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In the News (Sun 27 Dec 09)

  
  Commonwealth Games 2006
Nottingham's Nathan Robertson and partner Gail Emms won the badminton mixed doubles gold, beating New Zealand's Daniel Shirley and Sara Runesten Petersen 21-17 21-10.
Nathan also won a silver in the team event, along with fellow regional badminton players Robert Blair, Anthony Clark and Donna Kellogg.
Donna Kellogg won a bronze medal, with Gail Emms, in the Women's Doubles, and Robert Blair and Anthony Clark also took bronze in the Men's Doubles, taking the region's badminton medal tally to four.
www.sportengland.org /text/eastmidlands_index/eastmidlands_news_media/iyr_east_midlands-em_cg_2006.htm   (667 words)

  
  Robert Blair - HighBeam Encyclopedia
Jack R. Blair, George E. Cates and Robert G. McEniry Elected to the Board of Directors Of SCB Computer Technology.
Housemaster Bob Robert's office in Arniston House where Blair was caned aged seventeen.
Night a spliff was passed round Dave Stewart's dinner table - and Tony Blair just sat and grinned; PM 'looked cool as we all smoked grass,' says Hollywood legend Robert Altman.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-BlairR.html   (582 words)

  
  Robert Blair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Blair (1699 - February 4, 1746) was a Scottish poet.
Robert Blair (1748 - 1828) was a Scottish astronomer.
Robert Blair (born 23 January 1961 in Pennsylvania) is a manager at ATandT.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Blair   (141 words)

  
 Robert Blair at AllExperts
* Robert Blair (1699 - February 4, 1746) was a Scottish poet.
* Robert Blair (1741 - 1811), son of the above, was a Scottish lawyer.
* Robert Blair (1748 - 1828) was a Scottish astronomer.
en.allexperts.com /e/r/ro/robert_blair.htm   (153 words)

  
 Badminton Extreme - MVP CUP 2 to again feature Top Players from Asia and Europe
The MVP Cup last year marked the first direct collaboration between 2 continental confederations in the sport of badminton; it is pitted to be an annual “Ryder Cup” type of event for the sport of badminton.
We also hope that in seeing and competing against the world's top badminton players, our National players and future stars will be inspired to increase their level of competition in the future.” Kennivic and Kennie Asuncion will be participating for the Asian team in the Mixed Doubles category.
In keeping with a Ryder Cup-style event, the format of the MVP Cup, also differs from any other badminton event in that there are points for each match which escalate in value as the event moves forward.
badmintonx.org /news/2006/01072006.php   (891 words)

  
 Robert Blair (badminton) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Blair (born 7 August 1981, Edinburgh) is a Scottish badminton player who plays for England.
Blair was born in Scotland, but after attending Loughborough University in Leicestershire, he has competed for England since 2001, except at the Olympic Games, where Scotland and England are both parts of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team.
Blair reached the men's doubles final at the 2006 IBF World Championships together with Anthony Clark, losing the final against Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Blair_(badminton)   (221 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Olympics 2004 | Badminton | Britons edge through
British mixed doubles badminton pair Robert Blair and Natalie Munt won their opening match in three sets against a tough Japanese duo.
Blair and Munt triumphed 13-15 15-7 15-13 against Tadashi Ohtsuka and Shizuka Yamamoto to move into the second round.
Blair and Munt were 1-6 down in the third set but in a thrilling finale levelled at 13-13 before taking the match.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/hi/olympics_2004/badminton/3564752.stm   (315 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Other Sport... | Badminton | Scots praise for defector Blair
Badminton Scotland has praised Robert Blair for winning a silver medal in England's colours at last week's World Championships in Madrid.
Blair had moved to England after winning three senior caps in 1999-2000.
Blair won every age group title available to him in singles and doubles as a junior during his teenage years in Scotland.
news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/sport2/hi/other_sports/badminton/5382372.stm   (181 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Sport - Other Sports - Turncoat Blair invited on bus parade
Blair, from Longniddry, switched national allegiances in 2001 and represented England at the last Commonwealth Games.
"Robert Blair is Scottish born and bred and is a product of the Scottish Badminton system," the spokesperson said.
Blair himself, despite having bought a plane ticket to travel up from his home in Northampton, said yesterday he would after all be unable to attend.
sport.scotsman.com /other.cfm?id=1056062004   (640 words)

