Peter Gade, Nathan Robertson, Pi Hongyan, Wong Choong Hann, Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen and other badminton stars are back in the Swiss city to put on a special show for a Charity association. They will be giving an amazing exhibition Saturday April 27th 2013, and a unique coaching session the next morning.
 
After the huge success of the first edition help in March 2011, another great night of amazing badminton exhibition will take place in the very same Queue d’Arve Hall, in the heart of Geneva, on April 27th 2013. Once again organized in style by the Badminton Club of Geneva with the help of the Sport bureau of the City of Geneva, all benefits will be going to Solibad, Badminton without Borders, for its project for children around the planet.

It will probably be one of the last chances to see Danish badminton legend Peter Gade to play at competitive level as the Dane has retired officially few weeks ago, beating no less than the Olympic Champion Lin Dan at home in Copenhagen. Peter had a lot of fun in the first edition of “One Night with Stars” and was willing to come back. “It’s a great pleasure to be back even if I have retired officially. This is a great cause and I’m looking forward to see old friends and have a good time with them” said the Dane who is a special Ambassador for Solibad.

Top flight and music for an amazing evening
Amongst his friends, Wong Choong Hann, former world number one from Malaysia and still very much active will make the trip all the way from Malaysia to join the evening. “I’m honored and thrilled to be part of this incredible evening. We’ll certainly have fun and hope that the spectators will have fun too” said the left hander, who had to cross swords with Peter Gade on numerous occasions on the World stage. England’s legendary Nathan Robertson, world champion and silver medalist in the 2004 Olympic Games will also be part of the show and will certainly add to the show with his sense of humor and great contact with the spectators, as he had shown for “One Night With Stars I”

As a special guest, Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen, who is the only European to have won an Olympic Gold medal, in Atlanta in 1996, has agreed to come and play in spite of his busy schedule – the Dane is the current President of Badminton Europe, but he’s shown in recent months that he’s still very capable with a racket in hand.

A lot of other badminton stars will be joining the show – Pi Hongyan, France’s best player ever and third time Olympian, as well as Agnese Allegrini, Italian’s best player, Matthieu Lo Ying Ping, one of France’s best talents, Petr Koukal number 1 in Czech Republic - one of Solibad’s most active Ambassador and a show man, as well as some of Switzerland’s finest shuttlers – 15 players all together will be joining this event, with France’s most capped coach Fabrice Vallet to organize the coaching session.

The evening will be a fun night, with many different combinations of different exhibition matches – some of the best shuttlers in the world, but music will be part of the show as well, as Suzanne Rayappan, one of England’s best women’s double player will be featured to sing a few songs. The British athlete lives a double life and has started a singing career and should delight the public with her magnificent voice, with a few surprises on the way for the lucky spectators.

“Coached by the stars” – Unique in the world
Local players from France and Switzerland – and others who will make the trip especially - will have a unique opportunity, the next day, on Sunday, April 28th, to have a special coaching sessions with all these stars, who will take turn in giving them advices, tips on how to become a better player. “This has never been done in the world of badminton, to have players like Peter, Nathan and all the others, to contribute to one coaching session. It will definitely be a great experience to learn tips from all this shuttlers on the same day. They have all agreed to spend some extra time for this coaching session and all the benefits will go to the Foundation’s projects” says Raphael Sachetat, Founder of Solibad.

The lucky 40 people, any age, any nationality (on a first come first serve basis) –will pay 100 € (120 CHF) to enjoy one of the two 45 minutes sessions, which includes a souvenir photo session with the stars. Peter Gade, Wong Choong Hann, Nathan Robertson and all other champions who will do the training sessions the next day all have agreed to give the money back entirely to Solibad, giving their free time for the projects of the French Based Association.

This sessions “coached by the stars” is a unique feature created for this event, and probably a unique chance to be coached (in English), by some of the finest shuttlers the world of badminton has.

Informations
Where : Geneva, Queue D’Arve Hall
When : Saturday April 27th, 7 PM
Price : 17 € / 20 CHF