BWF PARA BADMINTON FEMALE PARTICIPATION GRANT

TURNING ATHLETES INTO SUPERSTARS AND CREATING LONG-LASTING BONDS AMONG ATHLETES.   “I am a star.” Shouts the overjoyed Bakayoko Abiba, the SH6 Ivorian player.” “The BWF Female Participation Grant has changed my status in life.” “I never dreamt that one day in my life, I Bakayoko would ever board a plane.” She tells BCA Tv…

BWF PARA BADMINTON CLASSIFIER WORKSHOP – UGANDA 2022

7 YEARS ON, AND DR. KINGSLEY METU FROM NIGERIA IS STILL PASSIONATE ABOUT DEVELOPING PARA BADMINTON IN AFRICA.   The BWF Para badminton classification panel currently consists of 13 International classifiers under the able leadership of Dr. Shamsul Azhar Shah from Malaysia. A Para athlete himself, Dr. Shamsul has been very instrumental to the growth…

BCA PARA BADMINTON COACHING WORKSHOP AND PLAYER TRAINING CAMP – UGANDA 22

MARY NADINE, THE NEW AMBASSADOR HERALDING PARA BADMINTON IN THE MAROUA AREA OF CAMEROON. Despite traveling over 1000 km to attend the recently concluded BWF Level 1 coaching course in Yaoundé, Cameroon, Mary Nadine has yet again joined a group of BWF qualified coaches, sponsored by the BCA, to participate in this edition of the…

BIRMINGHAM COMM0NWEALTH GAMES 2022 MIXED TEAM EVENT ROUND UP: SOUTH AFRICA BEAT ZAMBIA AND JAMAICA TO QUALIFY FOR THE QUARTER-FINALS AS UGANDA AND MAURITIUS REGISTERED WINS IN THE GROUP STAGES.

The badminton competition at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 kicked off on the 29th of July at the NEC hall, with the Mauritian African Champion Julien Paul taking on the World Champion LOH Kean Yew from Singapore. Julien Paul, just recovering from a nasty Achilles tendon injury sustained at the African Championships, gave a good…

LAMIDI ELLIASOU, CHANGING THE FORTUNES OF THE BWF SHUTTLE TIME PROGRAMME IN TOGO. AFRICAN SHUTTLE TIME AWARD (ASTA)

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…

10TH ALL AFRICA UNIVERSITY GAMES 2022.

UGANDA’S NDEJJE UNIVERSITY CROWNED THE 2022 BADMINTON AFRICAN UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONS.   The just concluded 10th All Africa University Games at the Kenyatta University saw Ndejje University take Gold in the Badminton Mixed Team event. Held in conjunction with the Badminton Confederation Africa further to their signing of a memorandum of understanding in 2018, the tournament…

BADMINTON CONFEDERATION AFRICA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS: BWF NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION COURSE 15th-18th April 2022

The BWF and the BCA are committed to developing the capacity of their national federations. In this regard, the BCA, under the auspices of its Gender Equity Commission, conducted the BWF National Administration Course in Pretoria, South Africa. The course was scheduled for December last year but postponed due to the Corona pandemic. Twenty participants from…