Ss = - See D by Jason Kurylo Other Press This is a new feature here in the OP, but hopefully one that will appear again and again and again. The idea here is to give you, the Douglas College student, a chance to get to know some of the sports figures that go out and represent this here campus on a gamely basis. As well, we're hoping to give the DC athlete a little bit of exposure. After all, they deserve it. Through some crack photography, and some helpful questionnaire answers, we're hoping to put together one of these here profiles each and every issue for the rest of semester. So, read on, and congratulations to Jennifer Branco, the subject of our inaugural Douglas Col- NCO Team: (Upwen's Soccer (Ter lege Sports Profile. _—— Name: — Jenae Position: bi Current program/courses: , Do you play other sports? ki If so, which ones? (ollerbldin + Gki Spor Best move, or shot: Slalom = X- a the #14 Sports idol: Silken Loumon Favourite music: Favourite John Travolta movie: Aecase Beare !! Favourite character from the Muppet Show: Black Dog Billiard Cafe 983 Carnarvon Street New Westminster B.C. V3M 1G2 (604) 524-2499 ...in addition to: 15% OFF with Student I.D. 25% OFF with Student Membership A great place for coffee, pool, and a whole lot more... Open early 'til late, 7 days a week DLL ND Le en ost being these is enough. October 19, 199 Tournament a chance for juniors Douglas one of the top badminton schools in Canada by Ken Spittel It was at the start of high school that I first remember holding a bad- minton racket: light and small, you could snap it with one hand. They don’t even use a ball, it was called a Birdie! (?) Not a “Man’s” game for sure. All you have to do is hit this thing’ back and forth, not even breaking a sweat. Not a cool game, since you never saw the school team, and your friend's that were on it never told you they were on it; you either see a bunch of British standing around hitting this thing in the air and just getting a glow’, or some Asian game.’ Since badmin- ton is dominated by mainly Asians and Asian company’s like Yonex, it has never really dawned on most what it is about. Enter the 90's. With us being a Pacific Rim coun- try the popularity is rising. It’s such a fast paced game it makes tennis look like golf. Enter Douglas College. One of the most competitive Col- leges in the country, DC constantly sends members to the Nationals. We also hold a Jr. tournament this October 28-29 for the high schools that are in the Douglas College region. The best of the region come to play and be scouted by our team, Some go on to play at the University level, but we get a good share that choose to come here. Douglas has been highly rated for years; back in the late 80’s people who were seri- ous about badminton came to Douglas for two years before going on to Uni- versity, because the program here was at a superior level. The assistant coach Dak Ban, played at Maple Ridge Sr. Sec. in 87-88 and won the Fraser Valley championships in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles; took the whole thing. He then came and played for Douglas for the next four years. With all that experience he is now in his first year asAssistant Coach. “With the popularity growing, we have some heavy competition for Malaspina College in Nanimo and Langara College for Vancouver.” Said Dak. That's why, if you have never seen a real badminton competition, you should come and see the Jr. tournament on Oct. 28-29.You get to see the kids who are at their best in High School, and it is great seeing athletes compete when they are the king of their hill. Once they decide to go here, they still have to try out for the team. Of the fifteen or so trying out right now, only 10 will be chosen for the team: five men and five women. They train for two months, September and October, then the team is chosen at the end of October, just before the first tournament on Novem- ber 12 in NorthVan. So if you are thinking of changing your out look on badminton come out and see the Jrs play, you might just like it better than hockey.