Rams show showed potential

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

The Standard School badminton team showed great work ethic during school badminton counties on April 22 at Holy Cross Collegiate and Strathmore High School’s.
Coach Ed Yu was encouraged by what he saw from his players on the court.
“It was nice to see our players improve the fundamentals. It was encouraging to hear from the players that some shots they practiced were successful in their games,” said Yu.
He admits that the layout of Standard’s gym limited what shots the players could practice before the competition.
“Our gym has a very low ceiling which makes it difficult to practice properly. The players did quite well considering that they did not practice the clears and lifts in a regular ceiling gym,” said Yu.
Yu was quite impressed with the sportsmanship that was shown throughout the tournament.
“It was also encouraging to see healthy competition with respectful sportsmanship. At any level, sportsmanship is necessary but especially at this level where our main goal is participation and experience,” said Yu.
The team also had respectable finishes in both singles and doubles categories.
“I was very happy with our teams results. Dusty Hamelin and Neav Sharply won Grade 9 mixed doubles while Erica-Lynn Skibsted and Jessica Clyne won Grade 9 girls doubles and Christie Fike came 4th in girls singles,” said Yu.