NEWS 5.06.2005r. SKB Litpol-Malow Suwałki joins KASON Team! Seven-time champion of Poland in teams' ranking - SKB Litpol-Malow Suwałki joined the ranks of KASON Team in Poland. In June 2005 the club signed sponsorship agreement with KASON's exclusive distributor for Poland - Badsport. The club has just qualified to the group of the best four teams in the European Badminton Cup. SKB Litpol-Malow Suwałki 5.06.2005r. Twelve-time Polish champion chooses KASON! Five-time Polish champion in men's single category and seven-time winner of Polish champion title in teams' category - Jacek NIEDŹWIEDZKI joined KASON team! Jacek represents SKB Litpol-Malow Suwałki and he will compete for his next champion titles with KASON's rackets. Jacek is a great example for young players who are just staring their careers. It would be a great success if any of them could match the number of champion titles won by Jacek. 25.05.2005r. KASON recruits next Polish champion! Mateusz DUBOWSKI won Polish Championships in U-13 mens' single category held in Kędzierzyn-Koźle. Mateusz is the youngest player sponsored by KASON within the "KASON supports young talents" programme. 5.05.2005r. Rain of medals for KASON Team! During junior Polish championship KASON Team won five medals. Małgorzata GOŁĘBIOWSKA win the tournament in both single category and double with Anika SUWALD (both represent Academic Club of University of Warsaw). Anika and Krystian ŻEBROWSKI also secured bronze medal in single category. Łukasz CICHOMSKI (Stal Sulęcin) ranked second in men's double. 10.04.2005r. Kason Race 4 - the final The last tournament of KASON series, during which players competed for Kason's equipment, was held on 9 April. The fiercest competition was in men's single category. Each of the four editions of the series had a different winner and until the very last game, there was no clear winner of Kason Race. The last tournament was won by Krystian ŻEBROWSKI (Hubal Białystok KASON TEAM) who got in the lead over Rafał SKRZEK (Orbitek Straszęcin). Małgorzata GOŁĘBIOWSKA (AZS UW KASON TEAM) won in all the four editions of women's single category. In final games, each time she met her double's partner Anna SUWALD (AZS UW KASON TEAM). That means that in both classifications KASON TEAM's players won the games! Results in the IV edition of Kason Race: Women's single: Małgorzata GOŁĘBIOWSKA (AZS UW) - Anna SUWALD (AZS UW) 11/9,11/9 Men's single: Piotr TYPIAK (Kiko Zamość) - Krystian ŻEBROWSKI (Hubal Białystok) 15/2,15/11 Men's double: D.GOŁĘBIEWSKI / J.PEŁKOWSKI (MUKBMDK Płock) - B.BEDNARZ / Ł.CICHOMSKI (Stal Sulęcin) 15/12,15/6 Women's double: E.PIOTROWSKA / E.TARASEWICZ (Hubal Białystok) - M.GOŁĘBIOWSKA / A.SUWALD (AZS UW Warszawa) 15/8,12/15,15/11 Mixed: M.CZACHOR (Stal Nowa Dęba) A.ŁAPIŃSKA (Kiko Zamość) - D.CHORAB (Stal Nowa Dęba) M.GĄSKA (Kiko Zamość) 15/17,15/9,15/2 Top ten Kason Race 2004/2005 ranking: Women's single: 1 Gołębiowska Małgorzata AZS UW W-wa KASON TEAM 2000 2 Suwald Anna AZS UW W-wa KASON TEAM 1800 3 Tarasewicz Edyta Hubal Białystok 1400 4 Piotrowska Ewa Hubal Białystok 1360 5 Świst Agata Kiko Zamość 1170 6 Gąska Małgorzata Kiko Zamość 965 Zaucha Marcelina Orbitek Straszęcin 965 8 Stroiwąs Małgorzata Piast Dominowo 740 9 Kolimaga Marta Kiko Zamość 700 10 Wojtkowska Aneta Technik Głubczyce 680 Men's single: 1 Żebrowski Krystian Hubal Białystok KASON TEAM 1780 2 Skrzek Rafał Orbitek Straszęcin 1710 3 Broj Damian UKS 15 Kędzierzyn-K. 1560 4 Typiak Piotr Kiko Zamość 1500 5 Gołębiewski Damian MUKBMDK Płock 1430 6 Miszczyszyn Dawid Kiko Zamość 1170 7 Cichomski Łukasz Stal Sulęcin KASON TEAM 1035 8 Bednarz Bartosz Stal Sulęcin 1020 9 Pełkowski Jakub MUKBMDK Płock 940 10 Kołumbajew Jacek Milenium Warszawa 885 2.04.2005r. Badminton Business Cup On 2.04.2005 Kason sponsored Badminton Business Cup in Warsaw. In men's team tounament Volkswagen Motor Polska (1) ranked first before Telekomunikacja Polska (2) and Andersen Business Consulting (3). Telekomunikacja Polska won mixed teams category and was followed by Brief (2) and Główna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad (3). www.badminton.pl/bbc 6.03.2005r. KASON MAZOVIA JUNIOR CUP 2005 4-6.03.2005r. - Kason Mazovia Junior Cup 2005. Kason Mazovia Junior Cup 2005 proved that badminton is very popular sport among young people, and the organisation of large-scale, international events is our speciality. Masovian Badminton Association hosted more than 500 people in Sochocin, of whom 320 were players from 6 countries: Denmark, Ukraine, Russia, Czech Republic, Latvia and Poland. Our foreign guests won in five games. Danish men's double Satrup Kasper/Lars Rutz Nielsen in U-19 category won the three-game final match with Dawid Gąsior/Kamil Krukowski. Danish players also won junior mixed final where Heidi Mortensen/ Bo Larsen Kasper (who almost in every match made a spectacular dive for the shuttlecock) won with the Polish pair Maciej Kowalik /Marlena Flis who decided to give up after Kowalik's injury. Among the foreign winners was also Denis Panczenko from Ukraine, who won U-16 men's single category with Piotr Typiak 5/15 15/13 15/4. Julia Kazarinowa, who also represented Ukraine, won with Martyna Poprzeczko from Naprzod Zielonki 11/7 11/5 in U-13 women's single category. Promising young Russian player Denis Grachev, who arrived to Sochocin from as far as Wladyvostok, through Niznyj Nowgorod where just before Mazovia Russian Open had been held, did not manage to defeat Mateusz Dubowski from LUKS Badminton Choroszcz and lost 9/15 6/15 in the final of U-13 men's single category. However, Denis was awarded in the mixed U-13 category where he played with Martyna Poprzeczko and won the final game with in two sets with the pair Kamil Klemp/Weronika Grudzina. UKS Kiko Zamosc won the team ranking. All foreign guests were pleased with the organisation of the tournament but some complained on the long waiting time for matches. However, nothing much could be changed in that respect as more than 600 matches had to be played. Guests from Denmark and Russia had the opportunity to visit Warsaw. They were particularly enthusiastic about the Royal Lazienki Park where they could meet friendly but little hungry squirrels and birds that approached them with no fear and ate tasty crumbs straight from their hands. - I am very pleased with this year's edition of Mazovia for a number of reasons. It is a great opportunity for young Polish players to verify their skills in the tournament with foreign competitors who often present quite different styles and techniques in the game. Moreover, it is a great promotion for Poland and Polish badminton. Good organisation, opportunity to visit new places, good fun at the Saturday's disco makes the tournament quite attractive. We hope to have more foreign guests in 2006 not only from the European countries. I can unofficially say that in Kason Mazovia Junior Cup 2006 we will also have some players from China, which will make the tournament even more attractive - comments Leszek Jagodziński, the organiser of the tournament and the chief of the Mazovian Badminton Association. It is also worth pointing out that Kason's shop attracted a lot of clients. All players agreed that the equipment is top quality at very good prices. Many participants also expressed positive opinions about Kason's sportswear, numerous designs as well as good quality of the fabrics. It was visible in the U-19 men's double final when all four players wore Kason's sportswear. www.badminton.pl/mazovia 6.02.2005r. Carnival Badminton Games On 6 February 2005 Hubal Białystok organised Carnival Badminton Games sponsored by KASON. 