Smashing Their Way Through GISAC

On March 23, the AISG badminton team participated in the GISAC (Guangzhou International School Athletic Conferences) tournament held in the Olympic center badminton court near AISG. Both girls’ and boys’ badminton teams resulted in first place overall; a great improvement in placing from previous years.

Senior boys’ doubles player Neil Yang mentioned: “the game was tiring because it was right after mocks. However, it was a good experience to see where we are right before APAC.” Although GISAC tournaments are easier than APAC tournaments, it was a good game to spot some strengths and weaknesses in the team overall. For the next six practices, sophomore Marco L. says, “we should improve on all the problems that we experienced during GISAC to prepare ourselves for APAC.”

The results for GISAC are as follow:

Girl’s badminton team: 1^st place

Boy’s badminton team: 1^st place

Boys singles:

Marco Luo: 1^st place

Michael Lai: 6^th place

Girls singles:

Michelle Zhu: 1^st place

Victoria Yang: 3^rd place

Boys’ doubles:

Andy Kim & Neil Yang: 1^st place

Borui Chen & Ben Lu: 3^rd place

Girls’ doubles:

Nina Yang & Elizabeth Kim: 1^st place

Agnes Lau & Arete Song: 3^rd place

Mixed doubles:

Vicky Jung & Daniel Park: 2^nd place

Jisoo Park & Helen Wong: 3^rd place