Badminton Tournament #1 Event Recap

EDMONTON, AB (November 20th, 2022) – The Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE) Thunder hosted the first ACAC Badminton tournament of the year. An exciting day for all new and returning players from Concordia, SAIT, King's University, and NAIT.

The day started off with Men's and Women's Singles. Johnna Rymes and Prabhleen Kaur, (CUE) lit up the court this afternoon and place 1^st and 2^nd. Rymes took the first-place position winning straight twos to the final. Kaur followed suit winning straight two's but losing to Johnna in the final (21-4, 21-8).

Women's Singles

1. Johnna Rymes (CUE)
2. Prabhleen Kaur (CUE)
3. Cecilia Wolski (TKU)
4. Makayla Basque (TKU)

In the Men's Singles, we saw Narayan Ramdhani (TKU) take the first-place position winning straight two's all the way to the final game to finish against Anirudh Sharma (NAIT) who earned the 2^nd place position. 

Men's Singles

1. Narayan Ramdhani (TKU)
2. Anirudh Sharma (NAIT)
3. Sanskar Chopra (SAIT)
4. Jonathan Su (CUE)

Moving to Doubles in the afternoon, Jasleen Kaur and Johnna Rymes from the Thunder took on the King's Eagles' Abby Ledda and Cecilia Wolski in the final match. CUE claims another 1^st place position for the Women's Doubles, scoring 21-12 and 21-16.

Women's Doubles

1. Jasleen Kaur & Johnna Rymes (CUE)
2. Abby Ledda & Cecilia Wolski (TKU)
3. Kristianna Ladine Navarro & Carmen Wong (SAIT)
4. Moominah Ali & Sylvie Bibeau (NAIT)

In the Men's Doubles Sanskar Chopra and Justin Nguyen from the Trojans took on Brandon Gendre and Nam Nguyen from the Ooks for the final game. Each set came close at 21-20 and 21-18, with SAIT in 1^st place.

Men's Doubles

1. Sanskar Chopra & Justin Nguyen (SAIT)
2. Brandon Gendre & Nam Nguyen (NAIT)
3. Emmanuel Duguay & Anthony Olson (TKU)
4. Brandon Morris & Salvador Robles-Gonzalez (CUE)

To finish off the day, Concordia Thunder and King's University Eagles battle in the final game of the day. TKU players Narayan Ramhadni and Abby Ledda take first place against CUE's Johnathan Su and Jasleen Kaur, with scores ending 21-13 and 21-11.

Mixed Doubles

1. Narayan Ramdhani & Abby Ledda (TKU)
2. Jonathan Su & Jasleen Kaur (CUE)
3. Justin Nguyen & Carmen Wong (SAIT)
4. Aakash Panchal & Makayla Basque (TKU)

The next badminton event will be at NAIT on Sunday, January 22, 2023.