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February 15th, 2025
A smashing good time was had at the RA Badminton Doubles Tournament! On Saturday, February 15, the RA Centre hosted a badminton doubles tournament that saw engaging competition across the Men’s, Women’s and Mixed divisions. The tournament brought competitors of all ages from both Ontario and Québec to compete at our dedicated badminton facilities. “As the tournament organizer, it was awesome to see so many competitive matches between seasoned adult players and up-and-coming junior players,” said Mike Bitten, Head Professional at the RA Badminton Club. “All competitors played hard and showed great sportsmanship throughout the event.” The tournament sold out with 60 competitors, and featured a strong showing from the High Performance Badminton Juniors – Braylon Yu & Dianbing Jiao won Men's Doubles B, Rachel Huang & Zimo Wu won Ladies’ Doubles C, and Zeping Yi & Zimo Wu won Mixed Doubles C. Saturday’s youngest competitor was Amy Jin at 14, and the oldest was Nicolas Grenapin at 55. Grenapin is a cherished volunteer at the RA. “He is one of the best volunteers any club could want,” says Mike Bitten. Interested in playing? Learn more about the RA Centre Badminton Club: RA Centre Badminton Complete list of Winners and Finalists: Men’s Doubles A - Winners Glen Gong & Jagjot Khela A- Finalists Travis Lee & Mathis Turgeon-Roy B-Winners Braylon Yu & Dianbing Jiao B-Finalists Dianbing Jiao & Zeping Yu C-Winners Nicolas Kmita & Vincent Chung-Lim C-Finalists Guillaume Proulx & Vincent Labrosse D-Winners Daniel Ojo & Mario Le Bouthillier D-Finalists Eric Torlone & Jeffrey Shepherd Ladies Doubles A-Winners Cindy Wu & Jessica Fang A-Finalists Melanie Chiew & Vy Nguyen B-Winners Anouk Molenkamp & Maggie Yeung B- Finalists Diana Zhao & Dulika Gamage C-Winners Rachel Huang & Zimo Wu C-Finalists Amy Jin & Varvara Iakutova D-Winners Rafaele Saumur-Stlouis D-Finalists Stuti Maniar & Vinuki Madagammana Mixed Doubles A-Winners Travis Lee & Vy Nguyen A-Finalists Mathis Turgeon-Roy & Sarika Agarwal B-Winners Jagjot Khela & Melanie Chiew B-Finalists Dixon Lee & Maggie Yeung C-Winners Zeping Yu & Zimo Wu C-Finalists Dianbing Jiao & Amy Jin D-Winners Haihan Sun & Varvara Iakutova D-Finalists Jack Andrade & Vinuki Madagammana |
