BADMINTON

16/02/10 - BADMINTON AT ITS BEST !!

The best badminton ever to be played in Nanaimo will take place this weekend. Play begins at 11am on Saturday and 9am on Sunday. VIU is in the hunt for a team medal and are currently sitting in the bronze medal position. A strong performance this weekend would assure them of a medal. In the individual event held on sunday Megan Yim, a bronze medalist in the 2008 CCAA Nationals will be competing for a ticket to the 2010 national in Alberta. Other medal hopefuls will be Mike Clark and Jen Aronson in Mixed doubles. It should be a great show of top calibre badminton being played on a feature style stadium court !!
Draws are posted, click the provincials logo above.
Some player profiles.

22/02/10 - BADMINTON GOLDEN A NEWS FEATURES (video)
Mike Clark and Jenny Aronson won the provincial gold medal in mixed doubles this past weekend. Read more
They went undefeated in a 6 team round robin. Megan Yim took silver in women's singles, losing one match to Douglas College. Mike, Jen and Megan now advance to the national championships in Edmonton Alberta March 4-6.
CCAA Nationals
In the team event , VIU placed second for the year, their best finish in many years!! VIDEO
Read more in the NDN,

09/02/10 - LUKE COUTURE WILL BE REPORTING FROM THE OLYMPICS!!
Stay tuned ... Luke Couture of the Mariner badminton is volunteering at the Olympics and has agreed to give us some insight on his activities at the games.
1st Report
He will be involved with maintaining the ice surface at Canada Place (GM Place).
Luke's goal is to be playing badminton at the 2016 Olympics.
Next monday he will be doing a live interview on CBC at 10:45am.
Read more in the VTC

18/01/10 - BADMINTON TEAM PLACES SECOND!!
The third and last BCCAA Badminton qualifying tournament for 2009-2010 took place at Douglas College on the weekend. VIU athletes were focussed and it showed- the squad finished the 3 game matches that have been narrow losses in the past. The team took 2nd place in the team event and moved up to 3rd overall. Read more

09/02/10 - MEGAN YIM FEATURE!!
By Simon Hoodikoff , The Nav

06/12/09 - OLYMPIC VOLUNTEER
Luke Couture of the VIU Badminton team will be on the ice will the worlds best hockey teams. Read more ..

11/01/10 - BADMINTON TAKES TITLES AT CR OPEN
VIU badminton team had great results in a strong field at the Campbell River Open this weekend. 5th year player Mike Clark was a triple finalist:runner-up in A singles in a well fought match against Matthew Lim from Richmond; Mike teamed with Bryan Cassels of Victoria to win the A doubles event and then finished a busy day with partner Megan Yim (VIU) in the A mixed final. They were defeated in a very tough battle against Cassels & Manley (CR) 21-14, 16-21, 17-21. Megan Yim was also in the Womens A doubles final with Kylee Abrahamson (former Malaspina Mariner) where they cleanly defeated opponents from Victoria 21-15, 21-19. Jenny Aronson had a very strong singles event finishing fourth overall and lost in the semi-final of "A" Mixed to Clark & Yim (VIU). Jen Abrahamson & Michelle Zhang won the Consolation Womes Doubles. Zhang lost in the consolation singles final after a long battle18-21,21-23, 21-13. Pat Thompson defeated team-mate Zack Yim in the B Mens Singles event and then partnered Yim to win the B Doubles. Next action for the team is January 16-17 at DouglasCollege. This will be the final competition of the regular season and then VIU hosts Provincials on Feb 20-21. Come on out to see some of the best badminton players in Canada. Team event Championship runs Saturday from 11 am - 4 pm and Individual event finals, which are the battles to represent BC at Nationals, will run on Sunday from 11:30am - 4:00pm - these matches should not be missed.

26/10/09 - BADMINTON THIRD
In the first Badminton league tournament of the year VIU finished 3rd overall with strong performances in women's singles by Megan Yim and men's singles by Luke Couture. Read More

17/06/08 - BADMINTON ALUMNI all 221 dating back to 1975 !!

