Photo Credit: NMBA 5 July 2024 β Happy World Badminton Day! Day four of the CROWNE PLAZA Northern Marianas Open (2-7 July 2024) was an exhilarating quarterfinals day. Matches began at 3 PM local time at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium, with thrilling results across all categories. Mixed Doubles: In a surprising turn of events,…
Photo Credit: NMBA 4 July 2024 – Day three of the CROWNE PLAZA Northern Marianas Open (2 – 7 July 2024) was a thrilling spectacle as the round of 16 matches were played across all events. With the day coinciding with Fourth of July, the US Independence Day, the atmosphere was electric, and the level…
Photo Credit: NMBA 2 July 2024 – The second day of the CROWNE PLAZA Northern Marianas Open 2024 (2 -7 July) was filled with exciting and intense matches across four events: men’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles ,and mixed doubles. The day began at 10 AM local time at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium. Mixed…
ππ‘π’π₯ππ‘π¨π¨π πππ²π¬I grew up in Washington State in the US and moved to Guam with my family when I was 6 years old.My dad played badminton when he was in college and he wanted me to try it out. We went to the badminton hall which was one of two in Guam and I started…
Photo Credit: NMBA 2 July 2024 – Day 1 of the CROWNE PLAZA Northern Marianas Open 2024 tipped off with a high-energy noon session featuring intense matchups in the menβs singles and women’s singles categories. The first men’s singles match of the day saw Thailand’s Varot Uraiwong face off against Chinese Taipei’s Huang Ping-Hsien. Both…
Saipan, Monday 1 July 2024 β The CROWNE PLAZA Northern Marianas Open 2024 is set to ignite the courts of Saipan, bringing together talented players from various parts of the world. The tournament takes place from 2 -7 July 2024, at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium. As excitement builds, the tournament organisers are thrilled to…
For Matthew Zhao (NZL), Yanxi Liu (NZL), Aneesh Nirmal (AUS) and Mimi Ngo (AUS) together with their coaches, Kenneth Yew (NZL) and Brent Miller (AUS), the last few days have been ones of new opportunities, learnings and creating memories. Competing at the International Badminton U16 SHONAI Invitational 2024 in Japan, these four young shuttlers have…
As he is affectionally know in the Northern Mariania Islands, Coach Robbie – Badminton Ocenana’s Coaching & Development Manager, is on his fourth visit to Northern Marianas, working with 20 local players plus two from neighbouring Island Guam, facilitating the National Junior training camp. Assisting with this camp is current Oceania Men’s Singles Champion and…
Four junior players from Australia and New Zealand are attending the International Badminton U16 SHONAI Invitational 2024.Β Badminton Oceania facilitated the invitation to both New Zealand and Australia through their connection with Tournament Director Junichi Kasuga.Β For Matthew Zhao (NZL), Yanxi Liu (NZL), Aneesh Nirmal (AUS) and Mimi Ngo (AUS) the opportunity to represent their…
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. Currently Australia has one Referee and five Umpires on…