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 in 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, meanwhile, was 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.
Jalene Pang climbed the ranks as No. 3 in the u-17 girls singles event to defeat No. 1-seed Annie Chow for the title.
Burnaby’s Samantha Tse joined with Pang to place second in the u-17 girls doubles event.
new west ‘keeper busy in D.C.
In an East Coast Div. 2 men’s lacrosse conference showdown, University of District of Columbia Firebirds’ goalkeeper Nikolas Lund-Murray made 12 saves but couldn’t stem the tide as Long Island University prevailed 16-15 in overtime last week.
The Firebirds freshman, a transfer student from Colorado Mesa University, has played in all 11 of the team’s games so far, posting a goals against average of 14.53.
Lund-Murray is a one-time Team B.C. player.
The loss drops D.C.’s record to 2-5, sitting sixth in the nine-team league.
