I am pleased to announce that, starting on September 1, 2013, a new coach will be joining our BBTA Coaching Staff:  Coach Yee Tantiyavarong!  “Coach Yee” has been a well-known coach here in the Bay Area for over a decade.  He also actively participates in National Tournaments till this day.

Welcome to the Academy, Coach Yee!

Congratulations to our young athletes!

Here are the results from the 2013 Northwest Super Regional in Seattle:

Total Medal :  

Gold = 2

Silver = 6

Bronze = 4 

Congratulations to our Academy Winners!

Here are the results of the 2013 UBC Junior Ranking Tournament:

Under-9 MIXED DOUBLES

1st – Kaitlyn Wang

2nd – Alex Sin / Kyra Li

3rd – Thompson Ma & Partner

Under-9 BOYS SINGLES

2nd – Alex Sin

3rd – Thompson Ma

Under-9 BOYS DOUBLES

1st – Thompson Ma & Partner

Under-9 GIRLS SINGLES

1st – Kyra Li

2nd – Kaitlyn Wang

Under-9 GIRLS DOUBLES

1st – Kyra Li / Kaitlyn Wang

Under-11 MIXED DOUBLES

1st – Brandon Xu / Yuqing Qiu

Under-11 GIRLS SINGLES

3rd – Lauren Lam

Under-11 GIRLS DOUBLES

1st – Yuqing & Partner

3rd – Kristine Ngo & Partner

Under-13 MIXED DOUBLES

1st Eric Chang & Partner

Under-13 BOYS SINGLES

4th – Dean Tan

Under-13 BOYS DOUBLES

1st – Eric Change & Partner

2nd – Dean Tan & Partner

3rd – Brandon Xu / Joshua Yuan

Under-13 GIRLS DOUBLES

1st – Maggie Li & Partner

2nd – Lauren Lam and Katelin Ngo

Under-15 MIXED DOUBLES

2nd – Cadmus Yeo & Partner

3rd – Michael Chau and Kiko Li

Under-15 BOYS DOUBLES

1st – Eric Jiang & Partner

Under-15 GIRLS SINGLES

1st – Cindy Yuan

Under-15 GIRLS DOUBLES

1st – Kiko Li & Partner

2nd – Helen Ye & Partner

3rd – Cindy Yuan & Partner

4th – Danice Long & Partner

Under-17 MIXED DOUBLES

4th – Anthony Chu and Danice Long

Under-17 BOYS DOUBLES

4th – Anthony Chu and Mason Jiang

Under-19 BOYS SINGLES

1st – Albert Li

Under-19 BOYS DOUBLES

1st – Albert Li & Partner

Under-19 GIRLS SINGLES

1st – Annie Xu

2nd – Kerry Xu

Under-19 GIRLS DOUBLES

1st – Annie Xu / Kerry Xu

4th – Sarah Chang & Joyce Li

Golds: 15

Silvers: 7

Bronze: 7

4th : 6

Here are the results for the Junior International Trials (JIT) at LABC for our BBTA students:

XD U11
Joshua Yuan/Claire Chen           1st place
Brandon Xu/Lauren Lam           3rd place

BS U11
Brandon Xu                                   2nd place
Joshua Yuan                                 3rd place

BD U11
Brandon Xu/Joshua Yuan          1st place

GS U11
Lauren Lam                                  3rd place

GD U11
Lauren Lam/Evelyn Zeng          3rd place

XD U13
Clayton Cayen/Helen Ye            1st place
Eric Chang/ Karina Chan           3rd place
Derek Tan/ Julie Yang               5/8th place

BS U13
Eric Chang                                   3rd place
Kenneth Tan                               4th place
Trevor Tan                                 5/8th place
Derek Tan                                   5/8th place

BD U13
Derek Tan/Trevor Tan             3rd place
Eric Chang/ Joseph Zhang        4th place
Emerson Chao/Timothy Shee  5/8th place
Jonathan Lai/Kenneth Tan       5/8th place