03/10/09 - BADMINTON ALMOST DEFENDS TITLE!!
VIU Mariners Badminton hosted the 5th annual Team Challenge this weekend. VIU who had a 30-5 matches won/lost record through the first five rounds of play were attempting to defend the title they earned last year. After 6 rounds of hard fought competition Vic One, a well balanced team of young players from Victoria defeated VIU 5 events to 2 in the final round of the Gold Division. The 2 matches won by VIU in the final were; Luke Couture in mens singles over Ross Prager 21-11, 21-14 and Megan Yim / Mike Clark in the mixed doubles over Rachel Wan / Bryan Cassels 21-18, 21-14. Mens doubles could very easily have swung the match in VIU's favour as the 2 mens doubles matches were lost by the narrowest of margins; Mike Clark / Luke Couture were defeated by Riley Trottier / Bryan Cassels 21-19, 21-18 and Pat Thompson / Zack Yim lost to Richard Wan / Riley Trottier 21-19, 21-19. There were many great matches over the course of the weekend and the VIU team looks forward to the first BCCAA tournament on Oct 23-24 at Capilano.

27/09/09 - LUKE COUTURE - OLYMPIC VOLUNTEER!!
Luke Couture is a 2nd year student here at VIU, and he’s definitely one heck of an athlete. A badminton player who made it out to the BC shores. He entered VIU on a Presidential Scholarship. Which is awarded to athletes who achieves high standards in academics in addition to being exceptional competitor in sports.
Read more ..

03/03/09 - M's BADMINTON FIRST IN KELOWNA!!
Luke Couture of the VIU Badminton team placed first at the Kelowna Jr 'A' tournament held this weekend. He went undefeated with victories over Joey Chu 21-19, 21-18 in the semi's and Mitch Downton in the finals 21-9, 21-17.
This result should boost his provincial ranking to number one going into the provincial junoir championships in April !!
In doubles he partnered with Zack Yim to place third. Well done ...

19/02/09 - BADMINTON BRONZE AT PROVINCIALS!!
VIU Badminton brought home a bronze medal from the 2009 BCCAA Badminton Provincial Championships held at TRU Feb 13-14th.
Megan Yim placed second in the women's singles and unfortunately BC did not receive the wildcard
berth , it went to Alberta.
No nationals for the Mariners this season.
Megan and Luke Couture will be competing in the Kelowna Junior Open next weekend.

06/02/09 - BADMINTON READY FOR PROVINCIALS!!
NDN Story

09/01/09 - BADMINTON IN HAWAII

The Badminton team is back in action this weekend at Douglas College, after competing in Hawaii over the holidays. The team is currently third in the BCCAA standings and ranked 9th nationally. With one more league tournament left in the schedule and then provincials the M's are contenders for a medal, but what color. PHOTO GALLERY
In Hawaii Luke Couture made the semi-finals in the men's singles event , losing to a top ranked canadian player that went onto win the tournament ...more results to come. Read more ..




13/01/09 - BADMINTON
Tournament #3 details ..

02/12/08 - ISLAND OPEN BADMINTON CHAMP
Luke Couture won the U19 singles and mixed doubles events at the Island Open Jr Badminton Tournament on Nov 28-30 in Victoria. In the singles event Luke ran his opponent into the ground, defeating Angus MacDonald 21-17, 17-21, 21-12.
Luke partnered with Vivian Yan in mixed doubles to claim the title over Bryan Cassels and Ayaka Wakatsuk, with game scores of 19-21, 21-14, 21-11. Zack Yim was runner up in the consolation singles event and teamed up with Luke, placing 3rd in the doubles event.
This was a Badminton BC sactioned A event that will improve Luke's provincial ranking. Luke was the recipient of the 2008-09 Presidents scholarship for Badminton.

