Coach impressed with team's results.
A full season of preparation for the North Bay Badminton Team has led to this moment, the Northern Ontario Badminton Association (NOBA) Championships. The NOBA Championships was hosted in Sudbury over the weekend and drew in over 100 athletes in U14, U16 and U19 categories from Marathon to Timmins. This was the first time that the tournament hosted a U14 event in it's 40 year history.
The North Bay Badminton Team was founded in 2013, and is attending their third NOBA Championships.
This year the team brought a full squad of 26 athletes making them the largest team in attendance, compared to only 5 in 2014. The team played some of the best badminton of the season, earning a total of 24 medals, and establishing that this team is strong and here to stay. In addition, Gabriel Pharand captured the U16 Boys Singles trophy, and captured the U16 Boys Doubles trophy with partner Nick Babich, Ellen Perry earned the U19 Girls Doubles trophy with partner Tess Hausenblas of Elliot Lake and Jessie Zhou captured the U16 Girls Singles trophy. The team also earned the overall U16 Team Champions trophy for the 2nd consecutive year, as well as earning 2nd overall in the U14 and U19 age groups. Special shout outs to Ellen Perry who managed to reach the finals for all events (U19 singles, doubles and mixed doubles)
Head coach, Kurt Tempelmans Plat was impressed with the weekend's results.
"I knew that we had a much stronger team than we did at the beginning of the season, and I was hoping that it would all come together this weekend for the team. I was blown away all weekend by all of my athletes as they were truly playing up to their potential and earning the results they were seeking. I cannot express enough how proud I am of my athletes and how far this team has come in only a few years. As North Bay's only competitive badminton program, I hope to continue to push our athletes to see the growth of these programs moving forward."
The team will continue training until their last tournament of the season
March 4-5 in North Bay. The team will also be participating at the Provincial Jr B Championships
May 13-15 at Humber College.
Below are the full tournament results:
U14 Girls Singles
Carly Perrin - 4th
Alexis Courvoisier - 4th in pool
Maryssa Mercier - 5th in pool
Mariyah Kazi - 5th in pool
U14 Girls Doubles
Carly Perrin/Alexis Courvoisier - 2nd
Maryssa Mercier/Mariyah Kazi - 5th
U14 Boys Singles
Cheukman Zhou - 3rd
Jared Kelso - 4th
Zack Kizell - 5th
Brandon Gutierrez - 4th in pool
U14 Boys Doubles
Cheukman Zhou/Brandon Gutierrez - 2nd
Zack Kizell/Jared Kelso - 3rd
U14 Mixed Doubles
Jared Kelso/Alexis Courvoisier - 4th
Cheukman Zhou/Maryssa Mercier - 3rd in pool
Zack Kizell/Mariyah Kazi - 3rd in pool
U16 Girls Singles
Jessie Zhou - 1st
Madison Marsh - 5th
U16 Girls Doubles
Jessie Zhou/Madison Marsh - 1st in B
U16 Boys Singles
Gabriel Pharand - 1st
Tyson Periard - 2nd
Dillon Laberge - 3rd
Nick Babich - 5th
Addison Hunt - 7th
Isaac Gutierrez - 3rd in B
Jaden Blanchette - 5th in B
Yanik Olivier - 4th in C
Brady Fougere - 5th in C
U16 Boys Doubles
Gab Pharand/Nick Babich - 1st
Tyson Periard/Addison Hunt - 2nd
Dillon Laberge/Isaac Gutierrez - 3rd
Jaden Blanchette/Patrick Thom (Sudbury) - 4th
Yanik Olivier/Brady Fougere - 3rd in B
U16 Mixed Doubles
Jessie Zhou/Isaac Gutierrez - 2nd
Tyson Periard/Carly Perrin - 5th
Madison Marsh/Jaden Blanchette - 3rd in B
Addison Hunt/partner - 3rd in B
U19 Girls Singles
Ellen Perry - 2nd
Marina Sinicrope - 3rd
Jewel NG - 5th
Mai Lee Edwards - 5th
Samantha Derosier - 7th
U19 Girls Doubles
Ellen Perry/Tess Hausenblas (Elliot Lake) - 1st
Marina Sinicrope/Jewel Ng - 2nd
Mai Lee Edwards/Samantha Derosier - 4th in B
U19 Boys Singles
Adam Wallace - 5th
Elijah Everest - 2nd in C
Noah Goulet - 5th in C
U19 Boys Doubles
Adam Wallace/Elijah Everest - 1st in B
Noah Goulet/partner - 3rd in C
U19 Mixed Doubles
Ellen Perry/Caleb Parfitt (Widdifield) - 2nd
Gab Pharand/Jewel Ng - 5th
Nick Babich/Marina Sinicrope - 7th
Noah Goulet/Sam Derosier - 1st in C
Mai Lee Edwards/Brady Fougere - 3rd in C
