Wallwork/Bankier apologize after “Twitter War”

After Jenny Wallwork and Imogen Bankier made the headlines of the British press these past few days becuase of arguments exchanged in their respective Twitter feeds, the two shuttlers, who train on a daily basis together at Milton Keynes, both apologized as mentionned on the website More than the Games.

“I would like to sincerely apologise for the exchange between myself and a badminton team-mate that happened on February 10,” said Bankier.“What started out as some friendly banter got out of hand. As part of the GB badminton squad we regularly train together and I realise our good offline relationship is unknown to the general public, so our online disagreement has caused some offence. I made a bad call in judgement and want to apologise for my actions. I would like to put this whole issue behind me and concentrate on playing badminton with the aim of qualifying for London 2012.” added the Scottish

Wallwork also apologised : “We both train and play together regularly and it was some light-hearted teasing that went further than it should have. One hundred percent of my focus is now back on playing badminton and hopefully qualifying for the London Olympics.”

The two mixed double shuttlers are just 4 spots away (latest world ranking) from each other in the battle for the only spot given to Great Britain for their home Olympic Games.