HAMILTON, Ont. - The top badminton players and coach in the
Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) were honoured Thursday
night at the Courtyard by Marriott in Hamilton as part of the 2012
OCAA Badminton Championships being hosted by Redeemer University
College.
Tracy Wong is now the two-time OCAA women's
badminton player of the year. The second-year Humber player
continued her domination of the OCAA in both singles and doubles
events, going undefeated for a second straight season despite a
late start due to injury.
At the recent OCAA West regionals, Wong won gold in women's singles
with an average score of 21-3. Wong is now a two-time all-Canadian,
and is a nominee for the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association
(CCAA) women's player of the year. She was a CCAA bronze medalist
in women's singles last season. Wong was the only female badminton
athlete to compete for Canada at the 2010 Youth Olympics in
Singapore.
Dayvon Reid is the OCAA men's badminton player of
the year. The fourth-year George Brown student is a former Jamaican
national junior team player. He has won medals in each of the past
three OCAA championships, including two silvers in men's singles
and a gold last season in men's doubles. He along with his men's
doubles partner Mark Wong won gold medals in five
OCAA tournaments this past season, including the East
regionals.
Reid has improved technically and has worked hard to improve his
physical fitness. Reid is a two-sport OCAA athlete, playing with
the George Brown soccer team as part of his preparation for
badminton this season. Reid also contributes as a youth coach
having earned his Level 1 Technical National Coaching Certification
Program (NCCP) certification. Reid is an all-Canadian and a nominee
for the CCAA men's player of the year.
George Brown's Kim Ng is the 2012 OCAA coach of
the year. George Brown has shown improvement in their play in
2011-12, and Ng is a key reason why. The recruitment of Wong and
the development of both he and Reid has helped produce one of the
top men's doubles teams in the province. The addition and
development of Boryana Yankova has improved George
Brown in the women's singles category over the previous season.
Ng is a strong technical and tactical coach for, however, his
greatest contribution is as mentor and teacher of positive living
skills. He ensures that his student athletes put school first and
he supports their career development as much as possible. Ng is the
OCAA nominee for the CCAA coach of the year.
The OCAA Badminton Championships takes place Friday and
Saturday.
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