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COVID-19 Update: Returning to Court

The resumption of badminton activities will be a complex process.

A careful staggered approach will be implemented to ensure the safety of athletes, other personnel and the wider community.

Prior to resumption, provincial associations should have agreed protocols in place for management of illness in athletes and other personnel and sumitted the relevant document to Badminton South Africa for approval to resume play.
Preparation for resumption includes education of the athletes and other personnel, assessment of the sport environment and agreement on training scheduling to accommodate social distancing.
Clubs and individuals should adhere to the phased return.
The timing of progression between levels may be influenced by any evidence of transmission issues within the local community or sporting cohort.
The approach to training should focus on ‘get in, train, get out’, minimising unnecessary contact in change rooms, bathrooms and communal areas.
Individuals should not return to sport if in the last 14 days they have been unwell or had contact with a known or suspected case of COVID-19.
Any individual with respiratory symptoms (even if mild) should be considered a potential case and must immediately selfisolate, have COVID-19 excluded and be medically cleared by a doctor to return to the training environment.

Covid-19 Badminton South Africa Operational Plan
Click o the link above to acces the Operational Plan to Return to Badminton.
The document outlines the safe return to badminton under alert level three, for professional athletes/athletes being members of the National and Emerging National Squads, support staff and officials during training for preparation of club and provincial leagues, national and international tournaments. A staggered approach has been proposed to ensure the safety of athletes, support staff and officials. For the avoidance of doubt, this document covers the return of both able‐bodied badminton and Parabadminton activities.

Other Resources:

Click here to read the Government Gazette Vol. 660 Issued 11 June 2020

National Complaince Officer:

Johan de Klerk
Email: skilliedeklerk@gmail.com

Kalie van Heerden also a Badminton World Federation Winner

Kalie van Heerden

Kalie van Heerden also among the winners at Badminton World Federation.

Badminton South Africa’s Kalie van Heerden has been awarded the Badminton World Federation’s Meritorious Service Award.

The Cape Winelands Badminton President said the award, which will be handed to him at the Melvill Cup in Bloemfontein later this year, came as a complete surprise for him.

“It caught me off-guard,” he said.

“I was not expecting something like this."

“It came totally out of the blue and I am thankful to the guys who nominated me for the award.”

van Heerden added that he is not as young anymore but the award has motivated him to continue working towards seeing Badminton thrive in underprivileged areas.

“Yes, I am not a spring chicken anymore to be everywhere promoting the game,” he said.

“But I will continue to fight to see the sport gaining exposure in underprivileged backgrounds."

“It cannot be that the second largest sport in the world remains under-developed in our country.”

Badminton South Africa’s President Glen Brothers congratulated van Heerden.

“To be recognised on the world stage is important for Badminton South Africa and we are pleased to see our members get the recognition they deserve.”

"Kalie's work in bringing badminton to underprivileged areas is very important and we hope to have him continue pushing the sport forward in the years to come."

BWF rewards Badminton SA's HP Manager Klaas Visser

Klaas Visser

Badminton South Africa’s high-performance manager and Shuttle Time Co-ordinator, Klaas Visser, has been awarded the Badminton World Federation’s Meritorious Service Award.

Visser, who has been part of the sport for over 30 years, is thrilled with the honour which will be given to him later this year at the Melvill Cup in Bloemfontein.

“It feels great and I am proud of this,” Visser said.

“It is always a good thing when your work is recognised.”

Visser has been at the forefront of the Shuttle Time course in the country said he is planning to continue with it in reaching out to the unreached with the sport.

“Currently, we servicing 500 schools all over the country,” he said.

“But all in all we have 30 000 schools, so this shows you we are still scratching the surface and we need to change that. In fact, this award calls for more work to be done in the country.”

Badminton President Glen Brothers was equally excited at this development.

"Klaas has played a key role in pushing both the high-performance and Shuttle Time development programme forward in South Africa, for him to receive such an award is well-deserved,” said Brothers.

Echoing Visser’s sentiments, Brothers said “Such awards should not see us let the foot off the pedal but rather encourage us to reach for more.”

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