An Email to BAM of Malaysia

给大马羽毛球总会的一封电邮 ：

BAM perlu timbang cadangan LEE CHONG WEI dengan serious

Saturday September 20, 2008
Expose youngsters to international tournaments, BAM urged
KUALA LUMPUR: National shuttler Lee Chong Wei is feeling all alone in Tokyo although he has a lot of friends in the world badminton fraternity.

The Beijing Olympic Games silver medallist Chong Wei is fed up of being the only player to keep the Malaysian flag flying high in international tournaments.

He's hoping that the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) will start sending out youngsters to join him in international tournaments.

He noted that, except for Malaysia, all the other top badminton nations had taken the trouble to send their young players to the Japan Open.

"Just look at China. After the Olympic Games, they decided not to send their top players but they took the opportunity to send several youngsters to the Japan Open,"said Chong Wei in a telephone interview yesterday.

"They are already planning for the future. This exposure will do a world of good for the youngsters."

Yesterday, Chong Wei and Japanese Kenichi Tago ended the challenge of the last two of China's youngsters when they defeated Qiu Yanbo 21-17, 21-17 and Lu Yi 21-18, 21-17 respectively in the quarter-finals.

The other early casualties from the China camp were Zhu Weilun and Gong Weijie.

"South Korea, Denmark and Indonesia also sent their youngsters to the Japan Open. But for Malaysia, I am here all alone. It would have been good if some of the youngsters were here," said Chong Wei.

South Korea were represented by Hong Ji-hoon while Indonesia tested their youngsters Tommy Sugiarto and Alamsyah Yunus.

"They may not have gone far but playing against some of the top players would have been good for them. We cannot be left behind. I really hope that Malaysia will look into this," said Chong Wei.



Kepada :

Pimpinan BAM Malaysia :

Komen pencinta perkembangan badminton MALAYSIA :

Saya seorang pencinta badminton Malaysia dan amat berbangga dengan pencapaian BAM dengan kemenangan Lee Chong Wei dalam Olympic Beijing baru-baru ini!
Namum, usaha gigih BAM perlu diteruskan dengan penghantaran pemain-pemain back up ke semua kejohanan antarabangsa. Rexy sudah sedar tentang perkara ini dan bergu back up kita kurang menghadapi masalah TETAPI bukan pada pemain single back up kita! Mereka jarang didedahkan ke arena antarabangsa!

Kita hanya ada 10 pemain single back up : Kini ,kita tidak tahu ranking sesama mereka : Yang kita peminat dapat perhatikan ialah :
Alif ( selalu didedahkan atas ciri tertentu ), Tan Zhun Xiang, Cheong Wei Feng dan Liew Daren bergilir-gilir dihantar ke tournament kecil sahaja ; Lim Fang Yang, Chan Kong Ming, Lok Chiah Jie , Mohd Hafiz dan Loo Yik Xiang sering disimpan dalam negara.

Apa yang dibimbangkan oleh Lee chong Wei memang berasas : Jepun telah dedahkan Tago ( pernah dikalahkan oleh Lim Fang Yang dalam Kejohanan Asia Junior 2007 ) dan Tago telah berjaya memasuki Semi Final Japan Open 2008 setelah peluang diberikan! Negara China , Indonesia,Denmark dan Korea sudah mula berusaha bersungguh-sungguh mendedahkan Juniornya ke arena antarabangsa...China mahu cari pengganti Lin Dan, kita Malaysia jangan tunggu lagi!

Terima kasih Lee Chong Wei!!

谢谢李宗伟，懂得为马来西亚后备男单惋惜！他们大马后备男单10人很少有出国际赛机会，除了阿里夫 （受到喜爱的栽培）； 陈俊翔，张维峰，刘国伦互相轮流去打小型赛会（比较省钱），林方阳，曾光明，骆宗杰，莫哈末哈菲茲及吕宜乡是得个"等"字，大马羽毛球总会可能精打细算，能省则省！可能这样就会于2012在英国得个奥运冠军回来！

大马羽毛球总会，加油！

BAM, please do something to OUR single back up players, just 10 of them, not many!

Peminat Badminton Malaysia
012-9331816 - 20 September 2008