▲ The 1st Paju Mayor’s Cup Disabled Badminton Tournament… About 500 athletes participated
The ‘1st Paju Mayor’s Cup Badminton Tournament for Disabled People’s Sports’ was successfully held on the 8th at the Badminton Stadium in Paju City.
Hosted by Paju City and the Paju Sports Association for the Disabled and supervised by the Paju Badminton Association for the Disabled, more than 500 athletes from 31 cities and counties in Gyeonggi-do participated and competed passionately.
The opening ceremony began with the opening declaration by President Noh Woo-chan of the Badminton Association for the Disabled, and proceeded in the order of ▲Certificate of Merit for Promotion of Physical Education for the Disabled ▲Congratulatory remarks by the Mayor of Paju ▲Congratulatory remarks by the main guests ▲Oath of the representative of the players ▲Commemorative photo taking.
The competition was divided into five categories by type of disability, such as wheelchair, intellectual, and retardation, and medals and prizes were awarded according to performance.
Paju Mayor Kim Gyeong-il said, “I think the Paju City Mayor’s Badminton Championships for the Disabled, which is taking its first step this year, is the result of the efforts of many people here to revitalize sports for the disabled.” I will not,” he said.
Meanwhile, Paju City is set to complete the Gwangtan indoor badminton court in the second half of 2023 and open the Bandabi Indoor Gymnasium, a sports facility for the disabled in 2025, expecting that public sports infrastructure that can accommodate all citizens will be expanded.
2023-07-09 10:25:56
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