Omar Jadama
Age: 16 (2006)
School: Nusral Senior Secondary
Do you understand what we are doing in the UK and have you any thoughts?
I know you all really work hard in order to make badminton a long life game in The Gambia by outlining your future plans in the newsletter. I want to assure you that the hall in Youna will be put to good use.
I want to thank each and everyone in UK who participates in any way for the progress of badminton in The Gambia, especially the first country in West Africa.
Thank you very much for kindly assisting us.
How would you like to see badminton developed and how can you help this happen?
I want to thank Tim, Lesley, Leo and Jerreh who participate in one way or another in helping the introduction of badminton in The Gambia, especially in schools.
Badminton was first introduced in The Gambia in 2004 into two schools which are Tujereng and Youna. During the 2004 trip they taught us rules and regulations, how to play the game and the types of court play during the match. In 2004, they also decided to organise a match between the two schools. Trophies and medals were awarded to the participants of each school.
After their trip in 2004, they decided to go back to England and provide us some money through fundraising in order to construct a multi-purpose hall in Youna in order for us to access to this game.
In August 2005, we had fantastic training with Tim because he was here with us for almost 3 weeks. During his trip in 2005, he taught us very important key points and shorts during the game.
However, my suggestions for development is that we should try to keep on training during your presence or absence in order to achieve what we want, and my ambition is to become a professor in it. My little understanding about the game is that it also creates friendship and love for each other.