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Révision : 02/04/2010

RESULTS WERE AS FOLLOWS.  2010 YONEX KENYA INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.  Joseph Matheri for Africa-badminton 29/03/2010

1. MENS SINGLES
WINNER= OSCAR BANSAL (INDIA)
RUNNER UP= ALISTER CASEY ( SCOTLAND)

2.WOMEN SINGLES
WINNER = ANNE HALD JENSEN ( GREECE)
RUNNER UP= GRACE GABRIEL (NIGERIA)

3. MEN DOUBLES
WINNER= DORIAN JAMES & WIAAN VILJOEN (RSA)
RUNNER UP= JINKAM BULUS IFRAIMU & OLAULUWA FAGBEMI (NIGERIA)

4. WOMEN DOUBLES
WINNER= MICHELLE EDWARDS & ANNA VILJOEN (RSA)
RUNNER UP= SUSAN IDEH & MARIA BRAIMOH ( NIGERIA)

5.MIXED DOUBLES
WINNER= WIAAN VILJOEN & ANNA VILJOEN (RSA)
RUNNER UP= JINKAM BULUS IFRAIMU & SUSAN IDEH ( NIGERIA)

KENYA INTERNATIONAL 2010 (KENYA) (Z5) 26 - 28 Mars 2010
MS Oscar BANSAL (IND)	WS ANNE HALD JENSEN (GRE)

 

W.B.F. - KENYA KENYA INTERNATIONAL 2009 Nairobi (Kenya) Prize Money : USD 5000 Du 26 au 28 Mars 2010

 

Badminton : Kenya Under -18 Badminton Championships from 24th to 25th March 2010  By: Francis Gaitho defimedia.info 29/03/2010

Kenya Badminton Association will be hosting the Kenya Under-18 Badminton Championships at the Kasarani Gymnasium from 24th to 25th March 2010.
Egypt and Nigeria will be sending their teams to compete in this event in a bid to qualify for the Youth Olympic Games which will be held in Singapore in May from 14th to 26th August 2010 in Singapore. Kenya will also be fielding their junior players for the event. Our players, one boy (Dawn Mistry) and three girls (Mercy Joseph, Ashni Shah and Sheila Gakii) reached quarter finals in the singles category of Uganda U-18 international which was held in Uganda last month. Alongside Nigeria and Egypt, our junior players will be looking to improve on their performance to qualify to travel to Singapore. From 26th to 28th March 2010 the association will also be hosting the annual Kenya International Badminton Championships at the same venue. This year we have the highest entry of foreign players ever, 37, including players from India, Slovensky, Greece, Trinidad, Mauritius, Nigeria and Scotland among others. The association would like to use the events as a build up of the Kenya team to the forthcoming Commonwealth Games later in the year.

 

W.B.F. - KENYA Kenya U-18 International championship 2010 Nairobi (Kenya)   Du 22 au 25 Mars 2010

 

ELDORET CHAPTER  - KENYA BADMINTON ASSOCIATION  
RIFT VALLEY OPEN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS: 24 and 25^th APRIL  2010
Joseph GITHITU (Kenya) For Africa-badminton.com 18/03/2010

Entries are invited for the above tournament, which will be held at the GULAB LOCHAB LEISURE CENTRE IN ELDORET. 

NAME	EVENT	PARTNER	ENTRY FEE
	WOMEN SINGLES	XXXXXXXXXX	Shs 300.00
	WOMEN DOUBLES		Shs 400.00
	MEN SINGLES	XXXXXXXXXX	Shs 300.00
	MEN DOUBLES		Shs 400.00
	MIXED DOUBLES		Shs 400.00

 RULES AND REGULATIONS: 

• The organizers reserve the right to scratch any event at their absolute discretion.
• All players must report to the organizers 10 minutes before the scheduled time for each match. If a player has failed to report for a match 10 minutes after the time scheduled for that match a walkover will be given automatically
• BWF competition rules will apply.

