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2007 Club and Tournament News

2007 Waltham Fall Doubles Badminton Tournament

The 2007 Waltham Fall Doubles Tournament was held on Sept. 29, 2007 at Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall High School in Waltham, MA. Here are the Maugus member results:

2007 Bay State Summer Games Badminton Tournament

The 2007 Bay State Games took place the weekend of July 14-15, 2007 at MIT. Maugus members (and former members) were well represented in the medal rounds.

Women's 2.5 Squash Team 2006-2007

The Maugus 2.5 team had a strong season, winning 88.3% of their matches and finishing first in the league. Although the Maugus team dominated league play during the regular season, the finals against SquashBusters was a nail-biter, with both teams winning two matches. The decision came down to games, and Maugus was declared the winner.

Five Maugus 2.5 women were ranked at the MSRA Annual Meeting: #2 Betsy Hargreaves, #7 Kerry Wellington, #10 Sabrina Davies, #12 Lucy Bradley, and #15 Becky Lingard. Betsy was also the Finalist in the 2.5 division of the State Tournament, where she lost to Beth Collins of the University Club.

Maryland Junior Open Badminton Tournament

The 2007 Maryland Junior Open Badminton Tournament was held April 14th at Garrison Forest School, Owings Mills, MD. Maugus juniors performed admirably, advancing to the medal rounds in many events.

2007 Boston Open Badminton Tournament

The 2007 Boston Open Badminton Tournament was held at MIT on May 4-6. With $17,000 in prize money at stake, there was a tremendously high level of play, with a number of world ranked players. A few Maugus members made it into the final rounds:

"A Mature Event" Squash Tournament

"A Mature Event", a squash tournament for men in the 50+, 60+ and 70+ age groups and 40+ women was held for the 9th time at the Maugus Club on February 11-12, 2007. There were 31 participants, including 11 from the Maugus Club. The tournament included for the first time a 65+ and a 75+ category. The tournament was organized by Lewis Holmes, Lee Engler and Richard Houde. The winners were:

• Women's "C": Betsy Hargreaves (Maugus Club)
• Men's 50+: Digger Donahue (Boston Racquet Club) def. Rip Hastings (also BRC)
• Men's 60+: Bert Kornyei (Fall River YMCA) def. Wayne Hodges (Concord/Acton)
• Men's 65+: Sandy Fraze (T&R) def. Lew Holmes (Maugus)
• Men's 70+: Doug Lee (Cambridge Racquet) def. Charlie Gunn (Potomac Squash Club, MD)
• Men's 75+: Lee Engler (Maugus)

There were consolation round robin matches for the main draws. The winners were:

• 50+: Martin Deale (Maugus)
• 60+: Steve Steinberg (Concord/Acton)
• 65+: Bob Kreitler (Southport, CT)
• 70+: Phil Clapp (T&R)

Men's 50+: Digger Donahue defeated Rip Hastings
Men's 50+ Consolation: Martin Deale defeated Merrill Martin
Men's 75+: Lee Engler defeated Ken Lay
Women's Division: In a round robin format, Betsy Hargreaves was the winner and Kerry Wellington was finalist.

Eastern States Open Squash Tournament

The 36th annual Eastern States Open Squash Tournament was held at the Yale Club in New York City, January 27-28, 2007. Although many of the players come from the northeast, the tournament also draws players from as far away as Utah and Texas. After the Nationals, the Eastern States is probably the most prominent tournament on the softball squash circuit, and a number of this year's participants plan to travel to Portland Oregon for this year's Nationals.

Long-time Maugus Club member Lee Engler won teh 75+ flight without dropping a single game. The first game of the final was over relatively quickly, but Lee's opponent seemed to get his second wind in the second game, which was quite close. The third game was more like the first, and Lee was glad to close the match out in three games.

