31 July 2024
Badminton England have confirmed the squad that has been chosen to compete within the upcoming 2024 World Junior Blended Workforce Championships.
Happening between September 30 and October 13 in China, England will return to the Championships seeking to go even higher than their respectable 14th-place end from final yr.
England have named three boys and three ladies of their squad in addition to three non-travelling reserves.
Lucy Brierley is the one participant to have already got expertise on the U19 Worlds below her belt.
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She made a robust debut on the match final yr, successful 21-7 21-8 in opposition to Latvia within the blended doubles alongside Oliver Butler.
Lila Dundas and U17 English Nationwide Champion Rajvi Parab be part of Brierley to kind England’s feminine trifecta in China, with Dundas and Parab making their first look on the World Junior Blended Workforce Championship stage.
Parab is following her older sister Tashvi’s footsteps, who competed in two editions of the Championships.
On the boys’ facet, Benjamin Horseman and Jia Bin Lee will even make their Worlds debut in China, with the duo having impressed as a doubles pairing on the YONEX Dutch Junior Worldwide earlier this yr.
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Jason Ou is the sixth member making up the confirmed squad, who might be seeking to construct on an encouraging show on the FZ Forza Bulgarian Junior Open Championship 2024.
Dillon Chong, Matilda Franklin and Yashica Racharia have been named as non-travelling reserves.
Confirmed Squad: Benjamin Horseman (BD/XD), Jia Bin Lee (BD), Jason Ou (BS), Lucy Brierley (XD/GD), Lila Dundas (GD), Rajvi Parab (GS)
Reserves: Dillon Chong, Matilda Franklin, Yashica Racharia
