Over 100 BWF Member Associations have received their first sums of money under the BWF Membership Grants Programme activated in 2020. The process to release the funds to Member Associations was completed this week. Around US$500,000 has been distributed so far, out of a long-term project investment pool planned for the next four years. The…
Pictured: Danielle Whiteside, Fiji. Photo Credit: Samoa 2019 Pacific Games News Service The Badminton World Federation’s Humans of Shuttle Time series presents the perspectives of those who work on badminton development at the grassroots level. Danielle Whiteside, Shuttle Time National Coordinator of Fiji, recounts her badminton journey from the age of five: Early Days I…
Picture: Duke Trench-Thiedeman, Australia. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo BWF PRESS RELEASE Japan and Thailand will stage the next two editions of the BWF Para Badminton World Championships. The respective hosts were awarded the prestigious event following a vote by BWF Council on Monday night. BWF was fortunate to have four high quality bids for both…
Pictured: Louisa Ma, Australia. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo Australia’s aspiring Olympian, Louisa Ma, spent the latter half of 2019 travelling around the world, collecting qualification points for the Road to Tokyo 2020; breaking into the world’s top 100 for the first time in November 2019. However, the 25-year-old spent more than half of 2020 in…
BWF MEDIA RELEASE | BADMINTON OCEANIA In October 2019, the BWF Council approved a new Membership Grants Programme for the period 2020-2024. The BWF Membership Grant Programme provides opportunities for Member Associations to access tailored support, to assist them in developing badminton in their country. Due to COVID-19, and current restrictions on international travel and…
Notice is hereby given of a Special General Meeting of Badminton Oceania to be held via email response. Following the Executive Board Meeting held Thursday 15th October, amendments to the Badminton Oceania Constitution were accepted. Attached is a summary of the constitution changes along with an explanation of the rationale behind the changes. Proposed changes…
Pictured: Sandra Low, Guam National Badminton Federation (left) and Nadia Bleaken, Badminton Oceania (right) Inspired by her surroundings, Sandra Low continues to be amazed by the power and influence of badminton on people’s lives. The President of Guam National Badminton Federation is also the Shuttle Time National Coordinator and as a result, features in this…
Photo credit: Badminton Photo New Zealand’s aspiring Olympian, Oliver Leydon-Davis was aiming for qualification at the Tokyo 2020 Games in the men’s doubles with Abhinav Manota and mixed doubles with Anona Pak. The year started out strong after winning the men’s doubles with Manota at the VICTOR Oceania Championships 2020 and climbing to his highest…
Badminton World Federation has today announced a scholarship programme that will provide dual career athletes, who have chosen a joint educational and elite sporting life, and talent already employed within the badminton family, greater opportunities to learn new skills that can help them improve their career opportunities and in turn the communities around them. The…
BWF MEDIA RELEASE | BADMINTON OCEANIA UPDATE BARFOOT & THOMPSON BWF World Junior Championships 2020 BWF and the organisers of the BARFOOT & THOMPSON BWF World Junior Championships 2020 confirm today that the Championships, which was rescheduled for January 2021, have been cancelled. The ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and uncertainty around this, left BWF and Badminton…