04 Oct

Back from a 10-day break, Round 5 of the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC) got underway with the same two teams that played the final match of the previous round. This time around, it was Team Rossi that captivated the crowd at the purpose-built T2Cavern at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor Bahru with a 20-12 result over Team Persson – the same team they had lost 10-20 to in their previous encounter. [caption id="attachment_2974" align="alignleft" width="300"] Cheng I-Ching of Team Rossi performed superbly to record a 5-0 win over Team Persson's Suthasini Sawettabut during their T2APAC 2017 match at...

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01 Oct

PUCHONG (1 OCTOBER, 2017):  Cheras BC are the new Junior Purple League (JPL) champions after two wins in the final match day of the season at Sports Arena Puchong today and eventually ended Petaling BC’s dominance of the JPL after their consecutive wins in the previous two editions. [caption id="attachment_774" align="alignleft" width="300"] Cheras BC emerged as champions of this season's Junior Purple League (JPL). This is their inaugural JPL title win.[/caption] The title was already clinched in the morning session when last season’s seventh placed team beat Petaling Jaya BC 11-9 to secure a sizable gap from their nearest challengers. In that match,...

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30 Sep

PUCHONG (30 September 2017): Cheras BC is in pole position to bag the Junior Purple League 2017 Division 1 crown after an intense 15-9 victory over contenders and defending champions, Petaling BC during day 1 of the league’s final leg at Sports Arena Puchong today. Deemed as a potential title decider, Cheras BC drew first blood in the match up through boys’ singles player, Aidil Sholeh Ali Sadikin who defeated Chia Wei Jie 3-1 (7-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-7). Then, their girls’ doubles pair of Benyapa Aimsaard/Nuntakarn Aimsaard edged Petaling BC’s Nathakorn Jaiareree/Suprapich Silprakob 3-2 (8-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9) to extend their team’s...

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28 Sep

KUALA LUMPUR (28 September 2017): Several of Thailand’s up and coming badminton talents believe that the Junior Purple League (JPL) is the best platform to gain as much valuable experiences and develop their badminton abilities to become future professionals. One rising star that represents the Thailand U19 team, Chasinee Korepap spends most of her career competing in Malaysia compared to her home country especially in the JPL as she has played for a few clubs here in a span of 3 years. [caption id="attachment_730" align="alignleft" width="275"] Petaling BC's girls' singles player, Chasinee Korepap in action during this season of the Junior Purple...

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24 Sep

PUCHONG (24 September, 2017):  Junior Purple League 2017 (JPL2017) Division 2 leaders, Bukit Cheras BC extended their lead at the top with a resounding 15-2 win over bottom placed Bangsar Hawks BC at Sports Arena Puchong today. In the boys’ singles, Low Eu Cong edged Mohammad Syahmi Irfan 3-2 (11-4, 0-11, 11-10, 9-11, 11-10) to give Bukit Cheras BC a slender lead before getting a walkover (3-0) in the next category because their opponents failed to field a girls’ doubles pair. Bukit Cheras extended their lead through Andrew Ng Jia Jun/Toh Ee Wei in the mixed doubles as they thumped Oh Jia...

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23 Sep

PUCHONG (23 September, 2017): Defending Junior Purple League (JPL) champions, Petaling BC picked themselves up after a slim defeat to Rawang BC last week as they edged Serdang BC 9-6 in the JPL2017 second leg at Sports Arena Puchong today. It was not all smooth sailing for Petaling BC as their boys’ singles player, Lim Yik Fong fell to a straight-sets loss to Serdang BC’s Weng Hongyang (10-11, 3-11, 5-11) early on. [caption id="attachment_721" align="alignleft" width="300"] The girls' doubles pair of Nathakorn Jaiareree (right) and Suprapich Silprakob (left) led defending champions Petaling BC to victory over Serdang BC in today's JPL2017 leg 2...

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23 Sep

As the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC) takes a 10-day break before resuming for Round 5, the last two teams in action would head away from Johor Bahru with different feelings. A capacity crowd at the purpose-built T2Cavern at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor Bahru saw Team Persson positively dismantling Team Rossi, which no one could have foreseen after Shi Xunyao and Cheng I-Ching started the day with a 2-2 draw. [caption id="attachment_2977" align="alignleft" width="300"] Suthasini Sawettabut performed superbly to help Team Persson clinch the victory over Team Rossi during their T2APAC match earlier today.[/caption] Big wins for Jun Mizutani,...

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22 Sep

Having been the standout team in the first half of the season, Team Maze could well have ended Round 4 of the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC) without a win. At the purpose-built T2Cavern at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor Bahru, Team JJ lead Team Fixture 23 all the way to the last of the six matches, when Feng Tianwei proved simply too strong for her opponent Jeon Jihee. [caption id="attachment_3169" align="alignleft" width="300"] Feng Tianwei of Team Maze celebrates after contributing valuable points for her team during her T2APAc 2017 match against Team JJ's Jeon Jihee at the Pinewood...

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21 Sep

KUALA LUMPUR (21 September 2017): Datuk Razif Sidek renowned as a bronze medallist at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and who is also a badminton legend in Malaysia, has passed on his competitive genes to his son, Muhammad Fazriq Mohd Razif who not surprisingly, is making waves on the junior circuit. Fazriq Razif, 13, currently plays for Bandar Maharani Badminton Club (BMBC) in the Junior Purple League 2017 (JPL2017) in the boy’s doubles category. According to Fazriq, it all started five years ago when he first saw his father playing and quickly took an interest in the sport. [caption id="attachment_716" align="alignright" width="300"] Bandar...

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21 Sep

Team Persson’s mastery over Team JJ finally came to an end at the T2 Asia Pacific Table Tennis League (T2APAC). At the purpose-built T2Cavern at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios in Johor Bahru, Team JJ finally broke through with a 16-12 result built on three key wins in Team Fixture 21. [caption id="attachment_3185" align="alignleft" width="300"] Team JJ's Taiwanese player, Chuang Chih-Yuan performed well to beat Jun Mizutani of Team Persson 5-0 during Round 4 of T2APAC earlier today.[/caption] Matilda Ekholm’s handy 3-1 win over Shi Xunyao provided the platform for Team JJ, as Chuang Chih-yuan and Liu Fei followed up with big wins over...

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