  
 BADMINTON England » News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
BADMINTON England, the governing body for the sport in England, have announced the appointment of iSPORTmarketing as their new magazine partner.
BADMINTON England regret to announce that Clive Ricks has left the organisation, due to contractual issues.
ROBERT BLAIR and Natalie Munt won a nail-biting mixed doubles quarter-final at the Proton Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur.
badmintonenglandcouk.site.securepod.com /news.asp?section=000100010009&monthinview=2005/07/01   (265 words)

  
 Badminton Europe - News
England’s Robert Blair and Jenny Wallwork won their first title as a new partnership in the mixed doubles event of the Big Boss Dutch Open 2006.
The pairing of Robert Blair and Jenny Wallwork is a newly formed English mixed doubles partnership.
Robert Adcock and Robin Middleton of England were Europe’s top performers in the men’s doubles event in reaching the semi finals.
www.eurobadminton.org /news_item.aspx?id=3749   (462 words)

  
 ACT Badminton Association - Australia
Mia Audina stunned the badminton world by announcing last week that she was retiring from International competition.....
Badminton Australia (BA), has produced its anti doping rules to comply with WADA (World Anti Doping Agency) for BA events (and affiliated state bodies, such as ACTBA) and BA athletes.
If members have something that is badminton related item that they want to buy or sell or swap and not for profit, please send the details by email to the webmaster The Association does not sell any badminton products, nor accept advertisement from company or business with commercial nature.
www.badmintonact.asn.au /actba-main.html   (740 words)

  
 Sports Round-up | Sports Round-up | Other Sports | Sport | Telegraph
Badminton: Robert Blair, the former Scottish international, yesterday qualified for England.
Blair's decision has been based less on money and more on the creation of partnerships.
Blair, who has been partnering with England's Natalie Munt, is now likely to represent his adopted country in the Commonwealth Games in Manchester and may even be included in England's squad for the Thomas Cup world team championships which is being announced this week.
www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2002/01/22/sosrup23.xml   (765 words)

  
 Content Archive - Improve your Badminton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
One of the fundamental parts of badminton is the use of the correct grip.
Interview with Robert Blair and Anthony Clark after their mens doubles loss in the final of the World Championships in Madrid.
Interview with Robert Blair and Anthony Clark after their mens doubles third round victory in the World Championships in Madrid.
www.badminton.tv /content/archive.html   (2202 words)

  
 Robert Did You Mean robert?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Robert of Winchelsea, theologian and opponent of both Edward I and Edward II of England
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess Of, Earl of Salisbury, Viscount Cranborne, Baron Cecil of Essendon Salisbury
Robert Bruce Stuart, Duke of Kintyre and Lorne
www.did-you-mean.com /Robert.html   (367 words)

  
 The Scotsman - Sport - Doubles failure for Blair
ROBERT Blair, the badminton player from Longniddry in East Lothian who defected to England before last year’s Commonwealth Games, was knocked out of the World Championships at the third round stage of the mixed doubles in Birmingham last night.
Blair made the controversial switch of allegiance due to what he said was a lack of quality mixed doubles partners north of the Border.
Along with regular English partner Natalie Munt - the pair are ranked 13th in the world but are 15th seeds in Birmingham - Blair had hoped to make an impact on the world stage.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=828252003   (367 words)