48 players in the age of 30-55 participated in the games. Alicja OWCZARCZUK won both women's single and double games. Results: Men's single: 1.KRYNICKI Mirosław 2.RYŻYŃSKI Sławomir Women's single: 1.DĄBROWSKA Elżbieta 2.ZALEWSKA Małgorzata Men's double: 1.KANIA Jerzy / WIŚNIEWSKI Jacek 2.KRYSZTOFIAK Waldemar / KRYNICKI Mirosław Women's double: 1.ZALEWSKA Małgorzata / OWCZARCZUK Alicja 2.DĄBROWSKA Elżbieta / KLEPACKA Anna Mixed: 1.WOLAŃSKI Waldemar / OWCZARCZUK Alicja 2.ZALEWSKI Kazimierz / ZALEWSKA Małgorzata 6.02.2005r. KASON backs Polish badminton KASON sponsored the Polish Badminton Championships 2005 held 4-6 February in Cracow. Results of the finals: Men's single: Przemysław WACHA (Technik Głubczyce) - Rafał HAWEL (---) 15/11,15/3 Women's single: Kamila AUGUSTYN (Piast-B Słupsk) - Nadia KOSTIUCZYK (SKB Suwałki) 9/11,13/10,11/3 Men's double: M.ŁOGOSZ / R.MATEUSIAK (SKB Suwałki) - J.HANKIEWICZ (SKB Suwałki) D.PŁAWECKI (AZS Kraków) 15/7,15/4 Women's double: K.AUGUSTYN (Piast-B Słupsk) N.KOSTIUCZYK (SKB Suwałki) - B.KULANTY / J.SZLESZYŃSKA (SKB Suwałki) 15/1,15/4 Mixed: R.MATEUSIAK / B.KULANTY (SKB Suwałki) - M.ŁOGOSZ / J.SZLESZYŃSKA (SKB Suwałki) 15/2,15/3 1.02.2005r. KASON supports Polish juniors KASON sponsored Junior National Badminton Tournament held on 29 January in Białymstok. Results Men's single: 1m. Radosław SIKORSKI (SKB Suwałki) 2m. Sebastian POLKOWSKI (Hubal Białystok) Women's single: 1m. Karolina ŚLIŃSKA (SKB Suwałki) 2m. Katarzyna NIDERAUS (SKB Suwałki) Men's double: 1m. Piotr CICHOCKI / Sebastian POLKOWSKI (Hubal Białystok) M. Hubert MATULA (Tramp Orneta) Tomasz REJZNER (Warmia Olsztyn) Wome's double: 1m. Anna HILDEBRANDT / Anna WALENTUKANIS (SKB Suwałki) 2m. Marzena MARKIEWICZ / Karolina NESKA (SKB Suwałki) Mixed: 1m. Radosław SIKORSKI / Karolina ŚLIŃSKA (SKB Suwałki) 2m. Hubert JAWORSKI / Katarzyna NIDERAUS (SKB Suwałki) 6.12.2004r. Warsaw Badminton festia! KASON sponsored the I Warsaw Badminton Festival held on 4-5 December 2004. During the festival there were two tournaments: for VIPs and for juniors in U-13 and U-16 categories. KASON Team's women's double Małgorzata GOŁĘBIOWSKA / Anna SUWALD (AZS UW Warszawa) won in U-16 category, that was their fifth tournament won in ths season. They also competed between themselves for the gold in the final. Małgorzata won 4/11,11/9,11/6. KASON Team's Krystian ŻEBROWSKI (Hubal Białystok) ranked second in men's single category. Altogether the three players have won 10 tournaments so far. Małgorzata won in three tournaments in women's single category, Anna and Krystian won one tournament each, while the women's double won five tournaments! 31.10.2004r. 3 gold medals for KASON Team! Chinese junior players won three world championship titles in the tournament w Richmond, Canada. In men's single category Jin CHEN defeated his collegue Weijie GONG. The game was a fantastic treat for badminton fans. The players fought for almost 90 minutes! Chen won the match in three sets 12/15,15/8,17/14 and eventually defended his world champion title earned two years ago in Pretoria, South Africa. Yang YU also shone brightly as she won gold medals in women's and mixed doubles in pairs with Qing TIAN (WD) and Hanbin HE (MX). Malaysian pair Thien How HOON / Boon Heong TAN won the men's double category. Shao Chieh CHENG from Taiwan won women's single category. She recently showed her skills at the Olympics in Athens where she qualified for the quarter finals. She currently ranks 19 in IBF's ranking. Results in finals: SM: Jin CHEN (China,1) - Weijie GONG (China,2) 12/15,15/8,17/14. SK: Shao Chieh CHENG (Taiwan,5/8) - Lan LU (China,2) 11/7,11/5. DM: T.H.HOON / B.H.TAN (Malaysia,5/8) - Y.D.LEE / J.Y.JUNG (Korea,2) 15/6,3/15,15/12. DK: Q.TIAN / Y.YU (China,1) - C.FENG / P.PAN (China,2) 15/3,15/5. MX: H.HE / Y.YU (China,3/4) - M.RIZAL / G.POLLI (Indonesia,5/8) 15/12,15/12. 