2006 Club and Tournament News

2006 Maugus Badminton Championships

The 2006 club championships took place during November and December 2006. Winners:

2006 Boston Regional Chinese Badminton Tournament

The annual Boston regional Chinese Badminton Tournament took place over the Labor Day Weekend, on Sunday, September 3rd, in MIT's Zesiger Sports Center. Fourteen teams participated in the tournament, which actually consisted of two separate tournaments. One was a Mixed Team Tournament in which a match between two teams consisted of five matches: Men's Singles, Men's Doubles, Women's Singles, Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Since there were significantly more men than women players, the second was a Men's Team Tournament for men only, and a match between two teams consisted of three matches, two Men's Singles and one Men's Doubles. The Mixed team tournament was won by the Mulan team, among whose members were two strong Maugus players, Brandon Lai and Marc Lai. The Men's team tournament was won by another Maugus pair, the father and son You Family Team consisting of Zhiping and Eric You. The largest circulation Chinese newspaper in the United States, the Chinese World Journal, carried an article on the event, with the one-inch headline "Fighting with Racquets, the You Family Army Grabs the Men's Team Championship."

Senior Nationals Badminton Tournament 2006

New England hosted the 2006 Senior Nationals June 28-July 2, 2006 at Westborough High School. There were 145 participants, of which 64 were from Massachusetts, of which 33 were Maugus Club members. Here are the results:

2006 Junior Nationals Badminton Tournament

The Junior Nationals were held in Orange, CA July 5-9, 2006. Against some very tough competition, the Maugus contingent had major representation in the medal round. Our warmest congratulations for an excellent performance. Here are the results:

Bay State Games

The Bay State Games Badminton competition took place July 15-16, 2006 at MIT, with strong representation at all levels. The results were as follows:

Bay Area Junior Open and Junior International Team Trials

The Bay Area Junior Open and Junior International Team Trials were held May 27-29, 2006 in Milpitas, CA. Azam Ali and Sasha Boyarin won the Boys Doubles, and were selected for Team USA, which will be participating in the 2006 Pan Am Team and Individual Championships in Brazil in July 2006. Arthur Chin and his partner placed second in their group and finished 4th in overall competition. Azam was third in Boys Singles with Arthur and Sasha making it into the top eight. Daniel Berdichevsky won the U-15 Boys Singles Consolation and was second in Boys Doubles with his partner from California.

New Jersey Open Badminton Tournament

The Maugus Club had excellent representation in the medal rounds at the New Jersey Open, June 16-18, 2006, for which significant prize money was actually at stake. Robert Li defeated Zhiping You in the Senior Men's Singles final round. Teaming together, the two took second place in the Senior Men's doubles. Kozue Miyama won the Senior Women's Singles. Former Maugus member Daphne Chang and Jessica Zhang also won the A Women's Doubles. Former Maugus member Radu Milevschi defeated former member Neil Davies in the A Men's Singles final.

Thomas and Uber Cup Badminton Tournament

The PanAm Men's (Thomas Cup) and Women's (Uber Cup) team championships took place Feb. 15-18, 2006 in Lima, Peru. In an amazing victory, the USA teams won both events against very strong competition from countries all over North and South America. Maugus Club's Melinda Keszthelyi played Women's Doubles, winning all three of her hard-fought matches against Trinidad, Brazil, and Canada. Especially exciting was that this is the first time in more than twenty years that the USA Uber team has beaten Canada. Maugus Pro Andy Chong was coach and team manager for the USA Thomas team. Our warmest congratulations to both of them. More detailed results can be found at www.tournamentsoftware.com.

A Mature Event 2006

The Maugus Club's annual "A Mature Event" squash tournament was held on Feb. 11-12, 2006 and boasted a record turnout of 41 participants, including 12 Maugus members. To complicate the well-laid plans of Tournament Director Lew Holmes, a blizzard struck the area on Saturday night and throughout Sunday, which caused postponements in several of the divisions. All matches were completed the following week with these results:

Mass. State Singles Squash Championships

The Massachusetts State Softball Singles Championships took place on April 6, 2006. In the Women's 3.5 division, Szilvi Szombati defeated Meredith Johnson of the University Club, 3-2, for the 3.5 title. Szilvi got off to a slow start and lost the first two games, but she came alive at 3-6 in the third game and never looked back. In the 3.5 Consolation final, Corey Schafer fought hard against veteran competitor Vera Van Middlesworth of the University Club, but Vera edged out Corey in the fifth game after a neck-and-neck battle.

On the Men's side, Lee Engler reached the finals of the 70+ division, but William Jansen of the Boston Sports Club prevailed to win the Championship.

