Team Malaysia - Who represented the team
Men
1. Christopher Walter (Player cum Team Manager)
2. Mohd Suhaizan Mat Karri
3. Mohd Azahar Zakaria
4. S. Gopi
Women
1. Suzana Sulaiman
2. Jamilah Ibrahim
3. Norzalina Mokhtar
4. Roslina Mohd Nordin
The team met for centralized training at least on 2 separate weekends and there was a lot of coordination work and effort by just a few to make this trip a success. Namely Mr. Samohon (President of the national association) & Mr. Sahipul (Sec. Gen. of the association) and not forgetting yours truly. I remember the President doing most of the runs to government agencies, t-shirt suppliers and making tonnes of calls to get things ready for the team to leave. And there are some members sitting on the sidelines, doing just about nothing. Amazingly on the day of AGM, all they do is point fingers at others except themselves, worst of all they want/demand for positions in the association. After all that's said and done - ZERO contribution. A sad state of affairs.
Having said that, the team departed on the 5th of November to Birmingham, UK and returned on the 16th/17th respectively depending on the flights they took.
Types of Events
There was 4 events in total and the Malaysian contingent participated in all 4.
1. Singles (Men & Women)
2. Team (Men & Women)
3. Swiss League (Open Event)
4. Doubles (Men & Women)
Day 1 - Doubles
Day 2 - Swiss League
Day 3 - Team Event
Day 4 & 5 - Singles
RESULTS
1a. Singles - Men (Total 62 participants)
1. Christopher Walter (Ranking - 34)
2. Mohd Suhaizan Mat Karri (Ranking - 46)
3. Mohd Azahar Zakaria (Ranking - 59)
4. S. Gopi (Ranking - 57)
1b. Singles - Women (Total 33 participants)
1. Suzana Sulaiman (Ranking - 20)
2. Jamilah Ibrahim (Ranking - 26)
3. Norzalina Mokhtar (Ranking - 30)
4. Roslina Mohd Nordin (Ranking - 29)
2a. Women Team (Total 3 Groups)
Group 1 - India, Europe & Malaysia
Group 2 - Sri Lanka, Germany & France
Group 3 - Maldives, USA & UK
Malaysia ended up losing both matches and did not proceed to the next round.
2b. Men Team (Total 3 Groups)
Group 1 - India, France, USA & Czech
Group 2 - Maldives, Switzerland, Poland & Malaysia
Group 3 - UK, Canada, Pakistan & Korea
Group 4 - Sri Lanka, Germany & Italy
Malaysia ended up finishing 3rd in the group and did not proceed to the next round.
3. Swiss League (Total of 127 players)
Final ranking of our players after 8 rounds (in bracket).
1. Mohd Suhaizan Mat Karri (Ranking - 37). 5 Wins & 3 Losses
2. Christopher Walter (Ranking - 38). 5 Wins & 3 Losses
3. Mohd Azahar Zakaria (Ranking - 64). 4 Wins & 4 Losses
4. Suzana Sulaiman (Ranking - 103). 3 Wins & 5 Losses
5. Jamilah Ibrahim (Ranking - 107). 3 Wins & 5 Losses
6. S. Gopi (Ranking - 109). 3 Wins & 5 Losses
7. Roslina Mohd Nordin (Ranking - 112). 2 Wins & 6 Losses
8. Norzalina Mokhtar (Ranking - 118). 2 Wins & 6 Losses
4a. Women Doubles (Total 15 Pairs) - Knock-out
Pair #1 (Suzana/Jamilah) vs (Yasika/Arosha) SL - Lost (1-25, 9-25)
Pair #2 (Roslina/Nor Zalina) vs (Aminath/Aminah) MDV - Lost (4-25, 10-19)
4b. Men Doubles (Total 30 Pairs) - Knock-out
Pair #1 (Chris/Suhaizan) vs (Shankara/Prashant) IND - Lost (1-25, 4-25)
Pair #2 (Azahar/Gopi) vs (Hilmy/Sherifdeen) SL - Lost (0-25, 0-25)
PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT! ENJOY!
