Kerry-Lee HARRINGTON 21/03/19886 - (22 ans)  - Africa-badminton 26/08/2008

Kerry-Lee Harrington classée N°4 Afrique et 200° mondiale a été sélectionnée le 20 juillet 2008 par la Commission Tripartite, soit un mois avant sa première participation Olympique.
A l'issue du tirage au sort des tableaux du simple dame, elle est entrée dans la compétition dès le premier tour (64°) en étant opposée à la malaysienne Mew-Chou Wong N°9 mondiale.
La différence de niveau entre les deux joueuses était telle qu'elle s'est traduite en tout juste huit minutes de jeu. La sud africaine a perdu le premier set en 4 minutes sur le score de 04/21 et sur une même durée de jeu lors du second et avec le même score 04/21.
Menée 17/02 dans le second set, Kerry-Lee n'a jamais lâché prise allant même jusqu'à marquer 2 points supplémentaires avant l'issue fatale de cette rencontre. Si elle a perdu son combat contre la malaysienne, la sud africaine a gagné celui contre elle même en allant au bout de ses ressources, justifiant ainsi sa présence aux J.O.
A sa décharge, Kerry-lee Harrington sélectionnée à la dernière minute ne s'attendait certainement pas à être présente pour les J.O. de Pékin et sa préparation pré-olympique ainsi que son tableau de marche depuis 1 an n'étaient pas de nature à lui permettre d'espérer la moindre victoire à ces jeux.
Avec huit points marqués, elle termine avant dernière de la représentation africaine.

 

PALMARES DU BADMINTON AFRICAIN DES DOUBLES AUX  J.O. PEKIN 2008 africa-badminton.com 12/08/2008

Le duo seychellois Georgie CUPIDON & Juliette AH-WAN est celui qui
a réalisé la meilleure performance de tous les doubles africains confondus
en marquant 27 points contre les polonais MATEUSIAK Robert & KOSTIUCZYK
Nadiezda (08/21 - 19/21).
La paire sud africaine Christoffel & Roelof DEDNAM a quant à elle marqué
26 points contre les américains et l'autre paire sud africaine Michelle Claire
EDWARDS & Chantal BOTTS n'a pu inscrire que 18 points contre les chinoises
de Tapeï.

SIMPLE DAME J.O. PEKIN 2008		RENCONTRES				SETS			POINTS			DUREE SUR COURTS
Clt	Joueuses	jouées	Victoires	Défaites	#	Gagnés	Perdus	#	Marqués	Encaissés	#	Présence
1°	HOSNY Hadia	2	1	1	0	2	3	-1	60	95	-35	46'
2°	DANIEL Grace	1	0	1	-1	0	2	-2	21	42	-21	23'
3°	HARRINGTON K.-L.	1	0	1	-1	0	2	-2	08	42	-34	16'
4°	FOO-KUNE Karen	1	0	1	-1	0	2	-2	04	42	-24	10' (Abandon)
	TOTAUX Dames Afrique	5	1	4	-3	2	9	-7	93	28	-114	01h35'

 

Crhistoffel DEDNAM ( RSA)
Roelof DEDNAM ( RSA)

  OUT ...

 

Ils perdent le match sur le score de : 10/21 - 16/21
contre les américains BACH Howard / MALAYTHONG Bob

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Michelle C. EDWARDS ( RSA)
Chantal BOTTS ( RSA)

  OUT ...

 

Elles perdent le match sur le score de :
06/21 - 12/21
contre les chinoises de Tapeï Chen Yu Chin & Cheng Wen-Hsing

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Kerry-Lee HARRINGTON ( RSA)  OUT ...

 Elle perd le match sur le score de :
04/21 - 04/21
contre la malaysienne WONG Mew Choo

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Kerry-Lee HARRINGTON (RSA) ...
Qualifiée pour les Jeux Olympiques 2008
Africa-badminton 20/07/2008

Kerry-Lee HARRINGTON (RSA) qui se trouvait sur la liste complémentaire pour les J.O. de Pékin, vient d'être sélectionnée. Elle rejoint donc la représentation Africaine de Badminton qui se compose désormais de 13 représentants.

The road to Beijing 2008 - matches played since 2007 (W.B.F.)

