With the badminton event at the Commonwealth Games officially starting next week the RVBA's Sarah Thomas has arrived in India with the Welsh badminton team and will be keeping her blog updated throughout the event.

The Welsh Badminton Team event draw has been released, and our Welsh shuttlers have been drawn in group D. Seeds of Group D are host nation India with Scotland, Kenya and Barbados amongst the other teams Wales will face. The Welsh shuttlers will begin their Commonwealth Games Team event on Day 2- 5th October.

Match Schedule

5th October
Wales vs. Kenya – morning session
Wales vs. Scotland – evening session

6th October
Wales vs. India – morning session
Wales vs. Barbados – evening session

The top two teams in each group will advance to the quarter finals, which will be played on October 7. The semi-finals will be held on the same day while the bronze-medal and gold-medal matches will be held on 8 October.

The individual events will start on October 9.

Follow Sarah's badminton blog to get an inside scoop on how the Games are going.