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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.

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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.

 

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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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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

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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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 National U35 Tournament Sponsor Press Kit

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Accra, Ghana March 31, 2021

Insurance brokers, All Risks Consultancy Limited, have partnered with the Ghana Badminton Association (BAG) for its upcoming National Badminton Doubles U-35 tournament this Easter holiday.

The company has offered a free group accident cover for the tournament slated for Friday, April 2, 2021, to Saturday, April 3, 2021, at the DG Hathramani Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium with all COVID-19 protocols strictly observed.

According to All Risks Consultancy Limited, this insurance will cover all 50 registered technical players and officials throughout the tournament to the tune of GH₵150,000.00.

They explained that in the event of travel accident from a place of aboard or death; it entitles an injured player to 100% of the sum assured and with permanent disablement, it will base the payout on the specified percentage mentioned in the permanent disability scale.

Also, a temporary total disablement of the insured from attending to or following any business or occupation, the benefit will be based on calculations per week during such disablement.

The 2021 National Badminton Doubles U-35 tournament is a Grade 5 Level ranking tournament and will see 16 best pairs of players playing in the Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, and the Mixed Doubles.

We would also use the tournament as one of the selection trials for the 2021 Africa Badminton Championship and 2022 Commonwealth Games qualifiers, which began in January 2021.

Commenting on the sponsorship, Yeboah, Evans President & Board Chair, Ghana Badminton Association highlighting on All Risks Consultancy’s success in the national and international marketplace–it holds leading positions in advising clients–he noted the “All Risks Insurance Consultancy has an impressive national reputation with which the Ghana Badminton, through the U35 Doubles Series is proud to associate.”

“We are pleased to see the growth of our sport and to join forces with All Risks Insurance Consultancy to enhance and promote badminton nationally– specifically the Doubles League Event–and make it an even more interesting product for badminton fans in Ghana,” said Yeboah, Evans.

“This strategic partnership for our officials and players is a good fit as Ghana Badminton and All Risks Insurance share similar goals to seek to further spread our respective brands and products across the country. Insurance also naturally goes together with sports as it helps to safeguard a person’s health, which is something that is vital to athletes and officials’ others in the badminton family.”

“Ghana Badminton’s local and the international appeal has been rising and we are confident that, given the plans, we have with All Risks Consultancy, the next few years will be to our mutual benefit as the Double Grade 5 Event attracts the top players and showcases some best doubles badminton ever in the country.”

“As a leading insurance brokerage, the company, All Risks Consultancy is proud to be partnering with Ghana Badminton as part of the sponsors for the Doubles U35 Series Event, and Ghana Badminton’s Players, staff, and technical officials will benefit from this package,” said, Delawoe Nyanyo, Executive Director

“All Risks Consultancy partnership with the Ghana Badminton Association will be a great opportunity to showcase our brand and values across the nation.”

“Inclusiveness is a key value of All Risks Consultancy culture and badminton is an inclusive sport that appeals to all genders, age groups, and nationalities. Health and wellness are also an important focus for All Risks Consultancy: encouraging sports, healthy activities, and engagement with our customers, families, and our stakeholders around the nation,” Mr. Nyanyo added.

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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 from 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 favorite 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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Press Release: Ghana Badminton 2021 Elective Congress

Ghana Badminton-the governing and supervisory body of the sport in Ghana, is excited to announce today its 4th Elective Congress slated for November 9, 2021, for its members in good standing during the four-year assessment period (2017-2021)

Per National Calendar released in March 2021, the Elective congress was scheduled for the 4th Quarter of the year. The November 9, 2021 Elective Congress will elect National Board Members with the following positions: President, Vice President, Treasurer and Five Executive Board Members for the 2022-2025 assessment period.

With nominations and submissions opened till October 12, 2021, members in good standing for 2017-2021 assessment period who meet the constitutional guidelines (linked here) criteria, and the public are invited to take part in leadership roles in the Association.

Further to this, notice of congress was issued yesterday, and per the articles of the association (linked here) delegates who are shareholders from 36 Badminton Community Clubs in good standing, 6 Regional Associations, 9 Statutory Committees and 8 institutional affiliates are entitled to vote and attend the teleconference meeting.

The National Association held its 2020 Annual General Meeting duly attended by Shareholder delegates members in good standing, among others further approved resolutions per constitutional provisions as enshrined (Linked here).

More information and application are available on the Ghana Badminton Website ((linked here)

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About Ghana Badminton Association-www.ghanabadminton.org

We are Ghana Badminton, the Governing and supervisory 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.

Get Involved -www.ghanabadminton.org