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Smash City proudly congratulates Elite Team members Arnold Setiadi and Lauren Todt on qualifying to represent the U.S. at the Thomas and Uber Cups!
At the USA Badminton 2008 Team USA Trials held January 4-6, Arnold qualified for the U.S. Thomas Cup Team and Lauren qualified for the U.S. Uber Cup Team.
The Pan Am zone Thomas and Uber Cup Preliminary will be held February 16-18 in Campinas, Brazil.
The U.S. Teams will compete against Teams from Brazil, Canada, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad & Tobago.
The winning Teams will represent the Pan Am zone in the Finals in Jakarta, Indonesia, in May.
Please join us in congratulating Arnold, Lauren, and the rest of the Teams and wishing them the best in Brazil!
Smash City Elite Team member knocks out #3 seed in Cyprus!
Elite Team member Lauren Todt knocked out #3 seed Ana Moura of Portugal 23-21, 21-17 to advance to the Quarterfinals of the Cyprus International 2007.
Smash City Elite Team members win in Puerto Rico!
Elite Team members Jennifer Coleman and Lauren Todt won their second International tournament by beating Peruvians Jie Meng and Valeria Rivero to take the Womens Doubles event at the just-completed Puerto Rico International 2007.
The Puerto Rico triumph is their second International First Place. In July, Jennifer and Lauren took First Place at the Noumea International in New Caledonia.
Smash City is proud to welcome Coach Holvy De Pauw, winner of both Singles and Doubles at the United Commercial Bank Open!
Coach De Pauw beat Alaska’s Piotr Mazur for the Singles title.
Partnering with Elite Team member Arnold Setiadi, Coach De Pauw triumphed in Doubles over GGBC’s Daniel Gouw and Chandra Kowi.
Coach De Pauw trained with the Indonesian National Team, and more recently played for clubs in Switzerland and Germany.
Coach De Pauw joins former Chinese National Team member Coach Jie Yun Tang in Smash City’s World Class Training Program, training our Elite Teams as well as other group and private lessons.
Friday evenings and weekends are the best times to see the Smash City Coaches in action. For more information, please see Training. Thank You!!!
Many, many thanks to all who participated and helped to make Smashing Juniors and the Junior International Team Trials once again such successful events!
Many thanks also to everyone for your patience and understanding of the facilities issue. The cause was finally discovered and repaired on Tuesday. 75’ outside the building and 5’ underground a pipe had been broken and radically shifted by a tree root.
The level of play displayed by the U.S. Juniors was incredible and again a step above last year. It was also wonderful to have such large draws in many events - up to 24 entries & 35 matches in U13 BS! The U.S. Badminton future is looking brighter and brighter!
Final results will be posted soon.
We welcome your comments and suggestions of how we can improve for next year - please email to suggestions@smashcity.net.
Thanks again!
2007-Feb-13: It’s been a busy few months at Smash City! In chronological order:
In December, 2006, a group from Smash City’s Elite Team won 11 First Places, 3 Second Places, and 4 Fourth Places at the USBDF Tournament in Los Angeles. Details in Tournaments.
In January, 2007, Smash City Elite Team member Lauren Todt was elected by Badminton athletes nationwide as Athlete Representative on the USA Badminton Board of Directors. Lauren’s term will begin with the March 31st Board meeting.
And this month Smash City Elite Team member Lauren Todt qualified for Team USA at the Team Trials. The Team will represent the USA at the Pan Am Championships in Calgary, Canada, in May, and at the Sudirman Cup in Scotland in June.
Congratulations to all!
Smash City is very pleased to welcome popular Elite Coach Angie DePauw to our Training Program. Angie was formerly with the Indonesian National Team and will be coaching our Elite students and others. Welcome Angie! For more information on Training, please email training@smashcity.net.
BEST in the West & On to Korea!!!
Smash City Elite Team member Lauren Todt won the Under 19 Individual Singles event at the XV Pan American Junior Badminton Championships 2006 held in Campinas, Brazil. In addition to securing the title of best Junior Singles female athlete in the Western hemisphere, Lauren was also awarded an all expenses paid trip to compete in the Junior World Badminton Championships 2006 to be held in Incheon, Korea in November. Congratulations Lauren!
