Western Mustangs capture OUA Badminton Championship
London, Ont. - The University of Western Ontario captured the 2010-2011 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Badminton championship at home at Thames Hall.
The Mustangs dethroned the reining champions from the University of Waterloo to earn their fourth gold medal in the past five years and their sixth championship banner in the decade.
University of Toronto Medical student, Melissa Hill (Oakville, Ont), formally of McMaster University earned her ninth OUA All-Star award.
The three day event saw seven teams take to the court. The championship consisted of five events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. Each event consists of a qualification draw and a main event championship draw.
The Mustangs finished the event with 78 points. The defending champions Waterloo Warriors earned the silver medal with 62 points. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues claimed bronze with 28 points.
The University of Waterloo tied the University of Western Ontario with nine OUA All-Star Awards. The University of Toronto (Melissa Hill) also received an OUA All-Star selection.
The OUA Female Rookie of the Year went to Surabhi Kadam (Toronto) from the University of Waterloo.
OUA Male Rookie of the year honours went to Kirk Hansen (Leamington, Ont) from the University of Toronto.
The OUA Coach of the Year award was presented to Rob Fowler from The University of Western Ontario
Final Standings
Western 78 points
Waterloo 62 points
Toronto 28 points
McMaster 10 points
York 6 points
Ryerson 5 points
Queen's 3 points
Female Rookie of the Year
Surabhi Kadam – Waterloo
Male Rookie of the Year
Kirk Hansen – Toronto
Coach of the Year
Rob Fowler – Western
OUA All Stars
Men’s Singles (2) Martin Giuffre (Western) and Nathan Lee (Waterloo)
Women’s Singles (2) Jennifer Lam (Western) and Surabhi Kadam (Waterloo)
Men’s Doubles (2) Nathan Lee and Andrew Tai-Pow (Waterloo) and Peter Butler and Jon Ma (Western)
Women’s Doubles (2) Jennifer Lam, Christina Giuffre, Margaret Cameron, Allison Pastewka (Western)
Mixed Doubles (2) Andrew Tai-Pow, Surabhi Kadam, Danusha Ambagahwita, Amanda Carruthers (Waterloo)
Additional All Stars (3) Fong Cho (Western), Wes Marr (Waterloo) and Melissa Hill (Toronto)