FINAL RESULTS OF THE EVENT
Men Doubles - Sandeep Deorukhkar & Riyaz Akbarali (India)
Runners-up - R.M. Shankara & Prashant More (India)
Women Doubles - Kajol Kumari & S. Appoorwa (India)
Runners-up - Parimala Devi & Tuba Sehar (India)
Swiss league champion - Chamil Cooray (Sri Lanka)
2nd place - Sandeep Deorukhkar (India)
3rd place - Nishanta Fernando (Sri Lanka)
Men Team Champions - Sri Lanka
Runners-up - India
3rd place - Maldives
Women Team Champions - India
Runners-up - Sri Lanka
3rd place - Maldives
Men Singles Champion - Prashant More (India)
Runner-up - Riyaz Akbarali (India)
3rd place - Yogesh Pardeshi (India)
Women Singles Champion - S. Appoorwa (India)
Runner-up - Parimala Devi (India)
3rd place - Rashmi Kumari (India)
Thank you for reading and apologies for the delay in publishing this report.
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1. Christopher Walter (Player cum Team Manager)
2. Mohd Suhaizan Mat Karri
3. Mohd Azahar Zakaria
4. S. Gopi
Women
1. Suzana Sulaiman
2. Jamilah Ibrahim
3. Norzalina Mokhtar
4. Roslina Mohd Nordin
The team met for centralized training at least on 2 separate weekends and there was a lot of coordination work and effort by just a few to make this trip a success. Namely Mr. Samohon (President of the national association) & Mr. Sahipul (Sec. Gen. of the association) and not forgetting yours truly. I remember the President doing most of the runs to government agencies, t-shirt suppliers and making tonnes of calls to get things ready for the team to leave. And there are some members sitting on the sidelines, doing just about nothing. Amazingly on the day of AGM, all they do is point fingers at others except themselves, worst of all they want/demand for positions in the association. After all that's said and done - ZERO contribution. A sad state of affairs.
Having said that, the team departed on the 5th of November to Birmingham, UK and returned on the 16th/17th respectively depending on the flights they took.
Types of Events
There was 4 events in total and the Malaysian contingent participated in all 4.
1. Singles (Men & Women)
2. Team (Men & Women)
3. Swiss League (Open Event)
4. Doubles (Men & Women)
Day 1 - Doubles
Day 2 - Swiss League
Day 3 - Team Event
Day 4 & 5 - Singles
RESULTS
1a. Singles - Men (Total 62 participants)
1. Christopher Walter (Ranking - 34)
2. Mohd Suhaizan Mat Karri (Ranking - 46)
3. Mohd Azahar Zakaria (Ranking - 59)
4. S. Gopi (Ranking - 57)
1b. Singles - Women (Total 33 participants)
1. Suzana Sulaiman (Ranking - 20)
2. Jamilah Ibrahim (Ranking - 26)
3. Norzalina Mokhtar (Ranking - 30)
4. Roslina Mohd Nordin (Ranking - 29)
2a. Women Team (Total 3 Groups)
Group 1 - India, Europe & Malaysia
Group 2 - Sri Lanka, Germany & France
Group 3 - Maldives, USA & UK
Malaysia ended up losing both matches and did not proceed to the next round.
2b. Men Team (Total 3 Groups)
Group 1 - India, France, USA & Czech
Group 2 - Maldives, Switzerland, Poland & Malaysia
Group 3 - UK, Canada, Pakistan & Korea
Group 4 - Sri Lanka, Germany & Italy
Malaysia ended up finishing 3rd in the group and did not proceed to the next round.
3. Swiss League (Total of 127 players)
Final ranking of our players after 8 rounds (in bracket).
1. Mohd Suhaizan Mat Karri (Ranking - 37). 5 Wins & 3 Losses
2. Christopher Walter (Ranking - 38). 5 Wins & 3 Losses
3. Mohd Azahar Zakaria (Ranking - 64). 4 Wins & 4 Losses
4. Suzana Sulaiman (Ranking - 103). 3 Wins & 5 Losses
5. Jamilah Ibrahim (Ranking - 107). 3 Wins & 5 Losses
6. S. Gopi (Ranking - 109). 3 Wins & 5 Losses
7. Roslina Mohd Nordin (Ranking - 112). 2 Wins & 6 Losses
8. Norzalina Mokhtar (Ranking - 118). 2 Wins & 6 Losses
4a. Women Doubles (Total 15 Pairs) - Knock-out
Pair #1 (Suzana/Jamilah) vs (Yasika/Arosha) SL - Lost (1-25, 9-25)
Pair #2 (Roslina/Nor Zalina) vs (Aminath/Aminah) MDV - Lost (4-25, 10-19)
4b. Men Doubles (Total 30 Pairs) - Knock-out
Pair #1 (Chris/Suhaizan) vs (Shankara/Prashant) IND - Lost (1-25, 4-25)
Pair #2 (Azahar/Gopi) vs (Hilmy/Sherifdeen) SL - Lost (0-25, 0-25)
PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT! ENJOY!
