Top badminton players gathered from across the country to participate in the 2007 CCAA Badminton Championships hosted by Douglas College in New Westminster, British Columbia. The athletes representing the OCAA fought hard all week, with Jody Carruthers picking up lone medal in the women’s singles competition for Team Ontario.

Cambrian College’s Jody Carruthers took home the only medal of the Championship for team Ontario as she finished in third place in the women’s singles competition. After finishing with a 2-2 record in round robin play, Carruthers was defeated in a close semi-final match to Laura Fong of the ACAC by a score of 2-0 (23-21, 21-18). Carruthers was on target in the bronze medal final as she swept Grace Whang of the BCCAA 2-0 (21-7, 21-8).

Nathaniel Allard of Fanshawe College was shutout at the National Championship after suffering a 2-0 loss to Quinn Conway of the ACAC in the bronze medal final. Allard seemed to have trouble finding his groove all week after going 1-3 in round robin play. Allard has had a history of success at the National level picking up a silver medal in 2005 and a bronze in 2006.

Representatives in the doubles competitions were also in tough all week as all three teams failed to qualify for the medal round.

Making their first appearance at the National level, Hao Ly and Roni Islam of Humber College finished with an 0-4 round robin record. Despite not being able to pick up a win, the duo from Humber were competitive in every match, dropping two games in three sets.

In women’s doubles, Falcon teammates Jayme Sky and Jenn Hayman put in a strong effort, taking two of their four matches to three sets. Despite their strong play and determined effort, Sky and Hayman were unable to string together a complete game going 0-4 in the round robin. Amy Howe and Charlie Lay of St. Clair also shared the same problem as they too came up empty in the win column (0-4).

In the team competition, the BCCAA squad emerged as the badminton powerhouse finishing in first and second place overall. Despite a hard fought battle throughout the competition, Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference could not win against the BCCAA and settled for the bronze medal.

The OCAA would like to congratulate all OCAA member college competitors on their strong effort at the CCAA National Badminton Championships.