Ghana to Participate in 2018 Africa Badminton Championships

The national Badminton teams(men and women teams), on Saturday, departed for Algeria to participate in the Thomas and Uber teams championships-Africa preliminaries and the Africa individual championships.

The championship is fixed from 12 to 18 February, 2018.

The team is made up eight players (four men and four women) and three officials.

The contingent, was led by the president of the Badminton Association of Ghana (BAG) Mr. Evans Kojo Yeboah.

The Thomas and Uber teams championships, Africa preliminaries is a qualification event, aimed at selecting Africa’s representatives for the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World teams championships finals in Thailand in May, this year.

While the Africa individual championships was to enable individual players the opportunity to secure point for world rankings.

In the 2016 edition, the male team lost out in the semi finals, with the inclusion of a foreign coach in the technical team, the players are poised for action and keen on improving upon previous records.

The team is expected back in Ghana on 20th February, 2018.

Source: GNA