ClearOne coaches Peter Huang and Jackie Ruan claimed Gold at the college nationals for Capilano University.

After a year and 6 matches against rivals Alvin Lau and Darren Fong, Peter and Jacky entered the final match with 3 wins and 3 losses against the Douglas College stars.

Douglas claimed the first set but the power and speed of the Capilano pair were too much as they claimed the next two games and the college championships.

David Yuan, Capilano’s star singles and ClearOne coach/player also earned a bronze medal after a year-long struggle against competition from within BC.

The three athletes earlier combined with VIU and KWantlen players to lead the BC Wildcard team to a second place finish ahead of Alberta and Ontario.

BC placed first and second at this year’s nationals making the province the undisputed heavyweight of Canadian Badminton

Pedro Yang, Badminton’s representative on the IOC Athlete Commission and torch bearer for the 2012 Vancouver Olympics, stopped by the ClearOne Badminton Centre with a special gift.

The Torch, pictures above, was the actual torch lit and carried by Mr. Yang for a 400m stretch in Pitt Meadows on Monday, February 8th, 2010.

“It was a great honor to be part of this ancient ceremony,” said the former Olympian, “I hope I represented our sport in the highest esteem.”

The Torch, which can only ever be lit once, will temporarily reside at the ClearOne Centre Browngate Location (”C2″).

Pedro Yang was a 2004 mens singles qualifier at the Athens Olympics. He is a Guatemalan citizen but lives and trains in Denmark since 2000.

We wish the future torch bearers of ClearOne Badminton luck in all their olympic pursuits.

ClearOne Badminton claimed 9 medals at the Canadian National Championships topping the provinces of Quebec, Ontario and Alberta in the process.

Anna Rice took gold in the Ladies singles over favourite Michelle Li, while Joycelyn Ko claimed Bronze  outfighting Quebec’s Valerie St. Jacques.

Rice then teamed up with Grace Gao of Alberta to win the Bronze Medal match shortly after Derrick Ng won a bronze of his own in the Mixed Doubles with partner Melody Liang.

Toby Ng and Adrian Liu played a valiant final and had two match points before narrowly losing the third set to Alvin Lau and Jon Vandervet 22-20.

ClearOne’s youth team also grabbed attention at the nationals with Christin Tsai, Vancouver’s 15 year old sensation, making the quarter finals of the ladies singles and nearly beating the first seeds in the mixed doubles with partner Nyl Yakura.

Tsai went on to partner Rossalyn Chong to win the consolation Doubles, while Kevin So and Rossalyn Chong took home the consolation mixed doubles.

Phyllis Chan maintained her status as one of the best all round players in Caada by making 2 quarter-finals, while Tim Ma and Ajit Sidhu showed signs of the future by stretching their respective opponents to the limit before exiting the event.

For more nationals results, click here