game on court- this is really cool.
Great for a parent junior challenge. It’s free and there will be prizes – register with cliff@
The ABA administers badminton auckbad.co.nz. Numbers for this are limited.
for the following clubs:
Air New Zealand Badminton Club
7pm: Prizegiving - 2 course buffet meal combined with a new teams word game team
All Stars Badminton Club challenge which will be run by Jack - bring your club, team, family or friends along. Plus
Auckland Ladies Badminton Club some great spot prizes. Junior and senior prizes presented at the same time during the meal
Auckland Chinese Badminton Club so the prizegiving will be a great night but also quite quick. Tickets available at reception or
Auckland Tamil Sports Club
Balmoral Badminton Club
by calling us on 09-524-0872 you can pay by credit card or pick up later – must be paid by
Central Shutters Badminton 5pm Weds 24th.
College Rifles Badminton
Ellerslie Badminton Club Team Photos
Griffen Park Badminton Club
Howick Badminton Club For Everyone (Interclub,
Kohimarama Badminton Club Reps – Juniors, Seniors,
Korean Badminton Association in NZ Masters, Vets, Super Vets) –
Lloyd Elsmore Park Badminton
Lloyd Elsmore Junior Badminton Club
this is new this year all on Sat
Lyndale Badminton Club Nov 27th at 10am for juniors
Lyndale Midweek Badminton Club and 11am for everyone else.
Lyndale Juniors Badminton Club
Photos will be displayed at
Mt Albert Badminton Club
Otahuhu Badminton Club the ABA - a chance to go
Sri Lanka Badminton Club down in history
Auckland Badminton
Li Feng’s Badminton Academy’s High Performance Camps
learn from one of the best
technical coaches we have
ever seen starting on Jan
10 to 14 and Jan 17 to 21st.
Check out the details on
our website or email Feng
on b_coach@hotmail.com

Summer club
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Come along Mondays 7pm to 10pm until Dec, pay $12 and play some badminton and make some
new friends. Public welcome you don’t have to be a member. Runs through till and including Dec
20th. All the summer leagues and ladders have also started good luck to everyone involved.

Auckland Badminton’s AGM – Dec 9th at Gillies Ave in the board room upstairs at 7pm.

Taking Auckland forward with new services
and member benefits
At the ABA we want to continue to develop the services
at Auckland to benefit the public and members and are
determined to bring in more benefits to members. I can now
announce another step towards achieving that goal.

A New Sports Medicine Sponsor Partners With Auckland Badminton
50% Discount for ABA Members - Starting in January 2011

Auckland Badminton are pleased to announce a new on site physio service and long term
sponsorship arrangement with Care Physio Limited. David Tregidga (General Manager of
Auckland Badminton) – and Yan Shi, Director of Care Physio, agreed to the long term sponsorship
arrangement. This is exciting as it offers real benefits to our members and provides sports
medicine capacity on site.
Benefits Include
• 50% discount to ABA members for all sports injuries and long term care and all materials used
by a member
• No charge to players who are playing at certain pre approved sponsored ABA Tournaments.
• A travelling physio and massage service provided at no charge to all Auckland Representative
teams and players providing they are playing in New Zealand.

Care Physio specialise in sports medicine, are ACC registered and are an established business with
offices in Highland Park, Howick and Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden. They specialise in Sports Medicine /
Musculoskeletal / Spinal Rehabilitation / Occupational Health / Orthopaedic Rehabilitation / Western
Acupuncture
David Tregidga

International Update
Michelle Chan (Auckland and NZ No.1 – College Rifles Club and former Epsom Girls student)
has just competed in the Danish Super Series where she had an awesome 3 setter losing to a
player ranked no.31 in the world, she then faced world no. 10 - Jie Yao - from the Netherlands
in the French Super Series where she lost 5-21, 17-21. Michelle is training hard and playing in the
tough Danish club league and international tournament circuit and is a player with an exceptionally
professional approach but who is also making some big sacrifices and spending a lot of time away
from home. Spare her and all our players some good wishes this Christmas.
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Commonweath Games
Welcome back to the 8 strong NZ team who returned from the games which included 3
Aucklanders, Henry Tam (top left), Donna Haliday (bottom left) and Michelle Chan (bottom right).
Great to see some good badminton on TV and to see representatives fighting hard for us over there.
You can see Donna, Michelle and Henry’s profiles on our website, the profiles include photos and
also some video to check out.

Cool links from around the badminton world

French Super Series Article (Paris) - Peter Gade at 34 still going strong
http://www.bwfbadminton.org/news_item.aspx?id=41682

Breeding Champions and Coping with Losing - some interesting views from Jan Lin
http://www.badzine.net/features/think-tank-how-good-are-you-at-losing/8510/#comment-8365

Cool On Line Badminton Game – Fun game stick figure – ha ha you have to check this out
http://www.y8.com/games/Stick_Figure_Badminton

What’s new?
Free Advertising For Your Business!!! - Check out the new Badminton Business Directory. This
is absolutely free – go to www.auckbad.co.nz and click on Business Directory and fill in the
registration form or call Cliff 09-524-0872 ext 4 and we will take your details over the phone.
Get more profile for free.
Volunteers and Players of the month
Each month our front page will have new volunteers and players of the month to celebrate people
that have done something special - for details got to www.auckbad.co.nz. Note this could be at
any level so if you know of someone let us know by emailing cliff@auckbad.co.nz. Daniel Lee
(Nov), Arthur Dickinson (Oct), Players – Jill Massey (Nov), Samuel Ho (Oct).
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New ABA Gift Vouchers - great present idea
Stuck for that special gift or Christmas present? Try This. Auckland
Badminton Gift Vouchers – they can be used for pro shop, café or even
court time. Great for anyone that loves badminton and ideal to save
them money on restrings during the year or to save them money when
they book courts.
Conditions: 1. Gift voucher cannot be redeemed for cash. 2. Gift vouchers
must be redeemed for the full amount as no change will be given. 3. Gift
voucher can only be redeemable at the Auckland Badminton Stadium 99
Gillies Avenue Epsom, Auckland. 4. Valid for a 12 month period from date
of issue. 5 Voucher must be signed by an authorised signatory of Auckland
Badminton.

Catch Your Piece of Auckland Badminton History
ABA celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Hall and 80th Anniversary of the
Association and for just $12 including GST this book outlines the history and
photos from past to present day. They are available now and are collectors
items as there is only a limited amount produced.
To order contact david@auckbad.co.nz

OMG Free Training to Be A Coach!!!
Want to learn how to coach for free and get a job after you pass plus
get mentoring? Contact Cliff Freeman (Development Manager Auckland
Badminton) at cliff@auckbad.co.nz
New quick badminton crossword
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Across Down
1. The animal that shuttle feathers come from 1. Essential for holding on to any racket
4. Number of players in the NZ Badminton 2. Also known as a “birdie”
Commonwealth Games Squad 3. No. of decades ago that the ABA Gillies Ave Hall was built
6. First name of the World’s no.1 ranked 5. Surname of Auckland and NZ’s top doubles player who
woman singles player from Denmark went to Commonwealth Games Mr Henry …
10. What you call when you need to replay a point 7. What you play over in a game of badminton
12. Winning a super series is a …. achievement not 8. The fastest type of shot in badminton - record over 400
accomplished by many players km/hr - is a …..
13. …. and recovery are an important part of any 9. … Chong Wei is the World No.1 Man from Malaysia
training program 11. Some players try to ….. down their opponent
15. Between school terms ABA often run ……. 13. It’s important to be able to …. the pattern of their
programs for young players opponent’s game
14. What competitive players try to do anytime they play

Gearing up for next season
To Restring or not to Restring?
Rough rule of thumb used by some is to restring the same number of times a year as
number of games you play a week. So play 3 games a week then restring three times a year.
Badminton can be hard on strings so this is only a guide. When stringing be aware that high
tension doesn’t always mean high power as you need to be more accurate to get the value of
a high tension racket ask your pro shop person for advice.
Upgrading your racket – take advantage of the November specials
The Pro Shop has some brand new rackets you can try before you buy over summer without
obligation. Our staff will fill you in on what is best for you and help you get more out of your
game so you are ready for the new season.

