Oyo State Badminton Association is happy over the conclusion of its catch them young program tagged: Back To School Badminton Holiday Clinic held inside the badminton hall of Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Adamasingba Ibadan.
The two-day event according to the head coach of the state’s badminton association, Janet Ajayi, was organized to appraise the youngsters between 7 and 15 years of age.
The holiday scouting program bankrolled by the Chairman of Oyo State Badminton Association, HRH Oba Olatunde Oginni JP, was part of many programmes designed to inject new bloods into the game.
The basic intension of the program according to Ajayi was to introduce the game of badminton to the pupils from the early stage and positively engaged the kids during school’s vacation.
She added that Gift items were shared to the pupils at the end of tourney yesterday.
“The kids as young as seven years have shown good prospect of becoming a future champion in the game of badminton, hence we want to thank the parents for cooperating with the association by making their wards available for the holiday clinic.
“We also want to thank our Chairman, HRH Oba Olatunde Oginni JP for his continuous support to all the activities of the association and his love for the game of badminton,” she said.