‘National Juniors’ tourney to determine badminton players for IGG
The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) has become the second sport fraternity to commence mobilising its ‘troops’ in preparation for participation in the Inter-Guiana Games, slated to be held in Guyana next month.
Glimpses of what to expect at Badminton’s National Junior Tournament, commencing today
Earlier this week, the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) announced it would be hosting trials next weekend for those athletes desirous of representing Guyana at the 2022 Inter- Guiana Games. Badminton is now the second Association to follow the ‘fair and transparent’ process as it utilises its National Junior Tournament as a means of selecting players to represent Guyana.
The National Junior Tournament will be hosted on Thursday, October 20th, Friday October 21st and Saturday, October 22nd at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) on Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown. The tournament will consist of 5 categories; namely: Under-11, U13, U15, U17 and U19. The competition will see singles and doubles’ divisions being contested.
According to the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA), players from Berbice Multilateral High School, Queen’s College, Marian Academy, St. Rose’s High School, Esa Academy, Georgetown International Academy, and the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport Nursery Badminton Academy are already gearing up to compete.
On Friday and Saturday, the Badminton action will serve off at 17:00 hrs and run until 20:00 hrs; while, on Saturday, the games get underway at 10:00 hrs and run until 19:00 hrs.
The youngsters who manage to shine at the National Junior Tournament will be given the opportunity to represent Guyana at the Inter-Guiana Games from November 25th to 27th, 2022.
Aside from Badminton and Athletics; Basketball, Chess, Cycling, Football, Swimming, Table Tennis and Volleyball are the other sports that are to be contested at the tournament between Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.
