WEST ROYALTY – Hayden Ford and Adelle Breau each won three titles at the Badminton P.E.I. under-15 and under-19 tournament recently.
Ford captured the girls’ titles in under-19 singles, doubles and mixed doubles while Breau won under-15 girls’ singles, mixed doubles and paired with Ford to win under-19 girls’ doubles.
It was the final junior tournament of the season before provincials.
Ford won all of her matches easily in the under-19 singles round robin to claim first-place. Cici Huo came second at 2-1, including a match with a close 22-20 game versus Brittney Foster. Cherry Lam came third with her win over Foster. Scores were 21-17, 8-21, 21-18.
In under-19 girls’ doubles, most of the matches were very competitive, but Breau/Ford won the round robin with three wins. Alexis Fougere/Valerie Mountain came second with tight wins over Huo/Lam 21-23, 21-16, 21-18, and Foster/ Sophia Galway (22-20, 21-13).
Adelle Breau, centre, finished first in under-15 girls’ singles at the recent Badminton P.E.I. under-15 and under-19 tournament in West Royalty. Alexis Fougere, left, was second while Torey MacDonald had a third-place showing.
Huo/Lam defeated Foster/Galway in a nail-biter 21-14, 24-26, 21-12 to come third.
In under-19 mixed play, Ford teamed with Aiden Pot to win the round-robin event. Dylan Batchilder/Brittney Foster won silver in close matches. Yihan Zhang/Cici Huo defeated Logan Woods/Cherry Lam 22-20, 21-17 to come third.
In under-19 boys’ singles, Batchilder emerged as the winner with four straight-set victories, including a 21-10, 21-11 semifinal win over Brandon Hastings. In the other semifinal, Michael Bernard held off a determined Brandon Gaudet 21-16, 22-20, 21-16 to advance to the final.
Batchilder showed his prowess there, winning 21-12, 21-11. Ming Yi Chen, Spencer Gallant and Yihan Zhang also, had very strong games in the main round. Yihan Zhang won the
consolation.
Dylan Batchilder, centre, won the under-19 boys’ singles title at a Badminton P.E.I. under-15 and under-19 tournament in West Royalty recently. Michael Bernard, left, was second while Yihan Zhang won the consolation title.
In under-19 boys’ doubles, there was a great show of strength and shot-making in each game. Batchilder/Bernard defeated Pot/Woods 20-22, 21-10, 21-12 in one semifinal, and Gaudet/Hastings advanced in their semifinal over Ming Yi Chen/Yinxiao Chen 10-21, 21-17, 21-9. Batchilder/Bernard emerged as the final winners 21-15, 21-16.
Consolation winners were Brayden Bruce/Yihan Zhang.
Breau won her three matches in under-15 girls’ singles, including a three-set match versus Alexis Fougere to get the gold medal. Fougere was second with two wins, including a very close match against Torey MacDonald 21-18, 16-21, 21-15. MacDonald came third win her win against Sophia Galway.
There were not enough teams for under-15 girls’ doubles.
In under-15 mixed, Breau teamed with Spencer Gallant to win both matches and the title. Kevin Na Su/Torey MacDonald came second with their 24-22, 21-17 win over Haibo Li/Alexis Fougere.
Yinxiao Chen posted a first-place showing in the under-15 boys’ singles category at a recent Badminton P.E.I. under-15 and under-19 tournament in West Royalty recently. Guangqian Shen took the consolation crown.
Singles
In under-15 boys’ singles, Yinxiao Chen defeated Haibo Li 21-11, 21-15 in a semifinal. In the other half of the draw, Christopher MacDougall won back-to-back three-set matches over Guangqian Shen and Mitchell Ford to make it to the semifinals. He then defeated Kevin Na Su 21-11, 21-15 to go to the final. The final was a thrilling show of strategy and skill, with Chen coming out victorious 21-19, 18-21, 21-19. Guangqian Shen won the consolation.
In under-15 boys’ doubles, Spencer Gallant/Guangqian Shen won the title with three victories in the round-robin event. Christopher MacDougall/Keefe Marshall came second with two wins, including a close one over Li/Yuan 21-14, 16-21, 21-15. Li/Yuan came third with their win over Ryan Hearn/ Kevin Na Su.
One of the divisions contested in the recent Badminton P.E.I. under-15 and under-19 tournament in West Royalty was under-19 mixed doubles. From left, second-place finishers Brittney Foster and Dylan Batchilder; first-place finishers Aiden Pot and Hayden Ford, and the third-place team of Yihan Zhang and Cici Huo.
