HAVING gone undefeated for the first two Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) badminton tournaments this season, Narayan Ramdhani has dominated his competition and closed his first season at Kings University in Canada as the third overall-ranked badminton player in the nation.

He easily secured a spot at the provincial championships in February and emerged from the tournament ranked first nationally. In the process, Narayan was awarded an ACAC All-Conference award.

In March, across the country at the CCAA National Championships, held at Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in Truro, NS, Narayan finished with a 3-2 record in his matches and a bronze medal around his neck, which meant he was third overall in the country.

In a comment to the media, Ramdhani’s head coach, Naeem Haque, stated; “Narayan is a tall, fast, smart player. I’m very proud of what he’s accomplished.”

Meanwhile Kings’ president, Melanie Humphreys, noted; “I was talking to Narayan after he won his bronze medal. He said, ‘Next year I’m getting a gold!’ I told him to celebrate this win; he was third in Canada, after all! It was very, very cool, and he’s ecstatic as well.”

Eagles Athletics badminton programme joined the ACAC in 2014. Badminton athletes have represented Kings at nationals previously, but Ramdhani has the distinction of being Kings’ first badminton athlete to medal nationally.