BAM to organise central training camp in China for Thomas Cup finals – Badminton News
Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) has decided to leave no stone unturned to fetch the best in Thomas Cup Finals as it announced to organise a central training camp in Dongguan, China from May 13, 2012.
The most prestigious team event will be in full swing from May 20 in Wuhan and Malaysian shuttlers will have a reasonable period of two weeks to practice in Thomas Cup conditions.
Last week, BAM announced the squad after an executive meeting and the Men’s Singles team of Malaysia will be led by World Number one Lee Chong Wei while Daren Liew and Hafiz Hashim will join the badminton king.
In Men’s Doubles event, Malaysia will bank on its top pairs the World Number eight Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong and World Number 30 duo Lim Khim Wah-Goh V Shem.
Chairman of coaching and training committee Ng Chin Chai confirmed that national body has decided to send its campaigners two weeks before the event and named Dongguan as the venue of this training camp.
He said, “Dongguan has a training centre equipped with badminton courts, hostel and in-house catering. The players will train there and, together with the National Sports Council (NSC), we will conduct our team-building programme there.”
According to reports this training centre is owned by China’s head coach Li Yongbo and is rated as one of the best coaching institute of the country.
Malaysia has received relatively easy draw of Thomas Cup preliminary round as it has been placed in Group C with Denmark and South Africa. Malaysia will open its marathon against South Africa on May 21 and stands good chance to penetrate into the next round.
However, there will not be a smooth road in following rounds as China, Korea, Indonesia and Japan will be in its way to the finals of the event.
The last time when Malaysia played final of Thomas Cup was way back in 2002 while the last title was earned in 1992.
National players are supposed to have good practice run before the esteemed team event as they are scheduled to participate in Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold 2012 in Johor Baru.
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