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 Ghana Badminton and Badminton World Federation offering 100 Scholarships – Applications open.

 Ghana Badminton and Badminton World Federation offering 100 Scholarships for Young Athletes to benefit from World Academy of Sport Programme and the Federation University, Australia – Applications open.

Ghana Badminton-the governing and supervisory body of the sport in Ghana, is excited to announce today, in collaboration with the World Federation, is offering 100 Scholarships for Young Athletes to benefit from World Academy of Sport Programme and the Federation University, Australia. Ghana Badminton, together with BWF & WAoS, is offering 100 scholarships for a WAoS Athlete Certificate and four full fledge degree programmes for Ghanaian young athletes, administrators, and officials of the sport of Badminton.

The scholarship which is an online course developed for aspiring young athletes aged between 15 to 18 years of age who want to gain a broader understanding of the tools needed to become successful and knowledgeable athletes.

Content writers who work regularly with athletes have designed and written the course and overseen by an expert reference group representing several International Federations. They can complete the online course within 4.5 hours.

For the degree programme, one (1) fully funded scholarship and four (4) 25% scholarships are available for the Bachelor of International Sports Management degree offered by WAoS and Federation University. This course appeals to individual players and administrators looking to launch their careers in the sports industry and builds upon the Athlete Certificate and Post Graduate Certificate Scholarship Programmes previously offered by BWF and WAoS.

Ghana Badminton President Evans Yeboah said: “Together with BWF and Federation University, Australia, we are excited to have delivered this opportunity for our young and aspiring administrators of our sport across the nation-helping build a better sporting Ghana-with a hundred scholarships and five-degree programmes available. We look forward to integrating this tacit knowledge into our Badminton Ghana family in the medium to long term, knowing that sport and education enhance each other.”

All applicants will need to be in good standing with their Badminton Community Clubs, or School to be eligible. Successful applicants will be selected and will receive a full scholarship to allow them to take part in the university programme and the World Academy of Sport. With the application deadline being October 6, 2021, approaching, more information is available on the Ghana Badminton Website. http://99g.ghanabadminton.org/join-us/badminton-scholarship-application/

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About Ghana Badminton Association-www.ghanabadminton.org

We are Ghana Badminton, the Governing Body of Badminton in Ghana formed in 1962 and affiliated with the Badminton Confederation of Africa, International Olympic Committee, and International Paralympic Committee through the Badminton World Federation

The unique qualities of badminton make it accessible and enjoyable for anyone and everyone. And we work collaboratively with our partners and stakeholders to provide traditional and innovative opportunities for all to be involved; from Basic, Senior High and Tertiary School programs to seniors and Veterans social badminton, from School, community, and regional clubs and our national class coaching development to the delivery of our major events.

With Olympic success at the heart of our ambitions, we are investing our knowledge and expertise in rebuilding build a quality future for our sport by strengthening and developing the domestic game and developing talent to achieve success on the international stage, inspiring the next generation of players and local fans, and corporate community.

With thousands of Ghanaians playing every year, badminton is looking forward to being the nation’s favourite racket sport by 2022. We want to inspire everyone to play more, support louder and love badminton, from this generation to the next as the world’s fastest exercise and racket sport.

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Speech by Ghana Badminton President at Medal Presentation Ceremony of 19 Medal Winners to Government of Ghana

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Accra-Ghana September 14, 2021

Speech by Ghana Badminton President at Medal Presentation Ceremony of 19 Medal Winners from 2021 Benin Internationals to Director-General, NSA – Part of the targeted three series 2022 Commonwealth Games Qualifiers

