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With your help only!!! New promotional video!

(21 mei 2013)

It’s fantastic when you get helped by so many to achieve your goal. Thanks to good friends I can present a promotional video. I hope you’ll like it and that it will help to persuade many other badminton- and sport lovers to support us financially and help us to go to the World Championships in China.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJvwsjb0OQ4

Whitsun is behind us and the holiday season is approaching fastly. Before that season we need to have settled all formalities for the World Championships. The funding is still far from completion but we trust that the example of the many people who have already supported us will be followed by many others.

Thursday Samantha and I will leave for Madrid to participate in the Spanish Open. I will also play the men’s doubles with Marcus Ellis, my teammate at 1.BV Mülheim.

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Well on track with crowd funding! The balance is € 2080

(16 mei 2013)

I have good news! 10 Days ago we started our crowd funding campaign via the social media Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to raise funds for our journey to China and our participation in the World Championships. From that moment on I have got a whole lot of positive responses from many many people in The Netherlands and Belgium. But there were also responses from quite some other countries.

The campaign was also picked up by the media. In the mean time I have had a couple of interviews both on radio and for newspapers. Because of all the attention and the fact that I have a great crowd the balance on our account is € 2080,00 now. So we are a bit further than halfway which is fantastic news but a fact is that you always get the biggest response in the first week of a campaign. Too early to start cheering, though. We still need to raise the remaining € 1920,00. Therefore I call on your help once more to get us to the World Championships and deposit your donation in the following bank account in the name of F. de Ruiter (Manager fundraising)

NL81ABNA0508601045 (swift/BIC code ABNANL2A) and state ‘’World Championships Jorrit en Samantha’’ as well as your e-mail address because I like to thank you of course.

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Update on our crowdfunding project

(13 mei 2013)

I have got quite a few hints that sportlovers who like to support us financially find it too complicated to find out on which bank account they can deposit their contribution. That’s why I now publish the account number which is in the name of F. de Ruiter who is managing this project for us.

IBAN number NL81ABNA0508601045. The Swift code (BIC code) is ABNANL2A.

If you contribute please mention on the transfer “World Championships Jorrit and Samantha” as well as your email address.

We are one week on the road now and so far we are on schedule. With the many contributions we got till now we can reach the border of Uzbekistan but from there it still takes a considerable amount to pay for the rest of the journey to Guangzhou and for the accommodation expenses. It is fantastic how many people already have contributed and not only in The Netherlands but also in Belgium. Many thanks to everybody for your support.

I’ll keep you informed via the site, Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter.

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Every little bit helps!!

(6 mei 2013)

In my previous story I asked for financial support to make it possible for Samantha and myself to participate in the World Championships in China. From some comments I get I conclude that people think we are looking for one sponsor. The opposite is true. We hope that many want to contribute no matter how small the amount is. Our project is the raising of € 4000 and this mission is also accomplished with 400 sponsors donating € 10. The idea is that many small pieces make one big total. Of course this doesn’t mean that bigger contributions are not welcome or that we are not looking for one or more sponsors who want to support us for a longer period of time. Thanks again for your kind attention!

http://www.jorritderuiter.com/blog/2013/05/06/qualified-but-no-money-to-participate-in-the-world-championships/

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Alle beetjes helpen!!

(6 mei 2013)

In mijn voorgaande verhaal vroeg ik om financiële steun voor Samantha en mijzelf om onze deelname aan de wereld kampioenschappen in China mogelijk te maken. Uit sommige reacties die ik krijg blijkt dat men denkt dat wij op zoek zijn naar één sponsor. Het tegendeel is waar. Wij hopen juist dat velen een bedrag, hoe klein ook, willen bijdragen. Ons project is nu het bijeenbrengen van € 4000 en dat kan ook gehaald worden met 400 sponsors die € 10 willen doneren. Vele kleintjes maken tenslotte één grote. Dat neemt natuurlijk niet weg dat ook grotere bijdragen welkom zijn en dat wij ook op zoek zijn naar één of meerdere sponsors die ons voor een langere periode willen steunen.

