The second tournament in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic qualifying period has started in Dubai. The Australian team which competed in Turkey last week have travelled across the Middle East to compete, joined by fellow teammate Luke Missen and New Zealand’s Corrie Keith Robinson. Corrie partnered up with Australia’s Celine Vinot in the mixed doubles SL3…
Prepare to watch some world-class badminton! The fantastic reputation of the Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Badminton Open 2019 lives on, and as the first Olympic qualifying event of the year, Badminton New Zealand has announced the entry list for this year’s event, which includes the highest quality assembly of badminton players the country has…
The Sudirman Cup is the world mixed team badminton championship that takes place every two years. This year, the bi-annual Championships will be held in Nanning, China from 19-26 May. New Zealand, who finished runners-up in this year’s VICTOR Oceania Mixed Team Championships, have announced their team of eight players who will represent the country at…
Players from around the world congregated in Hamilton, New Zealand, this week for the Badminton World Federation (BWF) International Series event – the YONEX Waikato International 2019. With a handful of players celebrating back-to-back finals, following on from last week’s YONEX North Harbour International in Auckland, Vietnamese men’s singles star and the young Chinese men’s…
The finalists have been decided at the YONEX Waikato International 2019. A thrilling evening of badminton went down in the Eastlink Badminton Centre, Hamilton, as players competed in the semi-finals at the BWF International Series event. Mixed doubles Australia’s mixed doubles champions from the recent VICTOR Oceania Individual Championships were in a repeat of last…
Throughout the morning on Saturday 30 March, the quarter-finals took place in Hamilton, Waikato as the players compete for a spot in this evening’s semi-finals. The mixed doubles were the first to compete on court, with three pairs holding the Oceania fort. New Zealand’s youngsters, Ben Perkinson and Ella Smith, showed signs of a promising…
Australia’s Caitlin Dransfield and Céline Vinot had an impressive run in Turkey, after finishing second in the women’s doubles SL3 – SU5 group C to earn a position in the quarter-finals. However, their journey came to an end in the quarter-finals as they came up against the first seeds from Indonesia, Leani Ratri Oktila and Khalimatus…
The quarter-finalists have been decided at the BWF International Series event taking place in Hamilton this week. The drama continued to unfold as more of the top seeds exited on day two, with only a handful of the top seeds left in the competition across all five disciplines. Following an impressive win yesterday against the…
On day four at the 5th Turkish Para-Badminton International 2019, Badminton Australia’s Caitlin Dransfield and Céline Vinot celebrated success in the group stages of the SL3 – SU5 women’s doubles. Dransfield was one of the first matches on court in the first round of the mixed doubles SL3 – SU5 main draw, alongside German partner, Erwin…
On day one of the YONEX Polish Open 2019, two of New Zealand’s players were competing for a place in the main draw. Abhinav Manota competed in the men’s singles and men’s doubles alongside his partner, Oliver Leydon-Davis. Abhinav started with his men’s singles campaign against India’s Kiran George. George got off to a head…