The Jamaica Badminton Association (JBA) has called 45 players to the Pan American Junior Badminton Association squad.

Training will take place on Saturdays and Sundays at the G C Foster College, Spanish Town under the guidance of national junior coach Howard Ranger.

The Pan American Junior Badminton Championship gets under way in Guatemala from July 15 to 20 with competition in team and individual events.

Last year Jamaica finished eighth in the team event, and won four gold and four bronze medals in the individual events to finish fourth overall thanks to triple crown winner Sean Wilson in the Under-11 section and Gareth Henry who triumphed in the Under-17 boys singles.

Coach Ranger will split the training session into three groups. Team training will run from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, while one batch (Group 1) will slot into the 10:00 am to 1:00 pm period and another batch (Group 2) will train from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm.

The JBA says that players "will be evaluated on an ongoing basis" and "there may be additions and/or reductions of participants.

Players are invited for the Under-19, Under-17, Under-15, Under-13 and Under-11 squads.

All the Under-19 invitees will train during the team sessions: Hadei-Kaye Williams, Sabrina Cain, Gareth Henry, Tossainte Taylor, Chadwick Parsons and Shawn Forrester.

The Under-17 girls will train as part of Group One - Charnelle Parchment, Mikaylia Haldene, Mishica Bonner, Shakeria Bailey, Geraldine Hamilton, Suzanne Lawrence, Nicole Lyn and Kris-Ann Wright; while the Under-17 boys will train in Group Two - Akeem Maxfill, Anthony McNee, Delsang Lue Taim, Gerald Isaacs, Jamarey Gordon, Jermaine Welch, Jordan Roberts, and Lenroy Grant.
All the Under-15 players will be placed into Group 1. They are Aleisha Cousins, Shana-Kay Bailey, Sheinell Hyatt and Stacey-Ann Blake for the girls, and Johnathon David Smith, Jon-Andrew Neita, Jonathan Tomlinson and Romane Robinson for the boys.

All the Under-13 and Under-11 players will also be placed into the Group 1 training sessions.
For the Under-13 girls, they are Alexandra Beckford, Jade Clarke, Jahvaine Henry, Kimique Chin and Tasharine Palmer while the equivalent age group boys are Samuel Ricketts, Sean Wilson, Shevon Salmon, Tremar Barham and Xavier Beckford.

In the Under-11, girls invited are Alana Bailey, Bianca Hall, Christina Hastings while the boys are Jourdan Hydol-Smith and Shane Wilson.

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