SHUTTLE TIME YOUTH LEADER Coming from soccer and track and field, Genelyn found badminton somewhat by chance; through her group of friends. She now plays every day in Saipan. During the summer, she plays as much as she can with friends. “I train three days a week and play on Saturdays. I also play for…
Women’s Doubles: Chih Chen Lee/Yen Yu Lin [TPE] v Su Yu Chen/Yi En Hsieh [TPE] The first Final of the day was a clash between Chinese Taipei, with Lee/Lin representing club Land Bank and Chen/Hsieh from Taipower. Lee and Lin show great strength early in the first to take a five-point lead at the interval…
Every time Glenn Cox turns into the driveway of Badminton North Harbour, it’s very hard for him to forget the sight of floodwaters that swamped the building back in 2023. It was a normal Friday evening on January 23 with squad training taking place, meanwhile heavy rain had just set in outside, which is not…
Mixed Doubles Shaunna Li/Edward Lau [NZL] came out firing in the first game of the Semi Final against Alvin Morada/Airah Mae Nicole Albo [PHI]. They powered ahead to a five-point lead at the first interval and continued all the way to game-point at 20-14. A few mistakes allowed their opponents to get back up to…
Women’s Singles Quarter Final Results: It was an all-Singapore battle between Jaslyn Hooi [SGP] and Joelle Jia Ya Chee [SGP] in a thrilling three-game encounter that lasted 75 minutes. Chee, who made it through to the Main Draw through qualifying, took the first 22-20 over Hooi. However, Hooi’s skill and experience came to the forefront,…
Mixed Doubles: In one of the last matches of the day, Edward Lau and Shaunna Li’s [NZL] hope of making it through to the Quarter Finals almost looked to be dashed by Li-Wei Po and Yen Yu Lin [TPE]. The New Zealanders, who are also North Harbour players, remained close to their opponents in the…
It was a very proud moment when the three words “love, all, play” were spoken this morning to kick off Day 1 of the MAXX North Harbour International. It had been nearly 21 months since a match had been played at the venue due to the devastating damage caused by floods in back 2023, but…
Women’s Doubles The first clash of the day was the Women’s Doubles Final rematch from last week in Bendigo between Chinese Taipei pairs Chih Chen Lee and Lin Yen Yu against Yin-Hui Hsu and Jhih Yun Lin. Command in the first game was neck-and-neck for the first few minutes before Hsu and Lin managed to…
Mixed Doubles: Cheng Kuan Chen/Yin-Hui Hsu [TPE] v Nozomi Shimizu/Andika Ramadiansyah [AUS] Australian pair Nozomi Shimizu and Andika Ramadiansyah have booked themselves into Sunday’s Roketto Sydney International Final after a dominant 21-18, 21-11 victory over Chinese Taipei’s Li-Wei Po and Yen Yu Lin. After being knocked out during the Quarter Finals at last week’s YONEX…
A shift to hot and sticky conditions for Day 3 at the Roketto Sydney International certainly put the players to the test during the Round of 16. However, New Zealand Mixed Doubles pair Shaunna Li and Edward Lau took it in their stride this morning during their clash against Christian Bernardo and Elanor Christine Inlayo…