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BADMINTON SOUTH AFRICA POSTPONES ALL TOURNAMENTS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Badminton South Africa has decided to cancel or postpone all of its upcoming tournaments with immediate efftect until further notice, as recommended by SASCOC (see document here).

This is in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak which South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a national disaster.  Ramaphosa added that gatherings of more than 100 people would be prohibited and requested that we support the practice social distancing.  BSA equally has strong considerations for the health, safety and wellbeing of all athletes, support staff, officials and the greater badminton community in general.

Over the coming month, BSA will work with stakeholders to find suitable dates later in the year for national and regional events.  

“We have to follow suit and take difficult decisions in the interest of the safety of both our athletes and spectators,” Badminton South Africa’s President Glen Brothers said.

“It is our hope that this will be over before we know it and we will continue with our sporting events.”

With regards to training, SASCOC has released the following recommendations:

• Athletes who are healthy are advised to continue training but to modify their approach in order to limit exposure to coronavirus (COVID-19).
  

This may mean:

• Smaller training groups
  
• Adapting training times to go to training venue when less busy
  
• Discussing home based programmes with your coach where plausible
  
• Extra vigilance with precautionary measures such as hand washing and sanitising, cough etiquette, avoiding handshakes/hugs/physical contact
  
• Athletes who have any symptoms of respiratory or other illness are advised to refrain from training until symptoms resolve or medical advice is obtained
  
• If an athlete has recently travelled to an area with coronavirus (COVID-19) and displays any signs and symptoms of respiratory illness (sore throat, cough, fever, shortness of breath), please contact the South Africa COVID-19 HOTLINE: 0800 029 999 (Mon-Fri 8am – 4pm) for advice on testing and/or self-isolation.

Athletes are urged to continue with their preparations for all their postponed events so that they are ready when they are resumed.

It has been advised that all sports be postponed or cancelled for the next (14) fourteen days at a provincial, district and club level:

Including clubs, district, provincial and national activity and includes junior and senior sports activities.

• Amateur and professional sport gatherings.
  
• Formal and informal sport gatherings
  
• Private and institutional sport gatherings.
  
• Competition.
  

Under the ongoing guidance of the government on the virus, BSA will then review and give more information after the 15 April on the way forward, depending on the status of the virus in the country at the time. BSA will then make a decision on all postponed events.

Issued by Badminton South Africa: Contact: 012 663 3292

Ceck out the new Anti-Doping Regulations which are adopted and implemented in accordance with BWF's responsibilities under the Code, and in furtherance of BWF's continuing efforts to eradicate doping in sport.

These Anti-Doping Regulations are sport regulations governing the conditions under which sport is played. These regulations aim to enforce anti-doping principles in a global and harmonized manner.

See full report here: BWF Anti-Doping Regulations

SAIDS have released their Anti-Doping Regulations which can be read here: SAIDS Anti-Doping Regulations