MHSAA 2026 Badminton Team Champions

Junior Varsity A-AA	Birtle Collegiate Institute
Junior Varsity AAA-AAAA	Fort Richmond Collegiate
Varsity A-AA	École/Collège régional Gabrielle-Roy
Varsity AAA-AAAA	Fort Richmond Collegiate

MHSAA 2026 INDIVIDUAL BADMINTON INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS

	Gold	Silver	Bronze
JV Girls Singles	Zoey Zong, Fort Richmond	Kaite Kie, Dakota	Ray Chen, Fort Richmond
JV Girls Doubles	Susan Tran/Fern Nguyen, Grant Park	Mia Hambleton/Hanjia Li, St Norbert	Alice Zhang/Nikki Wu, Pembina Trails
JV Boys Singles	Parham Raji, Fort Richmond	Max Sun, Dakota	Baljot Kainth, Maples
JV Boys Doubles	Eric Kim/Tae Lee, Sturgeon Heights	Andy Lim/Lucas Wu, St John’s Ravenscourt	Daniel Jiang/Hartin Huang, St Paul’s
JV Mixed Doubles	Gurleen Dhaliwal/Niko Brambilla, Maples	Nora Soufi/Austin Baker, Miles Macdonell	Tiffany Brown/Brody Lane, Birtle
Varsity Girls Singles	Kate LI, Fort Richmond	Yujia Qin, Dakota	Samantha Belches, St John’s
Varsity Girls Doubles	Morgahn Bosko/Sarah Dupuis, Gabrielle-Roy	Chloe Roberts/Danica Patton, Léo-Rémillard	Ash Uppal/Precious Gonzales, Sisler
Varsity Boys Singles	Anson Chen, St Paul’s	Connor Buhler, Collège Béliveau	Preston Fazekas, Linden Christian
Varsity Boys Doubles	Lambert Chan/Gabriel Chan, Pembina Trails	Billy Tanglin/Kyle Zhang, St Paul’s	Dilshan Saggu/Cameron Murray, R D Parker
Varsity Mixed Doubles	Dana Linov/Leonides McDaniel, Neelin	Surabhi Kishore/Quinn Lagace, Jeanne-Sauvé	Xialin Liu/Yijia Sun, Fort Richmond

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Fort Richmond Collegiate badminton teams shine at provincials

May 8, 2026

Winning a provincial championship is hard. Winning five in a row? That’s elite.

Fort Richmond Collegiate’s (FRC) varsity badminton team did exactly that, capturing its fifth consecutive Manitoba High School Athletics Association (MHSAA) provincial championship from April 30 to May 2. With the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons cancelled due to COVID, FRC has now won every varsity badminton title since 2018–19, setting the standard in Manitoba high school badminton.

The team’s dominance was matched by standout individual performances. FRC athletes claimed the girls singles provincial title and added a bronze medal in mixed doubles, further underscoring the program’s depth and talent.

And the winning didn’t stop there.

Fort Richmond’s junior varsity team also captured the provincial championship, highlighted by gold medals in boys singles, plus gold and bronze in girls singles.

For coaches Kevin Mason and Nicola Dirks, the titles reflect countless hours of preparation and perseverance.

“Each of our singles champions took a different path to success,” said Mason. “One beat an opponent she’d never defeated before, one continued his dominance by not dropping a single game and repeating as provincial champion, and another earned redemption by overcoming a familiar rival for the first time at provincials.”

While individual medals shine, Mason says the real victory is shared.

“These experiences give them a sense of team pride in competing for a team banner when normally badminton is more of an individual sport.”