BADMINTON: National league match day 2 pushed to early March 2023

The second match day of the 2023 Uganda National Badminton league will be held in early March.

This follows a communique from the Uganda Badminton Association (UBA) due to upcoming international events.

The All Africa Championship will be held in South Africa between 13^th to 19^th February 2023 followed by the Uganda International Badminton tournament (22^nd to 26^th February 2023) and the Junior championship (27^th February to 1^st March 2023).

“The badminton national team players are preparing for the upcoming All Africa Championships that will be held in South Africa between 13th and 19th February 2023 and after the South Africa trip, we shall be heading to Uganda International tournament, one of the big tournaments in this game” Uganda Badminton Association (UBA) Statement.

The bi-weekly league was due to return on Saturday, 11^th February 2023 at the MTN Indoor Arena in Kampala city following the successful shuttle off in January.

Uganda’s team to the 2023 All Africa Championship will be constituted of ten players.

These players are strong pillars in their respective clubs, so the league organizers saw it important to push the league to later date.

 The Uganda International Badminton Tournament has 49 countries that have already confirmed their participation.

Also, in February and early March 2023, there will be the Juniors championship and so far 9 countries have already registered including Uganda.

The Juniors’ tournament will shuttle off on the 27^th February to 1^st March 2023.

In Africa, Uganda is among the few countries that have an active national badminton league.

Super League Clubs:

• Victoria University Warriors
• Kampala Badminton Club – B
• Mbogo High Warriors
• Ndejje University
• Kampala Badminton Club – A
• CFK Patriots

Corporate League clubs:

• Equity Bank
• Entebbe Institute Club
• Kampala Badminton Club A
• Kampala Badminton Club B
• State House
• CFK Corporates
• Mbogo Warriors