·         All players compete at their own risk and the organizers accept no responsibility of any kind whatsoever for any player or spectator.

·         Closing date for entries will be 21/04/2010 and the draw at Eldoret West Social Hall on 23^rd  April, 2010

·         Times of Play:  8.30am to 8.00 pm on both days.

·         Entries should be emailed or texted to the following contacts; John Odhiambo on 0721-280575, email: mcyewa@yahoo.co.uk , Ted Owino 0724-148737 email nyibule@yahoo.com, or Joseph Matheri 0723175532 email josemathesh@yahoo.com.  No player will be allowed to play their match before all entry fees are received from them.
 

KENYA INTERNATIONAL 2009   africa-badminton.com 28/04/2009

KENYA INTERNATIONAL 2009 (Nairobi) (Z5) 25 - 26 Avril 2009
S.H. Ali Shahosseini ( IRI)	S.D. Dina Nagy( EGY)

 

- SHAHOSSEINI Ali ( IRI), après avoir gagné l'Open d'Ouganda en février 2009, il remporte l'Open du Kenya en Simple homme.
- Dina Nagy( EGY) remporte le Simple dame,

- DEDNAM Chris/ JAMES Dorian(RSA ) s'imposent dans le Double Hommes,
- OHLAN Anita/ DHANYA Nair (IND ) gagnent le Double Dames,
- et la paire DEDNAM Chris/ EDWARDS Michelle (RSA ) remporte le Double Mixte.

Tous les résultats de l'Open Kenya 2009

 

ALL AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009 (Nairobi- Kenya) (Z5) 17 - 24 Avril 2009
1° R.S.A.	2° SEYCHELLES	3° MAURICE	4° EGYPT
5° OUGANDA - 6° KENYA - 7° MAROC - 8° CAMEROUN - 9° BOTSWANA

MS	WS	MD	WD	DMX
NGR Ola.FAGBEMI	SEY Juliette AH WAN	NGR Ola FAGBEMI Jinkam IFRAIMU	NGR Grace DANIEL MARY GIDEON	NGR Ola FAGBEMI Grace DANIEL

All-Nigerian final marks Africa derby By MERCY GAKII Posted Thursday, April 23 2009 at 17:50Daily Nation Kenya 23/04/2009

Patrick Ruto of Kenya plays a shot from Abdelrahman Kashkal of Egypt during the All Africa Senior Badminton championship at Nairobi's Moi International Sports Centre. Photo/CHRIS OMOLLO 

Ola Fagbemi of Nigeria lifted the men’s singles title after fighting off compatriot Jinkan Ifrahimu as the curtains came down on the All Africa Senior Badminton Championships on Thursday. Fagbemi won 2-0 (21-17, 21-18) over Egyptian Abderahman Kashkal in a closely contested semi-final while Ifrahimu beat Steve Malcouzar of Seychelles 2-0 (21-18, 21-13).

Under the keen eye of their coach Mohammed Baku, the two men played a very tense, fast and highly entertaining game. The battle for the women’s singles title was on last evening. South African top seed Stacey Doubel beat Katherina Paulina of Seychelles 2-0 (21-13, 21-17) while another Seychellois, Juliette Ah-Wan, defeated Susan Ideh of Nigeria 2-0 (21-17, 21-12).

The mixed doubles semis were hotly contested, with South Africa falling to Seychelles 2-0 (21-13, 22-20). Nigerians won over Mauritius by 2-0 (21-10,21-19) to also book a slot in the finals played late on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the second international tournament this week starts when the Kenya International Open, which is expected to register a high turnout, commences today at the same venue. Kenya will be entering 10 players in the games where participants will be seeking to up their points and rankings, said Anna Maina, chairlady of the Kenya Badminton Association.

Denmark, India, United States of America and Iran have already sent in their players while players from Canada, Scotland and Slovensky were also expected late on Thursday. All the other African nations that have been in Kenya all week will also join in the three-day event that comes to an end on Sunday.

