Gokarn Ramdhani appointed to Pan Am Confederation Deputy Chair post

Jun 02, 2019 News

The President of the Guyana Badminton Association, Gokarn Ramdhani, was appointed the Deputy Chair for Communication & Ma

Gokarn Ramdhani at the recently held event.

rketing for the Badminton Pan American Confederation for the next four years, 2019-2023.
On May 22 the BPAC Annual General Meeting was held in Nanning, China, in the framework of the Sudirman Cup and Badminton World Federation (BWF) AGM 2019.
Ramdhani said, “I am very pleased to get this position to help with the development of International Badminton and Guyana and also am happy to know that my work and contribution to Badminton is being recognized by the Highest International Bodies.”
Positions currently held by Ramdhani in Badminton are:
-President-Yonex Badminton Club (YBC)
-President-Guyana Badminton Association (GBA)
-Council Member-Guyana Olympic Association (GOA)
-Vice President-Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation (CAREBACO)
-2nd Vice President-Confederation Central American & Caribbean Badminton (CONCECABA)
-Deputy Chair of Communications & Marketing-Badminton Pan American Confederation (BPAC)
The Pan American Badminton Confederation (BPAC) is the governing body of badminton in the Americas and is recognized as such by the World Badminton Federation. It was founded in 1976 and is currently composed of 37 member associations.

Delegates at the Pan American Confederation meeting take time out for a photo.

BPAC was founded in the city of Mexico in 1976 and nominated Victor Jaramillo (MEX) as President until an official election was scheduled to take place at the first Pan Am Championships the following year.
The first Badminton Pan Am Championships was held in Moncton, New Brunswick-Canada, in April 1977.
Mr. Victor Jaramillo was confirmed as President and stayed in this charge until 1981. During these five years, Pan American Championships were held in Canada, Peru, Mexico, and USA. As far as Pan Am Junior Championships, they were held in Mexico, Canada, USA and Peru.
From 1981 to 1987, there was no contest until November 1987 when the V Pan Am Championships was held in Lima, Peru.
Outstanding efforts made by Helen Baxter (CAN) trying to reactivate the Pan American Badminton Confederation since 1982 and also help on the part of the Badminton Peru National Commission President, Mr. José Andrés Bellido, Badminton Pan Am, once again, became an active member of the International Badminton Federation in 1987.
During the V Badminton Pan Am Championships, held in Lima-Peru, November 1987, there was a Congress to re-establish Pan Am Badminton Confederation.
At the Thomas and Uber Cup preliminaries in Pan Am Continent in February 1988, Pierre Blouin was elected President.
Badminton was included at Olympic Games programme in Barcelona 1992 and Para-Badminton, in Tokyo 2020.

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