  1. Dear NSA Director-General, Management and Staff of NSA, Board, and Members of Ghana Badminton, players and staff, my fellow team members.
  2. I wish you a warm welcome and congratulations for the grandeur honour of these medals. It is a great pleasure to see you and the sports authority for this rainy-day presentation of our international laurels. Our team’s overall results were modest and did not live up to the hopes we placed in these 2022 commonwealth competitions, but all of you present today put on excellent performances and your achievements are indisputable. Once again, I congratulate you on these historic country achievements.
  3. Director-General, of course, as the national and supervisory governing body of the sport, the purpose of today’s meeting is for us to present to you these medals won, but this is not all. I would like to discuss with you, as our best athletes, what we can do to prepare for the subsequent events. Who is better to discuss this subject with than you.
  4. Today’s modern top-level sport is always a tremendous amount of hard work plus a little bit of luck. But clearly, without concrete and systematic effort, and without unflagging will to achieve results, we would not have succeeded in doing what we did, and we displayed precisely this kind of will in Benin a fortnight ago- winning 18 Bronze Medals and 1 Silver Medal in Seniors and Juniors categories for the two-week event. We also achieved Africa’s second-best player at the tournament in the person of Francis Obeng Shang- the last notable of this was 10 years ago in 2011 in Mauritius.
  5. I want to address a separate thanks to your coaches, management team and our indefatigable High-Performance Committee of the Association. They are always there not only to help the athletes develop their physical capabilities but also maintain them in good mental shape too – it is essential for the athletes after all to be able to keep a balanced state and withstand the intense psychological pressure they come under. Our Road to Africa Games in Ghana and the 2022 Commonwealth Games, of course, represent the peak of this kind of pressure, and so the coaches also made a very important contribution to your victories as a nation.
  6. It is no secret for anyone that sport in our country is going through a change in generations today. In one sense, you could say that a change of generations is always taking place, of course, only sometimes it happens quicker, and sometimes it is a slower process. But whatever the case, many of our young athletes have shown that our African Games team does have good potential, that our young sports people do have talent, and in maturity in the next three years to the 2024 France Olympics through our High-Performance Plan.
  7. DG, I nevertheless want to note the memorable performance that we saw from our young medallist winner, Racheal Quarcoo. Her admiration won her, and her team a five-year scholarship to participate in the Benin Internationals annual event.
  8. She will be turning 13 years this week, and we hope that tomorrow will find her in the best of spirits. We will put her in a good mood today and tomorrow you can add to it. Congratulations! The example set by the renowned mixed team also played a big part in these victories. We saw this in the stubborn determination of our mixed team and seniors winning bronze medals respectively in the competition.
  9. We are the only Mix team sport in the country. It is very important to see that our athletes are also competitive in what are relatively revamped sports for our country. Ghana Badminton is on the rise again, after almost sixty years of our existence in Ghana. It is an excellent synthesis when we win medals in sports in which we have never achieved high results in the past and win medals in events of the sports in which we have always been strong.
  10. We have analysed our results, both objective and subjective. We have made commitments of greater value in funds and appeal to your office to assist us in defray the cost we incurred. We are grateful for the help given to us by the Ministry of Youth & Sports and the National Sports Authority and expecially also for our major food sponsor Stallion Distributors. We are grateful
  11. This has not been easy managing creditors and we appeal to your office to assist us in defraying this cost. Much sadness is that no team member has even received a penny from this tournament in allowances and your fatherly love to us should shine on us this rainy day.
  12. Overall, DG we have excellent potential. No matter how much emotion gets vented on our team, on specific heads of federations, on sports officials, you know that we all realise what you are capable of, and we clearly have enough time to prepare for the next games to put forward our best team and put on our best performance, even more so as this will be our qualifiers.
  13. I hope that by then everyone who will compete will be familiar with all the nuances of our center. They have done well, work hard and are doing everything possible to achieve results and show what our country is capable of.
  14. Director-General, our sports provide for internal appeals and resolution mechanisms per the Constitution for all members who are in good standing, and we ask all persons to use these avenues in grievances from members if only they are in good standing. Our constitution has been for the last two years a model for even other federations in the country, who are rewriting their constitution using ours as a model-This every member who is a citizen of our sport is revered.
  15. We have a lot of work ahead. Once more, we congratulate all of you on the team and sincerely on what is perhaps a very significant occasion for most of us. I wish on behalf of all of us my sincere congratulations! To your office and for the best interest in the development of sport in our country.
  16. From the hills, street training and gulley soils of Agona Nyakrom through to Osu Kinkawe, from Agotime Kpetoe, and Bimbilla- we present to you our 18 Medals and 1 Silver won from our recent international event, which is unprecedented in twenty years in the annals of the Sport.
  1. Thank you

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A Statement from Ghana Badminton Athletes Commission

A Statement from Ghana Badminton Athletes Commission

Accra, September 6, 2021

  1. Following the success announcement of our gallant performance of twenty-three national athletes at the recently held three international events in Benin-towards players onward career progression to multi-sport events, fuelled by the growing national popularity of the sport, the national athletes commission have taken notice of comments to media houses that have emerge on social media from a small number of obdurate players who are not in good standing regarding a purported news conference to be organized in the coming days with the subject agenda headline on “vindictiveness and constitutional breaches”.
  2. While the announcement of athletes’ behaviour in many sports can divide opinion, the athletes’ commission brings to the attention of all athletes (Professional and casual) that every group of persons operate within a particular framework of byelaws and constitutional provisions that makes you a member in good standing and a citizen of the association.
  3. In furtherance to the mission of the Athletes’ Commission, which is to represent athletes in good standing within the Badminton fraternity and support them to succeed in their sporting and non-sporting careers, and we are being represented at the highest levels of decision making within the association.
  4. The comments made by these small numbers of four persons to media houses this morning referring to the welfare and meanness of those four persons are entirely unnecessary, especially when none of these persons had approached the athlete’s commission to assist you to solve your grievance, if any.
  5. We want to remind all athletes that, as customary as any noble association within the constitutional provision of clause 41.5.1, which states “In the exercise of its Dispute Resolution powers, the Dispute Resolution Committee shall be the first venue/forum for resolving any dispute within the Association and shall for the avoidance of doubt be deemed an internal dispute resolution avenue of the first instance for the amicable settlement of any issues within the Association.”
  6. “Suffice to say, the Dispute Resolution and Appeals Committee is the Association’s first point of call on all disputes as established, a declaration/notice that, no member of the Association, will take matters concerning the Association, application and interpretation of directives or laws concerning Badminton rules and its governance in Ghana to the law courts, government regulating agencies, media, social media, Badminton World Federation, Badminton Confederation of Africa, regulations, decisions and directives to the ordinary Courts, unless the BWF Statutes or regulations, BCA Statutes, or binding national law, provide for, and that any recourse to Ordinary Courts and above mentioned entities is prohibited; Any member who does not follow the internal procedure of the resolution committee as the first point of call for any dispute is automatically expelled for three years from the association without further reference and recourse to the member. A declaration that any member recognizes the internal resolution bodies of BAG as the first point of call for any matters of any member and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, as specified in these respective statutes.”NOT EVEN THE BOARD CAN OVERTURN THIS AGM DECISION IF FOUND CULPABLE
  7. Whilst we acknowledge this small number of four persons in the association have not addresses their issues through the internal dispute resolution mechanism, and would want to resort to media and social media, we as your athletes Commissioners will only sound a word of caution and advice to these four athletes, that; you face an automatic irreversible ban of THREE YEARS from the sport without further reference and recourse to them, should they decide to proceed with their intended actions with its thoughtlessness.
  8. As athletes, we must remember why we started and love this sport- that playing for the nation, our teammates and personal glory should be our utmost concern and the athletes Commission takes this journey extremely seriously; the wellbeing of our players remains of paramount importance to our bright future organisation and the success of its programme. DON’T RISK YOUR SPORTS CAREER FOR SOME PERSON(S) AND THE TWO CLUBS (WHO ARE NOT IN GOOD STANDING) PAROCHIAL INTEREST
  9. The Ghana Badminton Athletes Commission is always available to you and has acknowledged the comments you intend to make to the media and continues to urge you to have a constructive and productive dialogue at this time while putting additional measures in place to help manage the situation you might have, including engaging one person from within us to provide independent support to those players.
  10. While the wellbeing of our four players (with some even on the associations’ national monthly allowance till date) is critically important, the wellbeing of ‘the team behind the team’ is no less important. The challenge to the professionalism and integrity of our athletes programme management, coaches, and support team is something that we cannot condone and the personal and abusive attacks on social media platforms targeting the Board are completely unacceptable, disappointing and is a significant distraction to everyone involved with the badminton team – players, coaches, and support team – and all parties recognise that the sole focus, right now, must be on preparing to continue with the success of our 2024 High Performance Plan in the best physical and mental condition, ready to make Ghana proud, as we did in our recent Benin Internationals. For now, our intention is to avoid any further disruption and focus on final preparations for our programmes.
  11. We have always been as athletes’ representatives on the highest decision-making body, and will continue to be, totally committed to the national executive’s goal of providing the optimum performance environment that will see Ghana Badminton Performance Programme achieve multi-medal performances at World, African and Commonwealth level by 2026 and one that will ensure that Ghana Badminton is represented. The future looks great! and we urge the four of you to join
  12. DON’T RISK YOUR SPORTS CAREER FOR SOME PERSON(S) PAROCHIAL INTEREST- THE SPORT IS BIGGER THAN ALL OF US