2006 U.S. National Squash Championships

Maugus' Lee Engler won the 75+ championship at the Nationals in New Haven, CT, March 18-19, 2006, adding a fourth victory to his three previous national titles. In the finals, Lee was faced a player who had beaten him badly a few years earlier. However, in a total reversal, Lee's play was back up to its usual standards and beyond: he won the match in three straight games, 9-6, 9-1, 9-5.

2006 Maugus - Waltham - Bedford Badminton Tournament

The Maugus - Waltham - Bedford Tournament took place at the Waltham Club on Saturday, March 18, 2006. There were 26 gender-neutral doubles teams from the three clubs. Matches were remarkably competitive, with a number of matches lasting more than an hour. Maugus Club representation in the final rounds was as follows:

2006 Bay State Juniors Badminton Tournament

The 2006 Bay State Juniors Badminton Tournament took place at the Maugus Club on Saturday, January 28, 2006. Many new young faces were in the final rounds, and hopefully we will be seeing more of them in the future. Gender neutrality was maintained in all categories!

2006 National Capital Open Badminton Tournament

The 2006 National Capital Open Badminton Tournament (D.C. Open) took place at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD on Jan. 20-22, 2006. Maugus' own Brian Miles and Zhiping You won the Senior Men's Doubles. Each of their four best-of-three matches went to three games, and in two of the matches their opponents scored the 14th point first in the third game before our Maugus players came back to win. Congratulations on a fine effort!

Eastern States Squash Tournament

Maugus' own Lee Engler won the 75+ division of the Eastern States squash tournament, held at the Yale Club in New York City, January 28-29, 2006.

2005 Club and Tournament News

Junior Mid-Atlantic Badminton Tournament

The Maugus juniors had a very successful trip to the 2005 Mid-Atlantic Junior Tournament. Seven players from Maugus took part in the tournament, with the assistance of three parents, Wen Chern, Yvonne Chern and Igor Shekhtman. The results:

• Min Chern -- U17 triple crown, U25 girls singles winner
• Eric You -- U17 triple crown
• Lee Chern -- U13 mixed doubles finalist, U13 boys singles consolation winner
• Kai Chern -- U11 boys singles consolation winner
• Alan Shekhtman -- U11 boys doubles champion, U13 boys doubles consolation champion, U11 boys singles finalist
• Zandra Ho -- U13 girls singles champion, U13 mixed doubles finalist, U17 girls singles consolation champion
• Alex Cheng -- U11 boys singles champion, U11 boys doubles champion, U13 boys doubles consolation champion

Maugus Club Badminton Championships 2005

The Maugus Club Championships were held in November 2005 and prizes were awarded at the Annual Meeting.

Howe Cup 2005 Two Maugus Club players, Becky Lingard and Kerry Wellington, competed in the 2005 Howe Cup team tournament in Philadelphia, PA, held on Oct. 28-30. Boston sent five teams this year to play in the A, B and C divisions. Kerry played No. 1 on the Boston C1 team, which finished second in the C division, losing in the finals to home team Philadelphia. Becky played No. 1 on the Boston C2 team, which finished 4th in the C divison. Boston teams faced Philadelphia teams in the finals of all three divisions, with Philadelphia unfortunately sweeping all three flights. The tournament was held at the University of Pennsylvania courts and the players enjoyed spirited matches and fine social events throughout the weekend. The two Boston C teams are pictured at right.

2005 Team Tournament

Maugus placed third at the recent team tournament. On the first day, Maugus finished first in its bracket by defeating teams from Connecticut, Cornell, and New York. On day 2, Maugus lost an exceptionally close round to Team DC, 6-5, with many of the individual matches going to three games. In the final round, Maugus again beat New York to place third. Many of the Maugus juniors played on Team Friendship, which finished sixth. Thanks to Andy Chong and Kirill Boyarin for coaching the Maugus and Friendship teams and to Szilvi Szombati and Nancy Lanzarone for captaining Maugus.

Bay State Games - July 2005

At the Bay State Games badminton tournament, Maugus Club members reached the medal rounds in all levels. Maugus players took the top four places in Men's Singles and Men's Doubles, and the top two places in Womens Doubles and Mixed Doubles. The Maugus Junior players, and coach Kirill Boyarin, should especially be commended for their dedication and strong performances, sweeping the top three places in Junior Men's Singles, Junior Men's Doubles, and Junior Mixed Doubles.

