‘Quest for Gold’
Ontario Athlete Assistance Program (OAAP)
Specific objectives of the program are:
- To help athletes continue their pursuit of athlete excellence at the highest levels of national and international competition;
- To encourage athletes to stay in Ontario to live and train;
- To compensate athletes for earnings lost while training;
- To enable athletes to successfully pursue excellence in sport while fulfilling their educational goals;
- To increase athlete access to improved high performance coaching; and
- To enhance training and competitive opportunities available to athletes.
The intent of the OAAP is to provide funding to individual athletes in the sport’s ‘Train to Train’ through ‘Train to Win’ categories based on their demonstrated commitment to high performance sport, allowing them to continue to pursue athletic excellence at the highest levels of national and international competition.
2025-2026 Quest for Gold –
OAAP Final List of Recipients:
June 1, 2026
Badminton Ontario has nominated the following athletes:
Chan, Rachel
Hoang, Chloe
Lai, Jonathan
Cheung, Jacqueline
Meng, Emma
Roth, Reath
APPLICATION STATUS: CLOSED
Deadline: May 23, 2026
Quest For Gold – Ontario Athlete Assistance Recipient
Archive List
Chan, Rachel
Hoang, Chloe
Lai, Victor
Half Cards
Bedi, Asher
Meng, Emma
Chan, Rachel
Dent, Jackie
Lai, Crystal
Lai, Victor
Ng, Talia
Half Cards
Bedi, Asher
Cheung, Jacqueline
Hoang, Chloe
Lock, Timothy
Meng, Emma
Nguyen, Joshua
Full Cards
Chan, Rachel
Dent, Jackie
Kendrick, Justin
Lai, Crystal
Lai, Victor
Ng, Talia
Sankeerth, BR
Yakura, Nyl
Half Cards
Cheung, Jacqueline
Hoang, Chloe
Lock, Timothy
Nguyen, Joshua
Nong, Sophia
Ontario Card Nominees:
- Au, Sharon
- Chan, Rachel
- Cheung, Jacqueline
- Choi, Chloe
- Chow, Jeslyn
- Dent, Jackie
- Dent, Thomas
- Hoang, Chloe
- Kim, Jacob
- Lai, Crystal
- Lai, Victor
- Li, Ivan
- Lock, Timothy
- Lu, Joseph
- Ng, Talia
- Nguyen, Joshua
- Nguyen, Binh Ngo
- Nong, Sophia
- Sankeerth, BR
- Tang, Jasper M H
- Wang, Jack
- Wong, Ashley
Full Card Nominations:
- Cheung, Jacqueline
- Jia, Colin
- Lai, Crystal
- Li, Antonio Benjamin
- Li, Ivan
- Ng, Talia
Half Card Nominations:
- Au, Sharon
- Chow, Jeslyn
- Lai, Victor
- Ngo, Nguyen Binh
Full Card Nominations:
- Choi, Catherine
- Choi, Darren
- Ho-Shue, Katie
- Lu, Joseph
- Ng, Talia
- Wang, Kevin
Half Card Nominations:
- Au, Sharon
- Cheung, Jacqueline
- Lai, Victor
- Nguyen, Joshua
Full Card Nominations:
- Choi, Catherine
- Feng, Stanley
- Ho-Shue, Katie
- Lai, Jonathan
- Ng, Talia
- Yang, Brian
Half Card Nominations:
- Cheung, Jacqueline
- De Belle, Cara
- Sankeerth, Bagalur Rajanna
- Wang, Kevin
Full Card Nominations
- De Delle, Cara
- Gale, Sarah
- Ho-Shue, Katie
- Ho-Shue, Jason
- Lai, Jonathan
- Sankeerth, Bagalur Rajanna
Half Card Nominations
- Au, Sharon
- Ng, Talia
- To, Kyle
- Yang, Brian
Full Card Nominations:
- D’Souza, Andrew
- De Belle, Cara
- Ho-Shue, Jason
- Honderich, Rachel
- Lai, Jonathan
- Tam, Brittney
Half Card Nominations:
- Bagular Rajanna, Sankeerth
- Gale, Sarah
- Ho-Shue, Katie
- Yakura, Nyl
Andrew D’Souza
Jason Ho-Shue
Rachel Honderich
Vivian Kwok
Kevin Li
Sergiy Shatenko
Bethany So
Brittney Tam
Michelle Tong
Nyl Yakura
Kelly Carter
Qufei Chen
Andrew D’Souza
Rachel Honderich
Andrew Lau
Kevin Li
Sergiy Shatenko
Bethany So
Brittney Tam
Michelle Tong
Andrew Wilkinson
Nyl Yakura
Alexandra Bruce
Qufei Chen
Andrew D’Souza
Rachel Honderich
Jocelyn Ko
Andrew Lau
Joseph Rogers
Sergiy Shatenko
Bethany So
Brittney Tam
Andrew Wilkinson
Nyl Yakura
Alexandra Bruce
Qufei Chen
Timothy Chiu
Rachel Honderich
Jocelyn Ko
Vivian Kwok
Andrew Lau
Kevin Li
Joseph Rogers
Sergiy Shatenko
Bethany So
Nyl Yakura
Timothy Chiu
Katelin Dejak
Surabhi Kadam
Jocelyn Ko
Nathan Lee
Kevin Li
Fiona McKee
Charmaine Reid
Joseph Rogers
Bethany So
Stephen Wojcikiewicz
Tracy Wong
Nyl Yakura