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| Team Discussions |
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| Team Discussions |
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| MY Women Players |
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| MY Team |
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| MY Men's Team |
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| With Louis from Team Canada |
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| Brand new SYNCO boards but with many faulty ones |
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| Championship Logo on the board frame |
ALL EVENTS EXCEPT SWISS LEAGUE
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| Poland vs Italy |
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| Poland vs Italy |
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| Maldives vs Germany |
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| Maldives vs Germany |
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| UK vs Germany |
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| UK vs Germany |
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| Swiss vs France |
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| Swiss vs France |
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| Czech vs Korea |
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| Czech vs Korea |
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| Canada vs Pakistan |
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| Canada vs Pakistan |
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| Maldives vs USA |
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| Maldives vs USA |
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| Poland vs Italy |
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| Poland vs Italy |
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| Canada vs UK |
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| Canada vs UK |
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| Switzerland vs USA |
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| Switzerland vs USA |
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| Sri Lanka vs Malaysia |
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| Sri Lanka vs Malaysia |
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| Maldives vs Malaysia |
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| Italy vs Poland |
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| Maldives vs Malaysia |
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| Switzerland vs Sri Lanka |
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| Italy vs USA |
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| Czech vs Korea |
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| Sri Lanka vs France |
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| Sri Lanka vs France |
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| Friendly practice between Yogesh & Kajal |
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| Friendly practice between Rashmi & Pierre |
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| France vs USA |
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| Maldives vs Italy |
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| Sri Lanka vs France |
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| Sri Lanka vs France |
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| India vs Czech |
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| India vs Czech |
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| UK vs Switzerland |
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| With Rashmi Kumari of India |
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| With Rashmi Kumari of India |
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| Men Doubles semi-finals (India vs Sri Lanka) |
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| Men Doubles semi-finals (India vs Sri Lanka) |
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| Aerial view of Men Doubles finals (India vs India) |
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| Men Doubles finals (India vs India) |
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| Women Doubles finals (India vs India) |
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| View of the playing venue/hall |
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| Prize giving ceremony for Doubles |
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| Women Doubles 3rd place (Chalani/Roshita of Sri Lanka) |
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| Women Doubles runners-up (Parimala/Tuba of India) |
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| Women Doubles CHAMPION (Appoorwa/Kajol of India) |
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| Winners of the Women Doubles with the Officials |
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| Men Doubles runners-up (Shankara/Prashant of India) |
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| Men Doubles CHAMPIONS (Riyaz/Sandeep of India) with the Officials |
PHOTOS FROM THE SWISS LEAGUE EVENT
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Men Doubles - Sandeep Deorukhkar & Riyaz Akbarali (India)
Runners-up - R.M. Shankara & Prashant More (India)
Women Doubles - Kajol Kumari & S. Appoorwa (India)
Runners-up - Parimala Devi & Tuba Sehar (India)
Swiss league champion - Chamil Cooray (Sri Lanka)
2nd place - Sandeep Deorukhkar (India)
3rd place - Nishanta Fernando (Sri Lanka)
Men Team Champions - Sri Lanka
Runners-up - India
3rd place - Maldives
Women Team Champions - India
Runners-up - Sri Lanka
3rd place - Maldives
Men Singles Champion - Prashant More (India)
Runner-up - Riyaz Akbarali (India)
3rd place - Yogesh Pardeshi (India)
Women Singles Champion - S. Appoorwa (India)
Runner-up - Parimala Devi (India)
3rd place - Rashmi Kumari (India)
Thank you for reading and apologies for the delay in publishing this report.
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