Event Date	Event Name	Round
18 May 2008	Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2008	-
24 Feb 2008	Mauritius International 2008	Semi-Finalist
22 Feb 2008	Thomas & Uber Cup African Prel	-
02 Dec 2007	SOUTH AFRICA INTERNATIONAL	Semi-Finalist
17 Jun 2007	SUDIRMAN CUP MIXED TEAM CHAMPI	-
26 May 2007	ALL AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIPS	Runner-Up
26 May 2007	ALL AFRICA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS	-
20 May 2007	MAURITIUS INTERNATIONAL 2007	1/16

 

SOUTH AFRICAN SPORTS CONFEDERATION AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE Confirmed selections for Beijing

• Mr. Chris Dednam
  Mr. Roelof Dednam
  Ms. Michelle Edwards
  Ms. Chantal Botts
  Mr. Johan Kleingeld (Manager/Coach)

Dednam brothers qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing
(University of the Free State)

 
Roelof  and Chris Dednam

The Badminton World Federation included the South African doubles pairs, Chantal Botts and Michelle Edwards, as well as the UFS students Chris and Roelof Dednam, in its Olympic list of invited qualifiers for the Olympic Games in Beijing. Both the women's and men's doubles events will include 16 pairs.

Badminton South Africa and Sascoc will have to decide by the end of May whether the players will be included in the South African Olympic Team.

The Dednam brothers qualified by accumulating points in ten tournaments in 2007 and 2008.

In their endeavour to qualify amidst the semi-professional players of especially Asia and Europe, Roelof was assisted financially by Badminton South Africa and Sascoc's 'Operation Excellence'. Chris was assisted through an Olympic Solidarity bursary of the IOC.

BADMINTON: Two South Africans invited to Olympics - May 13, 16:52 EISH
BADMINTON WORLD FEDERATION have the past week-end included the South African doubles pairs, Chantal Botts and Michelle Edwards as well as Chris and Roelof Dednam, in its Olympic lists of invited qualifiers for the Beijing2008 games.  Both the women's and men's doubles events will include 16 pairs.
Badminton South Africa and SASCOC will have to decide by the end of May whether the players will be included in the South African Olympic team.
Botts and Edwards qualified with enough points even without having played ten qualifying tournaments.  They accumulated their points with fine results in the 2007 Mauritius International as runner-up; 2007 All Africa Championships as winner; 2007 All Africa Team Championships points;  2007 South Africa International as runner-up; and 2008 Mauritius International as winner.
The Dednam brothers qualified by accumulating points in ten tournaments with the following results:  2007 Mauritius International runner-up; 2007 All Africa Championships winner;  2007 All Africa Team Championships points;
2007 16th World Championships points; 2007 South Africa International winner; 2007 Yonex Irish International Championships semi-finalist; 2007 VII Italian International points;  2007 Hellas International quarter-finalist;
2008 Mauritius International quarter-finalist; 2008 Dutch International quarter-finalist.
In their endeavour to qualify amidst the semi-professional players of especially Asia and Europe, Botts, Edwards and Roelof Dednam were assisted financially by Badminton South Africa and SASCOC's 'operation excellence'.
Chris Dednam was assisted through an Olympic Solidarity bursary.

 

UBER CUP

13/05 (1/16°F) : GERMANY - SOUTH AFRICA : 3 - 0

11/05 : KOREA - SOUTH AFRICA : 5 - 0
12/05 : HONG-KONG - SOUTH AFRICA : 5 - 0

Le Badminton Africain présent en Indonésie

Le Badminton Africain sera représenté par le Nigeria dans la Thomas Cup (Hommes) et par l'Afrique du Sud dans la Uber Cup (Femmes).

Afrique du Sud : Botts, Chantal - Doubell, Stacey - Edwards Michelle - Harrington, Kerry-Lee -  Morgan Leigh, Jade -  Viljoen, Annari

Nigeria : Adamu, Ibrahim - Bulus, Jimkan - Fagbemi, Paul - Fagbemi Olauluwa - Ogunseye, Akeem - Okuonghea Greg.

W.B.F. - INDONESIA THOMAS & UBER CUP Jakarta (Indonesia) Du 11 au 18 Mai 2008

Welcome to the all new BSA Juniors Website   (26/03/2008)
We are dedicated to improving the general communication between all parties concerned with the Junior and school side of Badminton.
Register on the site so you have an account (won't cost you anything!!  It is just so we have a record of your emails and contact details to send you newsletters and notices).