Signed

Ghana Badminton Athletes Commission

Kelvin Evans Alphous (0595343479)

Chair

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Badminton Benin International: Ghana’s Senior’s Team Wins Two Bronze Medals

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Badminton Benin International: Ghana’s U35 Team wins two Bronze Medals

By Edna A. Quansah, Ghana News Agency

     Ouidah, Benin, Aug. 24, GNA- Ghana’s quest to win a gold medal in the ongoing Badminton Benin International ended yesterday following Ghana’s topmost athlete Abdul Ahmad-Samad elimination by a Kazakhstan and South Africans at the semi-final stage. The first of any Ghanaian in Benin Internationals in ten years.

     Despite their impressive performance in the round 16 stage, the team faced a Herculean task against experienced sides who have had many international tournament exposures- with some counting thirty-two appearances in one year alone. In furtherance to this performance, no player got below the quarter final stage of the international competition

     In the Men’s Singles event, Ghana’s number one rising badminton player Abdul Ahmad-Samad was ousted by a Kazakhstan player, Dmitry Panarin, who has tasted over 43 international competitions in two years and winning a bronze medal at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Argentina. The Ghanaian athlete lost with a score of 21-19, 21-18 at the semi-final stage.

     Prospera Nantou, Ghana’s Women Singles prospect, also succumbed to South African’s Johanita Scholtz in a game which ended 21-5, 21-8 in the Women’s Single.

      In the Men’s Double, Ruan Snyman and Robert Summers, also from South Africa beat Ghana’s pair, Ebenezer Korampong and Samuel Lamptey 21-11, 21-13 whilst the latter’s compatriot Daniel Steyn and Bogani Von defeated Ruddock Quarcoo and Aaron Tamakloe with a score of 21-12, 21-14 and Cameron Coetzer and Jarred Eliot eliminated Emmanuel Amoako and Elvis Osei with 21-12, 21-14

     In the Women’s Double, Amy Ackerman and Diane Olivier (South Africa) posted a painful defeat to Ghana’s Prospera Nantuo and Cindy Tornyenyor in the semi-finals. The game ended 21-9, 21-10, whilst Demi Botha Deidra and Laurens Jordaan (South Africa) conquered Gloria Nyame and Racheal Quarcoo from Ghana, with 21-10, 21-2 in the quarterfinals.

     Having lost in the other events, South African’s pair Robert White and Diane Olivier inflicted more pain to Team Ghana to thrash Cindy Tornyenyor and Ahmad Abdul-Samad with 21-7, 21-16 in the Mixed Double category.

     Also in that category, Alphous and Prospera outclassed compatriots Aaron Tamakloe and Gloria Nyame 21-15, 21-11 to pick a semi-final slot but lost out to South African Jarred Elliot and Deidre Laurens Jordaan after recording 21-7, 21-16.

     Despite losing, per the Badminton rules, Ghana was awarded two bronze medals for reaching the semi-final stage in the Mixed Doubles and Women’s Double Event, giving the country the needed round one of cumulative points towards the Badminton Mixed Team Event qualification for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham-United Kingdom.

    Ghana begun her campaign for the African U-15 Championship on Sunday, August 22, at the Stade de l’amitié Générale Mathieu. In furtherance to this, Ghana is also taking part in an international training camp for the sub-juniors age category- building up the essence of Badminton technique play at the world class level for its national athletes. The 2020-2024 High Performance Plan by the association (linked here) is making continuous progress as the national Badminton team is exceeding target.

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About Ghana Badminton Association-www.ghanabadminton.org

We are Ghana Badminton, the Governing Body of Badminton in Ghana formed in 1962 and affiliated to the Badminton Confederation of Africa, International Olympic Committee, and International Paralympic Committee through the Badminton World Federation

The unique qualities of badminton make it accessible and enjoyable for anyone and everyone. And we work collaboratively with our partners and stakeholders to provide traditional and innovative opportunities for all to be involved; from Basic, Senior High and Tertiary School programs to seniors and Veterans social badminton, from School, community, and regional clubs and our national class coaching development to the delivery of our major events.

With Olympic success at the heart of our ambitions, we are investing our knowledge and expertise in rebuilding build a quality future for our sport by strengthening and developing the domestic game and developing talent to achieve success on the international stage, inspiring the next generation of players and local fans, and corporate community.

