"Lack of sponsorship and infrastructure hampers in producing fine badminton players"

IMPHAL, November 18: “Due to lack of sponsorship and infrastructure, many fine badminton players could not be produced from the state,” said Director General of Police, Y Joykumar, who attended as the guest of honour at the concluding day function of the 37th Junior National Badminton Championship 2012 at Khuman Lampak today.

He further said that even though some 20 years ago some national badminton players were produced by the state, but today it has failed to produce any fine players. Badminton is among one of the games which suits with the state but being a poor state it lacks sponsorship as well as infrastructure, he said.

He appealed the BFI office bearers to into the matter as well as to sponsor the players of the state. He also said that it is time that the state associations start working to produce fine badminton players of the state.

The BFI organizing the Junior National Championship here is also a step to promote the game in the state, he added.