The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) last Tuesday added another dimension of the sport to the public with the launch of `Air Badminton’ a new outdoor aspect of the game.
The launch took place at the National Park in Georgetown.
According to a release from the association, Air Badminton is a new project in partnership with HSBC, a British multinational investment bank and a Global Development partner of the World Badmintion Federation(BWF), designed to create opportunities for people of all ages and ability to play badminton on hard, grass, and sand surfaces in parks, gardens, streets, playgrounds, and beaches around the world.
“We are very happy to have gotten this project off especially during this pandemic situation which caused our Sport to be on hold since April 2020,” a release from the association stated.
“This new outdoor game was implemented by the World Badminton Federation and it’s a great way to keep the players active and motivated until we can restart our normal training. We congratulate the players who participated and their commitment shows just how much they missed playing and all eager to come out to hit the specially designed shuttlecock which can withstand the wind to a point,” the release added.
The GBA acknowledged the efforts of Colonel Nazrul Hussain of the national COVID-19 Task Force, Marvis Hoppie, National Park Commission, Carlton Joao of Banks DIH, and the GBA executives for their input to make the launch a success. The launch is internationally sanctioned with the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and HSBC being the main pillars behind the conceptualisation of the new outdoor game.
