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Home Sweet Home Back to Back win for Royals

By Brian McLennon, OP Sports Editor

The Douglas College Badminton team hosted the second BCCAA league tournament this past weekend at Pinetree CC in Coquitlam. After the first tournament, the Royals were off to a blazing start and they were primed to continue that momentum on their home court...and they did. Finishing first overall with 207 points, the Royals walked away with three first-place victories and three second-place finishes.

Charmagne Yeung Photo: Jerald Walliser

Leading the way for the women was Lyndsay Thomson, who captured another Women’s Singles title as well as the Women’s Double title with partner Charmagne Yeung. Thomson and Yeung defeated teammates, Aki Ito and Alice Lee, who won the silver.

Yeung has proved that she will be a force as she took home a gold and a pair of silver medals. Yeung won gold in Women’s Double, silver in Women’s Singles and a silver in the Mixed Doubles with partner Phil Weier.

On the Men’s side, Jan Veiel had a success- ful weekend as he won gold with partner Aki Ito in Mixed Doubles and a silver with Phil Weier in the Men’s Doubles. Weier also played very well, and finished with Silvers in both the Men’s Doubles and the Mixed Doubles.

The team travels to‘Malaspina University in Nananimo, BC, this weekend to compete in the final competition before the Provincial Championships on February 18, 2006.

Double Double Royals sweep the Athletes of the Week

Brian McLennon, OP Sports Editor

Jan Veiel and Lyndsay Thomson were the BCCAA Athletes of Week. The recogni- tions were both well deserved, as Veiel and Thompson had stellar performances at the Douglas College Badminton Tournament this past weekend at Pinetree Community Centre in Coquitlam.

Lyndsay Thomson Photo: Jerald Waliser

This is the second time in three weeks that the women’s top seed, Lyndsay Thomson was selected as the Athlete of the Week. Thomson, who just returned from the Canadian National Championships Tournament in Whitehorse, YK where she was defeated in the quarter-finals; dominat- ed in the field as she won Women’s Singles title for the second times in two tourna- ments.

In Women’s Singles, Thomson defeated teammate Charmagne Yeung in the finals. Then, in Women’s Doubles, Thomson part- nered with Yeung to defeat fellow team- mates Akiko Ito and Alice Yee 15-12, 15-11 for their second straight women’s doubles title. Were there any other teams playing in the tournament? Yes, there actu- ally were, see this week’s Home Sweet Home article for more tournament news.

For Jan (Pronounced “Yawn’’) Veiel, it was the first time that he was selected as the BCCAA, Athlete of the Week. The first-year athlete from Vancouver's St. George High School had a very strong per- formance as he managed to upset third seed, Adrian Liu of Langara, to advance to the semi-finals. In the semi finals, Veiel was defeated by a score of 15-5, 15-4 by Kiran Bogavelli, who eventually won the Men’s Single Tournament.

In the Doubles competition, Veiel part- nered with Phil Weier and finished in sec- ond place, but in the Mixed Doubles tour- nament, Veiel was final able to taste gold as he and his partner Akiko Ito defeated fol- low teammates Charmagne Yeung and Phil Weier by scores of 15-10, 15-11.