There will be a few new faces with great big games when Ontario’s finest collegiate badminton players from the West Region will take to the Seneca College (York) courts in York Region this weekend, looking to earn a berth into the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) championships. The Regional Championship event will run over two days, February 5th and 6th.

The West Regional Championships will collect student-athletes from the host Seneca College as well as Conestoga College (Kitchener), Fanshwe College (London), Humber College (Etobicoke), Mohawk College (Hamilton), St. Clair College (Windsor), and Redeemer University-College (Ancaster). Players will compete in five events including: men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles and mixed doubles. The top three teams from each event will advance to the OCAA Badminton Championships, hosted by St. Clair College in Windsor, ON from February 19-20, 2010.

Headlining this year’s event will be the defending West Regional champions Humber Hawk who are currently ranked as the top team in Ontario. This season the Hawks will have a new face that has taken the league by storm in rookie Renee Yip. She has burst onto the OCAA Badminton scene with authority and will be paired up with 2007-08 OCAA Player of the Year and national bronze medalist Raymond Wong in Mixed Doubles. Humber will also be sending out a veteran combination in men’s doubles as national double bronze medalist Charlie Lay and 2008-09 OCAA Player of the Year Mark Wong will team up in search of gold.

The host Seneca Sting will send out a youthful team again this season after finishing in the silver medal position at the Regional Championships in 2008-09. The Sting return sophomore women’s singles West Region gold medalists and OCAA bronze medalist Amenze Obaisiagbon. Sanjay Ashokkumar and Candy Fung will also return to mixed double after finishing in the regional runner-up position last year. Derik Jakola and Jessica Dacquel both lost their medal winning partners in men’s and women’s doubles respectively, but will return to the courts this season. The Sting narrowly missing the top of the podium, falling short by one point to the Humber Hawks.

St. Clair Saints, who finished third in the West Regionals last season, will again bring a full team to the regionals. This year with the added incentive of playing on their home court for the OCAA Championships, the Saints will look to take advantage of their youth as six of their 10 participants are first year players, while an additional three are in their sophomore season. The lone returning veteran and top medal candidate is Julie Schell. A third year player, Schell was the regional silver medalist in women’s singles last season and paired up earlier this season with Voung (Johnny) Tran to claim silver at the Fanshawe Invitational this fall.

The following is the West Regional Championship Schedule:

Est Time Game Event/Division Match Court
Fri 10:30am
1 Men's Singles A Conestoga 2 vs. Mohawk 1 1
2 Men's Singles A Humber 1 vs. Seneca 2 2
3 Men's Singles A Redeemer 1 vs. Fanshawe 1 3
4 Men's Singles B Conestoga 1 vs. Mohawk 2 4

11:00am
5 Men's Singles B Redeemer 2 vs. St.Clair 1 1
6 Men's Singles B Seneca 1 vs. Fanshawe 2 2
7 Women's Singles A Conestoga 2 vs. Mohawk 1 3
8 Women's Singles A Humber 1 vs. Seneca 2 4

11:30am
9 Women's Singles A Redeemer 1 vs. Fanshawe 1 1
10 Women's Singles B Conestoga 1 vs. Mohawk 2 2
11 Women's Singles B Redeemer 2 vs. St.Clair 1 3
12 Women's Singles B Seneca 1 vs. Fanshawe 2 4

12:00pm
13 Womens Doubles Fanshawe vs. Mohawk 1
14 Womens Doubles Seneca vs. St.Clair 2
15 Womens Doubles Redeemer vs. Humber 3
16 Men's Doubles Fanshawe vs. Mohawk 4

12:30pm
17 Men's Doubles Seneca vs. St.Clair 1
18 Men's Doubles Redeemer vs. Humber 2
19 Mixed Doubles Fanshawe vs. Mohawk 3
20 Mixed Doubles Seneca vs. St.Clair 4

1:00pm
21 Mixed Doubles Redeemer vs. Humber 1
22 Men's Singles A St. Clair 2 vs. Mohawk 1 2
23 Men's Singles A Humber 1 vs. St. Clair 2 3
24 Men's Singles A Seneca 2 vs. Redeemer 1 4

1:30pm
25 Men's Singles B Humber 2 vs. St.Clair 1 1
26 Men's Singles B Conestoga 1 vs. Fanshawe 2 2
27 Men's Singles B Redeemer 2 vs. Mohawk 2 3
28 Women's Singles A St. Clair 2 vs. Mohawk 1 4

