Pictured: John Moody, New Zealand. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo New Zealand’s John Moody burst onto Oceania’s men’s singles scene in 2002 when he won the Fiji International. In the following years, Moody bettered his own achievements with each coming Continental Championships, starting with a bronze medal in 2004 when the event took place in Waitakere.…
Text by Sport and Dev | Badminton Oceania. Photo: Badminton Oceania staff undertaking the online course: sport and the sustainable development goals Looking to sharpen your skills and knowledge within the sports industry? Earlier this year, the Badminton World Federation released various online components, courses and resources on their platform which are useful for anyone…
BWF Media Update Further to our update of 23 July, and in light of the ongoing developments surrounding the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) the Badminton World Federation (BWF) announces that the following tournaments have been cancelled, in consultation with the relevant hosts. Cancelled Tournaments: YONEX Taipei Open 2020 (01-06 September) Korea Open (08-13 September) VICTOR…
Congratulations to the following BWF Line Judges for being appointed to the 2021-2024 rotation: Ian Fernandez (AUS) Pauline Eldred (AUS) Simon Joe Yin Fee (NZL) Renee Yi Cui (NZL) Shevaun Moody (AUS) They will join existing BWF Line Judges who will continue through to 2022: Greg Busch (NZL) Ravi Nandan (AUS) Karen Arnold (AUS) Australia’s…
Text adapted by InsideTheGames | Photo Credit: Samoa 2019 Pacific Games News Service – Trina Edwards Organisers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) had requested in April that a new date be found following the decision to postpone Tokyo 2020 by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pacific Mini Games…
Five-time Oceania men’s doubles champion (2015-19) and two-time mixed doubles champion (2017-18), Sawan Serasinghe, made his first Olympic Games appearance in Rio 2016. It didn’t take long for Sawan to break the internet as he made headlines around the world following his fast food feast at the end of his Olympic campaign. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJExHLCjJ_2/ Reflecting…
Pictured: Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen (Australia) at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo Today (Thursday 23 July 2020) marks the One-Year-to-Go milestone before the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, due to be held in 2021. On this day, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is bringing together everyone who embodies the values of the…
The VICTOR Oceania Championships 2021 will return to North Harbour, New Zealand, six years after hosting the full event in 2015 and the Mixed Team competition in 2016. The annual Continental Championships have since toured around Tahiti (2016), New Caledonia (2017), New Zealand (2018), Australia (2019/20) before returning to the Harcourts Cooper & Co North…
Badminton Papua New Guinea (PNG) continues to celebrate a successful partnership with Gymnastics as part of the Pacific Sports Partnership, a programme which is funded by the Australian Government. The self-proclaimed ‘GymBad’ partnership allows the sports to join forces and share resources to make more participants active through Shuttle Time and gymnastics activities, while having…
Pictured: BWF Secretary General Thomas Lund (left) and BWF President Poul-Erik Høyer hosting the 81st BWF Annual General Meeting and first virtual AGM webcast from Copenhagen. Photo credit: Lars Ronbog / FrontZoneSport via Getty Images. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) staged its 81st BWF Annual General Meeting on Saturday 18 July 2020. 75% of Badminton…