Ready, Set, Smash: Viking and Blue Knight bets dominate Badminton Championships

Women’s Singles

The MT players for the Women’s Singles category began their campaign by facing a solid PTOT Spartan badminton team before moving on to face the NSG Blue Knights. Despite tough responses from their opponents, the overall conduct of the Medtech Vikings badminton team was commendable.

Although badly shaken from their loss in the first set, the Vikings were able to bounce back and equalize the match by clinching the second set in a grueling final match against the CAS Titans that lasted for nearly an hour with each set being hotly contested by each opposing team. The Vikings, led by Bianca Perales, were able to outlast their Titans counterparts.

Men’s Singles

Likewise, as Steve Lawrence Tibon led the offensive of the Viking team in the Men’s Singles category easily dispatched both the Knights and Titans, the Vikings faced off once again with the Spartans for the Men’s Singles Championship match, where the Knights emerged victorious and claimed the championship. The Med Tech Vikings Finally are the Men and Women's Singles Badminton Champion.

Men’s Doubles

Meanwhile, in the Men’s Doubles category, through their perseverance and skill in the matches, the Blue Knights were able to trump the Vikings down to the very last set, taking home the Badminton Men’s Doubles championship. It was the culmination of a near perfect campaign for the Blue Knights, as they easily overpowered their Spartan and Titan opponents as Steven Pinote delivered multiple points for the Knights. Resulting in a near perfect run for the Blue Knights against PTOT and CAS, respectively. Leading the Knights to their hardfought title was Patrick Sato as he skippered the team to each match whilst simultaneously providing much needed morale support from the sidelines.

The Knights’ last obstacle in the Men’s Doubles category were the Vikings, who were non compliant in giving them an inch of ground in the championship match. The Blue Knights were declared champions in the Men’s Doubles category, with the Vikings placing second.On the other hand, the Spartans were able to overpower the Titans to take home third place. While the latter finished in fourth.

Women’s Doubles

Though the Knights fought bravely in the Women’s Doubles category, even setting up what seemed to be a comeback from the Women’s Singles category, the Vikings’ twice to beat advantage proved to be the trump card that brought home the title. The Vikings, empowered with cheers from the bleachers, were able to also secure the Women’s Doubles after a hard campaign, especially against the PTOT Spartans. The Vikings clinched the Badminton Women’s Doubles category in a near flawless run.

Mixed

What seemed an impossible task in the beginning ended in an inconceivable uproar in the end as the CAS Titans were able to snatch the championship for the Badminton Mixed category from the PTOT Spartans.

The victory was courtesy of Rosely Jane Yap, who seemingly got off to an unlucky start as they lost to both the Nursing and Medtech Departments in the first few matches. However, they were able to quickly recover, and were soon back on their feet, eventually facing the Spartan badminton team for the championship match.

The Titans were able to defeat Spartans in a manner that surprised most onlookers as they were able to secure both the first and second set for the Titans to dominate the championship match and clinch the title for the Mixed Badminton category. Even the relentless defense put up by the Spartan badminton team, headed by Mary Colleen Go, was not able to weather the attacks put up by the Titans, especially in the second set. In the end, the Titans displayed the ultimate definition of perseverance and sportsmanship.

And as their team inched ever closer and closer to capturing the badmintons mixed title the crowd of CAS students turned the gym yellow. The Spartans followed up as First Runner up, while the Knights and Vikings placed third and fourth, respectively.

Overall

Consolidating the results from both the Singles and Doubles Categories, with Singles B matches to break tied standings, the Nursing Blue Knights are hailed champions in the Badminton Men’s Category overall, with the Medtech Vikings coming in second. The PTOT Spartans come in third place, while the CAS Titans are fourth overall.

Whilst in the Women’s Category, the PTOT Spartans bagged the overall championship, while the Medtech Vikings claim once again 1st runner up and the CAS Titans end their run by securing third place and with the Nursing Blue Knights coming in fourth.

Lastly, in the mixed category, the CAS Titans were declared the champions while the PTOT Spartans came in second place. The Nursing Blue Knights placed third and the MT Vikings came in fourth place.