http://www.jorritderuiter.com/blog/2013/05/06/gekwalificeerd-maar-geen-geld-om-te-gaan/

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Qualified but no money to participate in the World Championships

(6 mei 2013)

As a badminton player there are some tournaments that you should play when you are entitled to participate. Entitled means that your position on the world ranking makes that you are qualified to participate. One of these tournaments is the All England about which I wrote some weeks ago. My partner Samantha and I went there on our own expense and we made it till the last 16. We have achieved a lot of experience and it was great playing a top 10 pair. Partly because of this result but also because of our performances at the Dutch Open, the Bitburger Open, the Norwegian Open and the Irish Open last December we are the 25th pair which has qualified for the World Cup tournament which is held in China from 5 to 11 August.

Super news you would think, but recently we were informed that the Dutch Badminton Federation only has € 1250 available for each player of the National Team to participate in international tournaments. We believe that participating in a World Championships tournament without a proper preparation is no option, so Samantha and I have decided to go to the Spanish Open in Madrid at our own expense again and to use the € 1250 of the Federation for a partly funding of participation in the US Open and Canadian Open in July. Thus we have secured our preparation for the World Champs but regular participation in this event is now further away than ever. We, and with us our parents as our biggest sponsors, can not afford an extra journey to China and the Federation has no extra money available. A very nasty setback because also the Dutch Olympic Committee is watching what is happening at World Championships events. For them the European’s and World’s, as well as the Olympics, count. This is the stage to show yourself as a Dutch pair and I really don’t understand why the Federation has no extra funds available for such an event.

Now we have two options: either we resign ourselves that despite our qualification we have to stay home or we do everything in our power to get funding. In fact resigning is no option for me. A ticket plus accommodation will cost approximately € 2000 per person, so we need a total amount of about € 4000 which is a lot of money. We are aware of that. But we are athletes who are used to work hard for our ideals so why not work for this amount too. We think of demonstrations or clinics, also across the border in Germany, or advertising messages on our shirts or tracksuits. We need all the help we can get and everything is negotiable. I want to emphasize that playing this event is important for our development and that it will help us to make a step forward in the direction of our common goal: qualification for the Rio Games.

If you consider to contribute financially and help us to participate in the World Championships you may leave a message on this site or send an e mail to info@jorritderuiter.com. If you want to deposit a contribution right away the bank account number is NL81ABNA0508601045 Swift code ABNANL2A on the name of De Ruiter. Please mention WC China and your email address so I can thank you. It would also be a help when you refer your Facebook friends and twitter followers to this article on my website.

Anyone who knows me knows that I would never make a call like this one if it weren’t urgent. So please help us to go to China!

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World championships preview of the matches of Dutch players: Mixed doubles

(4 augustus 2011)

In the mixed doubles event we have two entries. Jacco Arends and Selena Piek who both make their Worlds debut and Dave Khodabux with Samantha Barning.

Jacco and Selena have a good draw. In the first round the Peruvians Pacheco and Rivero are their opponent, a pair which is unknown to them. Watching the positions on the world ranking this confrontation should be a thriller. The Peruvians are on place 57 and our countrymen on 56 but the Peruvians owe their position mainly to South American tournaments while Jacco and Selena owe theirs to good results in the much stronger EBU circuit. Based on this evaluation I believe that this first round shouldn’t be much of a problem for the Dutch pair. If they survive they encounter in round 2 the winners of the All England 2011, the Chinese Xu Chen and Ma Jin. A nice and instructive experience for this young pair.

Dave and Samantha will meet the Germans Schöttler and Marinello. Although Dave and Samantha fell back to the 79th position on the world ranking while their opponents take place 36 I still think that this could be a nice and thrilling match provided Samantha is completely fit. The past weeks she wasn’t able to fully prepare herself for the championships because of shoulder problems. Both pairs played against each other once before at the European Championships in 2010. At that time our Eastern neighbours won in two games. So time for revenge. If they win the super strong Chinese pair Tao and Qing is waiting for them in the second round.

