KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 (Bernama) -- The Road to Gold (RTG) Committee has proposed that players under the auspices of the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) train together with professional shuttlers starting from early next year.
Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh said the proposal aims to create more competition between BAM shuttlers and the professionals listed under the RTG programme.
"If we don't let them spar together, I feel that they will be lacking in competitiveness… their ranking is almost similar. It will be a loss if we do not take advantage of this opportunity.
"So, the RTG is preparing the ecosystem and discussing with BAM to make sure they have special courts reserved for this purpose,” she told a media conference here today.
She said this after witnessing the signing of the memorandum of agreement on sponsorship between the National Sports Council (NSC) and local sports goods company Corporate Hero Century Sdn Bhd (PACE).
Based on the latest RTG list, the national shuttlers training under the BAM umbrella are Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun (men's doubles), Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah (women's doubles) and Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei (mixed doubles).
Among the professional shuttlers are Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani (men's doubles) and Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie.
Hannah, meanwhile, thanked PACE for supplying 1,000 sets of sports attire to national athletes for a year.
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