 

With thousands of Ghanaians playing every year, badminton is looking forward to being the nation’s favourite racket sport by 2022. We want to inspire everyone to play more, support louder and love badminton, from this generation to the next as the world’s fastest exercise and racket sport.

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Ghana’s Mixed Team settles for third position in All Africa U-15 Championship

Ghana’s Mixed Team settles for third position in All Africa U-15 Championship

By Edna A. Quansah, Ghana News Agency

   Ouidah, Benin, Aug. 31, GNA- Ghana’s Mixed team settled for the third position and would bag a bronze medal in the All-Africa U-15 Championship which was played yesterday at the Stade de l’amitié Générale Mathieu in Benin. The best performance in twenty years history of Ghana at the U-15 African championships.

     After playing in the Mixed Doubles, Men’s Doubles, Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles event against Mauritius in the semi-finals, Ghana lost 1-3 which halted the team’s progression to the finals.

     It was Ghana’s new young sensation, Francis Obeng Shang who won the Men’s Singles event against Mauritius’ Men’s Singles Champion after the team’s excellent performance at the Group stage.

     Ghana was housed in Group A with Niger, South Africa, and Benin. Ghana topped the table with 381 points beating all three competitors 5-0 each in the group stage of the competition.

     Mauritius progressed to the finals and meet with Egypt in the All-Africa U-15 Championship which played on Tuesday, August 24.

Ghana begun her campaign for the African U-15 Championship on Sunday, August 22, at the Stade de l’amitié Générale Mathieu. In furtherance to this, Ghana also took part in an international training camp for the sub-juniors age category- building up the essence of Badminton technique play at the world class level for its national athletes.

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About Ghana Badminton Association-www.ghanabadminton.org

We are Ghana Badminton, the Governing Body of Badminton in Ghana formed in 1962 and affiliated to the Badminton Confederation of Africa, International Olympic Committee, and International Paralympic Committee through the Badminton World Federation

The unique qualities of badminton make it accessible and enjoyable for anyone and everyone. And we work collaboratively with our partners and stakeholders to provide traditional and innovative opportunities for all to be involved; from Basic, Senior High and Tertiary School programs to seniors and Veterans social badminton, from School, community, and regional clubs and our national class coaching development to the delivery of our major events.

With Olympic success at the heart of our ambitions, we are investing our knowledge and expertise in rebuilding build a quality future for our sport by strengthening and developing the domestic game and developing talent to achieve success on the international stage, inspiring the next generation of players and local fans, and corporate community. 

With thousands of Ghanaians playing every year, badminton is looking forward to being the nation’s favourite racket sport by 2022. We want to inspire everyone to play more, support louder and love badminton, from this generation to the next as the world’s fastest exercise and racket sport.

Get Involved  -www.ghanabadminton.org

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Ghana Badminton’s Top Female Junior player Racheal Quarcoo gets a five-year sponsorship deal.

Ghana Badminton’s top female junior player Racheal Quarcoo gets a five-year sponsorship deal.

By Edna A. Quansah, GNA

     Accra, Sept. 3, GNA- The Benin Badminton Federation (BBF) has offered 13-year-old Racheal Quarcoo a five-year sponsorship following her impressive performance in the Badminton Benin International and the All-Africa U-15, U-19 championships which just ended on September 1 in Ouidah, Benin.

     Quarcoo, in her first international appearance, excelled in the All-Africa U-15 championship and the Benin International (U-35) where she reached the quarterfinal stage and was eliminated by much older experienced opponents.

     Following her marvellous exploits in the competitions, the BBF offered her a sponsorship which includes taking care of her accommodation, feeding and tournament entry fee for the next five years when she takes part in the Benin International. This will offer her the needed support for her tournament points and ranking build up in qualifying towards the 2023 African Games, 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games, 2024 Olympic Games, and 2026 Youth Olympic Games to be held in Senegal for the first time on the African soil.

      The budding talent was a member of the Mixed Team that won bronze in the All Africa U-15 championship.

     She told the GNA Sports, the offer will spur her on to do better in her subsequent competitions for the nation.

     Meanwhile, Team Ghana has arrived from Benin after bagging 1 Silver and six bronze medals. The star of the tournament was Francis Obeng Shang-the current Silver medalist ranked player in Africa.

