SBA to move headquarters to Singapore Sports School |
The Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) has a new home next year. From January, it will relocate its operations from Guillemard Road to the Singapore Sports School. This was announced by the Community Development, Youth and Sports Minister, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan on Tuesday evening. He said this will enhance the synergy between the Sports School and SBA, and in turn elevate the standard of badminton in Singapore. The SBA will be based at the school until 2011 before moving to the Sports Hub. For the next few years, SBA's national athletes will be able to tap on the Sports School's facilities. SBA will also be taking greater ownership of the Sports School's Badminton Academy. The Academy ensures a higher level of coaching and development, and offers the best shuttlers a smooth transition into the national youth and senior squads. Sports School students will also benefit by training with the national players. Dr Balakrishnan added the SBA is developing plans to place more emphasis on youth development by training a select team to prepare for the inaugural Youth Olympics Games in 2010. He said that Singapore's bid to host the Youth Olympics is well supported and preparations to submit the bid are underway. According to the minister, many Singaporeans here and overseas have expressed their support for Singapore's bid. This is very encouraging as one of the factors that the IOC looks at, before its members vote for the host city of their choice, is the level of people's support for the bid. |
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