Nicholas Susanto and Jordan Beatty led a strong Shuttlesport Badminton Academy showing at last week’s 2017 B.C. Junior provincial championships in Richmond.
The pair of New Westminster players carted off medals, joining a handful of other club members for a successful weekend of badminton.
Susanto, who is currently ranked third in under-12 boys singles, placed second in the u-13 singles event in a loss to No. 1-ranked Ryan Liu. Beatty, meanwhile joined forces with Mandinu de Silva to capture the u-17 boys doubles title.
Darryl Yang was in on a pair of provincial wins – in the u-19 boys doubles with Adrian Fan, and mixed-doubles events, partnered with Wendy Zhang.
He also earned silver in boys singles, falling to No. 2-seed Aaron Zhao.
Burnaby’s Samantha Tse joined with Jalene Pang to place second in the u-17 girls doubles event.
Pang climbed the ranks as No. 3 in the u-17 girls singles event to defeat No. 1-seed Annie Chow for the title.
