Over 70 female athletes from more than 40 nations have received scholarships from BWF Development since 2017.<\/p>\n
The BWF Female Participation Grant allows female Para Badminton competitors to request financial assistance in order to compete in BWF-sanctioned international Para Badminton competitions and be Internationally Classified for the first time. The grant helps BWF achieve its goal of increasing female participation in all sport classes of Para Badminton.<\/p>\n
Member Associations and National Paralympic Committees can apply for the Grant scheme on behalf of their Para players. The 2022 application process closed on 18 February 2022. (link<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>)<\/p>\n At the season opener in Vitoria, was the Spanish Para Badminton International II 2022<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span>, three debutants made their first international appearances for their nation.<\/p>\n With support from the BWF Female Participation Grant, the three Para players were classified by the BWF Classifier Team for the tournament and received help to fund their international travel and accommodation.[vc_single_image image=”9733″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]One such recipient of the grant, Surreau (SL4) revealed her delight about being a part of the programme.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been a really big help to me and given me the opportunity to play my first international tournament,\u201d exclaimed Surreau.<\/p>\n \u201cJust seeing the level I\u2019m up against in my category has made me want to work harder. The step-up from National Championships to here has been a big one. I\u2019ve also been able to meet and make friends with the French team who I wouldn\u2019t normally see. It\u2019s great to see so many strong female Para players. There\u2019s a lot to learn my goal is to continue playing.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9712″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]After discovering Para badminton through the Dwarf Sports Association in the United Kingdom, Butterworth (SH6), 14 said:<\/p>\n \u201cI tried a few sports out but Para badminton was the one I liked most. The grant has helped fund my first international event and helped me realise the level of players I\u2019m up against. Support isn\u2019t just great for me, but with the BWF helping other girls and women get a good start in playing internationally it is really good. I think it\u2019s a great thing.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s such a friendly environment and being around all the other Para players is really nice. I\u2019m missing school this week to be here but I have all my homework still to do. I have really enjoyed playing my first international event. I was really nervous at first but as I got into it, I loosened up.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9713″ img_size=”large” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Tejada (SU5) echoed Butterworth\u2019s thoughts on BWF\u2019s supportive grant stating \u201cBeing a part of the grant has been so helpful to me. Costs are expensive to come to tournaments and I\u2019m very pleased to be a recipient of the Grant. I\u2019m really honoured.\u201d<\/p>\n A keen Carolina Marin<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span> and Tai Tzu Ying<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> fan, Tejada hopes to continue playing Para badminton.<\/p>\n \u201cIt feels so good to be court playing internationally for my country, Spain. I would like to improve my skills and learn from the top players.\u201d[\/vc_column_text]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over 70 female athletes from more than 40 nations have received scholarships from BWF Development since 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2630,"featured_media":9715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[294],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whats-new","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2630"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9708"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9744,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9708\/revisions\/9744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/development.bwfbadminton.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n