The eventful 2 & 1 CHALLENGE that marked the second anniversary of Battledore and the first anniversary of this website on October 8 & 9, 2005 at the Battledore & Shuttlecock Badminton Hall produced nineteen (19) pairs of champions and runners-up. The official playing dri-fit tee-shirts with the attractive logo of the event plus coupons for the energy drink AKTIVADE , passes for the Sunday night queuing at Battledore , and a copy of the PUMP magazine were distributed to all the participants. Assorted items like KIMON I racquet bags, SMART caps, mugs and shoebags, and CHAOPAI socks and shoebags were raffled off to the participants while copies of BADMINTON PHIL . magazine, KIMONI racquets and bags, BLUE CROSS INSURANCE Health Magazine, KUADRO NI LOLO frames and COLUMBUS shirts were awarded to the winners. All male champions also received free 6-month subscriptions to PUMP magazine. At the end of the second day, UNILAB 's instant pillows, Smart 's mugs, shoebags were the objects of the two long queues of players who excitedly took turns in hitting the items with the birdie in order to bring them home.

The courts gained more heat when the stalwarts of the blue court in the Men's Open like Jojo Mance, Melvin Llanes, Salvador Banquiles, Anthony Abe, Naresh Ramnani, Jon-jon Campos, Jaime Llanes, Kevin Dalisay, Alex Cuevas and Andrei Babad exchanged prowess and strength to the delight of the spectators. Among the 198 participants, our roving eye spotted players who are regulars of Smashph Northernmatrix, Pinoybadminton, Don Antonio, and Battledore's MWF group.