Mercy saves home players the blushes By MERCY GAKIIPosted Tuesday, April 21 2009 at 18:44 Daily Nation Kenya 21/04/2009

Kenya’s Naomi Kemunto warms up for the All Africa Senior Badminton Championship at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, on Tuesday. Photo/ CHRIS OMOLLO 

Kenya on Tuesday registered disappointing results in the individual events of the ongoing All Africa Senior badminton championship at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani.

Only high school student Mercy Joseph, 23, won. She played a fast-paced game with ease from the start, making high serves and quick returns to floor 23-year-old Arine Nininahalwe of Burundi 2-0 (21-5,21-12) in her first match to make it to the next round of the women’s singles.

“She did not play so much, so I capitalised on that to push her with every round of my game,” Joseph said.

Alfred Muthomi lost 2-1 (21-19, 9-21,6-21) to South African Enrico James in a match he reckoned he gave his best shot.

“I was playing against someone who is very well exposed internationally, yet I have not played in an international tournament in over a year,” Muthomi said.

First seed Patrick Ruto lost 2-0 (21-16,21-13) to Seychelles player Georgie Cupicon in the men’s singles.

Naomi Kemunto was then beaten by another Seychelles player, Katherina Pauline, 2-0 as Hosni Hadia of Egypt edged Kenya’s Anita Alube 2-0 and Jiten Patel lost 2-0 to Elewa Femi of Nigeria.

Patrick Kinyua fell 2-0 to South Africa’s Jacob Maliekal.

Meanwhile, World Badminton Federation president Young Joon King arrived in the country on Tuesday to attend the week-long championship.

Kenya's Muthomi takes on S Africa's Enrico

 

Alfred Muthomi of Kenya plays a forehand from South Africa James Enrico during the men's singles badminton All Africa Senior championship at Moi International Sports Centre. Photo/CHRIS OMOLLO 

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BADMINTON - KENYA READY TO HOST MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS  By Ayumba Ayodi

All is set for festivals that pit teams from the world over
KENYA will on Saturday play host to more than 21 countries for two major international badminton championships-the biennial Africa Senior and the annual Kenya International.
The most prestigious continental competition will run for five days at the Moi International Sports Centre Complex (gymnasium) at Kasarani, pitting players from 13 countries.
The event will then pave way for the Kenya International contest from April 24 to 26 at the same venue, involving teams from Africa, America, Europe and Asia.
"Everything is in place and we are ready to rumble. It has been a long time since we staged a championship of such magnitude, and I hope they will be a major success," said Kenya Badminton Association (KBA) chairperson Anna Maina.
Challenge Seychelles, who are the defending Africa champions in team play, jet into the country for a challenge from hosts Kenya, South Africa, Mauritius, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Morocco, Egypt, Uganda and Algeria.
The Indian Ocean island nation beat South Africa in the final two years ago in Mauritius.
The Kenya International, which is part of the African International Circuit, has European entries in Scotland, Denmark, Slovensky and Greece. From America are United States of America and Canada teams, while India and Iran will represent Asia.
Maina told a press conference yesterday upon receiving an estimated Sh2 million sponsorship that the Kenya International championship has prize fund of $5,000 (Sh400,000).
Japan-based Yonex, the world's biggest brand name in badminton, gave Sh1.2m, the National Olympic Committee of Kenya Sh460,000 and New Edge Communications Sh40,000.
Nairobi Bottlers unveiled soft drinks and drinking water worth Sh100,000, while MFI Office Solutions will provide equipment to the championships' secretariat. Kenya Airways offered subsided flight charges to the teams.
The Kenya team of eight players for the two contests have been on residential training for the last three weeks under coach John Odhiambo at the Kenya Premier Club.
They are Africa's doubles second best pair of Himesh Patel and Patrick Ruto, Alfred Muthomi, Patrick Kinyua, Fred Gituku, Anita Alube, Naomi Kemunto and Jemimah Mang'eni.

