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DAY 3 AASC, MEN’S TEAM EVENT 1ST QUARTERFINALS MATCHES Kalombo Mulenga led the charge for Zambia in their quarter-final encounter against South Africa, beating Ruan Snyman 21-19 21-15, but it was not enough to stop the South Africans from taking the next two Men’s Singles through the efforts of Robert White and Cameron Coetzer, who…
DAY 3 AASC, WOMEN TEAM EVENT SEMIFINAL QUALIFICATION MATCHES The defending champions in the Women’s Team Event, Egypt went through baptismal of fire in their quest to qualify for the semis and defend the Women’s Team Event title they won in 2020 at AASC in Egypt. Badly needing a win against a resurgent Algerian women’s…
AASC DAY 2 GROUP MATCHES. The morning session of the second day of the All Africa Senior Championships started with an all-South African region affair in the Men’s Team Event, with Zambia facing it off with their next-door neighbours Zimbabwe. Kalombo Mulenga led Zambia’s onslaught denying the Zimbabweans a chance to get any point in…
ALGERIA, EGYPT, AND UGANDA EASILY SAIL THROUGH THEIR MATCHES IN THE MORNING SESSION. The All Africa Senior championships 2022 started today with a bang with surprise wins from Reunion and Uganda. Opening the games in a colourful opening ceremony, the BCA President, Mr. Michel Bau, thanked the hosts Uganda for unselfishly standing firm and agreeing…
AASC TEAM DRAW IS OUT WITH EGYPT, ALGERIA, UGANDA, AND ZIMBABWE DRAWN IN THE GROUP OF DEATH IN THE WOMEN EVENT. It will be battle royal as Uganda, led by Husina Kobugabe, the Women’s Doubles bronze medalist in the All Africa Senior Championships 2021 individual event, face off with the giants of Africa, Egypt, in…
13 countries fight it out to represent Africa at the Thomas & Uber Cup finals in May. Egypt will be leading a record 13 countries to the most prestigious tournament in the continent for a chance to represent Africa at the Thomas & Uber cup finals in May. The defending champions were the winners in…
“The future is very bright for Women in badminton in Africa “ says Obiageli Solaja, a 3 time gold medalist winner in the 1996 All Africa Championships . Obiageli Solaja contributions have been numerous to the growth and expansion of badminton in Africa. She was among the 1st female badminton players in Africa to participate in the…
A pulsating tournament with lots of surprises, the All Africa Senior Championships , held from the 9th to 16th of February 2020, in Cairo , Egypt, kept all of its promises, in what was one of the highlights among African Badminton Tournaments. The final ranking combining both team and individual events saw the host team, Egypt…
Carthage Tunisia saw BWF Shuttle Time Trainer and BCA Regional Development Officer, Nonvidé Bernadin Bokpè help the Tunisian Badminton Federation to implement and develop the Shuttle Time Programme. taking place from the 2nd till the 6th of February 2020, the Shuttle Time Programme targeted 2 categories, namely Tutors and Teachers. The Shuttle Time Tutors course took…
From 5th to 12th March 2020, Tutor and BCA Regional Development Officer Bernadin Bokpè and BCA Regional Development Officer Ahmed Reda carried out the BWF Level 1 coaching course , for-seeing the development and improvement of the level of Badminton in the mentioned countries. The outcome of the training saw the new coaches learn from…
