Athletes from Douglas College came away with medals in each of the individual disciplines as the 2011-12 PAC WEST Badminton championships drew to a close at the gymnasium at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops on Sunday (February 19). They captured three golds and two silvers. The golds came in women’s singles, men’s doubles and mixed doubles.  The silver medals were won in women’s doubles and men’s singles.  The host WolfPack team won three bronze medals-in women's singles, women's doubles and men's singles. RuiLan Huang (4^th year, Burnaby, BC), who was chosen as the PAC WEST female player of the year, captured the gold medal. She downed Alisa Young (1^st year, Vancouver, BC) of Langara 21-8,21-8 to finish the round robin at 5 and 0.    Kia Lidster (4^th year, Kamloops, BC)  of Thompson Rivers University captured the bronze medal.  She was 3 and 2. Bronze medalwinner Kia Lidster (Andrew Snucins photo) The duo of Simon Wu (5^th year, Langley, BC) and Luo Wei (2^nd year, Burnaby, BC) captured the men’s doubles gold. They defeated the team of Willis Knee (4^th year, Richmond, BC) and Andy Wong (1^st year, Vancouver, BC).  The scores were 21-17, 21-17.   Mark Chang (1^st year, Burnaby, BC) and Tony Chen (1^st year, Surrey, BC) went home with the bronze medal by going 1 and 2. The other Douglas gold was captured by the mixed doubles team of  Charmagne Yeung (4^th year, Surrey, BC) and Logan Campbell (2^nd year, Calgary, AB).  They downed Kwanten’s Michelle Simard (3^rd year, Surrey, BC) and Bradley Low (1^st year, Vancouver, BC) 21-6,21-12.   Yeung and Campbell, who was named the PAC WEST male player of the year went unbeaten in five matches to capture the gold. 2012 Team BC (Andrew Snucins photo) The other gold medals went to Luke Couture (3^rd year, St John, NB) of Langara in men’s singles and the duo of Veronica Yeung (1^st year, Vancouver, BC) and Raosalynn Chong (1^st year, Burnaby, BC) of Capilano University in women’s doubles. Couture  went 5-0 in the round robin and downed Bob Sharma (1^st year, New Westminster, BC) of Douglas 21-14,19-21,21-19 in a battle of the contenders. Sharma captured silver with Thompson Rivers Joey Chu (3^rd year, Kamloops, BC) capturing the bronze medal for going 3 and 2. Bronze medal winner Joey Chu (Andrew Snucins photo) Yeung and Chong were unbeaten in five round robin matches.  They beat silver medal winners Lisa Chen (1^st year, Langley, BC) and Amy Leung (3^rd year, Vancouver, BC) of Douglas  21-7,21-19 in their match. Marlee Mertens (4^th year, Salmon Arm, BC) and Anica Arduini (3^rd year, Kamloops, BC) of Thompson Rivers University captured the bronze medal going 3 and 2. Bronze medal winners Marlee Mertens and Anica Arduini (Andrew Snucins photo) The gold medal winners will form Team BC for the upcoming Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Badminton Championships.  The silver medal winners will comprise the host Team BC squad. 2012 Team BC Host (Andrew Snucins photo) The CCAA Nationals will be held at the Tournament Capital Centre in Kamloops from March 1-3 rd.  Marc Petreman of the Langara College Falcons was selected as the PAC WEST coach of the year. Petreman, Campbell and Huang will now vye for CCAA Coach and Player of the Year honors.