The girls’ doubles duo of Payton Stimson and Kyla Tumbach from Leader, captured the bronze medal at SHSAA provincial badminton in Weyburn on Saturday. 

Stimson & Tumbach had a record of 2-1 in Pool A with wins over Melville (2-0) and Loon Lake (2-0) and a loss to Carrot River (2-1).  

In the cross over semi, the girls lost to the eventual gold medalists from Leoville 2-0 (21-7, 21-19).  

In the bronze medal match, the girls faced Carrot River once again and this time came through with a 2-0 win, 22-20, 21-9 to find their way on to the podium.  

Also competing at provincials from the southwest, the mixed team of Rebecca Chou and Nicholas Ehnisz from Fox Valley just missed bringing home a medal.  

They finsihed pool play with a record of 2-1 in Pool B with wins over Melville (2-0) and Perdue (2-0) but lost to the Wilkie (2-0).   

In the cross over semi, Chou and Ehnisz then faced Annaheim and lost 2-0 (23-21, 21-9).  

In the bronze match, they fell to Medstead 2-0 (21-19, 21-15).

The third Southwest team in the competition was Jordan Mastel and Carson Leach of Leader, who competed in boys’ doubles.  

They had a record of 1-2 in the round robin.  

They lost to Weyburn 2-0, beat Nipawin 2-0 and lost to Saskatoon Bethlehem 2-1.  

They finished 3rd in their pool and did not advance to the playoff round.