The University of Toronto Varsity Blues badminton team won their sixth consecutive provincial banner at the 2022 OUA championship on Sunday afternoon (Mar. 6) in Waterloo.

Full Results

"Every point matters and today on our team proved this. Each person persevered during the tight sets we played," said veteran Deborah Rebello.

Third-year athlete Michael Farrell reflected on the victory.

"We had a lot of tough competition this year including Olympic athletes, but we managed to push through because we have great team spirit."

Toronto went a perfect 3-0 in pool play, with wins over Guelph (8-2), Ottawa (9-1) and McMaster (6-4). In the quarterfinal round, then Blues topped the Rams 6-0.

The Blues then took down the hosts, Waterloo Warriors 6-3 in the semifinal, setting up an OUA gold-medal match with fellow Toronto school, the York Lions.
 
In the gold medal final, the Blues defeated the York Lions by tiebreaker as both teams won five matches apiece.

Jackie Yeung won his fourth-straight OUA coach of the year award.

Katie Ho-Shue, Rebeca Lee, Deborah Rebello, Jonathan Lai and Michael Farrell earned OUA all-star honours.
 
FINAL STANDINGS
Gold – Toronto
Silver – York
Bronze – Waterloo
4th – Ottawa
5th – Western
6th – McMaster
7th – Rams
8th – Guelph
 
Most Valuable Players
Talia Ng - McMaster
Jason Ho-Shue - York

Coach of the Year
Jackie Yeung - Toronto
 
Rookie of the Year
Jacqueline Cheung - Western
Noah Xu - Western
 
OUA All-Stars
Male:
Aaron Hsu - Waterloo
Cédric Hupé-Pageau - Ottawa
Jason Ho-Shue - York
Jonathan Lai - Toronto
Kyle Thompson - Guelph
Michael Farrell - Toronto
Noah Xu - Western
Stanley Feng - Western
Victor Chan - Ottawa

Female:
Aditi Mahajan – Guelph
Angela Chan - Waterloo
Deborah Rebello - Toronto
Giselle Chan - York
Jacqueline Cheung - Western
Katie Ho-Shue - Toronto
Rebecca Lee - Toronto
Talia Ng – McMaster
 
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