17/11/08 - BADMINTON PLACES THIRD .. HAWAII NEXT!
In the second BCCAA Badminton tournament of the season the VIU Mariners placed third with the best performance coming from Mike Clarke and Cassie Larson in Mixed doubles. Now the team sets their sights on competing in Hawaii over the Xmas break. GO MARINERS !!
Read more ..

24/10/08 - LAPTOP WINNER
In an attempt to raise funds for exhibition travel the badminton team had a draw for a Compaq 15.4" laptop computer. The winner was Susan Baker !!
Congratulation .

17/02/08 - THREE MARINERS ADVANCE TO NATIONALS
Megan Yim, Mike Clarke and Lena Watt will represent Malaspina and the BCCAA at the 2008 CCAA National Championships in New Brunswick (Feb 27 March 1st). Megan will compete in women's singles and the duo of Lena/Mike will play mixed doubles. NNB story .They placed second in their events at the BCCAA provincials this past weekend and earn the wildcard berth to nationals. This is Megans second appearance at Nationals and Lena and Mikes first. Follow all the action from nationals at www.mta.ca/ccaabadminton .

21/02/08 -
MARINERS mentioned in the HOUSE OF COMMONS
Megan Yim continues to capture people's hearts.
MLA Ron Cantelon spoke to her gesture at the Nanaimo Sports Awards Banquet, yesterday in the House.
Link to transcript.

07/02/08 - MEGAN YIM CCAA PLAYER OF THE MONTH!!
The CCAA announced CCAA Badminton Athletes of the Month for January. The CCAA Athlete of the Month program recognizes student-athletes for their outstanding event performance and athletic accomplishments during that month.
NDN story
Megan Yim of the Mariner Badminton team has been selected for this award. Congratulation Megan !! Read More ....

04/02/08 - MARINERS AWARDS .... takes spotlight!!
At the 3rd Annual Nanaimo Sports achievement awards dinner the Mariners won two categories. In the Partners category Megan Yim and Kylee Abrahamson, national bronze medalists, won the award but handed it over to Team Plasteras.
Read more in the Daily News. Laura Littlejohn won female team player of the year. Last season the women's volleyball team won the provincial gold and a National bronze medal. Accepting the award was her dad, since she was on the road competing in Cranbrook.

22/01/08 - BADMINTON PLACES FOURTH
ln the team event, at the 3rd BCCAA Badminton tournament of the year, the best the Mal-U Badminton team could do was fourth place. Megan Yim was a finalist in the Women's singles individual event and in Women's doubles Megan teamed with Lena Watt for a third.
Next event the BCCAA Provincial Championships Feb 15-16 at TRU. Then perhaps a trip to Nationals in New Brunswick.
Complete results (pdf)

17/01/08 - MIKE CLARKE wins CR OPEN
Mike Clarke of the Mariner Badminton team won the Men's "A" singles in the Campbell River Open held Jan 11-13. Mike defeated Roy Onyschuk from Port Alberni 21-15, 21-6 in the finals. Chris Sowden and Lek Tang won the Men's "B" doubles and Chris Sowden teamed up with Megan Yim to win the "B" mixed doubles. This weekend the team competes at the first BCCAA tournament of the second term in Vancouver. GOOD LUCK !!

05/11/07 - BADMINTON PLACES FOURTH!!
The Mariners placed fourth out of seven teams competing in the first BCCAA badminton event. The event was hosted at Malaspina all day saturday and sunday. The Mariners best result in the individual events went to ALI LOEWEN taking first place.

03/08/07 - WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES IN THAILAND
Mariner Badminton Coach and CCAA National Badminton Convenor Alf McGuire has been selected as a Coach for the Canadian team that will compete in the World University Games in Bangkok, Thailand.
Read More ...

