SSA 2026 Badminton Championships
May 3, 2026 by admin
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SSA 2026 BADMINTON TEAM CHAMPIONS
| 1A | Edison School |
| 2A | E W Pratt High School |
| 3A | Westwood High School |
| 4A | Archbishop MacDonald Catholic High School |
| 5A | Lillian Osborne High School |
SSA 2026 BADMINTON INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
| GIRLS SINGLES | |||
| JUNIOR | INTERMEDIATE | SENIOR | |
| GOLD | Chloe Li, Archbishop MacDonald | Alexa Zhang, Lillian Osborne | Flora Tao, John G Diefenbaker |
| SILVER | Anna Wang, W R Myers | Ivy Shang, Western Canada | Mia Abe, Strathcona |
| BRONZE | Kimaya Satavalekar, Dr E P Scarlett | Xu Yuki, Strathcona | Kim Hayeong, Dr Anne Anderson |
| ANTIQUE BRONZE | Alina LI, Harry Ainlay | Tejasvi Patel, Sir Winston Churchill | Alice Yang, Sir Winston Churchill |
| GIRLS DOUBLES | |||
| JUNIOR | INTERMEDIATE | SENIOR | |
| GOLD | Kate Cheung/Michelle Diep, M E Lazerte | Maggie Hsu/Iris Lin, Lillian Osborne | Julia Dang/Katelyn Lai, Lillian Osborne |
| SILVER | Amy Cao/Janita Li, Lillian Osborne | Chloe Chan/Mah Grace, Archbishop MacDonald | Winney Feng/Joyce Huang, Archbishop MacDonald |
| BRONZE | Nicole Wu/Yuli Xiao, Ernest Manning | Eric Swan/Elaine Zhu, Western Canada | Alex Chow/Lindsay Pan, Lethbridge Collegiate Institute |
| ANTIQUE BRONZE | Lauren O’Leary/Xunday Yu, Western Canada | Emi Polec/Bela Varsanyi, Catholic Central | Vanessa Liu/Isabella Yu, Ernest Manning |
| MIXED DOUBLES | |||
| JUNIOR | INTERMEDIATE | SENIOR | |
| GOLD | Adele Yang Michael Yang, Killian Osborne | Chloe Cao/Kieran Shih, Lillian Osborne | Zoyi Chan/Hunjan Jaz, Bev Facey |
| SILVER | Candy Wong/Bryce Mai, Sir Winston Churchill | Aila Chorney/Maximillian Smith, Bishop Carroll | Catherine Lee/Kim Mighty, Lillian Osborne |
| BRONZE | Bettina Sotto/Salaar Khan, Chinook | Annaliese Cheung/Alan Zhang, West Island College | Amy Liu/Ethan Chan, Sir Winston Churchill |
| ANTIQUE BRONZE | Circulado Jhane/Jerome Nikhil, St Oscar Romero | Sun Bryan/Luo Yi Fei, Ross Sheppard | Samantha Lulu/Chris Zhao, John G Diefenbaker |
| BOYS SINGLES | |||
| JUNIOR | INTERMEDIATE | SENIOR | |
| GOLD | Nathan Zhou, Western Canada | Owen Wang, Sir Winston Churchill | Ryan Chen, Lillian Osborne |
| SILVER | Michael Yang, Harry Ainlay | Ryder Persson, Olds High | Yan Quichen, Strathcona |
| BRONZE | Vyom Kapur, Edison | Frederick Zhang, Old Scona | Raymond Li, Sir Winston Churchill |
| ANTIQUE BRONZE | Pinto Deshitha, Paul Kane | Nick Crooks, St Joseph | Nico Duggan, St Mary’s |
| BOYS DOUBLES | |||
| JUNIOR | INTERMEDIATE | SENIOR | |
| GOLD | Alex Cai/Tristen Levasseur, Henry Wise School | Jasper Andersson/Cavin Tian, Harry Ainlay | Terry Huang/Cameron Wong, Lillian Osborne |
| SILVER | Chow Aaron/Pham Draven, Ross Sheppard | Aidan Capcio/Justin Li, Lillian Osborne | Mohith Shekar/Phillip Yu, Henry Wise Wood |
| BRONZE | Xie Dylan/Rajesh Jivin, Old Scona | Saif Khan/Raafae Rasool, Chinook | Yuvraj Bhandal/Jaskirat Masuta, Elder Dr John Francis Whiskeyjack |
| ANTIQUE BRONZE | Hugh Cowling/Caelan Milne, Bishop Carroll | Tim Hu/Ty Qi, Ernest Manning | Andrew He/Justin Li, Western Canada |
Edison Eagles net 14th straight provincial team banner
Okotoks school extends dominant run in School Sport Alberta badminton
Remy Greer (https://www.westernwheel.ca/local-sports/edison-eagles-net-14th-straight-provincial-team-banner-12279136)
The Edison Eagles aren’t letting their grasp on the provincial badminton team banner slip.
Edison soared to its 14th consecutive School Sport Alberta 1A badminton team championship with 17 athletes contributing to the title earlier this month at Red Deer’s St. Joseph High.
“We’re all very positive towards each other, all very supportive of each other,” said Edison Grade 10 student Vyom Kapur on the school’s badminton culture. “But also it’s pretty strict as we have professional badminton coaches from outside Canada here.
“It’s very unique how they treat our badminton school program just like a club program, they incorporate all of the club aspects and train us like a club.”
Edison’s contingent — Kapur, Theo Ayas, Alexander Ayas, Sophia Bychkova, Kate De Rosa, Elizah Hernadez, Ata Koksal, Jannat Kaler, Max Knudston, Lincon Mannix-Gear, Lexis Mannix-Gear, Mia Obada, Kosisochi Onyebukwa, Shamiksha Sahoo, Matias Santos Ava Watters and Lente Zwanepoel — contributed to its 58 team points.
“It’s a good accomplishment,” said Edison Grade 10 student Theo Ayas. “But I feel like we did underperform a bit and although it’s not the best outcome we wanted, it is a good lesson to us and shows us we need to work harder if we want to win more next year.”
The Eagles finished 44 points ahead of their next closest team competitor, Bawlf, to run away with the 1A banner.
Kapur said the team could have performed even better.
“We definitely didn’t play our best game at this provincials, seeing some early exits,” he said. “But I think it’s a step forward and next year we’re going to come back way stronger and try to win a lot more.”
In terms of individual competition, Kapur posted the best finish with a bronze medal in the junior boys singles event with five wins in six games.
“To be part of the sport is very special to me,” said Kapur, who competes in club badminton as well. “I definitely take it farther than Edison requires you to do and what they want you to do.
“I enjoy competing nationally, across Canada, and I’m going to continue pursuing this sport next year and hopefully winning gold for Edison in the coming years.”
Theo Ayas teamed up with Hernadez in the junior mixed doubles, finishing fifth as a first-year duo.
“I think we did well,” he said. “We just started practising this year together, so I think in the future we have lots of potential to get stronger and place higher.”
Holy Trinity Academy posted a 25-point finish in Red Deer, good for seventh among 4A schools while Strathcona-Tweedsmuir posted 19 points, fourth in the 3A ranks.
