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Badminton club holds training clinic
The training clinic was aimed at younger residents as they are the ones who will help the sport grow.
Esmeralda Badminton Club in collaboration with the Witpoortjie Recreation Centre hosted a training clinic for high school learners of the area.
Magda Hamman from the club explained, “Badminton is a dying sport and there aren’t many children who even know what badminton is or how to play. We want so badly to encourage them to cherish it so they will be the next generation to continue badminton.”
She added that this was their pilot programme and the first time this type of training took place in the recreation centre.
Learners from Hoërskool Die Adelaar, Hoërskool Bastion and Princess High School took part in the clinic, where they were taught how to play, hold the shuttlecock and the racquet, and warm up correctly.