29.10.2004r. 8 medals for KASON Junior Team! China's national junior team, who are sponsored by KASON, secured 8 medals in the World Junior Championships in Redmond, Canada. Surprisingly, Yanjiao JIANG (China,1) was defeated in the quarter finals by Shao Chieh CHENG (Taiwan,5/8) in a three-set game 3/11,11/9,11/5. Quarter finals were the last stage for players from Europe. Women's doubles from Denmark and Germany as well as men's double from Russia must have accepted Asians' superiority. China and Korea dominated the tournament, securing 8 and 7 medals respectively. Indonesia and Taiwan got two medals each and Malaysia 1. 28.10.2004r. KASON Team's singlists pave their way to the quarter finals So far, in the World Junior Championships in Richmond, Canada, only the mixed double Liu CAO / Pan PAN lost their game 15/10,12/15,7/15 to Korean pair Yong Dae LEE / Soo Hee PARK. Jin CHEN (China,1), who won Championships in junior category two years ago, remains the sure candidate to keep the title as he shows no mercy for his opponents, winning easily all his matches. He lost only 15 points in the three first matches of the tournament. Yanjiao JIANG (China, 1) and Lan LU (China, 2) are also among favourites for the gold medal, just as the Chinese women's double are in their category. It seems that Chinese men's and mixed double teams will have more difficult task to defeat Korean players. 25.10.2004r. KASON is proud! China Junior Team have confirmed their status of the best badminton squad in the world by winning World Junior Champions title for the third consecutive time. Canadian Richmond hosted this year's tournament that attracted 20 national teams including Denmark, Malaysia, Indonesia and Korea. In the group stage, Chinese players easily beat, first, Peru (5:0) and then Slovenia (5:0). Malaysia was tougher competitor, however, the score of the match was pretty much the same as the two previous ones - 5:0. Only the men's double Ye Shen/Hanbin He struggled for almost 90 minutes to beat Boon Heong Tan/Thien How Hoon in a three-game match. Mixed pair Ye Shen/Yang Yu, women's double Pan Pan/Chen Feng, and singlists: Lan Lu and Jin Chen have easily secured 2:0 wins in their matches with Malaysia. In the semi-final stage, China Junior Team stood against Indonesia and the mixed double game of the match: Ye Shen/Chen Feng against Muhamad Rizal/Greysia Polli proved to be the toughest as it lasted 48 minutes and the Indonesian players were close to winning the second set. The Chinese duo remained calm and concentrated and eventually won the game with the second set closing at 15:13. Yanjiao Jiang and Jin Chen continued the winning streak securing 2:0 results with 11: 8, 11: 8 and 15:8, 15:7 scores. One does not change the winning team, and, as a result, China beat Korea in the final in the same order as it happened with Indonesia. Ye Shen/Chen Feng beat Yong Dae Lee/Soo Hee Park in the first game of the match. Yanjiao Jiang competed against Soo Young Yang in the second game. In the first set, the Korean player had a chance to take the lead but Yanjiao Yang stood firm and ended the set winning 13:10. In the second set, Yanjiao Yang refined her strategy and let her opponent win only 3 points. Jin Chen kept Cheol Ho Lee at a safe distance and managed to secure convincing 2:0 win with 15:3, 15:9 scores. 12.10.2004r. Young Polish talents secure sponsorship contracts with KASON "KASON for young talents", under such motto the leading brand in badminton wants to promote, inspire and support young, talented players. In Poland, where KASON is represented by BADSPORT, three players signed sponsorship contracts with Kason. Małgorzata GOŁĘBIOWSKA and Anna SUWALD from the University of Warsaw's Academic Club and Krystian ŻEBROWSKI from Hubal Białystok club are the first members of KASON team in Poland. All of them have been included in the Polish national team in U-16 category. They have shown great determination, talent and the will to win tournaments, both in Poland and abroad. Recently, they proved to be the best players in the second edition of KASON RACE. We are convinced that KASON's equipment will help them to continue the winning streak. 