Nico Pretorius has sadly passed away on 6 March, after a long and brave struggle with his illness. 

Nico had such a massive influence on the coaching of WP's top junior & senior players over the past 5 years.

Nico was the badminton coach of the W.Cape Sports Academy and was Morten Frost's personal assistant.

His coaching has attributed to WP winning several provincial team events. He is a great loss to badminton in South Africa and we will miss him.

We wish his mother, family, friends and WP/Boland Badminton our condolences. 

 

(Source Site www.badmintonsa.org )

 

Afrique du Sud    Uber CupZone Afrique 2008

Michelle Edwards (Capt.), Stacey Doubell, Kerry-Lee Harrington (KZN), Jade Morgan (WP), Annari Viljoen (NG) and Chantal Botts.

Badminton SA chases big titles  15 February 2008 Source: SouthAfrica.info
Number one in Africa! The SA team celebrates winning the African Badminton Championships in 2006 (Photo: Badminton South Africa)

The South African men's and women's badminton teams will be out to confirm their status as the best in Africa when they contest the African preliminaries of the Thomas and Uber Cups in Mauritius.
The African preliminaries of world badminton's most prestigious competitions outside of the Olympics take place from 17 to 21 February. Kenya was scheduled to host the events, but domestic unrest has led to them being moved to Mauritius.
The final stages of the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup will be held in Indonesia in May.
All continents represented
In the past, only Asian and European countries were able to qualify teams for the final stage, but now there will be at least one team from each of the five continents that qualifies.
Twelve teams will contest the finals, with six countries from Asia, three from Europe, one from Africa, one from Oceania, and one from Pan-America taking part.
Badminton South Africa, which won both preliminaries of the bi-annual event in 2006, has selected experienced teams for this year's tournaments, and they're strong favourites to repeat their successes of two years ago.
All Africa Games success
More recently, at the All Africa Games in Algiers in July 2007, South Africa finished top of the medals after a tight tussle with Nigeria, capturing three golds, two silvers, and three bronzes.
The men's doubles combination of Roelof and Chris Dednam and the women's doubles pairing of Michelle Edwards and Chantelle Botts both won gold.
The experienced Chris Dednam, a veteran of the 2004 Olympic Games, where he reached the final 32 of the men’s singles and mixed doubles, will spearhead the SA men's challenge, while Edwards will fulfil that role for the women's team. At the All Africa Games, apart from her doubles gold, she won silver in the singles, and bronze in the mixed doubles.
SOUTH AFRICAN TEAMS
Men: Thomas Cup
Chris Dednam, Roelof Dednam, Wiaan Viljoen, Dorian James (capt.), and Enrico James
Women: Uber Cup
Michelle Edwards (capt.), Stacey Doubell, Jade Morgan, Annari Viljoen, Chantal Botts and Kerry-Lee Harrington
National Coach: Johan Kleingeld
Manager: Prof. Martin Dednam
Enrico James will make his debut for South Africa, thus continuing a "tradition" of multiple members of one family representing SA; Chris and Roelof Dednam are brothers, while Wiaan and Anneri Viljoen are brother and sister.

 

B.S.A. (Site B.S.A. Février 2008)

The African preliminaries of the Thomas (world men’s team badminton championship) and Uber (world women’s team badminton championship) Cups from which the winning countries will represent Africa in the final stage will be held 17 to 21 February 2008 in Mauritius.  The tournaments were transferred from its original location, Kenya, as a result of the current domestic unrest in that country. 

The final stages of the 2008 Thomas Cup and the 2008 Uber Cup will be held in Indonesia during May 2008.  In the past only Asian and European countries were able to qualify teams to the final stage, but now there will be at least one team from each of the five continents in the final stage.  The 12 teams to participate in the final stage will be, six from Asia, three from Europe, one from Africa, one from Oceania and one from Pan-America. 