Maugus Badminton Juniors - National Rankings

Four members of the Maugus junior badminton program placed among the top twelve players in the country -- the largest number from a single club -- at the 2005 National Junior Singles Trial Rankings, held in May 2005 at South San Francisco, California. They are:

• Azam Ali - #5
• Arthur Chin - #9
• Sasha Boyarin - #10
• Syed Ali - #12

Also, twelve of our juniors attended the Junior Nationals in Spokane, WA July 5-10, and three participated in the World Championship U.S. Wild Card Trials at the Gut 'n Feathers Club, Marblehead, MA on June 24-26, 2005.

Recent Badminton Tournament Results

Maugus members have been active on the road, traveling to California, Barbados, and Florida to compete in some of the top badminton tourmanents in the Americas. At the VII Southern PanAm International tournament in Miami, Philip Troke and partner reached the semi-finals of the Men's Doubles. Marc Lai and Melinda Keszthelyi reached the semi-finals of the Mixed Doubles division at the 2005 PanAm Championships in Barbados. Melinda excelled at the 2005 U.S. Adult Nationals in California, where she was Runner Up in both Women's Singles and Women's Doubles. At the 2005 U.S. Senior Nationals, Laszlo Drimusz was Winner of the 35+ Men's Singles and Runner Up in the 50+ Men's Singles.

Boston Open 2005

The 2005 Boston Open badminton tournament was held on March 25-27 at the MIT Rockwell Athletic Cage. The Boston Open is the premier Badminton tournament in the Northeast and this year attracted players from the USA, Canada, Poland and Peru. As usual, Maugus entered numerous pairs in all events, some of whom achieved remarkable success:

One of the highlights of the tournament was the Maugus pair of Andy Chong and Szilvi Szombati repeating their success of the 2003 Boston Open by winning the mixed doubles event. Other highlights included Anil Nair and his partner Vincent Lobo (PA) reaching the mens doubles final where they pushed a very strong Canadian pair hard before losing in three sets, and the senior mens doubles final where three out of the four players on the court were Maugus players.

New England Junior Open 2005

Twenty-one juniors took part in the New England Junior Open held at the Marblehead High School on March 12-13, 2005. The NEJO attracted more than 100 participants, including 21 of Peru's top juniors and players from Trinidad and Tobago. Winners from Maugus include:

U.S. National Squash Championships 2005

Numerous Maugus squash players participated in the United States Championships held in Boston from March 16-20, 2005. We came away with three winners and others who were well placed.

Squash League Update

The Maugus squash teams had an excellent season and a lot of fun. We had six teams and four of them placed first in the regular season standings! All of the teams reached their division playoffs.

• Women's 2.5A Team: Kerry Wellington, Captain, reports that the 2.5A team finished the regular season in first place and won the league championship by defeating SquashBusters in the playoff finals, 3-1. Team members Szilvi Szombati, Kerry Wellington, Lucy Bradley, Becky Lingard and Debbie Harrison all posted excellent records for the season.
• Women's 2.5B Team: Captain Ruth Chamberlin reports that her team made it all the way to the league finals and lost a tightly-contested match against Cambridge Racquet. The match score was 2-2 and Maugus lost the tie breaker on games 9-8.
• Open 2.5 Team: The 2.5 team, captained by Richard Houde, placed first in the league in regular league play, but fell to the T&R in the league championship finals.
• Open 3.5 Team: The Maugus 3.5 team, headed by Captain Merrill Martin, also finished first in the regular season standings, but lost in the playoff finals against defending league champions Concord Acton
• Open 4.5 Team: Captain Adrian King reports that his team finished at the top of the division in the regular season. The team posted a 5-0 victory against Union Boat in the first round of the playoffs, then a 3-1 win over BSC Waltham, and a narrow victory over BSC Allston in the Final!
• 50+ Team: The 50+ team, captained by Keith Munsell, reached the playoffs, but the Union Boat Club squeaked by the Maugus team in the first round.

Junior Squash News

The Junior Massachusetts Closed was held during Presidents Day Weekend, and many Maugus Club juniors participated. The tournament was held at the beautiful SquashBusters Center, and drew a large number of participants, a total of 114. Chessin Gertler was the finalist in the Boys U15, and his younger brother, William, won the Plate in the Boys U11. Gray Riley played some tough matches in the Boys U13, as did Matt Ma. Eliana Saltzman met some very tough opponents in the Girls U17. Ryan Wagenaar and Conor McClintock met in the semifinals of the Boys U13 Consolation, and McClintock won, moving to the Consolation Finals against Mike Lillie. After a great match, Lillie took home the Consolation trophy. Liam McClintock was the Boys U13 Finalist, and James Fulham captured the Boys U11 Champion trophy.