Racheal In action during internationals
Racheal Reaches Quarters
Bronze medallist U-15 African Champions

 

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Ghana Badminton Association and University of Education’s Winneba Signs MOU

Ghana Badminton Association and University of Education’s Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sports Department Signs MOU to Showcase Badminton’s Teaching and Sports Promotion  

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ACCRA, 11 April 2021

Ghana Badminton Association, the national governing and supervisory body of Badminton sport in Ghana, announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the University of Education’s Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sports (HPERS) Department.

At a signing ceremony at the University of Education, Winneba the MOU will establish and undertake cooperative programmes in the areas of badminton research, badminton university course, training, scholarships, technical and physical education for athletes and technical development in sport management, and administration.

Following the announcement, Ghana Badminton President Evans Yeboah said:

“Our collaboration with the University of Education is another great step forward for Ghana Badminton’s growth. We are hopeful about his development and the partnership with the University is in line with our 2024 strategic growth of building partnerships with educational institutions in the country. This MOU agreement will not only promote educational research and sports development for Ghana Badminton ecosystem but offers opportunities and access for our Badminton World Federation (BWF) University course for the students at the University.”

The Ghana Badminton’s BWF Shuttle Time University Course on graduation will offer two national and International Certification to HPERS students at the university, while as the national federation we will provide the knowledge and support required to deliver fun, safe, and enjoyable badminton lessons assisting the university and college students undertaking to teach physical education and sports-related courses at the University of Education, Winneba.

The University of Education HPERS Head of Department, Dr Ernest Yeboah Acheampong commented: “This MOU brings together our expanding core values as a sports department of the University of Education. This partnership includes the exchange of expertise, programmes, training and helping our University students with a leap head in research, sports management with a well-organised national sporting association. Already the BWF Research Grant is something we look forward to some of our students to identify themselves with Badminton related research proposals. We have also availed our facilities and management with the national association, and we will want to work with the best in sports management and Ghana Badminton Association delights us to have this agreement in place. We’re looking forward to working alongside the Ghana Badminton offering as the first-ever sporting association in this mammoth collaboration for our mutual benefit.”

A senior lecturer at the HPERS Department, Prof. Humphrey Pufaa also shared his highlights on the need for national associations to partner with University’s for scientific methods of approach and guidance in benefiting from the accredited programmes that the Universities offer, he was elated about this beginning path between the two organisations.

The Shuttle Time University Course had grown its popularity mainly in the Pan Am region, with 68% of the courses delivered, followed by 29% delivered in Europe and 3% in Asia regions.

With the spurring growth of Badminton Sport, the University of Education will be the first University in Africa in the last decade to run the national and international Badminton Course and are on the road to be globally accredited for the teaching of Badminton in a university.

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About Ghana Badminton Association-www.ghanabadminton.org

We are Ghana Badminton, the Governing Body of Badminton in Ghana formed in 1972 and affiliated to the Badminton Confederation of Africa, International Olympic Committee and International Paralympic Committee through the Badminton World Federation

The unique qualities of badminton make it accessible and enjoyable for anyone and everyone. And we work collaboratively with our partners and stakeholders to provide traditional and innovative opportunities for all to be involved; from Basic, Senior High and Tertiary School programs to seniors and Veterans social badminton, from School, community, and regional clubs and our national class coaching development to the delivery of our major events.

With Olympic success at the heart of our ambitions, we are investing our knowledge and expertise in rebuilding build a quality future for our sport by strengthening and developing the domestic game and developing talent to achieve success on the international stage, inspiring the next generation of players and local fans, and corporate community.

With thousands of Ghanaians playing every year, badminton is looking forward to being the nation’s favourite racket sport by 2022. We want to inspire everyone to play more, support louder and love badminton, from this generation to the next as the world’s fastest racket sport.

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Ghana Badminton U35 National Open: Perfect National Super Class Experience On Display

Winners in Women's Doubles Event

Accra, Ghana April 05, 2021

Ghana Badminton Association hosted its National Badminton Doubles U-35 tournament at the DG Hathramani Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium, Accra with all COVID-19 protocols strictly observed.

The 2021 National Badminton Doubles U-35 tournament is a Grade 5 Level ranking tournament that saw the best pairs of players playing in the Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, and the Mixed Doubles Event. The tournament was one of the selection trials for the 2021 Africa Badminton Championship and 2022 Commonwealth Games qualifiers, which began in February 2021 giving athletes critical national ranking points towards competitions.

The national young lad and lass no doubt positioned themselves with national pride for hours at the badminton Arena in Accra. The nation’s best and promising players were gathered during the event, and there was a superb atmosphere from the start right through to the end.

