The Belleville Club wants to thank those of you who participated in the 2001/2002 Belleville Doubles Tournament for helping to make it a resounding success. The 2002 Belleville Doubles is the last COBA tournament we host this season. We hope everyone plans to join us next season for the Doug Grant Tournament in October 2002 as well as for the 2002/2003 Belleville Doubles.

Details of the 2001/2002 Bellevile Doubles follow below.

Many thanks, sincerely,

Terry Mandzy, President
Lynda Elliott, Tournament Chairperson
Belleville Badminton Club
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Details of the 2001/2002 Belleville Doubles Tournament:

Participation was exceptionally large, with 80 competitors representing 25 different Ontario badminton clubs. Play ran on Sat. Jan. 26th from 9:00 am through to 9:00 pm with none of the 6 courts empty for prolongued periods thanks to the cooperation of the players and the skill of Marylin and Pat, the ladies who scheduled the games.

Represented were the Ajax, Aurora, Barrie, Belleville, Borden, Burlington, Erindale Jr. (Mississauga), George Brown (Richmond Hill), Harwood (Ajax), Le Club (Kingston), Limestone (Kingston), Mowat (Toronto), Oakville, Ottawa R.A. Center, Peterborough, Queen's (Kingston), Toronto Granite, Toronto Badminton & Racquet, Trenton, Whitby, Whitby YMCA, Whitby Mental Health, Woburn, University of Toronto,and Uxbridge Badminton Clubs.

The tournament had finals at A, B, C, & D skill levels, and was open to players of all ages. Junior participants made a strong showing against the seniors, with unseeded 16 year-olds Anca Gaspar and Shauna Wong winning the Ladies A Doubles. As well, the 16/17 year-old pair of Shauna Wong/Nathaniel Allard took the first seed Mixed A Doubles winners to three games, the only pair to do so.

There were many games of exciting badminton. Before giving the results of the finals here are some some miscellaneous items:
-- Black Knight suppled two free yellow feather birds for testing in first round matches. Some found the birds to be brittle and sluggish, characteristics probably due to inadequate steaming.
-- COBA held a 50/50 draw which I’m told was won by Sara Kane, a spectator.
-- All competitors’ names were entered in a draw for two sport bags supplied courtesy of the Belleville Club and subsidized by The String Doctor -- Paul Bennington and Mike Van were the winners.

The Finals:

Ladies' Doubles, A Finals: Anca Gaspar (Erindale Jr.) and Shauna Wong
(Toronto Badminton & Racquet) def. Lori Davis and Trudi Tilley (Uxbridge)
15-8, 15-2
Ladies' Doubles, B Finals: Teresa Prevoe (Aurora) and Sheilagh O"Driscoll
(Burlington) def. Donna Nelson (Mowat) and Ayesha Misquith (Queen's) 15-5,
8-15, 15-11
Ladies' Doubles, C Finals: Liz Dayus and Carol Grosden (Barrie) def. Rose
Varghese and Janet Hobin (Limestone) 9-15, 18-15, 15-13
Ladies' Doubles, D Finals: Jane Darling and Amy Jack (Peterborough) def.
Karen Tran and Julia Le Tual (Woburn) 15-11, 15-8

Men's Doubles A Final: Jay Densted and Gary Helmkay (Barrie) def. Ron
Barker and Paul Willis (Mowat) 15-2, 15-13
Men's Doubles B Final: Joe Gamble (Trenton) and Julian Anderson (Ottawa
R.A.) def. Elvis Chen (Limestone) and Colin Li (Toronto Granite) 15-5,
14-17, 15-11
Men's Doubles C Final: Stev Milsom and Henry Freiter (Peterborough) def.
Dan Mallion and Don Eng (Whitby) 15-11, 15-9
Men's Doubles D Final: Paul Bennington and Scott Bennington (Whitby) def.
Scott Forbes and Mark Martynyshyn (Limestone) 15-12, 15-6

Mixed Doubles A Final: Eddie Kung and Daisy Chen (George Brown) def. Mark
Grenier (Le Club) and Ayesha Misquith (Queen's) 15-2, 15-5
Mixed Doubles B Final: Gary Helmkay (Barrie) and Liz Dayus (Borden) def.
Glen Crowley (Belleville) and Angela Davis (Uxbridge) 15-10, 15-12
Mixed Doubles C Final: Elvis Chen and Kitty Wong (Limestone) def. Doug
Cameron and Christine Scott (Limestone) 15-11, 15-8
Mixed Doubles D Final: Colin Li (Toronto Granite) and Annie Au (Queen's)
def. Steven Mark and Julia Le Tual (Woburn) 15-5, 15-4

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