NSW Inter Schools Badminton Tournament Result – NSW Epping West Chinese School

The heat of Lunar New Year’s spread out to community on Sunday 29 January with our tournament. Funding to this project has been provided by the NSW Government.

The tournament received registration of 236 players : 153 players from 36 secondary schools and 83 students from 33 primary schools . 48 teams competed one single and two double matches each round in 24 courts. Though 7 hours’ competition, Team 28 with players of Trinity, Kings and PLC Croydon became the winner of secondary division. Team 13 from James Ruse advanced to semi final ranked 3rd in Secondary Division and claimed number 1 under single school section. Team 7 with players of Carlingford Public, Murray Farm and Epping West won primary division. Congratulations to all players onsite.

Primary Division:

Winner: Team 7

Players: Eric Guo, Chase Zhang, Yitong Fan, Marus Han and Emily Xie

Runner Up: Team 1

Players: Callum Liu, Samuel Bai, Naisha Mehta, Alex Gu and Connie Liu

Third Place: Team 11

Players: Jade Huang, Jerry Hu, Yifei Guan and Bella Guan

Secondary Division:

Winner: Team 28

Players: Billy Chen, Rick Mao, Xiao Yu Zhang, Benson Xiong, Natalie Zhang,

Runner Up: Team 17

Players: Chris Zhao, James Xue, Clark Wang, Cici Shen

Third Place: Team 19 (4th in Division, since 3rd place Team 13 was awarded Winner under Single School section, third place awarded to Team 19)

Players: Emily Lui, Lechen Yan, Lawrence Bei, Owen Lui

Single School Winner: Team 13(James Ruse Agricultural High School)

Players: Dominic Sun, Andrew Wei, Marshall Zhang, Joanna Huang and Angus Liang

For more information, please visit https://eppingwestchineseschool.nsw.edu.au/strongertogether/

We acknowledge everyone’s support:

North Sydney Boys High, Epping West Public, James Ruse Agricultural High, MLC, and Meriden School are the top 5 in participant number.

North Sydney Boys High, MLC, James Ruse Agricultural High, Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus, Eastwood Public school coordinated own students’ participation

We are delighted to witness the popularity of this tournament. Players have demonstrated progress within 6 months. More players and parents expressed strong interests for the upcoming event. Parents appreciated such an event and shared the positive impact on their children social engagement.

A big thank you to our lovely volunteers and referees:

Clare Cheng, Jane Deng, Wilson Zhang, Vera Wang, Adam Chen, Lewis Liang, Qing Yap, Eva Luo, Vivian Liu, Jenny Song, Linda Li, Xin Jin, Huiling Li, George Lin, Sunny Yang, Jim Gu, George Li, Zheng Zhou, Michael Huang, Stephanie Jiang, Winston Wu, Toby Xie, Wally Chu, Bo Xiao, Steven Zhao, Zhenglin Wang, Ice Zhao, Junliang Wang, Raymond Liang, Yuki Duan, Mei Chen, Shaka Sun, Gang Su, Crystal Meng, Sean He, Hong Li, Ming Gao, Minhui Liu, King Wong and Robert Bai.

Thanks also goes to Alpha Badminton Centre and EUREKA Honey who supplied event prize.

NSW Badminton confirmed that our school becomes their affiliated club effective from 2023. Please email eppingwestchineseschool@outlook.com for our membership and training sessions.

The benefits for the NSW Badminton members affiliation besides the insurance package is that they will assist in our participation numbers with the NSW government. They are also part of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) international community for any projects besides Badminton Australia.

NSW Badminton members will be able to participate in sanctioned BNSW tournaments at member prices and attend coaching and umpiring education courses.

The following are just a few reasons outlining some of the benefits of membership:

At an individual level, membership entitles you to discounted playing fees, personal sports injury insurance, and access to club competitions and other Badminton NSW/Badminton Australia sanctioned competitions.

At club level, memberships provide us with public liability insurance, and allows the club to address and support the growing need for better venues & facilities, more social and competitive playing time, and skill development programs for juniors and adults.

Affiliation provides us with:

Support through development of the club from Badminton NSW

$20 million Public Liability Insurance cover

$10 million Professional Indemnity Insurance (covering our coaches & volunteers)

Directors & Officers Insurance (covering Board members)

Club level – Technical & Coaching communication and support

Let’s enjoy the excitement of this tournament:

Secondary Division: