Michaels SE junior badminton champ 

  The Dorchester boys singles player leads a group of 12 to WOSSAA

 April 25, 2023

Hometownplay.ca 

WOODSTOCK, Ont. -  Tyler Michaels is a Thames Valley Regional Athletics (TVRA) South-East junior badminton champion.

The Dorchester Beaver won the boys singles' title, defeating St. Joseph's Rams' Neel Patel in the final, Tuesday, at St. Mary's high school.

Michaels leads a group of 12 players, from Dorchester and Elgin County school to WOSSAA (Western Ontario regional), Thursday, May 2, at the Agriplex, in Stratford.

The top four in each of the five disciplines (boys and girls singles; mixed doubles, boys and girls doubles) advance to WOSSAA.

    South-East top four

Girls Singles

1.  Briar Flemming (Ingersoll)
2.  Hannah Law (Ingersoll)
3.  Janay Gillard (Central Elgin)
4.  Alexandra Centeno (East Elgin)

Girls Doubles

1.  Olivia Elias & Amanpreet Banwait (Woodstock Huron Park)
2.  Melissa Gillies & Eva Garagozzo (St. Joe's)
3.  Abbie Barton & Jadyn Browne (St. Joe's)
4.  Thea McLellan & Isabel Siew (Dorchester)

Mixed Doubles

1.  Payton Jones & Zach walker (Woodstock College Ave)
2.  Phillip Ludwig & Hazel Nicholson (Central Elgin)
3.  Greydon Brewer & Lily Melanson (WCI)
4.  Jacob Chartrand & Sandra Grant (Central Elgin)

Boys Singles

1.  Tyler Michaels (Dorchester)
2.  Neel Patel (St. Joe's)
3.  Bennett Thomas (Dorchester)
4.  Zach Molinaro (WCI)

Boys Doubles

1.  Gavin Jansen & Parker McLeod (Huron Park)
2.  Meyer Haskins & Connor Harper (Huron Park)
3.  Hudson Glover & Joey Garagozzo (St. Joe's)
4.  Gavin Laidman & Zach Paton (Ingersoll)