Indonesian shuttlers competing in next month?s World Championships may get a chance to fine-tune their game at a training camp in Northern Ireland in the lead-up to the London event.
The Indonesian Badminton Association?s (PBSI) secretary general, Yacob Rusdianto, said on Wednesday that the association was offered free accommodation and training facilities in Belfast by Badminton Ireland, but the deal had yet to be finalized.
?All this year we have had trouble finding good places for shuttlers to train and acclimatize in Europe before playing in tournaments there,? Yacob said.
?Training in Belfast will be a great preparation for the World Championships. We will first send several coaches and shuttlers to survey the facilities before deciding anything.
?We still don?t know what Badminton Ireland wants in return for their hospitality, but we warmly welcome their offer.?
London will host the championships from Aug. 8-14 at Wembley Arena, which will also be the venue for the badminton competition at next year?s Olympics.
Indonesian shuttlers are aiming to end a championship title drought dating back to 2007 in Kuala Lumpur.
They won two titles that year, with Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan lifting the men?s doubles trophy and Nova Widianto and Liliyana Natsir taking the mixed doubled.
With men?s and women?s singles in decline, double?s shuttlers will again be Indonesia?s best hope of breaking the title drought in London.
Three men?s doubles teams have qualified for the championships, including Markis and Hendra. But a repeat of 2007 is unlikely as they have struggled with knee problems and are yet to win a competition this year.
Also competing in the doubles are the pairs of Mohammad Ahsan and Bona Septano, and Alvent Yulianto Chandra and Hendra Aprida Gunawan.
?We see that, in term of quality, there?s not much difference among our men?s doubles,? said Christian Hadinata, the men?s double head coach.
Liliyana will compete in the championships for the first time with new partner Tontowi Ahmad. She and Tontowi have won three consecutive tournaments in India, Singapore and Malaysia.
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