Katherine Wynter, the newly crowned national senior women badminton champion, has joined the Institute of Sport (INSPORTS) as a sporting officer.

The 25-year-old Wynter, a four-time national champion, said she was happy to have found a job that she knows she will enjoy.

“I am very happy to be joining the INSPORTS staff. I finally found a job that I like and working with the sport that I love. I can’t complain, I am happy to be here,” she said.

“I bring expertise in badminton to the table. I have been national champion for a number of years. I also bring vibrancy and personality as well.”

The 2016 Pan Am Badminton Championship Mixed Doubles bronze medalist, believes this new post will help her raise the profile of badminton across the island.

“When they say at rock bottom there is no way to go but up, and a sport like badminton, there is no way to go but up. There is so much to improve on. There is so much talent out there,” said Wynter, whose immediate plans include introducing the sport to children at the primary school level.

“Definitely you can have more schools involved. Right now it’s just mostly Kingston and St Andrew and Manchester schools that are playing. St Catherine is coming on,” she explained.

“We haven’t had a school league in a couple of years now so I am not too sure about that. We have 14 parishes and it’s mainly just two that play. So we can definitely improve.

“We want to try and get badminton in the primary schools. For now, it’s really just the high school and tertiary schools that play. We need to just educate them about the sport. I would like to take myself along with some other senior players, show them the sport, show them how it is played and show them that it can be really fun.

“It’s just about opening their eyes to the sport and I can promise you once they start it, they are going to love it.”