Team Samoa lead by example as their Coconut-leaf player bags went viral as they opened their Mixed Team campaign on Monday with a symbolic contribution to the ‘Green Games’. Part of Samoa’s legacy from hosting the 2019 Pacific Games included a commitment to making the Games ‘greener’, including coastal clean ups and reduction in use…
MORNING SESSION Fiji took no prisoners in their match against Kiribati this morning. Fresh from a top result against the second seeds, New Caledonia, the team fielded their strongest players, with the greatest challenge coming in the Women’s Doubles. Kiribatians, Tinabora Tekeiaki and Teitiria Utimawa, were on route to 100% success rate in the Women’s…
In 2011, only three teams entered the Mixed Team event at the Pacific Games. Eight years later and the growth of badminton across the Pacific is evident as seven nations entered the Mixed Team event at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games. Kiribati, taking part in their first Mixed Team event, consist of four players (two…
It’s been a rollercoaster ride for Oceania’s regional Women’s Doubles Champions, Gronya Somerville and Setyana Mapasa. The pair were relatively new when they took their first Canada Open title in 2016, before following up with a win in the Dutch Open four months later. However, injury halted progress for the pair over the next two…
MORNING SESSION New Caledonia eased through their match against Northern Marianas this morning to extend their impressive run at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games. The second seeded team are gearing up for their upcoming matches against first and third seeds, Tahiti and Fiji, over the next 24 hours. Meanwhile, Tahiti and Fiji were battling it…
Youth Pastor, Televine Masefau, of Samoa’s L.M.S. Pasefika Church is using badminton to restore faith in her community’s next generation. Televine Masefau, Front row on the right side. With the resources provided by BWF Shuttle Time, Televine is promoting health and wellbeing and helping children as young as five years find a new lease of…
Photo credit Games News Service – Therese Rivers Fiji, Tahiti and New Caledonia opened with a dominant performance on day one of the Mixed Team event. Check out all the highlights from day one at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games badminton Mixed Team event. MORNING SESSION Tahiti and Fiji celebrated with a whitewash victory while…
Northern Marianas arrived in Apia, Samoa with high spirits and an eagerness to learn as the badminton team take part in their first Pacific Games. The team are amongst six others competing in the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games Mixed Team event from Monday 8 – Wednesday 10 July 2019. Many players are regulars in their…
The reigning regional Champions and aspiring Tokyo 2020 Olympians are through to the Semi-Finals at this month’s first BWF Tour Super 100 event – the YONEX Canada Open 2019. Gronya Somerville and Setyana Mapasa have previously been ranked as high as 18 in the world, but following an injury last year which struck Setyana’s leg,…
Samoa’s Charles Iamanu Faalogoifo could be up against the first seed in front of a home crowd in Samoa. The young player sprung onto the scene at this year’s VICTOR Oceania Junior Championships and has made the cut for the home team in the 2019 Pacific Games. In the first round of the Men’s Singles,…