Badminton South Africa, which won both preliminaries of this bi-annual event in 2006, have selected experienced teams for this year’s tournament and should be regarded as strong favourites.  The following teams will be representing South Africa:  Thomas Cup -   Chris Dednam and Roelof Dednam (FS), Wiaan Viljoen (NG), Dorian James (Capt.) and Enrico James (WP);  Uber Cup -  Michelle Edwards (Capt.), Stacey Doubell and Jade Morgan (WP), Annari Viljoen (NG), Chantal Botts and Kerry-Lee Harrington (KZN);  National Coach:  Johan Kleingeld;  Manager:  Prof. Martin Dednam. 

With Enrico James selected to make his debut, South Africa’s list of family members included in national teams has taken a new page.  Whereas the likes of Philips’ and Parsons’ of the past have represented the nation in different teams, the James brothers now join the Dednam brothers in the same team.  In addition, while the women and men will play in different competitions, Wiaan Viljoen will be joined by his sister Annari at the same tournament.

 

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The road to Beijing 2008 - matches played in 2007 (W.B.F.)

BWF ID :	14656	51331
Given Name :	Roelof Jakobus DEDNAM	Christoffel Cornelius DEDNAM
Nac :	SOUTH AFRICA	SOUTH AFRICA

Event Date	Event Name	GRADE	POINTS	ROUND
22/12/2007	HELLAS INTERNATIONAL 2007	Int.Ser.	1370.00	Quarter-Finalist
14/12/2007	VII ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL	Int.Cha.	920.00	1\32
09/12/2007	YONEX IRISH INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.	Int.Cha.	2800.00	Semi-Finalist
02/12/2007	SOUTH AFRICA INTERNATIONAL	Fut.Ser.	1700.00	Winner
19/08/2007	16th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007	BWF Events	1200.00	1\32
17/06/2007	SUDIRMAN CUP MIXED TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 2007	See regs	2585.04	-
26/05/2007	ALL AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIPS	Int.Ser.	2500.00	Winner
26/05/2007	ALL AFRICA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007	See regs	2710.07	-
20/05/2007	MAURITIUS INTERNATIONAL 2007	Int.Ser.	2130.00	Runner-Up

BWF ID :	7875	10611
Given Name :	Michelle Claire EDWARDS	Chantal BOTTS
Nac :	SOUTH AFRICA	SOUTH AFRICA

Event Date Event Name GRADE POINTS ROUND   02/12/2007  SOUTH AFRICA INTERNATIONAL Fut.Ser. 1420.00 Runner-Up   26/05/2007  ALL AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIPS Int.Ser. 2500.00 Winner   26/05/2007  ALL AFRICA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 See regs 2620.05 -   20/05/2007  MAURITIUS INTERNATIONAL 2007 Int.Ser. 2130.00 Runner-Up

 

Archives 2007

 

ALL AFRICA UNDER 15 CHAMPIONSHIPS   SOUTH AFRICA  -  Pretoria (Afrique du Sud) Du 02 au 08 Décembre 2007

ALL AFRICA UNDER 15 CHAMPIONSHIPS - Dec 2007  - Source Badminton South Africa (BSA)

1er Simple Homme KROBAKPO Clément (Nigeria)	1er Simple Dame FOO-KUNE Kate (Maurice)

1er Double Hommes  :

 M. Sayaad (Egypte) & M. Morsi (Egypte)

1er Double Dames :

J.VD BERG (Afrique du Sud) & S. LE GRANGE (Afrique du Sud)

1er Double Mixte : M. Sayaad (Egypte) & N. Ashraf (Egypte)
 

Participants en SH et SD
PAYS	Hommes	Femmes	T
AFRIQUE DU SUD	6	6	12
EGYPTE	3	4	7
KENYA	5	2	7
BOTSWANA	2	3	5
NIGERIA	2	2	4
SWAZILAND	2	2	4
OUGANDA	2	2	4
ZAMBIE	2	2	4
ALGERIE	2	1	3
MAURICE	1	1	2
TOTAL :	27	25	52

ALL AFRICA U/15 TEAM EVENTS   “A” SECTION RESULTS

 

TEAMS	RSA “A”	KEN	SWA	ZAM	NGR	TOTAL	POINTS	POSITION
SOUTH AFRICA “A”		5	5	4	1	15	6	2
KENYA (KEN)	0		5	2	0	7	2	4
SWAZILAND (SWA)	0	0		0	0	0	0	5
ZAMBIA (ZAM)	1	3	5		1	10	4	3
NIGERIA (NGR)	4	5	5