Sean Zhang/Staff reporter
Today, the junior badminton team plays against Pinetree secondary at 3:00 pm in their third and the last game in this season, with results unavailable at press time.
On April 7, the team played their second game of the season against Centennial secondary, resulted in a 3-8 loss.
“It’s been very difficult to get practice time. We had one practice before spring break, yet we haven’t had any after that,” said Janelle Lee, math teacher and badminton coach.
The first game of the season took place on March 31 at Port Moody secondary, with a loss at 2-9.
Different from Port Moody and Centennial which have several district champions, the junior team consists of mostly brand-new players who was facing the first official badminton games.
“I was really nervous when my opposite side stands a district champion. I even forgot to communicate with my teammate during the game,” said Mario Roque, grade 10.
Most students in the team treated this tournament as opportunity for new experiences, embraced their failure with positive attitude.
“Despite the underwhelming result of these two games, I’m still confident in our next game. Although we may lose again, we’ll try as good as we can,” said William Zhu, grade 10 and the leader of the junior team.
“For the result, I’m pretty happy with mine since I could see improvement between games I played,” said Sonia Hebrahim, grade 10, “I’ll definitely keep training during my leisure time after finishing this season and try to win next year!”
“I’m actually surprised by my students in junior as they obtained those scores with such bare practice time,” said Lee, “I believe they will do much better next time.”