HUMAN OF SHUTTLE TIME – MARLON BAUTISTA – NORTHERN MARIANAS ISLANDS

Shuttle Time

๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—•๐—”๐—จ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—” ๐’๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง๐š๐ฌ I was born and raised in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. Iโ€™m the middle child of three. My sister also plays and has had the opportunity to represent NMI at a youth level. I never knew about badminton when I was young. I was more into volleyball…

WHAT IS BEHIND THE RECENT SUCCESS OF NORTHEN MARIANAS BADMINTON?

General News, Player Development, Technical Officials

One of the success factors of an international badminton tournament is strong partnerships.ย  Northern Marianas Badminton (NMBA) is a great example of an organisation with strong partnerships.ย  One of these strong partnerships NMBA is with their Continental Confederation; Badminton Oceania (BOC). During the recent CROWNE PLAZA Northern Marianas Open and the DOVE Saipan International, Badminton…

THE ROAD FROM OLYMPIAN TO OLYMPIC COACH – THEN & NOW

General News

3, 2 1โ€ฆ Three Olympic Appearances Twice As A Player Once As A Coach The Australian Badminton team is in Paris, taking on the worldโ€™s best at the most prestigious sporting event, the Olympic Games.ย  Three players have featured, in womenโ€™s singles and womenโ€™s doubles. Leanne Choo, Australiaโ€™s head coach is attending her third Olympic…

TWO UP AND COMING TECHNICAL OFFICIALS GAIN INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE THROUGH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Technical Officials

The Australia/NZ Referee and Umpire development programme was established at the beginning of 2022. The objective of the programme is to support young technical officials who have been identified by their Member Associations as having the potential to attain Badminton World Federation level in the future. In total there are two Refereeโ€™s and eight Umpireโ€™s…

TWO AUSTRALIAN TECHNICAL OFFICIALS RECOGNISED FOR THEIR WORK IN BADMINTON

Technical Officials

Last week at the Badminton Australia u15/u19 National Championships in Western Australia our BWF Vice President โ€“ Geraldine Brown made a special presentation to two Oceania Technical Officials from Western Australia. Greg Vellacottโ€™s career as a Badminton World Federation official has spanned 33 years since his first appointment as an Accredited Umpire at the Thomas…

Justin Hoh from Malaysia Wins in Saipan

Events, General News

Text by Grace Cai – Photo Credit: NMBA 13 July 2024 โ€“ Malaysian badminton sensation Justin Hoh has secured one runner-up and one men’s singles titles in Saipan. After a challenging run at the CROWNE PLAZA Northern Marianas Open 2024 last week, where he reached the finals but fell short against strong opponent, Cheng Kai…