Anger, frustration as social players turn to resellers to book badminton courts

Public sports facilities are being resold on various platforms such as Carousell, Facebook, Meetup and Telegram. PHOTO: ST FILE
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SINGAPORE - Kenny Koh has been an avid badminton player for over a decade and usually enjoys playing the sport with his friends once a week at the public courts at Clementi and Jurong West Sports Halls.

But in the past four months, Koh, 28, has become increasingly frustrated after multiple failed attempts to book the courts via the ActiveSG booking system run by national agency Sport Singapore (SportSG).

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