  
 Funkyfogey badminton
Whether they were trying to be original, or just drum up a bit of an audience, the organisers chose to start the World Championships with a few matches, rather than with the opening ceremony.
Blair used to be Scottish, but apparently he has now recovered, and plays under the English flag.
Just when we thought that the powers that be were going to exhort us to get on our Ass, and lead us to the promised land, it turned out to be more a case of ‘sit on your ass, this is the promised land’.
www.funkyfogey.com /badminton/archive/feature93.html   (1189 words)

  
 Badminton: Aamir and Tracey back to defend their crowns - Sport - Manchester Evening News
In the mixed doubles, Robertson and Emms, the Olympic silver medalists and world number ones, are favourites to regain their title, but Indonesian Open runners-up Robert Blair and Natalie Munt are seeded to meet them in the final.
Men's Doubles: 1 Robert Blair (Leics) and Nathan Robertson (Notts) 2 Simon Archer (Worcs) and Anthony Clark (Notts) 3 David Lindley (Notts) and Kristian Roebuck (Derbyshire) 4 Ian Palethorpe (Lancs) and Paul Trueman (Yorks).
Mixed Doubles: 1 Nathan Robertson (Notts) and Gail Emms (Herts) 2 Robert Blair (Leics) and Natalie Munt (Herts) 3 Anthony Clark (Notts) and Donna Kellogg (Derbyshire) 4 Kristian Roebuck (Derbyshire) and Liza Parker (Herts).
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk /sport/s/143/143905_badminton_aamir_and_tracey_back_to_defend_their_crowns.html   (659 words)

  
 Badminton Daily
SA Country Districts NAMIBIA'S badminton national team was crowned as the 2006 B-section winners during the South African Country Districts (SACD) Championship, held in Oudtshoorn recently.
BBC News Badminton Scotland has praised Robert Blair for winning a silver medal in England's colours at last...
KUALA LUMPUR: Badminton may not enjoy the privilege as the sports to receive the m...
archive.wn.com /2006/10/11/1400/badmintondaily   (640 words)

  
 Still no medal for Australia - Badminton - Commonwealth Games - smh.com.au
They were simply outclassed by No. 2 seeds Robert Blair and Anthony Clark of England, who defeated them 21-6, 21-14 in only 23 minutes.
The last time Australia picked up a badminton medal was at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in 1998, when bronze was awarded to the third and fourth place-getters.
Volunteers are grateful for the recognition being heaped upon them at the 'thank you' parade.
www.smh.com.au /news/badminton/still-no-medal-for-australia/2006/03/25/1143084062438.html   (354 words)

  
 Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music - Ro
Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
Robert Bruce Stuart, Duke of Kintyre and Lorne
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer
education.music.us /Ro.htm   (104 words)

  
 Blair and Wallwork take Dutch title - 12th November 2006 SportFocus news
Robert Blair and Jenny Wallwork won their first title together Sunday when they won the mixed doubles at the Big Boss Dutch Open in Den Bosch.
ROBERT BLAIR and Jenny Wallwork are one win away from their first title together after reaching the final of the mixed doubles at the Big Boss Dutch Open in Den Bosch.
And Robert Blair and Jenny Wallwork are through to the mixed doubles semi-finals - but they are the only England survivors in the mixed from the three pairs that went into the quarter-finals.
www.sportfocus.com /newspub/story.cfm?ID=21215   (475 words)

  
 MVP Cup 2006
Robert Mateusiak and partner Michael Logosz were scheduled to take on their Malaysian counterparts at the MVP Cup this year.
Robert Blair is ranked 5th in the world in Men’s Doubles and also plays Mixed Doubles where he is ranked 11th in the world.
Blair lost his only match at the MVP Cup last year in Men’s Doubles also against Malaysians.
www.mypad.net /mvpcup2006/profile_rob_mike.htm   (131 words)

  
 Alton Badminton
WORLD silver medallist Robert Blair heads the line-up for the ASICS Sussex National Elite Open at The Dolphin in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, on October 28 and 29.
Scots praise for defector Blair - Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:58:10 GMT
Badminton Scotland hails Edinburgh-born Robert Blair for his world silver medal in England's colours.
www.hants.gov.uk /altonbadminton/news   (457 words)

