All three participating communities had a great showing this past weekend at the Yukon Junior Badminton Championship.

Dawson City, Watson Lake and Whitehorse each took in a number of medals and had more than a few highlights at the three-day event, hosted at Porter Creek Secondary School.

"Our whole club has done well, all of the members that were here," said Cindy Guest, president of Whitehorse Youth Badminton Club. "The majority of them got medals."

Sandeep Sharma, assistant coach for the Whitehorse Youth Badminton Club, was also impressed, adding it's always beneficial to having the rural communities attend.

"Watson Lake is a very good example, where they don't have that many players, but they have ample court space and they are able to train much more effectively."

Randy Carlson, the head coach of Watson Lake's team, said the skill level of players throughout the Yukon has improved in recent years.

"Obviously the level of play of badminton is definitely improving over the last couple of years as proven by our results outside the territory."

The Yukon's success at Outside competitions include two gold medals at the 2008 Arctic Winter Games, won by Vanessa Carlson in singles. Carlson also won a gold medal with fellow Watson Lake player Abbie Rotondi in the girls doubles draw.

Under 12

Girls Singles:

Gold - Jacy Sam (Whitehorse)

Silver - Aline Halliday (Whitehorse)

Bronze - Sarah Cardinal (Whitehorse)

Boys Singles:

Gold - Benjamin Grundmanis (Whitehorse)

Silver - Etienne Geoffroy-Gagnon (Whitehorse)

Bronze - Trygg Jensen (Whitehorse)

Under 14

Girls Singles:

Gold - Sara Burke-Forsyth (Whitehorse)

Silver - Megan Andison (Whitehorse)

Bronze - Chanel Cain (Whitehorse)

Boys Singles:

Gold - Khang Pham (Whitehorse)

Silver - Francis Belanger (Whitehorse)

Bronze - Ryley Andrew (Whitehorse)

Boys Doubles:

Gold - Shawn Kitchen (Whitehorse)

        Khang Pham (Whitehorse)

Silver - Trygg Jensen (Whitehorse)

          Joe Wallingham (Whitehorse)

Bronze - Mike Wintemute (Whitehorse)

            Chris Anderson (Whitehorse)

Under 16

Girls Singles:

Gold - Michaela Rotondi (Watson Lake)

Silver - Tayler Vallevand (Whitehorse)

Bronze - Jessica Guest (Whitehorse)

Boys Singles:

Gold - Logan Godin (Whitehorse)

Silver - Jerome Belanger (Whitehorse)

Bronze - Andrew Taylor (Dawson City)

Girls Doubles:

Gold - Michaela Rotondi (Watson Lake)

        Tayler Vallevand (Whitehorse)

Silver - Jessica Guest (Whitehorse)

         Megan Andison (Whitehorse)

Bronze - Aline Halliday (Whitehorse)

           Madeleine Carr-Cannings (Whitehorse)

Boys Doubles:

Gold - Raymond Cassidy (Dawson City)

        Andrew Taylor (Dawson City)

Silver - Justin Dragoman (Dawson City)

         Casey Parker (Dawson City)

Bronze - David Stephens (Whitehorse)

           Robbie Borud (Whitehorse)

Mixed Doubles:

Gold - Vanessa Carlson (Watson Lake)

        Casey Parker (Dawson City)

Silver - Michaela Rotondi (Watson Lake)

          Logan Godin (Whitehorse)

Bronze - Stephanie Dragoman (Dawson City)

           Justin Dragoman (Dawson City)

Under 19

Girls Singles:

Gold - Vanessa Carlson (Watson Lake)

Silver - Abbie Rotondi (Watson Lake)

Bronze - Leanne Gordon (Whitehorse)

Boys Singles:

Gold - Jason Carlson (Watson Lake)

Silver - Richard Fulop (Whitehorse)

Bronze - Ryan Dragoman (Dawson City)

Girls Doubles:

Gold - Abbie Rotondi (Watson Lake)

        Jasmine Gordon (Whitehorse)

Silver - Leanne Gordon (Whitehorse)

          Sarina Sydney (Whitehorse)

Bronze - Vanessa Carlson (Watson Lake)

            Julia Spriggs (Dawson City)

Boys Doubles:

Gold - Jason Carlson (Watson Lake)

        Jerome Belanger (Whitehorse)

Silver - Denis Godin (Whitehorse)

          Logan Godin (Whitehorse)

Bronze - Jamie Milligan (Whitehorse)

           Ryan Lane (Whitehorse)

Mixed Doubles:

Gold - Tayler Vallevand (Whitehorse)

        Jason Carlson (Watson Lake)

Silver - Abbie Rotondi (Watson Lake)

         Andrew Taylor (Dawson City)

Bronze - Jasmine Gordon (Whitehorse)

           Jerome Belanger (Whitehorse)