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Greetings from Cyprus 

If you are a badminton enthusiast visiting Cyprus  it does not necessarily mean you will be kept away from your favourite sport. If you reside in Cyprus you may want to know that the best sport in the world is  played on the island throughout the year. The main base of badminton is the capital Nicosia. Seven clubs play the game in Nicosia and all of them would be only too-willing to offer you the chance to play badminton.

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BADMINTON IN CYPRUS
The Cyprus Badminton Federation dates back to 1983 and is a full member of the International Badminton Federation and the European Badminton Union.   mikish@cylink.com.cy
Two major Badminton events were staged in Cyprus. In 1990 the CBF staged the very first World Students Badminton Championships and in 1995 the Helvetia Cup was staged on the island. Besides, the Cyprus Badminton International is held every year in October.

For 1999 the International (comprising of both team and individual competition) will be held in Nicosia on October 21-24.

Greece, Jordan, Bulgaria, Israel, Cyprus, a Danish team, a Hungarian team and an English team are expected to participate in the Team Event.

Results of the Team as well as the Individual Event will appear here shortly after the completion of the event.


Maria Ioannou is now thirteen. Her badminton progress has been phenomenal.Here is the proof. Belgian Youth Tounament of OLVE Antwerp, April 11-13 1998. These are Maria's results:
[maria1.jpg (15944 bytes)] [bullet.gif (590 bytes)] Maria Vs Michelle Hansen (DEN) 11-2, 11-2
[bullet.gif (590 bytes)] Maria Vs Lindsay Stercken (NED) 11-4, 11-2
[bullet.gif (590 bytes)] Maria Vs Madura Appana (WAL 11-1, 11-1
[bullet.gif (590 bytes)] Maria Vs Marjorie Boigedl (FRA) 11-2, 11-2
[bullet.gif (590 bytes)] Maria Vs Marie Pedersen (DEN) 12-10, 11-2
[bullet.gif (590 bytes)] Maria Vs Elke Biesbrouck (BEL) 11-3, 11-0
[bullet.gif (590 bytes)] Maria Vs Alie Decker (GER) 8-11, 11-1, 11-3

Maria won the event in no uncertain fashion, as you can see from her results. You can follow Maria's future progress by consulting regularly this page.

An update on Maria: The young player is now 14 years old. In April she participated once again in the Belgian International, this time for players up to 15 years old. Maria finished in 3rd place, and already is the firm favourite for the 2000 event. 

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Nicholas Pissis is the current champion of Cyprus.

In fact he has won the title 13 times on the trot and he is only 26 years old.

Since 1988 Nicholas was beaten only once by a Cypriot player!

Nicholas is now a badminton coach too. He is the player-coach to Parnassos Badminton Club. 

PHOTO OF NICHOLAS

 

PARNASSOS, ALBATROSS, HTI EAGLES, PROODOS, HARALAMBOS PETTEMERIDES, MORPHOTIKOS, HELLINIKOS, BLUE SHUTTLES...... all Greek to you? Well, these are the names of our badminton clubs. Take your pick.

CYPRUS BADMINTON FEDERATION
Mikis Hadjineophytou
Thali 3, Strovolos 2020, Nicosia, Cyprus
Phone: 00 357 2 499324
Fax: 00 357 2 420559

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