Alberta Open Badminton Draws Released

The draws have been released for the Alberta Open Badminton Championships, with matches starting at 11:00am.

First up is the men’s singles, with Mike Beres and Kyle Foley taking the first and second seeds respectively. There are a few dark horses who might be able to trouble these two players, but more than likely they’ll be the finalists.

Next the women’s singles has an extremely small draw with Jody Patrick and Isabelle Mercier Dalphond as the top two seeds. Almost certainly Patrick will win this event, unless Dalphond can surprise us all.

The men’s doubles really only has one possible contender for the title, Will Milroy and Mike Beres. Almost certainly none of the teams entered has a chance of beating them. Although with the 21 scoring system, anything could happen. Still the smart money is on Milroy and Beres.

The women’s doubles WILL be Jody Patrick and Helen Nichol. No possible argument there. Two Olympians against a bunch of juniors pretty much. No contest.

The mixed doubles will be Jon Vandervet and Jody Patrick. Even though Kyle Foley and Helen Nichol are first seeds, I just can’t see Foley beating Vandervet in a doubles event. The Vandervet hammer will conquer all.