Today is the annual badminton tournament organised by the Malaysians who play badminton regularly in Lancaster University. Last year it was participated among the Malaysians only. This time out of 12 players, 7 are Malaysians, 3 are British (2 of them are Chinese in origin) and 1 each from Indonesia and Oman. Last year the format was round robin but this year is a bit different due to a limited supply of shuttlecocks and time constraint. 6 doubles are squaring each other in the Qualifying Round and the winner for each match will be put in the Winners Pool and the losers will be put in the Losers Pool.Players selection for each double partner and scheduling were done by a random draw. I got to be partnered with Owen Pryce. In the qualifying round we faced Sean Chua & Romzie Rosman (my neighbour) and we finally won in the rubber set 14-21, 21-13 and 21-12.
In the Winners Pool we managed to beat Steve Kong & Awa (my brother) in another rubber set 16-21, 21-15 and 21-9. Our last match is against Wan Huzaini & Wing. They already won both previous matches with straight sets so we know this is going to be a tough match. In the end we managed to beat them 21-11 and 21-18.
The winner of Losers Pool is Sean Chua & Romzie Rosman who managed to beat Khanif & Ali Al-Belushi 21-15, 18-21 and 21-12 and Jason & Don 21-17 and 21-17.
In the end it was a good tournament day for everyone.
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