IRISH BADMINTON STAR Nhat Nguyen has been nominated for the prestigious Badminton Europe Young Player of the Year award.
The 16-year-old, who left Vietnam for Dublin with his family as a child, has enjoyed a fantastic 12 months in the sport.
Nhat announced himself to the sport at large, as a name to watch out for, when he won the U17 European Championships earlier this season to the surprise of many.
In addition, the talented teenager prevailed in the Irish Senior Nationals for the second time last weekend, as well as enjoying success in the Portuguese Junior Internationals previously.
Speaking to The42 last May about his surprise European triumph, Nhat said: “I had competed with a few of the top guys before, a few of the top French guys. And I had close wins against them.
“Some people knew me there but most of them didn’t. It was kind of a good thing.
The first day was the team event and we played France. I played the French number one and he was the favourite for the tournament. I beat him and people started recognising me, I got a bit of confidence after that.”
Details on how to vote in the competition can be found here.
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Injuries at the wrong time of the season unfortunately but team playing with confidence and could still get a result but a lot more difficult now. No Carrick in front of Mc Nair or Blackett either,
How is it the wrong time of the season?
Top 4 in the bag, no more cups, & not challenging for the league.
disaster. Kompany should have been sent off for that tackle on Blind the prcik. christ, rooney will be dropped back to midfield no doubt. hopefully moral will get us a win. will take a draw here in our fight for top 4.
2nd or 3rd is definitely there for the taking but in the scheme of things 4th is the minimum we were hoping for this season so a point away to Chelsea should be a valuable one come the end of season but LVG won’t be sitting back for the draw I think.
Mourinho will set his team up for a draw. It’ll probably be a snooze fest
United have every right to go for a win. Even with injuries we look rejuvenated in the way we are playing and should be able to leave with a positive result
Young left back, Di Maria left wing, with herrara Fellaini and mata in the middle and right. Rooney and falcao upfront
Who is going to replace Carrick as the holding midfielder Jason and who will play centre back instead of Jones?
McNair cb. Don’t need holding mf. 4-4-2.
It seems united now must plot a new game plan. I’d like to see herrara tried at cdm with di Maria and felliani ahead of him. That way there’s still energy in the side and herrara does pass the ball quite well. This would allow Rooney to stay where he plays best , genuinely don’t believe he’s effective at cm or cdm and herrara would support the defenders just as much. As for the defence that’s a problem , Valencia , smalling , McNair and shaw .. Isn’t going to be solid but then again Chelsea don’t have costa. Chelsea have to favourites at present but I wouldn’t be surprised if United got at least a point.
I’ll wait to see the team sheet on Saturday LVG is as slippery as …..