Australia’s Caitlin Dransfield and New Zealand’s Corrie Keith Robinson are celebrating success in both Singles and Mixed Doubles. The pair joined forces in the Mixed Doubles SL 3 – SU 5 and topped their table after winning all matches in two games. They both went on to dominate their respective SL 3 and SL 4…
The wheelchair classifications have been in action throughout the afternoon at the VICTOR Oceania Para-Badminton Championships 2018 – Men’s Singles 1 and 2 classification and a combined Men’s Doubles 1 and 2 event. At the end of day one, Australia leads the way with home players topping the table in each category. Richard Davis is…
A big badminton welcome to Iosefo Rakesa from Fiji – competing in his first ever para-badminton tournament! Training for badminton in Fiji would be an ‘interesting’ experience for most seasoned players. The population of the beautiful island typically enjoys playing badminton outdoors, which means playing in difficult windy conditions. Iosefo had only taken up badminton…
Players from around the region will spend the next two days competing at the VICTOR Oceania Para-Badminton Championships 2018. With representatives from Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, the athletes will be competing across the following Para-Badminton disciplines: Men’s Singles SL 3 + SL 4 Men’s Singles WH 1 Men’s Singles WH 2 Women’s Singles SL…
In 2020, Para-Badminton will be included in the Paralympic Games for the first time. Ahead of the qualification period, which begins in 2019, over one hundred athletes from across the globe travelled to Geelong to compete in one of the last Para-Badminton tournaments of the year. Over four days of competition, the Lesiuretime Centre has…
It’s been a tense atmosphere in the stadium as the elimination rounds of the Australian Para-Badminton International 2018 take place. With the draw narrowed right down to the semi-finals, spectators and players have witnessed fist-pumps, dives, net calls and smashes galore. Some of the biggest upsets of the day came from the women’s singles wheelchair…
The mixed doubles SL3 – SU5 opened day three at Leisuretime Centre in Geelong, Victoria with the first seeds from Japan, Toshiaki Suenaga and Akiko Sugino, maintaining their consistency with a 21-16 21-12 win over teammates, Tetsuo Ura and Noriko Ito, to secure a place in the semi-finals later this afternoon. They will face the…
Most of the top seeded players continued to lead the charge throughout day two of the Australian Para-Badminton International. The number one seeds from Indonesia in the women’s doubles SL 3 – SU 5 competition, Leani Ratri Oktila and Khalimatus Sadiyah Sukohandoko kicked off the doubles events in emphatic style, defeating the Australian duo Anu…
As the preliminary rounds of the competition come to an end, the morning of day two at the competition was dominated by the top seeds. Sukant Kadam is the number one seed from India in the men’s singles SL 4 classification, while compatriot leads the SL 3 classification as the top seed. Both players kicked…
Day one at the Australian Para-Badminton International 2018 has come to a close as over 100 athletes compete in the penultimate competition for the region. Photo credit: Luis Veniegra Photography New Zealand’s Corrie Keith Robinson, competing in the men’s singles SL 4 classification, showed grit and determination on court as he faced the first seed…