AMERICANS BEST CANADIANS IN PANAM UNDER-19S
by Mike Grossman (from a report supplied by Paul Pawlaczyk)

September 18, 1996 (New Shuttlenws) - A team of American junior
badminton players defeated their Canadian counterparts, 3 matches to 2,
to claim the under-19 team title at the Pan American Junior badminton
championships held in in San Juan, Puerto Rico September 8 to 14.

The Canadians started off well in the team finals with a mixed doubles win
by Bill Millroy and Lindy Van Riker over David Welch and Karen Chou
15-11 15-7.

Katie Maloney pulled the Americans even with her girl's singles victory
over Caroline Spiers 11-2 11-0.

In the third match, a men's singles setto, American Howard Bach and Canadian
Bobby Millroy battled for three games. Bach won the first from Millroy
15-9. Millroy came back to win the second game 15-7.

In the third game, the Canadian had Bach in trouble. Millroy was poised to
win, with a 13-8 lead over a tired Bach, when the powerful winds of hurricane
Hortense knocked the electricity out.

After a two-hour break, play resumed with a well-rested Bach. The American
junior climbed back from a 8-13 deficit to beat Millroy 17-14.

In the fourth match, the Canadian girls' doubles pair of Lindy Van Riker
and Caroline Spiers took the first game from Katie Maloney and Karen
Chou 15-7. Maloney and Chou battled back to win the second and third games
15-8 and 15-9 and clinched the team title for the U.S.A.

In the meaningless fifth match, Canadians Andrew Dabecka and Bill Millroy
defeated Bach and David Welch 15-7 15-10 to complete the team scoring at
3 matches to 2 in favor of the Americans.

In individual medal competition, Howard Bach of the U.S.A. defeated Andrew
Dabecka of Canada 15-8 15-11 in the under-19 men's singles finals.

Bobby and Bill Millroy of Canada beat Howard Bach and David Welch of the
U.S.A. 13-15 15-6 15-8 in the under-19 men's doubles finals.

(The results of the other individual under-19 age group events as well as
the individual under-13, under-15 and under-17 age group events were not
available).


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