Corey Schafer (Girls U15), Charles Gertler, and Liam McClintock wrapped up their squash season March 4-6 at the Junior Nationals in Baltimore, Maryland, playing excellent matches against the top kids in the country.

Other players who are busy with school squash teams are Margie Hamlin (Winsor), Rhetta Nadas (Nobles), and Eliana Saltzman (Nobles), all of whom had great seasons.

2005 National Capital (DC) Open

The USAB sanctioned 2005 National Capital ("DC") Open badminton tournament was held in the North Gym at the University of Maryland, Jan. 21-23, 2005. Apparently, 744 shuttles were used in 255 matches (averaging 2.92 shuttles/match). Maugus Club participants did very well, placing first or second in several events:

• Master (50+) Mens Singles - Laszlo Drimuz - Winner
• Senior (40+) Mens Doubles - Laszlo Drimuz & Zhiping You - Finalists
• C-group Men's singles - Eric You - Finalist
• B-group Women's singles - Min Chern - Winner

The 2005 Connecticut Open

The 2005 Connecticut Open badminton tournament was held on Jan. 28-30, 2005 in Baltic, CT. This year, Maugus had many entries with great success.

• Men's Doubles - Andy Chong & Partner - Winners
• Men's Doubles - Anil Nair & Partner - Runners up
• Ladies Singles - Melinda Keszthelyi - Winner
• Ladies Doubles - Melinda Keszthelyi & Partner - Winners
• Ladies Doubles - Daphne Chang & Partner - Runners Up
• Mixed Doubles - Marc Lai & Melinda Keszthelyi - Winners
• Senior Men's Doubles - CK Lai & Wee Tam - Winners
• Men's Singles Consolation - Azam Ali - Winner
• Men's Singles Consolation - Syed Ali - Runner Up
• Men's Doubles Consolation - Azam Ali & Sasha Boyarin - Runners up
• Senior Men's Doubles Consolation - Patrick Boey & Partner - Winners

Maugus-Waltham Doubles Tournament

Maugus Club badminton doubles teams dominated Maugus-Waltham Doubles Tournament held at the Club on Feb. 12, 2005. Club members won three out of four semi-final slots of the higher class of players. The top prize went to the mother and son team: Batool Tauseef and Azam Ali. Syed Ali and Sharon Hsu came in second while Stas Berdichevsky and Andrey Golikov, all from Maugus, won the consolation round.

2005 Bay State Junior Open

At the Bay State Junior Open, Lee Chern and Kai Chern won first place for singles play in their respective classes and so did the following doubles teams: Lee Chern and Nick Jennings -- first place; Darren Yang and Chris Colcord (Marblehead) -- first place; and Jerry Yang and Alex Cheng -- second place.

"A Mature Event" Squash Tournament 2005

The sixth annual squash tournament for older squash players, "A Mature Event," was played at the Maugus Club on Feb. 12-13, 2005. There were 30 participants in four draws: 50+, 60+, 70+ and a women's 35+ draw. There were new winners in three categories:

The seventh issue of "A Mature Event" will be held in February 2006.

Women's A/B: Richard Houde presents the trophies to winner Julia Moore and finalist Kara Kardon
Women's C: Squash Pro Cliff Wenn with winner Becky Lingard and finalist Debbie Harrison
Men's 50+ Consolation: Tournament Director Lew Holmes congratulates winner Dick Drury and finalist George Wilkins

2005 Senior International Tournament in Miami

Maugus was well represented in the 2005 Senior International in Miami with the following results:

• Anil Nair - 35+ Mixed Winner
• Robert Lee - 35+ MS Runner up
• Laszlo Drimusz - 35+ MS 3rd Place
• Laszlo Drimusz - 45+ MD 3rd Place
• Laszlo Drimusz - 45+ MS 3rd Place
• Brian Miles - 40+ MD Consolation Winner

Congratulations to all!