Badminton: 24 countries to participate  Written By:KBC Reporter   , Posted: Wed, Apr 15, 2009

Players from 10 countries, incluing Malaysia, Portugal, India and Spain, are expected to feature in the annual Kenya International Badminton Championships will be held this weekend at the Premier Club, Nairobi.
The three-day event, which is expected to start on Friday, will run until Sunday.
Kenya Badminton Association (KBA)  secretary, Fred Gituku, said that local players will be using the championship to try and qualify for the  Beijing Olympics to be held in August.
“The event will provide a useful opportunity for our players to earn World Ranking points in a bid to qualify for the Beijing Games,” said Gituku.
Ranked top in Africa
Kenya’s men’s top doubles pair of Patrick Ruto and Himesh Patel who qualified for the World Championships in 2007 after they were ranked top in Africa at some point last year, will be looking to collect enough points to qualify for the Olympics.
In women’s singles, Kenya will be placing their hopes on Anita Alube and Rita Ndung’u.
The latter, who resumed training recently, will be chasing her fitness after tearing her Achilles tendon last year. Men’s singles hopefuls include Gituku, Victor Odera and Daniel Opondo.
Local players have been training at the Premier Club in Nairobi, while those based in Kisumu and Mombasa have been training in their respective towns.
According to Gituku, Kenya will miss the invaluable services of two top women players - Irene Kerimah and Anna Maina.
Singles champion
“Irene, the defending women’s singles champion emigrated, to the US while former singles champion, Anna  has retired from competitive badminton,” added the secretary general.
Other countries expected to send players are Iran, South Africa, Nigeria, Uganda, Mauritius and Seychelles. Previous editions have attracted participants from France, Israel, India, England, and numerous African countries.
This competition forms part of African badminton circuit comprising of five international tournaments,  held in Mauritius, South Africa, Morocco and Nigeria.
The tournament to be played under World Badminton Federation laws, is a WBF sanctioned championship that carries world-ranking points.
The event will include men’s singles, women’s singles, Men’s doubles, women’s doubles and Mixed doubles.
Umpires course
The draw for the event will be conducted on Thursday from 6 pm at the Premier Club by the tournament referee from Mauritius, Satiawan Mahadoo. He will also run an umpires course at the Club in the afternoon to which 12 local umpires have been invited.
They will serve as line judges and umpires during the event.
The championship is the first high ranking event to be held this year, after the Thomas and Uber Cup that was scheduled to take place late last month in Kenya, was moved to Mauritius.
According to Raj Gaya, the secretary of the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA), the body was forced to switch the tournament from Kenya to Mauritius because of the unrest that was being witnessed in the country at the time.
“In spite of all the assurances given by the Kenyan Government to Kenya Badminton Federation with regard to the security of the players, BCA Council looked into the matter and was very worried for their safety,” Raj Gaya’s statement read in part.

The Badminton World Federation wishes to inform that the Kenya International has been postponed by a week to March 28-30, 2008.
This is following confirmation from the hosts that hosting the tournament on the original dates, March 23-25, will not be feasible as it falls on the Easter weekend, an important day of religious reverence for the Christian community.
According to BWF Council member from Kenya, Peter Gacheru, some 90 per cent of the country’s population are Christians, thus making it difficult for Kenya to host the event on March 23-25.
He also added that most of the volunteers will be away and unavailable for the championships.
The changes of dates have been approved by the BWF and Badminton Confederation of Africa. Any inconvenience caused is regretted. For further details, please contact Ms Noridah Jamil at noridah@internationalbadminton.org

