28MAY96: This weekend we are holding the Ballarat Open with entries from many
of the Australian Badminton team going to Atlanta. Two of the
Australiam team members, Peter Blackburn and Murray Hocking are
Ballarat players and we wish them every success at Atlanta.
Facilities
We have an 18 court
badminton specific stadium and run competition badminton for juniors,
ladies, seniors and veteran players (over 40).
Ballarat is a large regional city (85,000) approx 70 miles from
Melbourne, the capital of the State of Victoria.
Activities
We have an intensive training program for our junior players and are
hopeful of having badminton representatives / medal winners at the
Sydney Olympics in the year 2000.
Contact Information
If you would like to know more about badminton in Ballarat please
contact me :
Christine Walker
Secretary
Ballarat Badminton Association Inc.
cwalker@lin.cbl.com.au
The information here is as presented by
Christine Walker
on behalf of BBA.