As the York Region District Badminton Association, FBC is committed to supporting the development of badminton players from beginner to high performance levels. The Pursuit of Excellence Sponsorship was created not only to support York Region’s Junior High Performance players in their training and development, but also to encourage them to get involved with community programs to inspire kids at the beginning of their badminton journey to also reach for excellence.
Sponsored athletes were chosen based on a combination of criteria, including their badminton ranking, grades, application essay and etc. reviewed by a dedicated FBC Sponsorship Review Panel.
FBC is happy to announce the following deserving athletes as the recipients of this year’s sponsorships.
$1,000 Katie Ho-Shue Athlete of the Year Sponsorship
$1,000 Jason Ho-Shue Athlete of the Year Sponsorship
$500 Talia Ng Outstanding Acheivement Sponsorship
$500 Brian Yang Outstanding Acheivement Sponsorship
$500 Sharon Au Outstanding Acheivement Sponsorship
$500 Arthur Cheung Outstanding Acheivement Sponsorship
$500 Crystal Lai Outstanding Acheivement Sponsorship
$500 Clement Chow Outstanding Acheivement Sponsorship
All recipients will be awarded at Armadale Community Centre, 2401 Denison Street at 3:45 PM on Wednesday, June 22 during FBC’s Annual SMASH Youth Tournament.
Award recipients will also be performing an Exhibition Match for the Smash Tournament Participants.
The SMASH Program is a Trillium-Grant funded FBC program designed to promote healthy active living through a combination of health education and badminton skills development for students in grade four to six. The Program takes place after school in participating Markham schools over seven weeks, leading up to the SMASH youth Tournament where the schools complete a number of challenges and games to earn points towards the Healthy School trophy.
