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BCA COACHING EDUCATION PROGRAMME 2022 As per its strategy to develop the level of badminton in Africa, the BCA has at its core a robust coaching education program being implemented across its 45 Member Associations. Since the inception of the program, the BCA has trained 388 Level 1 coaches from 30 countries, and 72…
DAY: 3 AASC INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS The Under 19 All-African Gold Medallist, Nour Ahmed Youssri, announced her arrival on Africa’s premier stage in style making history as the only player to clinch both the Junior and Senior titles, in a space of 4 months. Taking a stab at the title for the second time, Nour…
DAY 2 AASC ROUND OF 16 MATCHES Fadilah Shamika today proved why she is one of the most valuable and fast-rising star players in Africa. Qualifying for the quarter-finals of the All Africa Individual Championships, women’s singles by making an easy meal of the talented Linda Mazri 21-10 21-13 in the round of 32, Fadilah…
DAY 1 ROUND OF 64 MATCHES. With a record 221 entries received from 134 players, the All Africa Individual Championships 2022 started in earnest today at the Lugogo MTN arena in Uganda. Apart from earning world ranking points, the event held together with the All Africa Team Championships aims at crowning the best players…
DAY 4 AASC FINALS Algeria confirmed its dominance of the Men’s Team Event after they successfully defended the title they won in 2020 against Egypt in a 3-0 thriller held at Lugogo Stadium, Uganda. In the first Men’s singles, Youcef Sabri came from a game down to beat Adham Hatem 2-1 in a hotly…
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…