2005 Mid-West Classic Badminton Tournament

The 2005 Mid-West Classic tournament, held on Jan. 14th-16th in Terre Haute, IN attracted players from the Northeast and California along with the midwest locals. Maugus was represented by Philip Troke, Daphne Chang and Neil Davies. Philip Troke was unable to reproduce his results from last year where he played in three finals, winning one of them, but overall Maugus had good success as shown below:

• Men's Singles - Philip Troke, Semifinalist
• Men's Doubles - Neil Davies & Philip Troke, Semifinalists
• Ladies' Doubles - Daphne Chang & Partner, Winners
• Mixed Doubles - Philip Troke & Daphne Chang, Semifinalists

2004 Club and Tournament News

Southern California Junior Open

This badminton tournament was held Dec. 18-19, 2004. Azam Ali won 1st place in U17 singles; Sasha Boyarin and Azam Ali won 1st place in U17 boys' doubles.

Maugus Squash Juniors - Tournament News

The Junior squash players continue to be very active in local and regional tournaments. In November 2004, the Groton Future Stars attracted a group of Maugus juniors, including Matt Ma, Abhinov Kumar, Mike Lillie, Conor and Liam McClintock, and Corey Schafer. All played very well against some tough opponents. Corey came in second place in Girls Under 15 age group, and Liam won the boys Under 13 and Under 15 age groups. Brown University held their toournament in December, and Mike Lillie, Corey Schafer, James Fulham, and Liam McClintock participated and several brought home trophies. The Massachsuetts Open tournament in early January attracted some of the best juniors in the country, including our Maugus players. Mike Lillie, Conor and Liam McClintock, Matt Ma, Grey Riley, Rhetta Nadas, James Fulham, Corey Schafer, Charles Gertler, and Eliana Saltzman played extremely well, and many of them placed first, second and third in their divisions.

Engler wins Hartford Golf Club Tournament 70+ Division

Once again, Lee Engler swept the competition at the Hartford Golf Club squash tournament over the weekend of December 11-12, 2004. There were 4 entrants in the 70+ flight and the participants played a round robin. Lee was able to win all of his matches without losing a game!

2004 Mid-Atlantic Classic

The Mid-Atlantic Classic Tournament held on Nov. 13-14 drew 125 players from the Region, California, Florida and Puerto Rico to the Academy of the New Church in Bryn Athyn PA. The draws were pretty strong with some tremendous games on the A draw. It culminated in a superb match in Men's Doubles Finals, in which Andy Chong (Maugus Pro) and Radu Milevschi (former member) lost to Bob Malaythong (national player) and Raju Rai (Adult Nationals Champion). Melinda Kezsthelyi (Maugus Pro) defeated Jennifer Coleman for the A women's singles championship, and they both teamed up to win the A women's doubles championship. Other notable wins by Club members in the the A draw include:

• Phil Troke - Semi-finalist, Men's Singles
• Brandon Lai - Champion, Consolation Men's Singles
• Neil Davies/Phil Troke - Semifinalists, Men Doubles
• Daphne Chang - Finalist, Women's Doubles
• Andy Chong - Finalist, Mixed Doubles
• Marc Lai/Melinda K.- Semi-finalist, Mixed Doubles

2004 Maugus Badminton Championships

A record 62 players took part in the tournament, which had an A/B/C format for MS, WS, MD, WD and XD. Winners in "C" were invited to play the "B" tournament and winners in "B" were invited to play the "A" tournament. Almost all the games were played on Nov. 17, 19, 20 and 21. Congratulations to the winners (champion vs.finalist):

• Men's A Singles Phil Troke vs. Trevor Lai
• Men's A Doubles Anil Nair & Zubin Talavia vs. Phil Troke & Neil Davies
• Women's A Singles Kozue Miyama vs. Nancy Lanzarone
• Women's A Doubles Kozue Miyama & Ai Lean Lim vs. Daphne Chang & Sharon Hsu
• Mixed A Doubles Phil Troke & Daphne Chang vs. Anil Nair & Batool Tauseef
• Men's B Singles Andrew Eames vs. Zhiping You
• Men's B Doubles Peter Weichman & John Xu vs. Zhiping You & Andrew Eames
• Women's B Doubles Nancy Miller & Christine Healey vs. Irina Berdichevsky & Huahong Sun
• Mixed B Doubles Naveen Thorati & Tracy Liu vs. Peter Weichman & Nancy Miller
• Men's C Singles Brian Miles vs. Leo Karlo Soliman
• Men's C Doubles Prasert Pomruch & Rajesh Mohan vs. Harvinder Singh & Harshdeep Walia