The Thomas & Uber Cup that was scheduled to be held in Kenya later this month has been moved to Mauritius.
The prestigious badminton tournament which will now be held on the February 17-23 will also double as a qualifier for the Beijing Olympics.
According to Raj Gaya, Secretary General of the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA), the body has been forced to switch the tournament from Kenya to Mauritius because of the ongoing unrest in the country.
“In spite of all the assurances given by the Kenyan Government to Kenya Badminton Federation with regard to the security of the players, BCA Council has looked into the matter and was very worried for the security of players who will be traveling there and above all if something bad happens, who will bear the responsibility.” Raj Gaya’s statement read in part.
Inconvenience
The badminton umpire’s course that was to be conducted before the event has also been moved to Mauritius.
“We are sorry for the inconvenience this change may cause. We cannot take any risk when it comes to the security of players and human life,” he wrote
The local organizing committee has received the news with great disappointment especially after they had done so much to assure BCA that the situation is not as bad as it appears on the foreign media.
“We had also approached the government to assure us if safety during the tournament and they had indicated a willingness to do so but we have no control over BCA’s decision,” Peter Gacheru, a member of the organising committee said.
Gacheru says that the tournament would have been a big boost for the sport in the country and it would have been the first time that an East African country has hosted it. They were expecting a minimum of 10 countries to participate.
Following the new development, the organising committee has also decided to postpone the Kenya International tournament from February to March 20 – 23rd.
According to KBF, 10 countries had already confirmed participation in the Kenya International. They body is working round the clock in liaison with the government to assure those countries of their security. They are however hopeful that the situation will have improved then.

Thomas & Uber Cup moved  4th February 2008  B.C.A.

The Thomas & Uber Cup that was scheduled to be held in Kenya later this month has been moved to Mauritius.
The prestigious badminton tournament which will now be held on the February 17-23 will also double as a qualifier for the Beijing Olympics.
According to Raj Gaya, Secretary General of the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA), the body has been forced to switch the tournament from Kenya to Mauritius because of the ongoing unrest in the country.
“In spite of all the assurances given by the Kenyan Government to Kenya Badminton Federation with regard to the security of the players, BCA Council has looked into the matter and was very worried for the security of players who will be traveling there and above all if something bad happens, who will bear the responsibility.” Raj Gaya’s statement read in part.
The badminton umpire’s course that was to be conducted before the event has also been moved to Mauritius.
“We are sorry for the inconvenience this change may cause. We cannot take any risk when it comes to the security of players and human life,” he wrote
The local organizing committee has received the news with great disappointment especially after they had done so much to assure BCA that the situation is not as bad as it appears on the foreign media.
“We had also approached the government to assure us if safety during the tournament and they had indicated a willingness to do so but we have no control over BCA’s decision,” Peter Gacheru, a member of the organising committee said.
Gacheru says that the tournament would have been a big boost for the sport in the country and it would have been the first time that an East African country has hosted it. They were expecting a minimum of 10 countries to participate.
Following the new development, the organising committee has also decided to postpone the Kenya International tournament from February to March 20 – 23rd.
According to KBF, 10 countries had already confirmed participation in the Kenya International. They body is working round the clock in liaison with the government to assure those countries of their security. They are however hopeful that the situation will have improved then.

La phase des éliminatoires de la Thomas & Uber Cup prévue à Nairobi (Kénya) a été déplacée à Maurice.

L'Open International du Kénya qui devait suivre a été annulé puis décalé du 20 au 23 mars 2008

L'Open International du Kénya est de nouveau reporté  du 28 au 30 mars 2008

La Thomas & Uber Cup Afrique sera-t-elle maintenue ?  Africa-Badminton 31/01/2008

