FIC Summer 2016 Badminton Tournament

The Men's Doubles First Round

I was involved in the Fraser International College Summer 2016 Badminton Tournament which attracted twenty two participants from across the Fraser International College community. This summer's tournament was again hosted in the SFU recreation center on the Burnaby campus. The badminton competitions were grouped into four divisions, namely women's singles, women's doubles, men's singles and men's doubles. The first round matches got underway at about six o'clock after the participants were duly signed-in at approximately five thirty.

Women's Singles First Round

In the women's division, the players were kind of even on skills, especially on their level of badminton playing skills. But in the men's competition, the level of playing skills were somewhat different. There were a small group with slightly more advance playing skills. And a larger majority that were equal in their skills.

But most of the players have badminton playing experience. Therefore, the organizers did not have to spend much time explaining the basic rules of badminton. Anyway, we did emphasized on the need for healthy sportsmanship and the importance of having fun to all the players before the start of the competitions. This summer's badminton tournament was organized and managed by Andre Chiu, an alumni of FIC who is now pursuing an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science at Simon Fraser University.

The Men's Doubles Winner

He had a supportive team of volunteers to help with running the event. Both Dr. Logan Masilamani and I were present throughout the event. And, we were the faculty sponsors for the FIC summer 2016 badminton tournament. We also participated and took the opportunity to interact with most of the students on and off the courts. Immediately after the men's singles final, we followed with the awards ceremony. Dr. Logan and I gave away the prizes to the top three winners of each category. We left the gym at about eight o'clock.