Taichung Chang An Elementary School's badminton dream supported by Sports Lottery Guild's shuttle donation after working for old balls
Taichung Chang An Elementary School's badminton team lacked funds for training shuttles, leading coaches to collect discarded balls from other venues. The Sports Lottery Guild, upon learning of their plight, donated 1,800 shuttles to support the team.
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(Central News Agency reporter Su Mu-chun, Taichung, April 29) Taichung Chang An Elementary School's badminton team lacked funds for training shuttles. The coaching staff even went to outside badminton courts to help pick up balls, in exchange for used but still usable balls discarded by other players. After learning of this, He Yu-chi, chairman of the Sports Lottery Guild, today donated 1,800 shuttles, hoping to support the athletes on their path to winning championships.
The school held a donation ceremony today at the badminton court in the school's activity center. He Yu-chi, Kuomintang Taichung City Councilor Huang Hsin-hui, Chang An Elementary School Principal Li Hong-ren, and others attended. During the ceremony, the school received 1,800 shuttles (market value over NT$100,000), and an exhibition match was held to showcase the team's achievements.
Li Hong-ren mentioned that the team's main players, twin brothers Wu Shuo-yun and Wu Shuo-heng, have been partners for six years since first grade and have achieved excellent results in many competitions such as the Mayor's Cup and Totai Cup. However, due to limited grassroots funding, even when shuttles were severely damaged with split feathers and loose heads, they still had to "save and use" them for practice.
Coach Liao Yi-hsin stated that shuttles are highly consumable items. With rising prices, they are a considerable expense for schools and parents. The coaching staff even "worked for balls," helping to pick up balls and tidy up the environment at outside badminton courts, just to get used but still usable balls discarded by other players. Sometimes, when funding couldn't keep up, the coaches even paid out of their own pockets to buy balls.
He Yu-chi said in an interview with the media that Kuomintang legislator Liao Wei-hsiang learned about Chang An Elementary School's badminton team's "frugal fighting" spirit during his campus visits and referred him to help raise resources. He therefore decided to donate 1,800 shuttles.
He Yu-chi stated that he has donated nearly 80,000 shuttles since last year to schools in need, hoping to inspire more businesses to support grassroots sports. He also hopes that Sports Minister Li Yang, a former badminton player, can firmly support grassroots badminton and subsidize training shuttle expenses through a special project. (Editor: Chang Ya-ching) 1150429
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(Central News Agency reporter Su Mu-chun, Taichung, April 29) Taichung Chang An Elementary School's badminton team lacked funds for training shuttles. The coaching staff even went to outside badminton courts to help pick up balls, in exchange for used but still usable balls discarded by other players. After learning of this, He Yu-chi, chairman of the Sports Lottery Guild, today donated 1,800 shuttles, hoping to support the athletes on their path to winning championships.
The school held a donation ceremony today at the badminton court in the school's activity center. He Yu-chi, Kuomintang Taichung City Councilor Huang Hsin-hui, Chang An Elementary School Principal Li Hong-ren, and others attended. During the ceremony, the school received 1,800 shuttles (market value over NT$100,000), and an exhibition match was held to showcase the team's achievements.
Li Hong-ren mentioned that the team's main players, twin brothers Wu Shuo-yun and Wu Shuo-heng, have been partners for six years since first grade and have achieved excellent results in many competitions such as the Mayor's Cup and Totai Cup. However, due to limited grassroots funding, even when shuttles were severely damaged with split feathers and loose heads, they still had to "save and use" them for practice.
Coach Liao Yi-hsin stated that shuttles are highly consumable items. With rising prices, they are a considerable expense for schools and parents. The coaching staff even "worked for balls," helping to pick up balls and tidy up the environment at outside badminton courts, just to get used but still usable balls discarded by other players. Sometimes, when funding couldn't keep up, the coaches even paid out of their own pockets to buy balls.
He Yu-chi said in an interview with the media that Kuomintang legislator Liao Wei-hsiang learned about Chang An Elementary School's badminton team's "frugal fighting" spirit during his campus visits and referred him to help raise resources. He therefore decided to donate 1,800 shuttles.
He Yu-chi stated that he has donated nearly 80,000 shuttles since last year to schools in need, hoping to inspire more businesses to support grassroots sports. He also hopes that Sports Minister Li Yang, a former badminton player, can firmly support grassroots badminton and subsidize training shuttle expenses through a special project. (Editor: Chang Ya-ching) 1150429
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