12.10.2004r. KASON signs two teams in Poland BADSPORT, the exclusive distributor of KASON in Poland, signed sponsorship contracts with AZS UW Warszawa (University of Warsaw's Academic Club) and HUBAL Białystok. Throughout the history, players from AZS UW have won more than 100 medals in Polish championships in different categories. Hubal Białystok also has great traditions and now ranks second in the national team ranking. Watch this space, as we will report more on players from AZS UW and Hubal Białystok and their successes in the following months. 11.10.2004r. Kason Race - second edition 100 players participated in the second edition of KASON RACE held in Warsaw. The second round of the tournament for U-16 category (yes, we do promote and inspire young, talented players) has confirmed that the event attracts the best players in Poland, what guarantees interesting and very competitive games. It seems that KASON RACE will keep its quality until the last edition that will be held in April 2005 when the winners in each category are to receive well-deserved equipment from KASON including rackets, sports bags and clothing. Results of the 2nd edition of KASON RACE. Finals: SM: Krystian ŻEBROWSKI (Hubal Białystok) - Damian GOŁĘBIEWSKI (MUKBMDK Płock) krecz. SK: Małgorzata GOŁEBIOWSKA (AZS UW) - Anna SUWALD (AZS UW) 11/8,11/2. DM: D.BROJ (UKS 15 Kędzierzyn-Koźle) R.SKRZEK (Orbitek Straszęcin) - D.GOŁĘBIEWSKI / J.PEŁKOWSKI (MUKBMDK Płock) 15/7,15/5. DK: M.GOŁEBIOWSKA / Anna SUWALD (AZS UW) - J.STOBIECKA (Orlicz Suchedniów) A.ŚWIST (Kiko Zamość) 15/6,15/13. MX: M.CZACHOR (Stal Nowa Dęba) A.ŁAPIŃSKA (Kiko Zamość) - D.CHORAB (Stal Nowa Dęba) M.GĄSKA (Kiko Zamość) 15/8,15/8. www.badminton.pl/kasonrace 12.09.2004r. We are open for new business opportunities and look for business partners and distributors, both in Poland and abroad. Fact sheet with information on KASON products can be downloaded using the following link Badminton 2004/2005 BADPOSRT invites all shops, coaches, clubs and players to cooperation. The full portfolio of KASON's equipment products will be available in two months. We offer attractive discounts for our distributors and unparalleled quality of service. You can contact us on: e-mail biuro@kason.com.pl tel / fax 504 238 044 tel / fax 501 551 952. 12.09.2004r. Kason Race - first tournament On 11 and 12 September BADSPORT co-organised the first tournament in KASON RACE. It is a series of four tournaments for players in U-16 category. They compete for excellent badminton equipment funded by KASON, the sponsor of China National Junior Team. Warsaw Academic Club (AZS/UW Warszawa) dominated the first edition of the tournament. In the final game in women single Małgorzata GOŁĘBIOWSKA (AZS UW Warszawa) defeated her colleague from the club Anna SUWALD 11/8,13/10. Together in double category, they won all the matches. The tournament attracted many top players from U-16 category. At the start of the season, we can see that the favourites for the Polish championship include players from Kiko Zamość, Orbitka Straszęcin and Stali Nowa Dęba. Results: SM: Damian BROJ (UKS 15 Kędzierzyn-Koźle) - Rafał SKRZEK (Orbitek Straszęcin) 15/8,15/8. SK: Małgorzata GOŁEBIOWSKA (AZS UW) - Anna SUWALD (AZS UW) 11/8,13/10. DM: D.MISZCZYSZYN / P.TYPIAK (Kiko Zamość) - D.CHORAB / M.CZACHOR (Stal Nowa Dęba) 17/16,14/17,15/12. DK: M.GOŁĘBIOWSKA / A.SUWALD (AZS UW) - A.ŁAPIŃSKA / A.ŚWIST (Kiko Zamość) 15/8,15/6. MX: M.CZACHOR (Stal Nowa Dęba) A.ŁAPIŃSKA (Kiko Zamość) - D.CHORAB (Stal Nowa Dęba) M.GĄSKA (Kiko Zamość) 15/10,15/6. WS MS WD,MD,MX www.badminton.pl/kasonrace Wersja polska YOU CAN FIND MORE NEWS IN THE ARCHIWUM SECTION