Endrina Nau is one of six players from Wallis and Futuna making their international debut at this year’s Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022. While some players may use this opportunity to kickstart their own ambitions of a competitive badminton career, Endrina is driven by the thought of inspiring her children and instilling good habits.…
After spending more than two years discussing and planning via Zoom, members of our development team: Nadia Bleaken (based in New Zealand), Ian Bridge (Australia) and KumOn Tarawa (Fiji) were able to meet face-to-face in Fiji over the last ten days. Meeting with the likes of Badminton Fiji (BF), Fiji National Sports Commission (FNSC), Special…
Indonesian mixed doubles legend Liliyana Natsir is the latest inductee into the BWF Hall of Fame. The Olympic champion will be officially recognised at a ceremony during the EAST VENTURES Indonesia Open 2022 on Saturday 18 June. Natsir won four mixed doubles World Championships titles with two different partners and achieved a career high at…
BWF MEDIA UPDATE. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo The transition process to unfreeze the BWF World Junior Rankings towards a live, 52-week ranking on 3 January 2023 will begin on 2 August 2022 . Due to the impact of COVID-19, the BWF World Junior Rankings were frozen as of 17 March 2020. Transition Process On 2 August 2022,…
Pictured: Johanna Kou, New Caledonia (left) and Rémi Rossi, Tahiti (right). Photo credit: Samoa 2019 Pacific Games News Service 53 players from seven member association countries will be competing in the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022 Individual event, which takes place from 23-25 June 2022 at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium. While Tuvalu is…
The Cook Islands pride themselves on the ‘Kia Orana values’, representing the essence of their people and islands, encompassing everything from the welcoming and generous hospitality to the kind and friendly attributes. Aspiring residents would even have to attend a workshop on the Kia Orana Values. The recent Oceania Masters in Paradise 2022 aimed to…
BWF MEDIA UPDATE Australia will have to contend with defending champions India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Group 1 of the mixed team event of the XXII Commonwealth Games. The badminton competition at the Commonwealth Games, consisting of the mixed team event followed by the individual event, will be held in Birmingham from 29 July…
The 10-strong Australian Falcons team are bound for Birmingham, ready to be bold, brave and brilliant against the best players from across the Commonwealth. Eight players will make their Commonwealth Games debut for the Australian Falcons in Birmingham as badminton looks to a new generation for international medal success. The 10-strong team is aiming to…
The Badminton World Federation’s Humans of Shuttle Time series presents the perspectives of those who work on badminton development at the grassroots level. This month, they caught up with Hebrew Tom (Shuttle Time National Coordinator of Cook Islands) to discuss how badminton helped him to find new a new meaning in life, alongside his experiences with coaching,…
Mixed Team Event podium at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games. Photo Credit: Pacific Games News Service, Trina Edwards Badminton has been part of the Pacific Games sporting programme in four editions since 2003 – Fiji (2003), New Caledonia (2011) and Samoa (2007 and 2019) – with a mixed team event and individual tournament taking place…