The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has successfully completed a review process to publish the revamped BWF Tournament Calendar for 2022, which will culminate with the season-ending HSBC BWF World Tour Finals in Guangzhou, China. The calendar is based on the principle of cluster tournaments primarily throughout Asia as well as traditional European tournament stops where…
Pictured: Gronya Somerville (Australia). Photo credit: Erika Sawauchi, Badminton Photo Last month, Gronya decided to put her badminton career first and leave ‘the most locked down city in the world’ – her hometown, Melbourne. Europe was calling, with opportunities to live, travel, train and compete in cities and countries which are currently celebrating more freedoms.…
Last week, our Coaching and Development Officer, Ian Bridge, attended a Para badminton training camp in Adelaide to support eight Para badminton players with the training and continued development as the prospects of tournaments and greater opportunities in Para Badminton become a more likely reality for 2022. Ian, who is also the Australian Para badminton…
Inclusive GymBad is Shuttle Time’s Project of the Month (POTM) for October 2021 Badminton Oceania (BOC) and Badminton Papua New Guinea (BPNG) have been collaborating to deliver the Inclusive GymBad programme, together with Oceania Gymnastics Union, Papua New Guinea Gymnastics Federation and Motivation Australia. Inclusive GymBad aims to remove or reduce the barriers experienced by…
Pictured: Li Shifeng (left). Jonatan Christie (right). Photo credit: Badminton Photo, Yohan Nonotte UBER CUP CHEN AND JIA INSPIRE MAGNIFICENT CHINESE TRIUMPH China and Japan produced a sensational Uber Cup final, with China prevailing by force of their indomitable will to retake the trophy – their 15th title win in 19 finals. The pivot of…
Photo Credit: Badminton Photo, Yves Lacroix Remi Rossi won for Tahiti their first match of the TotalEnergies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020 yesterday and burst into a delighted jig. It was, he said, the biggest moment of his career. He promised a wild celebration with the team, but given the Covid safety protocols, wasn’t quite sure…
Pictured: Trish Gubb – Umpire, New Zealand (left) and Lynne Nixey – Deputy Referee, New Zealand (right) at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Earlier this year, our Administration Manager, Lynne Nixey attended the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to fulfil the role as Deputy Referee. On top of her role at Badminton Oceania’s Head Office, she is…
TakeCare Insurance Company Inc. marked its inaugural sponsorship of a sports tournament with Northern Marianas Badminton Association (NMBA) – the ‘TakeCare Badminton Open 2021’. The 14 players who signed up for the junior division of NMBA’s third event of the season are products of NMBA’s junior development programme and recent summer camp. It’s the first…
Photo credit: Therese Rivers, Pacific Games News Service. Remi Rossi stole the show at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games as he raked in the biggest possible gold medal haul during the individual event. Alongside Rauhiri Goguenheim in the men’s doubles and Coralie Bouttin in the mixed, his dominance in the singles saw him claim all…
The Badminton World Federation’s Humans of Shuttle Time series presents the perspectives of those who work on badminton development at the grassroots level. Laurel Vagi, Shuttle Time National Coordinator for Papua New Guinea (PNG), was drawn to the sport through her enthusiasm for sports such as rugby and tennis. She took a liking to badminton after becoming…