Smash City Medals in Brazil! Three Smash City Badminton Club Elite Team Members returned from the XV Pan American Junior Badminton Championships 2006 held in Campinas, Brazil with a total of 6 Individual medals. Winning Gold was Lauren Todt taking the coveted Under 19 Girls Singles title and also the U19 Girls Doubles title. Silver medals went to Brendan Lum in U15 Boys Singles and Brendan Lum and Brandon Chi in U15 Boys Doubles. Brendan Lum also brought home Bronze in U15 Mixed Doubles.
Lauren Todt also helped Team U.S.A. win Bronze in the Team competition. The Pan Am Junior Badminton Team was selected during the Junior International Team Trial (JITT) held at Smash City over Memorial Day Weekend. In Brazil, Team USA lost in close matches to Peru during the Team Championships. However, in the Individual portion of the championships, the same Team USA athletes took four out of the five Under 19 Gold medals – in Girls Singles, Girls Doubles, Boys Doubles and Mixed Doubles.
"We are proud that Smash City Junior athletes were able to qualify and represent the USA in Brazil. Winning all those medals is a testament to our athletes, coaches, and training program!" stated co-owners Jim Todt and Wayne Lum.
“For over a year Smash City has been training and developing many of the Bay Area’s finest Badminton athletes. We’re very proud of this success!”, said Susan Lo, Training Program coordinator.
Smash City at Junior Nationals Smash City Elite Team athletes won 16 medals at the 2006 Junior Nationals: 7 Gold, 6 Silver, and 3 Bronze!
All Smash City Womens Singles Final! The Womens Singles Final at the United Commercial Bank / Golden Gate Open June 11 was an all Smash City affair! In the first Semifinal, Elite Coach Lili Zhou defeated Jamie Subandhi of OCBC. In the second Semifinal, Elite Team Member Lauren Todt defeated Eva Lee of OCBC in a hard-fought 3-game match. In the final Coach Lili prevailed over Lauren. Congratulations to both Coach Lili & Lauren for their achievements!
Congratulations Alice, Benny, Jennifer, Lauren, & Sarah! Congratulations to Smash City Elite Team members for their High School Badminton CCS & NCS achievements! Senior Alice Wen finished second in CCS Mixed Doubles. Senior Benny Luo finished first in CCS Doubles. Junior Jennifer Prajudha finished first in NCS Doubles. Senior Lauren Todt won NCS Singles for the fourth time, not losing a single match in all 4 years. Sophomore Sarah Chan finished third in NCS Singles.
2006-Apr-25: Good Luck Lili & Lauren! Smash City Coach Lili Zhou and Elite Team member Lauren Todt are in Japan for the Uber Cup competition which starts this Friday, April 28th. The U.S. ladies have drawn into Group W with China & Chinese Taipei. Best of luck to Lili, Lauren and the entire U.S. Thomas & Uber Cups teams!
2006-Jan-18: Smash City is pleased to announce that Lauren Todt of our Elite Training Program will join the 2005 WORLD BADMINTON CHAMPIONS
TONY GUNAWAN & HOWARD BACH at their first-ever in the Bay Area FREE BADMINTON EXHIBITION! Free Raffles & Pictures too!
Saturday, January 21, 2006, 10am-2pm
Newark Memorial High School 39375 Cedar Blvd. Newark, CA 94560
Please join us in enjoying and supporting Howard, Tony, Lauren, and everyone else playing in this rare event for the benefit of Northern California Badminton.
See you there!
2006-Jan-18: Thank You! With the New Year, we wish to express our many thanks to all those who have helped Smash City achieve such success in such a short time. While we don’t always publicize it, we are very grateful for the time freely given by so many who visit, including elite local athletes and especially those from out of town such as Team USA athlete Howard Bach. We’re glad to see everyone have such a great time at Smash City. Many thanks to each and every one of you!
2006-Jan-18: Northern California Elite Holiday Camp — Many Thanks! The Northern California Elite Holiday Camp held at Smash City December 29th through January 1st was an incredible success! Smash City echoes the many thanks expressed by the participating Junior badminton athletes to all those who supported the camp and made it possible. Thank you!
2005-Aug-24: Congratulations Tony & Howard! Congratulations to Tony Gunawan and the Bay Area’s Howard Bach for winning the first-ever U.S. Gold Medal at the IBF World Championships! Thanks for all your dedication and hard work leading to this historic achievement.
2005-Aug-1: Thank you to everyone for making our Grand Opening this past weekend (July 30 & 31) a huge success! It was great to see so many of our friends.
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