Badminton Canada – Ottawa, ON – Badminton Canada is pleased to announce the athletes and coaches selected to represent Canada at this year’s Junior Pan American Championships, being held in Markham, Ontario from July 19^th to the 29^th, 2017. With 87 athletes competing in age groups from U11 to U19, Team Canada will have a strong representation of athletes from across the nation working collectively in the pursuit of excellence.
 
Badminton Canada would like to be the first to formally congratulate each athlete who has qualified for the 2017 Junior Pan American Team. We are confident that our selected group of athletes has the talent, skills, and character that is required to bring badminton in Canada to the highest level. Congratulations to the following lists of athletes who are official members of the 2017 Junior Pan American Championship Team:

U11	U13	U15
April Cao – Alberta Ryan Chen – Alberta Oliver Chen – Ontario Gabriel Ching – Alberta Isabelle Lachance – Alberta Katie Lau – Ontario Jadalynn Lee – Alberta Emma Meng – Ontario Kobee Seto – Alberta Lyric Su – Ontario Justin Sun – Québec Jessica Wang – Ontario Katie Watson – Alberta Matthew Wong – Alberta Matthew Yu – Ontario Liam Zhang – Ontario	Ally Chia – Alberta Jackie Dent – Ontario Chloe Hoang – Ontario Julian Lau – Alberta Jonathan Lee – Alberta Daniel Li – Ontario Brooks Liu – Alberta Jeffrey Liu – Ontario Ryan Liu – British Columbia Timothy Lock – Ontario Natalie Nakatsui – Alberta Joshua Nguyen – Ontario Maggie Su – Ontario Katy Wong – Ontario Alex Xu – Ontario Joanna Xu – Alberta Alena Yu – Alberta	Lily Bastell – Alberta Rachel Chan – Ontario Ethan Chen – Alberta Jessica Cheng – Ontario Minh Cheng – Ontario Jeslyn Chow – Ontario Victor Lai – Ontario Ivan Li – Ontario Win Liao – Ontario Sophia Nong – Ontario Alayna Walia – Québec Braydon Wang – Ontario Dylan Wang – Ontario Ryan Wang – British Columbia Mataia Wong – Alberta Noelle Yau – British Columbia

 
Congratulations to the following lists of athletes who are official members of the 2017-18 Junior National Team:
 

U17	U19	Coaches
Alexander Bianchini – Québec Emily Chan – Alberta Clarence Chau – Ontario Yunzhi Chen – Alberta Jacqueline Cheung – Ontario Catherine Choi – Ontario Darren Choi – Ontario Stanley Feng – Ontario Victor Huang – British Columbia Colin Jia – Ontario Crystal Lai– Ontario Talia Ng – Ontario Catherine Plante-Gonthier – Québec Kyle To – Ontario Tiffany Too – Ontario Anthony Tso – Ontario Kevin Wang – Ontario Eliana Zhang – Quebec Wendy Zhang – British Columbia	Mark Dasios – Ontario Cara de Belle – Ontario Sarah Gale – Ontario Katie Ho-Shue – Ontario Jailyn Joensen – Ontario Miklos Kanyasi – Nova Scotia Eyota Kwan – Alberta Samuel Labelle – Québec Natalie Lam – Ontario Abby Ledda – Alberta Victor Lu – Ontario Alexandra Mocanu – Québec Mathieu Morneau – Québec Anthony Nguyen – Québec Nicolas Nguyen – Québec Arnish Patel – Manitoba Desmond Wang – Alberta Brian Yang – Ontario Aaron Zhao – British Columbia	Mike Butler (HC) – New Brunswick Kevin Cao – Ontario Stéphane Cadieux – Ontario Phyllis Chan – British Columbia Jennifer Lee – Ontario Sonny Lee – Alberta Wen Wang – Alberta Efendi Wijaya – Ontario

 
“Being selected to play for Team Canada is an incredible honor that all these athletes have worked tremendously hard to achieve”, said Jordan Bridal, Manager- High Performance with Badminton Canada. “We are extremely proud of one of the largest Badminton teams that has ever represented Canada and feel this group of NextGen athletes represents a great future for Canada internationally”.
 
Throughout the year, our junior athletes have been traveling the country in order to compete at Yonex Junior Elite Series events, in aspirations of qualifying for a spot on the Junior Pan American Team. As the Championship approaches, each athlete is one step closer to achieving their goal of representing their country on the international stage.
 
In preparation for the Championships, each Junior National Team member (U15-U19) will be provided the opportunity to participate in a regional training camp lead by our National Team Head Coach, Mike Butler. These camps will focus upon athlete testing – skill, physical, and tactical. By initiating the athlete baseline testing, we will be able to track athlete development throughout the season, and for years to come.
 
A large honor of being part of the Junior Pan American Team is receiving the National Team Uniform. Thanks to Badminton Canada’s sponsor Yonex, each team member will receive a full Team Canada clothing package. With all athletes and coaches wearing the latest Yonex gear in Canadian colors, Team Canada will be looking professional throughout the competition.
 
Badminton Canada is excited about welcoming countries from across the Americas to compete and share a passion for badminton, is thrilled about the level of competition that is ahead. Good luck to all athletes competing in the 2017 Junior Pan American Championships, and congratulations to all athletes who have been selected as part of Team Canada.

Mike Luck
Events & Communications Officer
Badminton Canada
700 Industrial Av, Ottawa, ON
613-569-2424 Ext: 102