Priyanna and Narayan Ramdhani take a photo opportunity with some potential players at the Berbice High School
The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) over the weekend made its way to Berbice, as it continues its efforts in the “Shuttle Time Project” initiative.
The Shuttle Time Project, which is a global one introduced by the Badminton World Federation (BWF), is geared at the younger crop of players, specifically school-aged players.
The rationale behind the initiative is to get students involved in the sport, while incorporating the sport into the respective curriculum in an effort to develop badminton across countries.
Students from the Multilateral Secondary School
Continuing with the programme, which was first launched back in 2017, the GBA (which spearheads the initiative) travelled to Berbice, meeting with students from the Berbice High School and the Multilateral Secondary School.
During the visit, the Shuttle Time Project was carried out by Guyana’s top three in badminton, Narayan and Priyanna Ramdhani and Akili Haynes, who have represented Guyana on the regional and international stage.
Aside from the GBA’s presentation of the Shuttle Time Kits, which consists of rackets, shuttlecocks and nets, the Ramdhani siblings took it upon themselves to make a personal donation of 11 rackets to potential players. The equipment is expected to keep the schools active in the sport.
Following the engagement, the GBA extended gratitude to the Headmistress of Berbice High School, Coleen Liddell and the Head of Allied Arts, Ceon Bristol of the New Amsterdam Multilateral School along with the Physical Education (PE) teachers for arranging the large turnout of students for the “Shuttle Time Project” at their respective schools.
The next stop for the GBA will be the mining town of Linden next weekend, as they further extend the “Shuttle Time Project”.
