Emma Huang (grade 12)
Luwan’s BC program has a tradition of holding an annual badminton competition. This year, the the competition was held in March. Students were also excited to hear that the winners will have the chance to go compete with students from other BC schools. As a result, almost all the students, separated into six house teams, practiced a lot in order to play well and were very eager to compete.
In order to have a high level competition, the student council divided the six house teams into 3 big groups, yellow and orange, pink and green and red and grey. Each group had 3 boys and 3 girls attend the competition. Many grade 10s signed up for the badminton tournament as soon as the sign-up sheet is available. They were really excited for the tournament and willing to beat grade 11s and 12s so that they can go to the larger badminton tournament.
All of the grade 10s arrived in the gym early. They brought their own rackets and warmed up. They seriously intimidated the grade 11s and 12s, so the grade 11s and 12s also took the game seriously. The atmosphere in the gym seemed like a professional badminton tournament. The competitions were really intense between different players. The boys were seriously fighting each other. Their games were really attractive; for example, the game between Jerry Li and Patrick. They are both good at sports, so at the beginning of the game they made hard shots to each other. At one point, Jerry Li used his back hand to smash the birdie, and the birdie was going to hit the ground. However, Patrick ran like a flash and hit the birdie over the net. Girls also refuse to be inferior. They fought really hard during the game. After all the games, the winners were announced. Lola in grade 12 won first place for the girls and the winner for the boys is Jerry Gong in grade 11. They will represent Luwan at the BCOS badminton tournament.
All the BC students enjoyed this tournament. “I didn’t believe that I could win the championship in this tournament and I’m really excited to attend the BCOS tournament in the future,” said Lola.
“I think everyone who attended this tournament enjoyed the badminton and tried their best during the game,” said grade 11’s Price, “especially the grade 10 students. They are really strong, but they need prepare more skills so that they can beat others.” And the grade 10 students also have many feelings about this tournament: “We learned a lot of badminton skills from others, and we got to know each other better during this tournament, so we want more activities like this.” In general, all the students in BC enjoyed this tournament.