The players have been selected for the Mainland team, which is set to take on provincial sides from the North Island in the New Zealand Junior Badminton Team Championships in Palmerston North from July 2-5.
It was a fairly rigorous selection process to make the team, three selection camps having been held over the past few months, where they went up against quality players from the rest of the South Island.
Those selected for the South Island will take on well-resourced provincial sides from the North Island.
In the under-19 team from Dunedin are Keira Hollamby, Oil Pathchotinont and Luke Brinsdon.
Members of the under-17 team from Dunedin are Nikita Lu, Jayden Lu, Joseph Chen and Nic Schollum.
In the under-15 team are Levi Lu and Lewis Rae.
Ali Lu will manage the under-17 team, while Duncan Rae will manage the under-15 team.
The players are coached in Dunedin by longtime coaches Jim Hoffman and Lana Perry.
Hoffman said the sport was proving very popular at the teenage level.
There were up to 400 secondary school players in Otago and a good mix of players who wanted to take it seriously, along with social players, he said.
People could play most nights of the week.
The sport had a good facility in the Badminton Hall in Victoria Rd, and was also played in gymnasiums in Dunedin.
One of the attractions of the game was it was relatively easy to play and people could pick it up quite quickly.
The players had been training hard and were looking to make an impression at the tournament, which would have all the best young players in the land taking part, Mr Hoffman said.
