For five days in October, the courts at the Telecom Sports Arena belonged to the next generation. More than 20 young players from Rarotonga and Aitutaki took part in the Future Talent Player Camp, which ran from 12 to 16 October as part of the BOC Tier 3 Player Development Programme. Led by Dhanny Oud,…
Muhammad Rafi Zafran Ferary is a champion. On Sunday at the ROKETTO Badminton Centre in Lidcombe, the Australian won his first international title, defeating Chinese Taipei’s Huang Yu 21-19, 15-21, 21-7 in the men’s singles final at the ROKETTO Sydney International. It was the longest match of the day at 70 minutes, and the third…
A few weeks ago, Raphael Deloy and Sydney Tjonadi had never played together. The ROKETTO Sydney International is only their second tournament as a pair, and it has already taken them to their first international final. The trans-Tasman partnership, New Zealand’s Deloy and Australia’s Tjonadi, first teamed up in Bendigo. They arrived at the ROKETTO…
The match everyone had circled opened Day 3 at the ROKETTO Badminton Centre, and it lived up to it. Andika Ramadiansyah and Nozomi Shimizu, who defeated Lin Bing-Wei and Lin Yen Yu 21-12, 21-14 in the Bendigo final, faced the same Chinese Taipei pair in the mixed doubles round of 16. This time there was…
North Harbour, then Bendigo, and now Sydney. The Oceania circuit has barely paused for breath, and on Day 2 at the ROKETTO Badminton Centre in Lidcombe, the players who made the noise in the first two weeks kept making it at the ROKETTO Sydney International 2026. Dhand sets the tone Reigning Oceania men’s singles champion…
Three weeks, three tournaments, and the same pair on top of the mixed doubles seeding. Andika Ramadiansyah and Nozomi Shimizu opened the ROKETTO Sydney International at the ROKETTO Badminton Centre in Lidcombe the way they have played for a fortnight: quickly. Around them, our players filled both draws, played each other in a string of…
In the middle of the Pacific lies a country that scatters just 811 square kilometres of land across 3.5 million square kilometres of ocean. Despite the massive geographical isolation of its four-hemisphere territory, Kiribati has defied the odds to turn badminton into a thriving sport. In September, Badminton Oceania’s Participation and Development Manager, Sam Kreutzer,…
Same pair. Same result. A different podium. Andika Ramadiansyah and Nozomi Shimizu stood on top again, adding the YONEX Bendigo International 2026 mixed doubles title to the one they won at the MAXX North Harbour International a week earlier. A familiar opponent, a new partner The final had a rematch feel. Chinese Taipei’s Lin Bing-Wei…
Oceania began the semi-finals in Bendigo with three doubles pairs still in contention. By the end of the day, one remained. Nozomi Shimizu and Andika Ramadiansyah are into the mixed doubles final, while the rest of the draw has become a Chinese Taipei showcase with a strong Indian presence in the men’s singles. Shimizu and…
Michael Owen played three matches on Day 3 in Bendigo and left with two wins and a place in the men’s doubles semi-finals. It was a fair picture of the day for Oceania, with strong runs for our doubles pairs and the end of the line in singles. Owen’s long day Owen and Jack Yu…