Tegal to host badminton circuit

SEMARANG (JP): Over 1,000 players nationwide have confirmed their entry to the National Badminton Circuit to be held at Sinar Mutiara and Wisanggeni sport halls in Tegal next week.

"This season ending tournament has a quality of its own because two top rated national players, Jeffer Rosobin and Yudi Suprayogi, will take part in it," chairman of the Central Java chapter of the Badminton Association of Indonesia, Soenjoto, said on Saturday.

The organizing committee has so far registered a total of 1,094 shuttlers, either junior or senior. They comprise 576 men's and 287 women's singles players, 131 men's and 73 women's doubles teams, and 31 mixed doubles pairs.

The event will run from Tuesday through Saturday. A welcome party, instead of an opening ceremony, will precede the tournament, Soenjoto said. (har)