Fans sign support for shuttlers

JAKARTA (JP): The Badminton Care Society will collect signatures from badminton fans on Sunday at 6 a.m. at the ringroad outside Senayan Madya Stadium.

A release from the society said people would sign two banners to help support shuttlers taking part in the Thomas and Uber cups, and the Olympics.

Olympic executive training director and National Sports Council vice chairman Arie Sudewo, Gelora Senayan executive board chairman Yasidi Hambali and Badminton Association of Indonesia chairman Subagyo Hadisiswoyo are expected to attend the event.

The banners will later be brought to Pajajaran Stadium in Bogor where the national shuttlers will hold a simulation match on April 27 at 5 p.m. as a warm-up for the Thomas and Uber cup finals in Kuala Lumpur next month. (yan)