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    THE OFFICIAL’S WHISTLE – Clothing, clothing…

    Posted on January 22, 2012 | 16 Comments
    One of the duties of umpires is to check the clothing of players. It has to comply with BWF clothing  regulations. In all the years of my umpiring I found out that most of the...

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    OFFICIAL’S WHISTLE – Meet Sven Serré, the running umpire

    Posted on December 2, 2011 | No Comments
    Michaela Bencova continues her tour of the umpires who will be participating in the 2012 London Olympics.  This month, she meets with Sven Serré, a 40-year-old umpire from Belgium. Photos: rights reserved and Badmintonphoto How...

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    OFFICIAL’S WHISTLE – Let’s meet David Turner

    Posted on September 19, 2011 | No Comments
    Michaela Bencova continues her tour of the famous figures who sit on the closest chair from the court – the umpires who will be participating in the London 2012 Olympics. This month, she meets with...

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    OFFICIAL’S WHISTLE – Let’s meet Lars Rifve

    Posted on August 13, 2011 | No Comments
    Lars Rifve is one of the lucky – and talented – umpires who will be selected for the upcoming London Olympic Games in 2012. Michaela Bencova, his colleague,  asked the 49-year-old from Sweden about his...

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    OFFICIAL’S WHISTLE – Wolfgang Lund – Multilingual survivor

    Posted on April 28, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Wolfgang Lund, Swedish-born French Umpire, is now amongst the very best umpires in the world. But his life has not been a smooth path – a cancer left him with no hope until the light...

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    OFFICIAL’S WHISTLE – Putting the ‘ire’ in ‘umpire’

    Posted on February 22, 2011 | 9 Comments
    Last time we had discussion about the services and later I will come back to that for sure.  Now I would like to cover some things that happen on court that make umpires crazy. By...

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    OFFICIAL’S WHISTLE – At your service!

    Posted on December 21, 2010 | 9 Comments
    This month, our special columnist Michaela Bencová responds to your questions about one of the most complicated, and consequently most often misunderstood, aspects of badminton officiating: the service. By Michaela Bencová, Badzine Columnist.  Photos: Badmintonphoto

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    OFFICIAL’S WHISTLE – Funny moments

    Posted on November 18, 2010 | 3 Comments
    This time I have decided to share with you some funny moments from court – the truth is that some of them where not funny at the moment, or at least not for the umpire...

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