England’s Chris Adcock and Scotland’s Imogen Bankier hopeful of better funding for Badminton
England’s celebrated shuttlers Chris Adcock and Scotland’s Imogen Bankier are hopeful for better funding for the promotion of badminton in England as the couple have performed well in the BWF World Championships 2011. The couple finished at the runner-up
position in the Mixed Doubles category of the championship.
For the last few years, the English shuttlers have always been remained in the bottom in the World Championships. However, Adcock and Bankier stunned everyone by displaying remarkable performance in the Mixed Doubles event of the championship.
The duo defeated many higher ranked shuttlers in their way towards glory but failed to beat the opponents from China in the final of the event.
Nevertheless, the couple is happy with what they have achieved as they know that their performance will help in getting positive opinion of the officials and the budget for the game will be reconsidered in the next budget plan.
The wonderful performance of Adcock and Bankier at the world meet has also boosted their confidence and they are ready to shine in the 2012 London Olympics, which will take place at the same Wembley Arena.
The performance of the Anglo-Scottish couple will help in getting better funding for badminton in the budget review for the game in 2013.
Jens Grill, the performance director of Great Britain and Badminton England, said, "It's good... that we demonstrated we have young players who can compete at the highest level.”
He further added, “However, I don't think of results as 'great, we've saved our funding now - (UK Sport) you have to continue to support us'. Obviously we have to demonstrate and give them some belief that this is not a one-off."
Bankier knows that they need to put more effort in their training sessions to get good results at international stage.
She said, "We've had a fantastic results at the Worlds, but we now need to back up those performances - if we do that the points should take care of themselves."
Bankier and Adcock are ranked at 11th position in Mixed Doubles world rankings. They are working really hard to get good results in the upcoming events which will help them in earning ranking points to find a good standing in the 2012 Olympic
Games.
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