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Reigning World Champions in Uganda
The 1st Uganda International Para-Badminton Championships will start on Thursday, 27/04/2017, with the Opening Ceremony at 9:00 am at Sharing Youth Center, Nsambya, Kampala. UBA Is pleased to host 35 players from five countries, among them the reigning world champions Anand Kumar Boregowda and Manoj Sarkarthe of India as well as the number 2 of the world ranking list, Bartlomiej Mrosz of Poland.
After having been successfully classified players will compete in different sports classes from Wheel Chair 1 & 2, Standing Lower 3 and 4 to Standing Upper 5. The tournament starts with the single events after the opening cermony with Hon. Speaker Rebecca Kadaga as Guest of Honour.
On the first day there will be 39 matches from 9:30 am until 5 pm.
Details can be seen follwing this link
See our nice collection of pictures as a slide show by clicking "Read more". Copyright (c) 2017 Alan Spink, BWF Photographer
Number 2 of the World Coming to Uganda
The number 2 of the world in his class will grace the 1st Uganda International Para-Badminton Championships. Polish player Bartlomiej Mrosz will play during our tournament the men's singles in the class SU5 (Standing Upper 5) and most likely with our own Khadija Khamuka of Mbogo High School the Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5.
Uganda to Host First International Para-badminton Championships in Africa
Uganda is chosen by the Badminton World Federation to host the first international para-badminton championships in Africa.
The tournament will take place from 25th to 30th of April 2017 in the MTN Arena, Lugogo Sports Center, Kampala. Matches will start on Thursday, 27th of April.
As by the deadline for entries the following nations have registered their players:
| Uganda | India | Nigeria | France | Poland | sum | |
| WH 1 m | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| WH 1 f | 1 | 1 | ||||
| WH 2 m | 4 | 4 | ||||
| WH 2 f | 1 | 1 | ||||
| SL 3 m | 12 | 2 | 1 | 15 | ||
| SL 3 f | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| SL 4 m | 11 | 3 | 1 | 15 | ||
| SL 4 f | 0 | |||||
| SU 5 m | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| SU 5 f | 2 | 2 | ||||
| SS 6 m | 1 | 1 | ||||
| SS6 f | 0 | |||||
| sum | 36 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 63 |
Explanation: WH = Wheelchair, SL=Standing with impairments in the lower limbs, SU=Standing with impairments in the upper limbs, SS=Short Stature; m=male, f=female
TAIBAH SCHOOLS BADMINTON TOURNAMENT 2017
The Taibah Schools Badminton Tournament started on 17th of March end will end on 19th of March 2017.
Details can be found following this LINK