• Yonex Voltric 70 $299
• Yonex Taufik Hidayat Arc Saber Z Slash $349
• Yonex Lee Chong Wei Armotec 900 Power $349
• Yonex Arc Saber 8 Dx $319
• Only 3 Arc Saber 100 Limited Edition Racquets left at the amazing price of $199 were $339
• All Bags are 25% off
• Great Specials on shoes
How to get more speed on court – the easy way
There are things you can do to improve your speed on court - one way is to
do hours of long running, building up to shorter runs and sprint work over
several months. But if you don’t want to go to all that trouble here are some
quicker ways that may interest you.
• Keep the racket up – check out how often you drop your racket during a game – can gain
you at least a second
• Stay on your toes – stay on your toes rather than flat footed – gain another half second
• Stagger your stance – don’t have feet side by side have one foot slightly in front of the other
so you can spring off diagonally forward or back
• Move your base – if your opponent can’t clear deep but drops a lot then move forward a
bit on court – this puts pressure on them and gets you closer to the shuttle
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Court Comment - Don’t you reckon it’s time we give interclub comps a bit of a
shakedown? We are hoping to trial some new ideas for winter interclub during the 2nd part of
summer league starting next year and see what works. If you have any ideas flip them through to
us to jack@auckbad.co.nz

Strings and Things – A cool game from Mrs Cooper
If you have trouble learning the forehand serve or have a child who is just starting out, here’s
something which can really really help and it’s fun. Put a shuttle on an upturned cardboard box
feathers facing down. Put another piece of board or cardboard about 2 m (approx 6 feet), 4 m
(approx 12 feet) away. Cut some holes in the large board and put some numbers on it e.g. 5, 10, 2.
The aim is to hit the shuttle into the holes and you get points depending on what holes you hit into.
(You can make it so they get more points for the smaller holes etc).
Laureen Cooper

Badminton Stories From Your Badminton Community – You or your club could feature in
this section of the newsletter if you have a story to tell email cliff@auckbad.co.nz
Howick Ladies Badminton Club 50 Year Anniversary
This year the Club celebrated its 50th Anniversary and the Committees and the volunteers at
the Club have been doing some great work there over a number of years. At the celebrations
the Club organised a book so that people could write in their names but also comments so that
others could look back in the next 50 years and share the atmosphere. It is a great Club that
encompasses a wide range of cultures, Kiwis, English, Chinese, Sri Lankan, Scottish, Taiwanese,
Korean, Malaysian and more… It is a great success story and has a very strong history.
Mrs Mary McCarthy was the first President of the Club and with her original fellow members,
was crucial to ensuring the club starting in 1960. The first AGM of the Club was on the 26th
April 1961 the sub was just 10/- and a shuttle fee of 2/-. The club started on one court in Howick
Village with tournaments held at Gillies Ave which had also just been built.
In the first few years after the Club was formed Alice Butterworth and Heather Robson were
appointed coaches and initiated interclub at Gillies Ave. In 1970 crèche facilities were adopted
at 15cents per child. In 1976 the Club moved to the Howick Community Centre and was
incorporated. In 1979 Val Dorling started coaching. Subs were just $76 in the 1980’s and today
are $150 for two morning’s play each week. In 1989 men were able to join the midweek club for
the first time.
Congratulations to the Club and to all its past and current members and volunteers for making and
creating a unique part of our badminton history and culture past and present.
Learning From Our History Is The Key to Our Future in 2010
(50th Anniversary of Gillies Ave / 80th Anniversary of Auckland Badminton)
This is a good time to stop and remember both our history and our future. And that we, in our
own small way, are merely custodians of this sport whose traditions and rich history are much
bigger than all of us.
When you talk to the real legends of the sport – one thing stands out – respect. Respect for all
those involved in the sport at every level, respect for ideas and to anyone who sincerely want to
make a difference and good manners and courtesy to everybody. For they know that the real
value of our sport does not lie in the metal of trophies but in the hard work, passion, memories
and friendships that lie behind them.
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There is little point in bemoaning the lack of funds or profile we receive, it’s time to do something
about it, to start one step at a time building a stronger future for our sport and to remember how
we have done that in the past. We need people who are humble enough to learn, wise enough to
openly share ideas and smart enough to find what works in practice today, who respect the sport
and all those taking part in it. We need to recognise that our love of the sport is more important
than any differences we may have, to focus our passion to work together for a common goal – to
make our sport great again. If we truly respect those that built up our sport when our Association
was first formed – and have given so much - then we owe it to them and ourselves to do all we
can to make that happen.

Cliff Freeman

Newsletter written and complied by Cliff Freeman
We would like to thank the following sponsors to Auckland Badminton:
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We thank the following Trusts for their continuing support of Auckland
Badminton:

We thank the following sponsors for their support of Auckland
Badminton tournaments: