Thailand Para International

The Thailand Para International kicks off today with 3 Ulster players competing in the SS6 &  WH 1 classifications.

WH1 player Chris Stewart starts his Singles campaign on Wednesday 25th with his group match's against Japan's Kouhei Kobayashi,  Thailand's  Jakarin Homhaul and India's Kumar Shashank. He will partner India's Girishkumar Sharma in the WH1-WH2 Men's Doubles. They are in a tough group against the Korean No.2 seeds Choi & Kim and the Isreal/France pairing of Levi & Toupe.

Andrew Moorcroft & Niall McVeigh are competing in the SS6 Classification in both the Singles & partnering up for the Men's Doubles. Andrew is placed in Group F with the 5th seed Man Kai Chu from Hong Kong, Netherlands Sun Jong Lie & India's Jadagish Channappa.

Niall McVeigh is the 5th seed in the Men's Singles and is in group E with India's Mark Dharmai, Indonesia's Asep Sutisna & Denmark's Simone Meyer Larsen.

The boys are in Group C of the Men's Doubles with the 3rd seeds from India Dharmai& Magotra and the Peru/Malaysia pairing of Tunque & Taresoh.

It is going to be a jam packed first few days for the players! Good luck!

For a link to the draws &  results click http://http//bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx?id=7F92D325-FDA6-4122-A457-C0034B9EE12E