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January 1, 2023-Ghana Badminton’s Champion Alphous Kelvin Evans has been named Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) 2022 Best Badminton Player Award, according to a release from the SWAG Secretariat On Christmas Eve.
During the eligibility period from December 2021 to November 2022, Alphous was almost always unstoppable, winning many laurels in Africa, including National and African Championship events.
His pinnacle across the year was his excellent performance during the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom, ranking 17th globally in Men’s Double Event, 23rd in Men’s Singles Event and 17th in the Mix Doubles Event of the 72 Commonwealth Nations and States.
Badminton was one of the sports contested at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England. The 2022 Commonwealth Games was the fifteenth staging of Badminton at the Commonwealth Games since its inclusion in 1966 and the second staging within England specifically. Ghana Badminton made its seventh appearance at the Commonwealth Games after its debut in the 1998 Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Alphous, having reflected on a 2017 national journey for Kelvin Evans Alphous, where he began his badminton career in his Senior Secondary School days at the Swedru School of Business led by the late Ebenezer Affaidu as his Coach. Ebenezer Affaidu was a Badminton Coach from the Shuttle Time Course in 2017/2018 under the Ghana Badminton Schools Project, educating and training potential Badminton players across the country.
In 2019, Alphous participated in national events and graduated onwards through national team selections, climbing on the part of growth towards his African Games, Commonwealth Games and Paris 2024 Olympic Qualification.
Alphous shared, “I can’t believe I am receiving this high-level award on the same stage with some of the world’s advanced players. It’s a dream come true, and I am excited about it. This will be my second award, and I am delighted that sports writers and journalists in Ghana have reckoned with my efforts and will continue to work hard to make my National Federation and Ghana proud. There is nothing compared to the national award, and it holds a special place in our sport. The International and National Games gave me my first exposure to big championships and multi-sport events. Coming from a village near Agona Swedru is a privilege, and this will inspire me to do more in my sports career.” Alphous Kelvin
Alphous is also the Ghana Badminton Athletes Commission Chair, whose constitutional mandate since 2020 has been to represent and promote athletes’ views and interests at the highest level of decision in Badminton in furthering the objectives of Ghana Badminton to be the leading national federation in the country through its Strategic Plan ‘Mission 2017-2027’
The 47th MTN Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Awards will be on the theme “Honouring Sports Excellence.” The event is slated for January 28, 2022, in Accra and will witness 25 individual awards, ten special awards, and the President’s Special Award for the Best Journalist of the Year.
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About Ghana Badminton
We are Ghana Badminton, the Governing Body of Badminton in Ghana formed in 1962. We are the supreme national sports governing body that has regulatory function for the Olympic Sport of Badminton in Ghana. We do this by preparing and implementing a vision and strategic plan for the national sport and determine how it will be implemented nationally, regionally, and local.
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 in line with the global vision of giving every child a chance to play for life by leading and inspire all stakeholders; to deliver entertainment through exciting events to drive fan experience; and to create innovative, impactful and sustainable development initiatives.
With thousands of Ghanaians playing every year, badminton is looking forward to being the nation’s favourite racket sport by 2024. 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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Websites: www.ghanabadminton.org
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/BadmintonGhana
November 20, 2022, Accra-Ghana
One of Ghana’s most prominent Universities, Kumasi Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, hosted the multi-sport event from 4 to November 19 2022 where badminton talents from eight Ghanaian universities got to compete in team and individual events of the Ghana University Games (GUSA). Growing the sport in an upward growth of thirty per cent more universities taking part in the Sports at the GUSA Games compared to the last held Edition in Accra. Badminton sport awards 18 different categories of gold, silver, and bronze medals at all Multi Sports Competitions.
The 27th Edition of the GUSA Games was back because of the COVID-19 outbreak and its subsequent rescheduling. The major university multi-sport event, organized by GUSA, fielded the most active racket sport at the University Games. The University of Ghana, Accra, hosted the last university sports event.
Eight noble public Universities took part in the Games, with Universities like the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), the University of Ghana (UG), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University of Education, Winneba.
(UEW), Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AMMUSTED), the University of Business and Integrated Development Studies (UBIDS), WA, the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and the University of Development Studies (UDS). These Universities took part in the Mix Team and Individual Events, with UEW topping the medal table with 6 Gold, 3 Silver and one bronze, whilst KNUST placed second place with 2 Silver medals, UG placed third with 1 Silver and four bronze whilst UCC was placed fourth with one bronze medal. AMMUSTED, UDS, UBIS and UPSA will look towards winning an award in the next edition, rekindling the success of fledgling players in the Competition.
Badminton, a crucial part of the GUSA Games event since the ’80s
As the Governing Body of Badminton in Ghana and representing every member of the Badminton Community in Ghana, we provided a well-organized officiating, governed, compliant, and inclusive global sport towards the Games.
With 23 National Accredited Technical Officials at the Games, GUSA and Ghana Badminton have worked closely for years, having been official partners since the late 80s, Participants, stakeholders and shared interest groups. The KNUST University Community has expressed positive feelings about Badminton being a compulsory sport at the biannual GUSA Games.
GUSA is excited to see Badminton, as always, part of the African University Games recently held in Kenya and the World University Games coming off in Chengdu, China 2023, as one of the core sports on the programme. Badminton was one of the 9 Sports at the GUSA University Games, contributing to the around 1000 students representing 14 Public universities. The Badminton Competition comprised the standard format of Mix team and Individual Events and took place from 7 to November 15, 2022.
KNUST Sports Directorate and Kumasi Technical Institute, an experienced host
The KNUST Sports Directorate and the official venue, KTI School, where academic badminton players compete for the universities they represented, was the sports centre at the KTI Sports Auditorium, a necessary Badminton event centre since the 1970s, where KNUST and GUSA officials remarked as one of the most prominent technical Schools in Kumasi. The over 3000 students watch from the side-lines of the Hall each day chanting and wavering their best and newfound athletes notable for being role models for them. It was fun to watch them playing and supporting the team.
An unforgettable experience
With 31% of participating student-athletes have come from our Badminton in the Schools Project-a project launched in 2018 to unearth and support the growth of sports in Schools across the country and currently covering 72% of all school population in Ghana. The national federation was excited to see the centre of excellence stars from “not too popular” Universities exhibit a can-do spirit leading to a lot of learning and aspiration with fond memories of the event in Kumasi.
Want to learn more about the 2022 GUSA University Games? Then click here.
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About Ghana Badminton
Founded in 1962, Ghana Badminton is the governing body of Badminton in Ghana, responsible for representing, coordinating, administering, marketing and developing the sport in close cooperation with our authorized and regulated Government Authority and Development partners.
As the national sports governing body for the Olympic Sport of Badminton, we do this by representing every member of the Badminton Community at the government level by providing a well-governed, compliant, and inclusive global sport and implementing a strategic plan for the national sport with our implementation partners at the national and international levels.
With Olympic success at the heart of our ambitions, we are investing our knowledge and expertise in rebuilding 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 in line with the global vision of giving every child a chance to play for life.
We do this by leading and inspiring all stakeholders; delivering entertainment through exciting events to drive fan experience; and creating innovative, impactful, sustainable development initiatives.
With millions of Ghanaians playing yearly, Badminton is looking forward to being the nation’s favourite racket sport by 2024. We want to inspire everyone to play more, support louder and love Badminton, from this generation to the next, worthy of the world’s fastest sport.
Get Involved!
Websites: www.ghanabadminton.org