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World championships preview of the matches of Dutch players: Ladies doubles

(3 augustus 2011)

In this event two Dutch pairs have qualified for the World Championships. Lotte Jonathans and her partner Paulien van Dooremalen and Selena Piek with Iris Tabeling.

Lotte and Paulien are seeded 13th and in the first round they have a bye. This means that they will either play against Chan and Chau from Hong Kong or Agathangelou and Olver from England. Considering the ranking of both pairs Lotte and Paulien should not have much to fear. They have never met the Hong Kong Chinese before but against the English the mutual position is 2-2. An interesting detail is that all four matches were decided in three games. Still I believe that Lotte and Paulien can cope better with the English than with the Chinese way of playing. If they manage to win this second round than they will most probably be confronted with the Japanese pair Matsuo and Naito.

Selena and Iris have a successful year behind them and they have qualified themselves for their first World Championship. They have drawn the Canadian girls Michelle Li and Alex Bruce which is not bad at all. Although the Canadians are 13 points better in ranking I consider our pair to stand a good chance provided Iris is without injury and fit to play next week. A few months ago, during the Sudirman Cup at Qingdao, Iris, at the time together with Samantha Barning, played against these two girls and then the Canadians grabbed the win in two close games. It is going to be an interesting match. If Selena and Iris win they will meet the Koreans Ha and Kim in the second round.

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World championships preview of the matches of Dutch players: men’s doubles

(2 augustus 2011)

In the men’s doubles Holland has 2 participating pairs in London: Ruud Bosch and his partner Koen Ridder and Dave Khodabux and myself.

Ruud and Koen have a good draw. In the first round they meet the Americans Vincent Nguy and Sameera Gunatileka who are relatively unknown in the circuit but still the numbers 57 on the world ranking. Most of the tournaments they play are in North and South America and don’t offer much high level competition. It was with these tournaments that they gathered their points. Our countrymen are 29 points better in ranking and one may expect an easy win. In the second round they will be confronted with the 9th seeded Japanese Hashimoto and Hirata. No doubt this is going to be a tough match but our men are not without chances. They have shown before to be able to stunt. In March during the Swiss open they managed to defeat the All England winners Boe and Mogensen and in May they reached the semi finals of the Grand Prix Gold Tournament of Malaysia. It is going to be an interesting week for this men’s pair which is trying to qualify for the Games in London next year.

As I wrote before Dave and I have a very bad draw. In the first round we will be confronted with the Chinese Hong Wei and Shen Ye. These men from the elite team of Li Yongbo are the number 27 of the world and at the recent Super series of Singapore they reached the quarter finals. So far Dave and I have a positive balance in matches against Chinese and we would like to keep it that way but it is for sure that we are the underdog. If we would manage to win the prospects are again not very favourable because the next opponents would be the Indonesians Kido and Setiawan who were the gold medallists in Beijing.

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World championships preview of the matches of Dutch players: Ladies singles

(1 augustus 2011)

Also in the ladies singles two Dutch players are scheduled: Yao Jie and Judith Meulendijks.

Unfortunately the position of Jie on the world ranking was just about too low to be seeded. In the first round her opponent is the Spanish European Youth Champion Carolina Marin. They never played against each other before. Taking into account both positions on the world ranking Jie should be the favourite for winning but don’t underestimate this great Spanish talent! In the second round the winner of this match meets the runner-up of the All-England, Eriko Hirose from Japan.

Judith Meulendijks is still recovering from a severe hernia and she missed the US Open which was played a couple of weeks ago. Still she is fit enough to play and her draw is not bad at all. In the first round the Austrian Simone Prutsch is her opponent who she knows well. They met three times before and Judith won all three matches. When she wins the Thai World Youth Champion Ratchanok Inthanon is her next challenge.

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