GS U13
Helen Ye                                       2nd place
Katelin Ngo                                  5/8th place

GD U13
Jennie Gai/Helen Ye                  1st place

XD U15
Cadmus Yeo/Annie Xu             1st place
Ethan Low/Cindy Yuan            3rd place
Eric Jiang/April Gong               4th place
Ambrose So/Danice Long         5/8th place

BS U15
Eric Jiang                                    3rd place
Cadmus Yeo                               4th place

BD U15
Andre Wang/Cadmus Yeo       1st place

GS U15
Annie Xu                                     1st place
Kerry Xu                                    2nd place
Cindy Yuan                                5/8th place
Danice Long                               5/8th place

GD U15
Annie Xu/Kerry Xu                  1st place
Cindy Yuan/ Michelle Zhang   2nd place

XD U17
Anthony Chu/Kerry Xu           5/8th place

BS U17
Albert Li                                     2nd place
Mason Jiang                               5/8th place

BD U17
Raymond Hsia/Albert Li          2nd place
Eric Cheung/Vinson Chiu         4th place
Anthony Chu/Mason Jiang      5/8th place
Victor Wong/Steven Yang       5/8th place

XD U19
William Cheung/Jenny Jin       5/8th place

BS U19
William Cheung                          2nd place

BD U19
William Cheung/Kenneth Hui  2nd place

1st place: 8
2nd place: 8
3rd/4th place: 14
5/8th place: 14

Bay Badminton Center and the Bay Badminton Training Academy was covered in a feature by the new TV show, WhatSF, on the network channel CW (44/Cable12)!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rCOMLSFQLQ&feature=youtu.be

There are no classes for BBTA from December 24th to January 3rd of 2013.

Congratulations, Athletes!

Albert Li – BSU17 Silver, XDU19 Bronze

Annie Xu – GSU15 Bronze, GDU17 GOLD, XDU19 Bronze

Anthony Chu – BSU15 Bronze, BDU15 Silver

Brandon Xu – BSU11 Bronze, XDU11 Silver, BDU11 Bronze

Cadmus Yeo – BDU15 Bronze

Cindy Yuan – GSU13 GOLD, XDU13 GOLD, GDU15 Silver

Danae Long – GDU19 Bronze

Danice Long – XDU15 Bronze, GDU19 Bronze

Derek Tan – BSU11 Bronze, XDU11 GOLD, BDU11 GOLD

Eric Chang – BDU13 Bronze

Eric Cheung – BDU17 Silver

Eric Jiang – XDU15 Bronze, BDU115 Bronze

Helen Ye – GSU13 Bronze, GDU13 GOLD

Joseph Zhang – BDU13 Bronze

Joshua Yuan – BSU11 Silver, BDU11 Bronze

Kaitlyn Wang – GSU9 Silver, XDU9 Silver, GDU9 Silver

Katelin Ngo – GSU11 Bronze, XDU11 Bronze, GDU11 Bronze

Kenneth Tan – BDU13 Bronze

Kerry Xu – GSU15 GOLD, XDU15 GOLD, GDU17 GOLD

Kristine Ngo – GSU9 Bronze, XDU9 Bronze, GDU9 Silver

Kyra Li – GSU9 Bronze

Lauren Lam – GDU11 Bronze

Maggie Li – GSU11 Bronze, XDU11 GOLD, GDU11 Silver

Mason Jiang – XDU15 Bronze, BDU15 Silver

Nga Pui Leung – XDU17 Bronze, GDU17 Bronze

Patrick Tsai – XDU17 Bronze, BDU19 Bronze

Richerd Chen – BDU15 Bronze

Sarah Chang – XDU15 Bronze, GDU17 Bronze

Trevor Tan – BDU11 GOLD

William W Cheung – BSU19 Bronze, XDU19 Silver, BDU19 GOLD

Winston Tsai – BSU11 Bronze, BDU11 Bronze

Yuqing Qiu – XDU11 Silver, GDU11 Bronze