Pictured: Bree Malberg, Australia. Bree Mellberg refused to accept the life her doctors outlined for her after an accident in 2013 put her in a wheelchair. “A mediocre life is not for me,” said the 32-year-old recipient of the BWF Female Participation Grant 2022, which supports a new athlete’s participation needs, including classification. An active child,…
Thirty-two finalists have been announced for the prestigious 2022 SP Sports Awards (SPSA) – celebrating the finest achievements in the sports sector in Papua New Guinea – a ceremony which has taken place annually since 1992. There are 11 award categories ranging from Male Athlete and Female Athlete of the Year to Sports Administrator of…
Pictured: Oliver Leydon-Davis and Anona Pak (New Zealand) competing at the VICTOR Oceania Championships 2022 (finishing as runners up) Badminton athletes Oliver Leydon-Davis and Anona Pak have been named to the New Zealand Team for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The duo are New Zealand’s number one mixed doubles pairing, having been competing together domestically…
Between September and December 2021, the Kiribati Badminton Federation (KBF) made good use of the BWF Membership Grant to expand the reach of the sport. Its team of dedicated volunteers delivered these Shuttle Time and AirBadminton activities successfully: Three Shuttle Time Teacher Courses saw 48 primary and secondary school teachers educated. Shuttle Time Youth Leadership workshop saw 20 students/youths trained. Nineteen schools were engaged…
Text Credit: LNC. Pictured: Ronan Hô-Yagues, Credit: Niolas Petit The Caledonian won the local ABC Dumbéa tournament over the weekend, sweeping all three gold medals across men’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles. The perfect course for Ronan is all the more remarkable as the New Caledonian badminton player claims to have tackled it in very…
Badminton Asia Development Officer, Ian Gil Piencenaves, recently joined Northern Marianas Badminton Association (NMBA) to prepare their team for the upcoming Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022, while conducting coaching workshops for members of their committee. The former player and BWF Level 2 badminton coach is collaborating with Badminton Oceania to assist with player development…
Pictured: Badminton Australia CEO, Jamie Parsons, with Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul (BWF) and Poul-Erik Hoyer (BWF). Photo Credit: Erika Sawauchi Australia received the Badminton World Federation (BWF) award for excellence for Promotion of Badminton at the 2022 BWF Annual General Meeting held in Bangkok Thailand last night. The awards are designed to showcase excellence and promote…
Pictured: BWF President Poul-Erik Høyer and BWF Secretary General Thomas Lund The Badminton World Federation (BWF) conducted its 83rd BWF Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday evening 7 May 2022. It was a historic first hybrid AGM with 132 Member Associations attending either in person in Bangkok, Thailand or tuning in virtually. The Membership voted…
BWF MEDIA UPDATE Team New Zealand has withdrawn from the BWF Thomas Cup Finals 2022 due to a significant number of their squad being unable to participate. No other Oceania Member Association was able to fulfil the continental quota place. The statement from Badminton New Zealand’s Facebook page said “during the recent Oceania Championships, and…
The 35th Annual General Meeting took place at Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre on Saturday 30 April 2022. The voting AGM was also a hybrid AGM, with a combination of personnel meeting in the same room and the majority of member association representatives and delegates joining via Zoom. There were two nominations for the Presidential…