Team BC Sweeps Gold Medals at 2023 Canada Winter Games

Team BC continued their dominant performance at the 2023 Canada Winter Games in the Team competition by bringing home Gold Medals across all four events! After claiming 2 Golds (Ocean Ma & Jacob Lin) and a Silver (Spring Ma) in the individual competition (full individual competition recap), Team BC entered the team competition as number 1 seeds in both the Boy’s and Girl’s divisions. Team coaches Giselle Delgado and Ben Uliana led the teams on a historical performance at the Games, becoming the first province to sweep all four squash competition titles at a single Canada Winter Games!

Girls Team Recap

After back-to-back silver medal showings in the Girls Team events at the 2015 and 2019 Canada Winter Games, Team BC looked to return to the top of the podium like they did in 2011. Team members Ocean Ma, Spring Ma, Maria Min, and Hermione Cao put forth an incredible performance to do just that, not dropping a single game the entire event! The girls advanced following victories over eighth seeded Northwest Territories and ninth seeded Quebec in the preliminary round of the competition.

Team BC Girls: Maria Min, Ocean Ma, Spring Ma, Hermione Cao

In the Championship Pool, Team BC faced off against Team Ontario, Team Alberta and Team Manitoba. In their first tie, they faced Alberta where they cruised to victory, dropping only 56 points across their four matchups. In the second tie, they faced Manitoba winning the match in quick succession, with Manitoba only securing 22 points against the strong Team BC squad. With the two wins each in the opening matches, it set up an exciting final tie against Ontario (who also defeated Alberta and Manitoba). In the final, Team BC did not slow down, winning all four matches 3-0 and dropping no more than 8 points in any of the games. With the win Team BC became 2023 Canada Winter Games Champions!

Boys Team Recap

The Boys team looked to return to the top of the podium for the first time since 1995, after a silver medal showing at the 2019 Canada Winter Games. Team BC was represented by Jacob Lin, Roman Bicknell, WeiHan Wang, and Harrison Yang. The boys moved past eighth-seeded Northwest Territories and ninth-seeded Prince Edward Island in the preliminary round.

Team BC Boys: Jacob Lin, Roman Bicknell, Weihan Wang, Harrison Yang

The Championship Round proved to be a very tight race between Team BC, Team Alberta, Tam Quebec and Team Ontario for the Canada Winter Games crown. In the first tie, Team BC faced Team Ontario, where the tie finished 2-2 after the four games. With the matches tied, it came down to games won, where Team BC was victorious with 9 games to 6. In Team BC’s second match the faced Quebec, which also finished in a draw. Once again, with more games won in the tie, Team BC was declared the victors. Going into the last day of the competition, Team BC had everything to play for as all four encounters in the Championship Round had to go down to games won to decide the winner. Team BC took on Team Alberta in a must win matchup to secure Gold. The team did not disappoint, winning all four matches to take home the crown!

Full Team Tournament Results 

Squash BC would like to congratulate all the athletes and coaches on their amazing performances at the 2023 Canada Winter Games! Squash BC would like to also congratulate officials Simon Bicknell and Chris Yap, who were selected by Squash Canada to represent BC at the Games. Additionally, Squash BC thanks Team BC, Squash Canada, the Host Community, and all volunteers and supporters for making this event such an incredible success.

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