China Takes 5th Straight Uber Cup

#1 posting 5.6.2006

MINNESOTA ACTION
St. Paul
Arlington beat up on Central 6-1. It was second place Arlington's fourth straight win and avenges a 2-5 loss to Central earlier.
#1 undefeated Harding pushed their score against Johnson 6-1. Earlier they had beaten their East Side rival 5-2. Johnson's six game winning streak was snapped.
Non Conference
St. Paul Como Park avenged and earlier loss to 4-3 Burnsville with a solid 5-2 win.


CHINA WINS UBER CUP
China swept the Netherlands 3-0 to win their fifth straight Uber Cup. Zhang Ning won the first singles competition 21-18, 19-21, 21-18. Here is more from the People's Daily http://english.people.com.cn/200605/06/eng20060506_263516.html
Here are some photos of the celebration from Xinhua http://english.people.com.cn/200605/06/eng20060506_263519.html

SCORING CHANGE
The International Badminton Federation has changed its scoring system to a point on every serve. Currently the only way to score was when a player was serving. Now it is more like volleyball. First to 21 will be the standard now, not the 11 for females currently in place. Here is more from Badders (the independent voice of badminton) http://www.badders.com/news/item/774/New-scoring-system-for-badminton

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