2:00pm
29 Women's Singles A Humber 1 vs. St. Clair 2 1
30 Women's Singles A Seneca 2 vs. Redeemer 1 2
31 Women's Singles B Humber 2 vs. St.Clair 1 3
32 Women's Singles B Conestoga 1 vs. Fanshawe 2 4

2:30pm
33 Women's Singles B Redeemer 2 vs. Mohawk 2 1
34 Womens Doubles Conestoga vs. St.Clair 2
35 Womens Doubles Seneca vs. Redeemer 3
36 Womens Doubles Humber vs. Mohawk 4

3:00pm
37 Men's Doubles Conestoga vs. St.Clair 1
38 Men's Doubles Seneca vs. Redeemer 2
39 Men's Doubles Humber vs. Mohawk 3
40 Mixed Doubles Conestoga vs. St.Clair 4

3:30pm
41 Mixed Doubles Seneca vs. Redeemer 1
42 Mixed Doubles Humber vs. Mohawk 2
43 Men's Singles A St.Clair 2 vs. Fanshawe 1 3
44 Men's Singles A Conestoga 2 vs. Humber 1 4

4:30pm
45 Men's Singles A Mohawk 1 vs. Seneca 2 1
46 Men's Singles B Seneca 1 vs. Conestoga 1 2
47 Men's Singles B Redeemer 2 vs.Humber 2 3
48 Men's Singles B Fanshawe 2 vs. St.Clair 1 4

5:00pm
49 Women's Singles A St.Clair 2 vs. Fanshawe 1 1
50 Women's Singles A Conestoga 2 vs. Humber 1 2
51 Women's Singles A Mohawk 1 vs. Seneca 2 3
52 Women's Singles B Seneca 1 vs. Conestoga 1 4

5:30pm
53 Women's Singles B Redeemer 2 vs.Humber 2 1
54 Women's Singles B Fanshawe 2 vs. St.Clair 1 2
55 Womens Doubles Conestoga vs. Seneca 3
56 Womens Doubles Fanshawe vs. Redeemer 4

6:00pm
57 Womens Doubles St. Clair vs. Mohawk 1
58 Men's Doubles Conestoga vs. Seneca 2
59 Men's Doubles Fanshawe vs. Redeemer 3
60 Men's Doubles St. Clair vs. Mohawk 4

6:30pm
61 Mixed Doubles Conestoga vs. Seneca 1
62 Mixed Doubles Fanshawe vs. Redeemer 2
63 Mixed Doubles St. Clair vs. Mohawk 3
64 Men's Singles A St.Clair 2 vs. Redeemer 1 4

7:00pm
65 Men's Singles A Fanshawe 1 vs. Mohawk 1 1
66 Men's Singles A Conestoga 2 vs. Seneca 2 2
67 Men's Singles B Seneca 1 vs St.Clair 1 3
68 Men's Singles B Mohawk 2 vs. Humber 2 4

7:30pm
69 Men's Singles B Fanshawe 2 vs Redeemer 2 1
70 Women's Singles A St.Clair 2 vs. Redeemer 1 2
71 Women's Singles A Fanshawe 1 vs. Mohawk 1 3
72 Women's Singles A Conestoga 2 vs. Seneca 2 4

8:00pm
73 Women's Singles B Seneca 1 vs St.Clair 1 1
74 Women's Singles B Mohawk 2 vs. Humber 2 2
75 Women's Singles B Fanshawe 2 vs Redeemer 2 3
76 Womens Doubles Humber vs. Fanshawe 4

8:30pm
77 Womens Doubles Redeemer vs. Conestoga 1
78 Womens Doubles Seneca vs. Mohawk 2
79 Men's Doubles Humber vs. Fanshawe 3
80 Men's Doubles Redeemer vs. Conestoga 4

9:00pm
81 Men's Doubles Seneca vs. Mohawk 1
82 Mixed Doubles Humber vs. Fanshawe 2
83 Mixed Doubles Redeemer vs. Conestoga 3
84 Mixed Doubles Seneca vs. Mohawk 4

9:30pm
85 Men's Singles A St. Clair 2 vs.Conestoga 2 1
86 Men's Singles A Seneca 2 vs. Fanshawe 1 2
87 Men's Singles A Mohawk 1 vs. Humber 1 3
88 Men's Singles B Humber 2 vs. Seneca 1 4

10:00pm
89 Men's Singles B Conestoga 1 vs. St. Clair 1 1
90 Men's Singles B Fanshawe 2 vs. Mohawk 2 2
91 Women's Singles A St. Clair 2 vs.Conestoga 2 3
92 Women's Singles A Seneca 2 vs. Fanshawe 1 4

