Oceania Shuttle Time News
BCA Under 19 Training Camp “When I was 19 years old my father threw away my football boots into the river after I broke my leg” Said the recent recipient of the BCA Badminton lifetime recognition award, Mr. Annirao Dajee “This was my turning point and how my love for Badminton started at the Mauritius…
Botswana Badminton Association I am the last of nine children. I grew up in a poor family. I have always been determined to change my status through education. I am currently a university graduate with a Master’s Degree in Development Practice (MDP). Tryst With Badminton I first came across badminton at secondary school at…
Badminton Federation of Djibouti I was born in Djibouti as the eldest of four children. My parents invested a lot to make us happy. My father was a mason and my mother was a cook in a hotel. We had a more or less easy childhood and we participated in daily household chores. At…
The winner of the inaugural African Shuttle Time Award (ASTA) at the concluded BCA AGM was the Badminton Federation of Togo (FETOBAD). Initiated by the BCA, ASTA aims at recognizing Member Associations that have excelled in successfully implementing the Shuttle Time Programme in their countries. Through their Shuttle Time Coordinator Mr. Lamidi Elliasou, FETOBAD emerged top among…
Badminton Federation of Burundi I was born in 1966 in Matana in a countryside region in the south of Burundi. I’m the eldest in a family of eight children who lived off agriculture. My school was about 6 km from home. Like other children in my region, I loved playing football. After secondary school, I…
Shuttle Time National Coordinator, Badminton Senegal I was born and raised in the 300-year-old city of Saint Louis, in the north of Senegal. I played various sports at school and in the street like many young Senegalese. At the end of my schooling, I went to Dakar for my studies which lasted six years…
Lesotho Badminton Association I grew up in a small family in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. From a young age I was an active child who liked to be outdoors, running and playing. I have played tennis, table tennis, cricket, basketball, athletics and soccer. Upon completing high school I volunteered in a few youth organisations…
Badminton Federation of Congo I was the last child in a family of seven children. I spent my childhood in barracks in various places in Congo (Brazzaville , Mouyondzi, Jacob, Komono , LOutété, Mfouati , Gamboma) where my father, a military policeman, had been posted. Tryst With Badminton My first encounter with badminton was…
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) and HSBC recently launched the new Badminton outdoor game. According to the BWF President Mr Poul Erik Hoyer the new outdoor game dubbed Air Badminton seeks to put a badminton racket in the hands of as many as people possible. This provides a big opportunity for Africa to excel in…
BCA conducted 2 Shuttle Time events in Mauritius from the 9th to 12th of May 2019: A Shuttle Time Trainers course (English) and a Shuttle Time Tutors course. Following the Shuttle Time trainers course held in Morocco for French speaking participants, BCA organized a similar course for English speaking trainers. 4 participants were selected following…