With our national promising players taking part, spectators made the picture complete and showcased what Badminton can do in terms of exposure, performance, and event management. Together with newly accessed technical officials-it offered a ground for them to be accessed for their progression of being accredited-earning the record of work for their promotion towards the 2023 African Games to be hosted in Ghana.

In the Men’s Doubles Event, finally, Felix Amassah + Noah Ayim won against Samuel Lamptey+Aaron Tamakloe by 22-20, 20-22, 21-15 lasting almost 90 minutes of play. In the Women’s Doubles Event finals Prospera Nantuo+Rabiatu Ofoli won in a grand style up against Gloria Liu+Marcia Long-18-21, 21-9, 21-16; The Ghanaians female pair was a delight to watch with an amazing blaze of talent and brilliance. The Open championship finals in Mixed Doubles Saw Ahmad Abdul-Samad+Gloria Liu defeating Kelvin Evans Alphous+Prospera Nantuo by 21-10 21-17; to win the Mixed Doubles event. In the end, Felix Amasah And Noah Ayim won the most decorated athlete pair distinguished award-based on performance, discipline, and athlete orientation. All participants received participation and winners’ certificate and tournament prizes.

Commenting on the success of the event, Yeboah, Evans President & Board Chair, Ghana Badminton highlighted the success of this event “amid COVID pandemic was important for the sport locally as it has invigorated our 2021-2024 High-Performance Plan targets and our 2021 Badminton in School’s Delivery Programme.”

“The National Open Grade 5 ranking level is our flagship doubles tournament for the year, and during this pandemic, it spoke volumes when companies like Ghana Gas, Ghana Investment Promotion Center and All Risk Consultancy had supported us to deliver this successful tournament with several networking meetings with these and other important partners of the national association. This showed confidence in our sport, allowing us to plan medium to long-term strategies to enhance other events during the year and promote badminton’s prominence as a thriving sports entertainment nationwide, including larger audiences for our athletes’ technical officials. The events media coverage was at its peak with high levels of service and quality live and delayed nationwide coverage during the tournament. The partnership with the Ghana Badminton was an opportunity to further strengthen the good relationships that already exist for some firms and to discover new and mutually beneficial opportunities for the future.”

Noting Badminton’s growing mass appeal, Mr Daniel Danso- Ghana Badminton Chair of Events and High-Performance Committee said: “We are focusing on building our team to its optimum and this tournament provided the right atmosphere for our exceeded expectations. Our spectators and volunteers also provided optimal service on all levels”
“In mid next month, our Veterans and U15 National Championship Series, which is the country’s most prestigious veterans and juniors’ championships following a successful rebounded of the championship since 1989. With aged (This is an individual championship with men’s and women’s singles and doubles and mixed doubles events.

The age categories are divided: +35, +40, +45, +50, +55, +60 +65, +70 and +75.) The winners of each category are awarded a medal and crowned National Veterans Champion in their age category. As the nation’s fastest-growing sport, our yearlong series of U15 competitions for boys’ and girls’ teams in multiple age brackets as teams earn their way from the top teams in their region to the regional championship juniors’ tournaments. Annually, the National Championship Series provides the nation’s top school coaches with the premier stage to identify and scout the most coveted players in the country.”

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We are Ghana Badminton, the Governing Body of Badminton in Ghana formed in 1972 and affiliated to the Badminton Confederation of Africa, International Olympic Committee, and International Paralympic Committee through the Badminton World Federation

The unique qualities of badminton make it accessible and enjoyable for anyone and everyone. And we work collaboratively with our partners and stakeholders to provide traditional and innovative opportunities for all to be involved; from Basic, Senior High and Tertiary School programs to seniors and Veterans social badminton, from School, community, and regional clubs and our national class coaching development to the delivery of our major events.

With Olympic success at the heart of our ambitions, we are investing our knowledge and expertise in rebuilding build a quality future for our sport by strengthening and developing the domestic game and developing talent to achieve success on the international stage, inspiring the next generation of players and local fans, and corporate community.

With thousands of Ghanaians playing every year, badminton is looking forward to being the nation’s favourite racket sport by 2022. We want to inspire everyone to play more, support louder and love badminton, from this generation to the next as the world’s fastest racket sport.

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Winners in Women’s Doubles Event
1st Runners up in Mixed Double
Best Decorated Pair on display
Technical Officials were accessed