Three umpires will join the Oceania Technical Officials Development Programme for 2026 after successful nominations from the Australian Technical Officials Committee. Last week, Kasuni Madhumi Arachchi, Nicholas Chin, and Casim Casim were accepted onto the programme to continue their umpiring journey. The BOC Development Programme supports referees and umpires who have been identified as having…
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND — The M+Q is now available for the VICTOR Oceania Championships 2026. With 242 individual entries, this year’s event, hosted by Badminton North Harbour, is set to be one of the largest championships in Oceania’s history. The individual championships will run from 8-12 February, with the team’s competition finishing the week between…
When Chrissa Pearce moved from Wellington to Auckland, she couldn’t find a badminton club that suited her. But rather than simply searching, the Special Olympics New Zealand Athlete Leader wanted to help create something new—a badminton programme that would welcome people with intellectual and developmental disabilities across the Auckland region. “My background playing badminton was…
An unbelievable day at the SATHIO GROUP Australian Badminton Open 2025 began with a marathon match in the women’s doubles. In the All-Indonesian final, history lined the court. Now on opposite sides of the net, Rachel Allessya Rose and Meilysa Trias Puspitasari were once a dominant duo, playing together from 2017 until earlier this year.…
Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Shohibul Fikri (INA)’s ABO and World Tour Finals dreams looked ready to slip through their fingers in today’s semifinal at the SATHIO GROUP Australian Badminton Open 2025. The Indonesian pair needed a win today to secure the last spot in Hangzhou next month for the HSBC World Tour Finals. But when their opponents…
The quarterfinals of the SATHIO GROUP Australian Badminton Open 2025 lived up to every expectation. With thrilling match-ups across all disciplines and spots in the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals on the line, there was never a dull moment in the QuayCentre. Men’s Singles One of the most experienced players on the circuit, Chou Tien…
Today was tough for the five-strong Oceania contingent still in the SATHIO GROUP Australian Badminton Open 2025. First up, Saena Kawakami (AUS) played world No. 22, Ling Hsiang Ti (TPE). The match was close, but especially in the second game, a series of errors from Kawakami gave Lin the opening she needed to separate herself.…
Andika Ramadiansyah/Nozomi Shimizu (AUS) rocked the QuayCentre this evening in a match that had the crowd on their feet. In the mixed doubles Round of 32 at the SATHIO GROUP Australian Badminton Open 2025, the No. 153 duo faced seventh seeds and world No. 21 pair, Hoo Pang Ron/Cheng Su Yin (MAS) The Australian pair…
Yesterday was like any other for 13-year-old Amy Wang, it was spent at school. But as she passed the gates after the final bell, her phone buzzed with the text she had been hoping for; she had been upgraded from the reserves to WS qualifying at the SATHIO Group Australian Badminton Open. The young kiwi…
Qambar Ali Akhteyari doesn’t play for the podium. He plays because he can. At last week’s YONEX Australian Para Badminton Championship, Akhteyari placed second in the MS WH1 category. But what stood out wasn’t the result, it was the way he moved through the match: focused, fluid, and smiling. That smile has become familiar to…