2004 Boston Invitational Team Tournament, Marblehead, MA, Oct 30-31.

Maugus Club was invited to send two out of eight teams competing in the team tournament this year. And for the first time in many years, Maugus Team A, led by Anil Nair won the championship, beating out teams from Washington, D.C., New York and Connecticut. Maugus Team B, led by Robert Lee, beat the Massachusetts Juniors and the Marblehead Team to place 6th in the event. The teams composed of the following members:

• Ladies Singles Finalist: Melinda Keszthelyi
• Ladies Doubles: Finalist: Melinda Keszthelyi with partner Jennifer Coleman (CA)
• "B" Mixed Doubles: Finalist: Ben Sun with partner Frank Yang (CA)
• Senior Mens Doubles: Winner: Patrick Boey/Kirill Boyarin; Finalist: Wee Khin Tam/Chee Kong Lai

19th Sao Paulo Cup-2004 Brazil International, Oct 9-12, 2004.

Marc Lai and Melinda reached the mixed doubles finals which they lost to C. Longo and L. Molina of Spain. Melinda and her partner Jennifer Coleman however, clinched the championship for women's doubles by beating the Canadian duo V. Loker and S. Macmaster.

Massachusetts State Squash Championships, Marblehead, MA, Jun 5-6, 2004.

Maugus players dominated the major events in this tournament:

• Mens Singles A/B: Andy Chong - champion; Almis Povilaitis - finalist
• Mens Singles A/B Consolation: Neil Davies- champion; John Treboutat – finalist
• Mens Singles C/D Consolation: Eric You – champion
• Womens Singles B: Sharon Hsu- finalist
• Mens Doubles B: Sasha Boyarin/Arthur Chin- champion; Peter Weichman/Zhiping You- finalist
• Mens Doubles A: Andy Chong/Cliff Wenn- champion; Almis Povilaitis/John Treboutat- finalist
• Mens Doubles D: Dan Berdichevsky/Byron Chen- finalist
• Womens Doubles A: Ai Lean Lim/Kozue Miyama- finalist
• Womens Doubles B: Tracy Liu/Nancy Miller- champion
• Mixed Doubles A/B: Phil Troke/Daphne Chang- champion; Ravi Raveendran/Ai Lean Lim- finalist
• Senior Mixed Doubles: Finalist: Ravi Raveendran/Ai Lean Lim

2004 US Junior National Badminton Championships, Marblehead, MA, Jun 29-Jul 3.

Maugus juniors participated in full force at the 2004 US Junior National Tournament. Sasha Boyarin and Arthur Chin placed 2nd in the U-17 boys doubles, Azam Ali placed 4th in the U-17 boys singles and Sasha and partner placed 4th in the U-17 mixed doubles. Daniel Berdichevky and his partner won the 4th place in theU-13 mixed doubles event. Jerry Yang placed 3rd while Alex Chen place 5th in the U-9 boys singles. Lydia Phuang and Phyllis Lin came in 3rd and 4th in the U-9 girls singles. As for the U-9 boys doubles, Jerry, Alex and Darren Yang placed 2nd, 3rd and 5th respectively. The three boys also won their mixed doubles match, placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively. Lydia Phuang paired up with Darren to win 3rd in the U-9 mixed doubled category. Coach Kirill Boyarin is very proud of their performance.

Maugus Juniors Play for Team USA.

Four Maugus juniors went to Lima, Peru to represent the US Team in the individual events of the 2004 PanAm Junior Championships on July 22-25. The USA Team won the gold medal in the tournament. Individually, all our juniors won awards, of which we are very proud: Nicolas Jennings placed 3rd in the Under 13 Boys Doubles; Sasha Boyarin and Azam Ali placed 2nd in the Under 17 Boys Doubles; Syed Ali placed 3rd in the U19 Boys Doubles.

We are also proud to announce that two of our juniors, Syed and Azam Ali made it to the US Team participating in the 2004 World Junior Championships in Richmond, Canada on Oct. 21-30.

Copyright © 1998-2007. Kerry Wellington. Revised 10/14/2007.