Four Jamaican badminton players are set to play in the Thomas Cup, a regional team event preliminaries to run from February 17-19, in El Monte, California.

Two of the players — Garron Palmer and Gerald Isaacs along with coach Dr Kingsley Ford — leave the island today, while players Charles Pyne, who resides in Canada and Gareth Henry, who trains in Canada, will travel directly to California.

Pyne, who is ranked 105th in the word and Henry ranked at 143rd, will be handling most of the singles action as they seek to pick up ranking points to assist in their Olympic qualification efforts.

Palmer and Isaacs, who are the current National doubles champions, will mainly support the two ranked players in the doubles matches.

The tournament format is three singles and two doubles matches per tie. Each player may play a maximum of one singles and one doubles OR two doubles matches in each tie. The winning country will represent the Pan American region in the finals later in the year.