Qatar Badminton Academy

Doha, 6th July 2009

Qatar has created a history of sorts in the recently concluded GCC Open Badminton Tournament at Bahrain by becoming Champion of the Tournament for the year 2009. Players from Qatar has finally been able to leap forward Qatar into the top position in the GCC open badminton tournament amongst the top players from KSA, Kuwait, Bahrain, Dubai & Abu Dhabi. Mr. Arun Vijaykumar from Qatar became champion of the tournament by winning the Men's Single title.

Qatar Badminton Academy (QBA) which started maiden venture of badminton training to children in Qatar has been coerced to move out of premises of Qatar Badminton Club (QBC).

In response to numerous requests received during and after the 1st Qatar Open Junior & Sub Junior Badminton tournament held in Al Arabi Sports Club in May 2008, badminton training for children/junior players in Qatar commenced under the aegis of Qatar Badminton Academy with sole aim to groom Badminton talents of Qatar which could produce tremendous results bringing in sporting glories for the State of Qatar. The Qatar Badminton Academy (QBA) is first such academy set up for training Children/Junior badminton players in Qatar.

This refers to earlier communication with respect to 2nd Qatar Open Junior & Sub Junior Badminton Tournament. The 2009 edition of the Tournament which was scheduled to be held from 22nd to 28th May 2009 is postponed to next convenient period for all concerned at a later date due to some unavoidable circumstances. The Tournament would now be held in the month of October 2009, the exact date of which would be confirmed in due course.

The Qatar Badminton Training Academy all set to commence training programme from march 2009. This is the first such training academy being set up in Doha, Qatar for training Children / Junior badminton players in Qatar. This training academy is being set up in response to tremendous interest, response for the sport of badminton in Qatar as well as in response to numerous requests received in the past years including those during the 1st Qatar Open Junior & Sub junior Badminton tournament held in Al Arabi Sports Club in May 2008.

Interested children can enroll their name for the first batch of training before 25th February 2009. The application form and deatils can be obtained by email at qatarbadmintonacademy/-a-t-/gmail.com