DAY TWO

Sat 9:00am
93 Women's Singles A Mohawk 1 vs. Humber 1 1
94 Women's Singles B Humber 2 vs. Seneca 1 2
95 Women's Singles B Conestoga 1 vs. St. Clair 1 3
96 Women's Singles B Fanshawe 2 vs. Mohawk 2 4

9:30am
97 Womens Doubles Humber vs. St. Clair 1
98 Womens Doubles Conestoga vs. Mohawk 2
99 Womens Doubles Fanshawe vs. Seneca 3
100 Men's Doubles Humber vs. St. Clair 4

10:00am
101 Men's Doubles Conestoga vs. Mohawk 1
102 Men's Doubles Fanshawe vs. Seneca 2
103 Mixed Doubles Humber vs. St. Clair 3
104 Mixed Doubles Conestoga vs. Mohawk 4

10:30am
105 Mixed Doubles Fanshawe vs. Seneca 1
106 Men's Singles A Humber 1 vs. St.Clair 2 2
107 Men's Singles A Mohawk 1 vs. Redeemer 1 3
108 Men's Singles A Fanshawe 1 vs.Conestoga 2 4

11:00am
109 Men's Singles B Humber 2 vs. Fanshawe 2 1
110 Men's Singles B Conestoga 1 vs. Redeemer 2 2
111 Men's Singles B Seneca 1 vs. Mohawk 2 3
112 Women's Singles A Humber 1 vs. St.Clair 2 4

11:30am
113 Women's Singles A Mohawk 1 vs. Redeemer 1 1
114 Women's Singles A Fanshawe 1 vs.Conestoga 2 2
115 Women's Singles B Humber 2 vs. Fanshawe 2 3
116 Women's Singles B Conestoga 1 vs. Redeemer 2 4

12:00pm
117 Women's Singles B Seneca 1 vs. Mohawk 2 1
118 Womens Doubles Humber vs. Conestoga 2
119 Womens Doubles Redeemer vs. Mohawk 3
120 Womens Doubles Fanshawe vs. St.Clair 4

12:30pm
121 Men's Doubles Humber vs. Conestoga 1
122 Men's Doubles Redeemer vs. Mohawk 2
123 Men's Doubles Fanshawe vs. St.Clair 3
124 Mixed Doubles Humber vs. Conestoga 4

1:00pm
125 Mixed Doubles Redeemer vs. Mohawk 1
126 Mixed Doubles Fanshawe vs. St.Clair 2
127 Men's Singles A Redeemer 1 vs.Conestoga 2 3
128 Men's Singles A Humber 1 vs. Fanshawe 1 4

1:30pm
129 Men's Singles A Seneca 2 vs. St.Clair 2 1
130 Men's Singles B Conestoga 1 vs. Humber 2 2
131 Men's Singles B Redeemer 2 vs. Seneca 1 3
132 Men's Singles B Fanshawe 2 vs. St.Clair 1 4

2:00pm
133 Women's Singles A Redeemer 1 vs. Conestoga 2 1
134 Women's Singles A Humber 1 vs. Fanshawe 1 2
135 Women's Singles A Seneca 2 vs. St.Clair 2 3
136 Women's Singles B Conestoga 1 vs. Humber 2 4

2:30pm
137 Women's Singles B Redeemer 2 vs. Seneca 1 1
138 Women's Singles B Fanshawe 2 vs. St.Clair 1 2
139 Womens Doubles Humber vs. Seneca 3
140 Womens Doubles Conestoga vs. Fanshawe 4

3:00pm
141 Womens Doubles Redeemer vs. St.Clair 1
142 Men's Doubles Humber vs. Seneca 2
143 Men's Doubles Conestoga vs. Fanshawe 3
144 Men's Doubles Redeemer vs. St.Clair 4

4:00pm
145 Mixed Doubles Humber vs. Seneca 1
146 Mixed Doubles Conestoga vs. Fanshawe 2
147 Mixed Doubles Redeemer vs. St.Clair 3
148 Playoff - MS 1st Pool A vs 2nd Pool B #1

4:30pm
149 Playoff - MS 2nd Pool A vs 1st Pool B #2
150 Playoff - WS 1st Pool A vs 2nd Pool B #1
151 Playoff - WS 2nd Pool A vs 1st Pool B #4
152 Finals - WS Gold #3
153 Finals - WS Bronze #4
154 Finals - MS Gold #2
155 Finals - MS Bronze #3

All times are subject to change