MRU to host badminton championships
Rock out with your shuttlecocks out
Ashley Tymko
Contributor
Are you into birdies, smashes and rallies?
Then come and support your Cougars as they compete in the Alberta College Athletic Conference (ACAC) Badminton Championships.
Mount Royal University is hosting the premier event of the ACAC’s badminton season from Feb. 12 to 13 in Stanley Gymnasium. MRU athletes will be competing against NAIT, Red Deer College and Concordia University College of Alberta.
This year’s team is pumped and ready for their last chance at ACAC supremacy before moving up to the CIS next year.
Are you interested in watching the racket-swinging life of a badminton bachelor or bachelorette? How about the doubles teams?
On Saturday, the men’s and women’s singles championships begin at 10 a.m. The men’s and women’s doubles championships follow at 1 p.m., and mixed doubles will follow at 4 p.m.
On Sunday, the team will compete together in the team championships at 10 a.m. Don’t miss the gold -and bronze- medal games that start at 1 p.m.
Come out and support Mount Royal University’s finest.
