Provincial high school badminton champions crowned

Fort Richmond

Tuxedo

Waverley

Sturgeon Creek

Grant Park

The Maples

High school badminton aficionados took part in the Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association’s provincial badminton championships at the Sport Manitoba Training Centre in Winnipeg from April 30 to May 1.

Various schools from across Winnipeg took home gold in both junior varsity and varsity categories.

Kate Li of Fort Richmond Collegiate was the varsity girls’ champion, while the boys’ varsity championship went to Anson Chen from St. Paul’s High School — his second time taking the title, after winning in 2024.

Fort Richmond took home both junior varsity singles titles. Parham Raji topped the boys category and Zoey Zang won the girls.

The varsity boys’ doubles champs were Lambert and Gabriel Chan of Pembina Trails Collegiate. The varsity girls’ doubles and mixed doubles titles were won by pairs from École Régional Gabrielle Roy and École secondaire Neelin High School.

In junior varsity doubles, Susan Tran and Fern Nguyen of Grant Park won the girls’ championship, Eric Kim and Tae Lee (Sturgeon Heights) took the boys’ championship, and Gurleen Dhaliwal and Niko Brambilla (Maples) won the mixed title.

Fort Richmond won both the AAA/AAAA varsity aggregate team championship and the AAA/AAAA junior varsity aggregate title.