Up to a hundred participants shuttled their way to the Taurama Aquatic & Indoor Centre for the Badminton and High Performance Sport PNG Talent Identification day.
President Kinivanagi Karo was in a jovial mood all day as the numbers kept pouring in.
“I am really, really excited. We had a lot of people turn out almost a hundred participants.
“They went through all the tests and skills testing as well.
“We realised that there is a lot of potential out there and I’m really excited that we actually uncovered so much badminton potential.
“We are looking forward to those who are going to be inducted into the scholarship and those who will join us.
“It’s good news for badminton and thank you to PNGSF, especially High Performance Sport PNG, for making it happen.”
Karo said for those who missed out, they are hoping that there will be another opportunity in the not too distant future so they can get as many people playing badminton.
Regular badminton competitions are currently piggybacking on the Pinoy Shuttlers competition at Rita Flynn courts on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday at 6pm, but Karo hopes to have a competition of their own during daylight hours so more people can join.
Karo said the talent uncovered during the TID programme plus existing athletes will give them a better idea of who is going to represent PNG at the 2019 Pacific Games.