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YOUR CHANCE TO WIN TICKETS AND
SEE THE BADMINTON STARS OF BEIJING 2008 AT
THE YONEX ALL ENGLAND BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
AT THE NIA
The Yonex All England Badminton Championships
returns to The NIA from
Tuesday 3 to Sunday 8 March 2009. This
year's sporting extravaganza will feature four of the five gold medal
winners from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and at least three 2008 All England
champions, meaning world-class action is guaranteed at the 99th edition of
the oldest Open tournament.
The 2008 Yonex All England Super Series at The NIA enjoyed a record crowd
with more than 24,000 people attending the Championships. The sell-out crowd
for the finals witnessed a thrilling win by Denmark's Tine Rasmussen, taking
her first ever All England title. England's 2004 Olympic Silver medallists
and 2006 World Champions Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms reached the
Semi-Finals losing a fierce match to current World Champions Nova Widianto
and Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia.
England's Olympians will be hoping to follow Beijing with success at The NIA
in March, in particular Anthony Clark and Donna Kellogg, the National and
European Mixed Doubles Champions, who reached the All England final in 2007
will be hoping to pick up that coveted Championships title for the first
time.
Of course there is much more to see at the event than just the British
Olympians, there is also the astonishing speed of China's three-times
champion Lin Dan, Malaysia's great Lee Chong Wei, Rasmussen, rising English
stars Chris Adcock and Gabby White and many, many more of the World's
greatest players. Also don't miss the great bargains in the renowned Yonex
Retail Village on The NIA concourse!
For 2009 the Yonex All England is not only a crucial tournament for the top
players in the pursuit of World Championships qualification points, it will
also boast its highest ever prize money - $200,000 as a tournament in the
BWF Super Series.
For the second year running Tuesday's qualifying rounds (March 3) are open
to the public.
Tickets are available from The Ticket Factory on 0844 33 88
000 or on-line at
www.theticketfactory.com .
For your chance to
win a pair of tickets to the Quarter-Finals on Friday 6 March 2009 answer
this question: -
Q: Where did the 2008 Olympics take place?
CLICK HERE to e-mail us your
answer.
Please put "Badminton" as your subject
and remember to include your name and address so that we can send the lucky
winner their prize. The first eight entries
drawn will receive two free tickets to the Shows.
The draw will take place on
29th February 2009
Good
luck !
*All persons named may not necessarily participate depending upon illness or
injury.
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