A moins de 20 jours de la date retenue et maintenue par la B.C.A. pour la Thomas & Uber Cup Zone Afrique, la situation politique au Kénya demeure préoccupante et la ville de Nairobi n'est plus à l'abri des violences qui règnent actuellement dans d'autres villes.
Selon l'article paru dans l'Express.mu du 23/01/2008, le secrétaire de la CAB, Raj Gaya  a voulu se montrer rassurant :“Le gouvernement kenyan, qui souhaite améliorer l’image du pays à travers l’organisation de cet événement international, a donné la garantie qu’il assurera la sécurité des participants durant la compétition. Ces derniers seront escortés de l’aéroport au MOI International Sports Complex, où ils seront logés”. Les équipes et la manifestation sportive seront donc placées sous haute surveillance ce qui est bien le signe d'une crainte légitime sur la sécurité des participants.
Plongés dans une crise sociale grave, ne doutons pas que les Kényans seront les premiers à se détacher de cet évènement.
Quels sont les pays qui décideront de se rendre à Nairobi ?
A ce sujet,  si la délégation de Maurice va solliciter l'avis de son Ministère des Affaires Etrangères avant de confirmer sa participation, il en sera probablement de même de tous les pays ayant l'intention de se rendre à Nairobi.
Pour rappel, la situation ne date pas d'hier. Elle a dégénérée fin décembre à la suite des élections présidentielles. Depuis cette date, elle n'a eu de cesse de se développer et la presse internationale en a fait l'écho.
La W.B.F. et la B.C.A. avaient donc toutes les informations nécessaires pour supposer que cette situation grave risquait de se prolonger.
Si les éliminatoires de la Thomas & Uber Cup doivent se tenir rapidement afin de déterminer la représentation Afrique à Jarkarta (Indonésie) en mai prochain, il aurait été plus raisonnable de changer le lieu des éliminatoires Afrique plutôt que d'en décaler la date.
Si d'aventure la participation des grandes nations du Badminton était très fortement diminuée par le fait de décisions plus politiques que sportives, c'est l'ensemble du Badminton Africain qui en fera les frais.

A suivre ......

W.B.F. - KENYA KENYA INTERNATIONAL 2008 Nairobi (Kenya) Du 29 Janvier au 02 Février 2008

 

W.B.F. - KENYA Thomas & Uber Cup African   Preliminaries 2008   Nairobi (Kenya) Du 25 au 28 Janvier 2008

 

 

Archives 2007

	PROTON  WBF  WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS   13-19 Août 2007   Kuala Lumpur  MALAISIE
Présence Africaine :	SH : Lasmari N. (ALG)  SD : Foo Kune K. (MRI)  DH : Patel H. & Ruto P. (KEN) - Dednam R. & Dednam C. (AFS)  DD : Youssef A. & Hosny H. (EGY)  DM : James D.L. & Edwards M.C. (AFS) - Cupidon G. & Ah-Wan J. (SEY)

 

Kamav Peter	Mbogo Patrick Kunya	Munga Victor Odera	Mutiria Alfred	Odundo Simon Achayo	Opondo Daniel Odhiambo	Patel Himesh
Ruto Patrick	Shah Hahish Niteenkumar	Alube Anitah	Arasa Naomi Kemunto	Kerimah Irène Moraa	Ndungu Rita Njeri

 

Kenya: Badminton Axed From All Africa Games  The Nation (Nairobi)  10 June 2007  Posted to the web 11 June 2007  Nairobi

Badminton became the first casualty to be axed from the Kenyan contingent to this year's All Africa Games slated for July 11 to 23 as the steering committee endorsed a total of 21 disciplines to travel to Algeria.
Only 193 athletes, 56 team officials, five accompanying referees and ten technical officials selected by their respective continental bodies will make the Kenyan contingent of 264.
Games leader of delegation Nderitu Gikaria said they have opted to announce the team composition as early as possible to avoid last minute disappointments.
Gikaria also announced that the official residential camp at Kasarani will be opened on June 19 to all the disciplines though the committee has been financing the teams non residential training at their respective venues.
The Operations Committee noted that badminton was left out of the team despite it having been sponsored to take part in the Africa championship in Mauritius because of dismal show.
Routed by opponents
"We took them to Mauritius by they were routed by their rivals and it will not be good to take the same players to Algeria for the games and expect them to do well only after a one month training. They will still be meeting the very opponents they faced in Mauritius," said Gikaria.