Badminton NT Announces 2016 AWG Team NWT Badminton Team

Publication date: 
January 18th, 2016

Yellowknife, NT (January 18, 2016) – Badminton NT has assembled a team of eight talented young athletes to obtain a podium finish at the 2016 Arctic Winter Games in Nuuk, Greenland. Many of these players are veterans of the Badminton NT circuit, but there are a few fresh faces whose talent and skill make valuable additions to Team NWT. Badminton NT is pleased to announce their team:

JUVENILE MALE

Stephen Messier - Yellowknife
Akash Yadav - Yellowknife
 
Alternate
Jordan Balsillie - Yellowknife
 

JUVENILE FEMALE

Riella Bordey - Hay River
Taylor Maurice - Hay River
 
Alternate
Hannah Courtoreille - Hay River

 

JUNIOR MALE

Jeremie Kalgutkar - Yellowknife
Daniel Melanson - Hay River
 
Alternate
Melsik Balasanyan - Yellowknife

 

JUNIOR FEMALE

Christina Bonnetrouge - Fort Providence
Aodhan Mooney - Yellowknife
 
Alternate
Novelyne Bordey - Hay River

 

Julie Jeffery (Yellowknife) and Jeremy Kielstra (Fort Providence), coaches for Team NWT Badminton Team, will lead Team NWT in the quest for gold in Nuuk, Greenland. 

Thank you to all those who attended the Badminton Territorial Trials in Yellowknife and we wish those that are representing Team NWT the best of luck at the 2016 AWGs in Nuuk, Greenland in March.

For more information contact:

Badminton NT
info@nwtbadminton.ca  
nwtbadminton.ca