Times Of Swaziland: BADMINTON CONFED AFRICA EQUIPMENT FOR ESWATINI

BADMINTON CONFED AFRICA EQUIPMENT FOR ESWATINI
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BY THEMBA ZWANE on 08/01/2020 00:40:00


MBABANE – Welcome back badminton! This is a sport many people in Eswatini are
not familiar with.
However, the Eswatini National Badminton Association will this year partner with
local schools to revive the sport.
The local badminton association has not been active in the past few years but
the local association is determined to see the sport grow this year.
Initiatives
The plan is to have the sport played by pupils at schools as one of the
association’s initiatives to introduce it at grassroots level.
Eswatini Badminton President Penuel Gwebu shared their goals of 2020 when
contacted yesterday though details were a bit scanty as he highlighted that he
was held up in meetings.
“We do want to revive the sport in 2020; we are planning on introducing it at
schools as that is the perfect platform to inculcate badminton at grassroots
level and promote more activity,” said Gwebu briefly.
The president added that they were keen to grow the number of schools that
played the sport and have sourced from Badminton Confederation Africa, equipment
in the form of nets, shuttles and rackets.
Distribute
“These will be distributed to schools currently playing but have shortage of
equipment and also will distribute to new schools. We are also exploring
distribution to colleges and universities playing the sport,” he said.
Gwebu added that the donation was received towards the end of last year and
consisted of around 100 rackets, nets and shuttles.
Some of these, he said, were already shipped to schools like Ntfonjeni, Mhlatane
and Waterford.