RVBA - Sarah Thomas Welsh players have a tough draw for the World Badminton Championships

              The 17th Yonex Sunrise World Badminton Championships take place from August 10th - 16th in India. The tournament has been running since 1977 when it was held once every 3 years until 1985 when it became a bi-annual event. Starting in 2006 the tournament changed to an annual event (except for Olympic years) in the BWF calendar. This year 3 Welsh players will take the trip to Hyderabad.

Ranked at Number 51 in the world Sarah Thomas, of the RVBA, will play in her 1st Senior World Championship with partner former World No7 Richard Vaughan, head coach at the RVBA. The pair will face 7th seeds Thomas Laybourn & Kamilla Rytter Juhl from Denmark in their 1st match.

In the Ladies Doubles event Sarah Thomas teams up with big sister Rachel Thomas who are ranked 64 in the World to take on 7th seeds, Wen Hsing Cheng & Yu Chin Chien from Chinese Taipei.

RVBA Head Coach Richard Vaughan commented "Its going to be a tough week, but it is the Worlds strongest Badminton event so it was always going to be tough. Hopefully the young girls can gain a lot of experience which can move them in to a good place for the future."

The three RVBA players have recently received support from Accounting Software Direct (www.accountingsoftwaredirect.co.uk ) which has allowed them to play the World’s leading event in the build up to the Delhi Commonwealth Games.

Keep up to date with the results at www.tournamentsoftware.com or www.rvba.co.uk .

***Richard Vaughan Badminton Academy | RVBA***

The RVBA supported by Memory Lane Cakes is an elite group of young aspiring Olympic Badminton players coached by former World No 7 Richard Vaughan from Cardiff, Wales.

The RVBA is directed by Double Olympian and former World No7 Richard Vaughan from Wales. Richard is supported by former Irish Olympic Coach Donal O Halloran, former World No32 Dr Piret Hamer, and former top British junior Liam Ingram. Top Sports Physio Leon Vaughan provides physio support.

RVBA players Tim Stranks, and Sarah Thomas won the British u17 badminton singles titles in 2009.

The RVBA is proudly supported by Memory Lane Cakes and would like to thank them for their continued support. Additionally the RVBA has established numerous partnerships with Caerphilly County Borough Council, Physio4Motion, Catalan Badminton Association and others which have enabled the RVBA players to benefit from numerous opportunities. The Cardiff 10kmis a regular RVBA (Memory Lane Cakes) fund raising event for various charities including the RVBA Official Charity, the World Wildlife Foundation.

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