Zone Finals Team Event

The road to being named the top Zone in the BC Winter Games in Badminton takes stamina and determination.

Each of the eight Zones are ranked by their finishes in the Singles and Doubles events and divided into two pools. Each pool of four Zones then plays each other in five categories: Boys’ and Girls’ Singles; Boys’ and Girls’ Doubles; and Mixed Doubles.

When the dust settles and the top two Zones are decided, they play all five events again to determine the gold and silver winners, while the two losing Zones play off for the bronze medal.

This means if a player competes in singles, doubles and mixed doubles, and each match goes the full three sets right through to the semi-finals and finals, he/she would play a total of 54 games in less than three days.

The matches began Friday night and continued all day Saturday resulting in Zones 5 and 4 (Vancouver-Squamish) and (Fraser Valley-Delta) finishing in the top two spots and designated to play off in the finals Sunday morning. Zones 6 and 2 (Vancouver Island-Central Coast) and (Thompson-Okanagan) were determined for the bronze medal round.

The final ranking results are: Gold, Zone 5 Vancouver-Squamish; Silver, Zone 4 Fraser River-Delta; Bronze, Zone 2 Thompson-Okanagan; Fourth, Zone 6 Vancouver Island-Central Coast; Fifth, Zone 3 Fraser Valley; Sixth, Zone 8 Cariboo-North East; Seventh, Zone 7 North West; and Eighth, Zone 1 Kootenays.

Betty Roper: BC Games News Service