Badminton: Rexy Mainaky awarded PR status
Friday, July 27th, 2007 | 1:56 pm @ SK
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Former Indonesian Olympic cham and now Malaysia’s national badminton doubles coach Rexy Mainaky and his family have been awarded PR status.
For those who are uninitiated, Rexy is one of the most gifted coup and most successful foregin coach hired by Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM).
He inherited the doubles squad which were stagnant in 2005 but his focus in instilling discipline and improving the work ethics of the players has started to bear fruits.
It’s his uncanny ability to form effective partnership saw the birth of Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong (currently ranked world number 2 at the latest world ranking release), who in their first six months, took the doubles scene by storm as they went on to win the Doha Asian Games gold in December, the Malaysia, All England and Swiss Opens.
Rexy said the PR status came as a "surprise" and that he was indebted to the nation.
"I had at one stage denied Malaysia from winning the men’s doubles title at the Olympics but now my target is to ensure Malaysia wins the title. We would start by winning the World Championships (to be held in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 13-19)," he said.
Congratulations to Rexy and Malaysians too!
July 27th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
July 27th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
i really admire rexy. he has done tremendously for our national shuttlers. this man is just good at anything badminton. as much we hated him and ricky during those times when they always come up top beating cheah soon kit-yap kim hock, we have to admit they’re just estraordinarily good and unbeatable.
ricky-rexy is my choice as the best pair of all time
July 28th, 2007 at 11:10 am
Let me join in to congratulate Rexy. His work ethics, his passion for his work and his unwavering focus are qualities that our coaches can emulate.
July 29th, 2007 at 8:33 pm
I dont envy Rexy on his PR status. But my cousins wife (from the Philippines), a dentist is still waiting for PR after more than 10 years….but she has passed the age of doing some credible feats for Malaysia, neither can her husband, a Malaysian. I suppose being a good crime-free citizen does not qualify.