19/02/07 - MARINER BADMINTON AT NATIONALS
Megan Yim and Kylee Abrahamson will represent Malaspina and the BCCAA at the 2007 CCAA Badminton Nationals. The duo will team up in womens doubles. This will be Kylee's third appearance at the nationals.
Her best result has been a silver medal back in 2002.
In the team event there was a hope for a silver medal but the results garnered a bronze.
Complete results (PDF) from the BCCAA Championships

29/01/07 - BADMINTON TEAM PLACES SECOND
The Mariner Badminton Team was in action this weekend hosting Douglas, Langara, Capilano, and Kwantlen Colleges and Thompson River University for the second tournament of the season.  With another solid team effort, Malaspina managed a second place finish.  Malaspina had key wins to overtake Langara College but was not able to catch the very powerful Douglas College squad. Next tournament will be held at TRU February 10-11. Complete results

16/01/07 - BADMINTON GETS GOOD START
The Mariner Badminton team placed second at the first BCCAA badminton tournament of the season !
Seven teams participated in the event.
Malaspina's best result in the individual event was Kylee Abrahamsons second place finish in women's singles.
Next event is held at Malaspina Jan 27-28.
Complete results

09/01/07 - BADMINTON IN ACTION
The Mariner Badminton will compete in its first BCCAA Tournament of the year at Capilano this weekend. GO MARINERS !!
Last weekend the team had some great results with Mike Clarke and Kylee Abrahamson both making the finals in singles at the Campbell River Open.
Kylee and partner Megan Yim were also finalist in the Women's Doubles.
There were 66 participants in the tournament.
Malaspina hosts the second BCCAA tournament of the year Jan 27-28.

20/02/06- MARINERS MEDAL AT PROVINCIALS!!

Megan Yim and Kylee Abrahamson won silver in women's doubles at the BC's held at TRU this past weekend.
Bronze medals were won by Mayu Inada in women's singles

and in men's  doubles Barry Arana teamed with Hikaru Otsuka.

13/02/06- MARINERS BCCAA BRONZE MEDAL

The Mariner Badminton team captured the 2006 BCCAA Provincial (team) Bronze medal this weekend on home court. This weekend they travel to Kamloops to compete at the Individual championships @ TRU where they will hope to place some players on the BC team.

This years National Championships will be held in Alberta at Mount Royal College.

09/02/06- MARINERS IN THE NAVIGATOR

Campus Newspaper article

17/01/06- MARINER BADMINTON PLACES THIRD

 Malaspina Mariners Badminton got off to a great start at the season opener in Vancouver this weekend. With a great team effort the young team finished 3 rd in overall points behind very strong and experienced teams from Douglas (1 st ) and Langara College (2 nd ).

Mike Clark had the 'match of the tournament' almost taking out the 3 rd seed, Phil Weier of Douglas College, in the second round of Mens Singles in a 7-15, 15-10, 12-15 narrow defeat which lasted almost 90 minutes and captivated the spectators.

Other results:

Kylee Abrahamson was a semi-finalist in womens singles and in womens doubles with Shiori Ando.

Mayu Inada was defeated by Dawn Clark of Douglas College in the consolation final of womens singles.

Barry Arana and Alex Liang were defeated by Sharuya Chikkara & Bob Stanley of TRU in the mens doubles consolation final.

Mike Clark and Megan Yim defeated Chikkara and Katie Tucker of TRU in the mixed doubles consolation final.

16/01/06- EXHIBITION BADMINTON

  The Mariner Badminton team participated in the Campbell River Open

January 6-8th.
Malaspina's Mike Clark placed first in both the men's doubles B and mixed doubles B events, with partners Hikaru Otsuka and Kylee Abrahamson, respectively.
Janice Walker (coach of the M's) also won two categories, teaming with Geraldine McLean of Victoria to win the women's doubles A event and also capturing the mixed doubles 40-and-over class with Marc Petreman (a former mariner).
Barry Arana and Megan Yim won mixed doubles C,

with Arana also finishing first in the men's singles C division.
Annie Zhang won the women's singles D event.Nenad Biga and Lek Tang teamed up to claim first in men's doubles D.

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