  
 BadmintonPlanet.com - Badminton News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
China’s Zhang Ning, also the Olympic badminton queen, earlier gave the Asians their first point with a lopsided 11-5, 11-3 triumph over arch-foe Mia Audina Tjiptawan, a former Indonesian now playing for the Netherlands.
Later in the night, the Malaysian duo of Chan Chong Ming and Koo Kian Keat used their athleticism and quickness to prevail over the towering British pair of Nathan Robertson and Robert Blair, 15-8, 6-15, 15-11, to cap the Asian conquest of the event presented by Smart and PLDT myDSL.
But the night truly belonged to the Indonesian sensation, who received the loudest applause and cheers from the gallery from the moment his name was announced during the colorful ceremonies as he joined the other members of the Asian squad on the makeshift stage.
www.badmintonplanet.com /cgi-bin/news/0705/1410705.html   (614 words)

  
 MVP Cup 2006 » Blog Archive » The MVP Cup – The event the players enjoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
International caliber badminton events are few and far between in the Philippines, so when the MVP Cup was first announced in 2005, badminton fans rejoiced.
Because unlike other international badminton events, it was in the MVP Cup that she had the chance to come together and bond with the players from the other countries.
With a smile never leaving her face, she said that the joy of the camaraderie that she has been able to share with all the other players participating in the MVP Cup is something she truly looked forward to this year.
pinoybadminton.com.ph /mvpcup/?p=21   (382 words)

  
 SIGHTS SET ON ATHENS
Unlike many other Olympic sports which have one or two main qualifying championships, badminton players must get world ranking points from a variety of tournaments over the next year with officials taking their top ten tournaments in order to qualify.
EIS strength and conditioning coach, Greg Bopf has been working with the British players for the past three years and will be on hand at the Championships in Birmingham to assess their performance and their rivals performances.
England's other seeded hope in the mixed doubles is Robert Blair with Natalie Munt at No 15.
www.eis2win.co.uk /gen/news_badminton250703.aspx   (696 words)

  
 Milton Keynes - Olympic Badminton Success!
They will roll out the red carpet at the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes when Olympic stars Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms return from Athens on August 30 with the rest of the Team GB stars.
But first there are several chances for teh fans who have been thrilled by the superb BBC TV coverage of the Olympic badminton or who were actually in the Goudi Stadium to see their heroes first hand.
Mixed doubles: Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms, Robert Blair and Natalie Munt.
www.miltonkeynes.com /sport/badminton/olympic-medal   (545 words)

  
 Tuning Up
Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms are celebrating today after clinching their last overseas badminton victory before defending their English National mixed doubles title at the Velodrome, Sportcity, in Manchester from February 3-5.
The European champions and Olympic silver medallists successfully defended their Wilson Swiss Open mixed doubles title with a victory over Nationals runners-up Robert Blair and Natalie Munt.
But Blair and Munt will also be in good heart after their second appearance in a final at a World Grand Prix event following their runners-up spot at the Indonesian Open in December 2005.
www.nationalbadmintonchamps.co.uk /news5.htm   (416 words)

  
 BADMINTONscotland - Scotland salute Blair’s silver medal
BADMINTONscotland were sharing in Robert Blair’s joy after he won a men’s doubles silver medal at the QI-IBF World Badminton Championships in Madrid.
The 25-year-old and Anthony Clark surpassed themselves in reaching the men’s doubles final on Sunday before losing to tops seeds Cai Yun and Fai Haifeng 21-9, 21-13 on a finals day when China and England were the only nations participating in the four finals.
Edinburgh-born Blair, who won every Bank of Scotland age group title available to him in singles and doubles as a junior during his teenage years in Scotland, moved to England after winning three senior caps in 1999-2000.
www.badmintonscotland.org.uk /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=448&Itemid=116   (208 words)

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