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Douglas College Royal named player of the year

By Josh Martin, Sports Editor

ouglas College’s very own badminton
D==«. RuiLin Huang, was named

by the CCAA as the 2011 Women’s
Badminton Player of the Year. This is the third
consecutive year that.Huang has taken home this

particular award. Now that is something to be

_ proud of.

When you look at this individual’s stats you
can’t help but sit back, take a second glance
and let your jaw drop. This season alone she
has accumulated 45 wins and zero losses... She
has won six titles, four for women’s singles and
two for women’s doubles... and here’s the real
shocker: In the three years that she has been
playing in the CCAA league, Huang has a total
of a whopping 112 wins and one single, measly

loss.

Wow. .

And according to Royals badminton head
coach, Al Mawani, “She’s playing better than
last year, when she was. coming off an injury.
This year she’s fitter and stronger.”

So not only is Huang player of the year but
somehow is managing to get better and better
each season which is extremely good news
for Douglas College since she’s planning on
returning to the team next’season and hopefully
taking home yet another player of the year
award.

“I’m going to come back to nationals next
year, and hopefully I can win a fourth time.”

The Royals are’in first place in the CCAA
national rankings and have been undefeated in
league play for six years. Let’s make it seven.

 

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Canada to host 2015 Women’s World Cup

 

By Josh Martin, Sports Editor

t was announced last Thursday

that Canada will host the 2015

‘Women’s World Cup. The big
tourney will take place in June of
2015 and run right into July, although
the dates aren’t quite confirmed yet.

Apparently FIFA wants to have
six venues from coast to coast across
Canada that will play host to the
tournament games. The current cities
that are the top candidates for the
venues are Edmonton, Vancouver,
Winnipeg, Montreal, Ottawa and
Halifax. The games in Vancouver
would take place in BC Stadium, with
its contracting roof and ‘all unless by
then somehow the newly planned
stadium that is supposed to be built
for the Whitecaps near Waterfront
sky train station in the future will

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miraculously arise... but who are we
kidding?

The federal government has
committed up to $15 million to
the tournaments which will not go
towards any infrastructure.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper
made a statement shortly after the
news, “Hosting these tournaments
will further enhance Canada’s
reputation as a sporting country and
allow us to showcase several cities
to a global television audience. Like
all fans, we look forward to cheering
for our outstanding women’s teams at
home, in 2014 and 2015.”
The-Canadian women are currently
ranked ninth in the world. Not bad.

The Women’s World Cup will
expand from 16 to 24 countries and
by the year 2015 will go from 32 to
52 matches. Get Pumped!

 

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