ODBA - Key Persons
Alex Yu has passed away yesterday, April 21, 2021.
Alex passed yesterday, after having led an incredible life, with passion, joy and unselfish and humble dedication, to his work, family and friends.
Please share with his friends among Kanata Badminton Club who you see fit. It was truly a highlight of his life, and he cherishes all his close friendships and fun moments with KBC members, as well as his leadership role and his service to KBC.
Job Titles:
- Director of Senior Development
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- Acting Kanata Badminton Club President
Born in Scott, Saskatchewan on Christmas Day, 1921, Dorothy has been a fixture in the world of badminton for almost 60 years.
Dorothy has excelled at each and every aspect of badminton. As a player she has numerous titles at the senior and masters level. She is also an NCCP certified level 3 coach and an International Badminton Federation certified umpire. But her greatest contributions have been as a builder in the sport. She has already been inducted into the Canadian Olympic Sports Hall of Fame in 1977 as a builder in Badminton.
Dorothy was an integral part of the development of Ontario's coaching program, which became a prototype for the national program. She was also a member of the first committee for research and implementation of a national official's organization and was involved in designing the national referee course. She has spent numerous years on the Boards of Directors of Toronto and District, the Ontario Badminton Association and even 3 years (81-84) as the Badminton Canada President. She has also worked at the international level as a councilor for the IBF and in 1991 received their prestigious Distinguished Service Award. She has been given lifetime member status in the OBA, Badminton Canada and the IBF.
HAYMAN, Douglas - Peacefully passed away on Friday, April 11, 2014 at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital at the age of 84. Loving Husband of Edith Hayman for 61 years. Greatly missed by his son Greg and daughter-in-law Jennifer (nee White) along with their children Anne Marie, Michelle and Laura all of Kitchener; son Geoff and daughter-in-law Christine (nee Van Alphen) of Brantford and their children Michael (Emily, daughter Charlotte), Jennifer Allard (Nathanial, son William) and Mark (Laura); and daughter Cindy Huras and son-in-law Brian Fife of Talbotville and their children Nicholas Huras (Tammy, sons Kayden & Payzlin), Kari Huras (Matt), Alex Fife and Micheala Fife. Survived by his siblings May, Bill (PD) Marie and Jim. Dad loved his family very much, and was a great supporter of the Brantford Junior Badminton Club. The family would like to send a special thanks to the staff of the 2nd Floor at St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital. Cremation has taken place. As per Doug's wishes there will be a private family gathering at a later date. Those who wish may make memorial donations to the Lung Association in memory of Douglas Hayman. Arrangements entrusted to LONDON CREMATION SERVICES (519-672-0459). Online condolences can be expressed at www.londoncremation.com.
Job Titles:
- FRCPC
- Medical Professional Corporation
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- NCCP Technical Level 3 Coach
Edith Hayman has passed away last Thursday, March 5, 2020. She was 88
Edith Hayman is an Ontario badminton icon - she has spent her life mainly in Brantford but with a stay in Ottawa.
Edith has enriched badminton in Ontario as a player, a coach but mainly as a builder of the sport where she has used all her playing and coaching skills to develop programs and encourage both young and "older" players to play and love the game of badminton.
Edith started the sport of badminton at the age of 18 in Brantford and by the age of 23 she was winning badminton tournaments on a regular basis.
Edith won the Ottawa District Badminton Association "Open" singles and mixed for 4 consecutive years from 1955 to 1958 and won uncountable other titles around the province. In 1960 Edith took on a role that would mark her future badminton career - Edith became the ODBA Juniors Development Chairman.
Edith continued her badminton career in Ottawa as a player and volunteer until 1967 when she moved back to Brantford. In Brantford Edith "took off" and has been involved with the Brantford Junior Badminton Club since 1967 and has trained 38 club members to NCCP levels 1&2 and can count among her students over 175 National, Provincial, District, OFSSA and CWOSSA champions. In addition to the work that she has done at her own club Edith has trained over 200 NCCP coaches from around the province of Ontario. For the past 40 years Edith has established and run over 90 High Performance and Intermediate camps for players - every Christmas, March break and Summer Edith can be found hard at work planning, organizing, coaching and generally being a friend to badminton players looking to her for help with their game. In her "spare time" Edith in 1976 started a "Summer Play Badminton" program which lasted 5 weeks from the first week in July. A combination of coaching and games made badminton a year round sport in the Brantford region. The successful summer program not only gave players a place to play in the summer but also allowed young developing coaches a venue and a chance to work with keen students. This program was set up on a pay as you play basis and over the years has had an average daily attendance of between 30-40 9 to 16 year olds. In the early 1980's Edith initiated the "Teaching the Teachers Enrichment Program" which from humble beginnings now is offered 8 times per year with an average attendance of 15-20 teachers and 30-40 students per session. In 1976 Edith also initiated the "Elementary School Badminton Program" which makes badminton part of the curriculum and which now consists of over 36 schools. This program culminates each year in May with over 2,500 elementary school children participating in a month long tournament. In 2003 the Brant County Elementary School Athlete Association named this event the "EDITH HAYMAN Junior Badminton Championships".
As of 2004, Edith has been honored as recipient of:
Edith Hayman continues to inspire so many people that her life touches until her death.
Edith Hayman is an NCCP Technical Level 3 coach and is a Master Course Conductor for Badminton Canada. She has been teaching coaches and junior players since 1958. Over the past 20 years, Many junior player come from out of town to attend the Brantford Junior camp would be the guest of the Hayman's house. Mr Hayman's hospitality and sense of humor Had touched many young badminton player's heart and felt at home away from home. He will be sadly missed.
Job Titles:
- President
- Webmaster and Tech Supports
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- Director of Leadership Development
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- President O.D.B.a. 1980 - 85
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- Kanata Badminton Club President
I was so shocked and sad when his wife sent me an email of Merv's passing on Tuesday, March 8. He played at Kanata Montessori school last Fall, and I still remember Merv and I had a very good game together (his last game) at the end of last year, just before Christmas. He had a surgery in January, and was expected to be back to play in this month.
Merv was a dedicated member, volunteer, and contributor to KBC for many years including as leader of the club for the past several years. In addition to streamlining and simplifying club operations, he built our revamped website, designed our new logo, and brought us our KBC club shirts. Moreover, his kindness and friendliness always shone on-court and on the sidelines between games. He will be greatly missed.
Job Titles:
- Director of Junior Development
- OBDA Executive
As a provincial umpire, I have worked with Jolyon Thompson at many provincial tournaments for the past 25 years. He is a great guy to work with; The last time I met him was 10 days ago at the Ontario Winter Games at Petawawa and he was the COBA team coach. He taught his players to compete with sportsmanship. Ar the end of the event, every official received a Thank-You Note hand-written by each COBA team member. What a great coach he was! The COBA team is the only one team out of six districts that did such thoughtful gestures. His passing is a great loss to Badminton Ontario!