Endrina Nau is one of six players from Wallis and Futuna making their international debut at this year’s Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022. While some players may use this opportunity to kickstart their own ambitions of a competitive badminton career, Endrina is driven by the thought of inspiring her children and instilling good habits.…
After spending more than two years discussing and planning via Zoom, members of our development team: Nadia Bleaken (based in New Zealand), Ian Bridge (Australia) and KumOn Tarawa (Fiji) were able to meet face-to-face in Fiji over the last ten days. Meeting with the likes of Badminton Fiji (BF), Fiji National Sports Commission (FNSC), Special…
Pictured: Caroline Brial leading Shuttle Time sessions in Wallis and Futuna Badminton Oceania’s newest member association, Wallis and Futuna, will make their international debut next week at the Northern Marianas Pacific Games 2022. The association is diving into the deep end, immersing themselves in all the opportunities available to enhance badminton’s exposure in country. They…
Tuvalu, one of the smallest and least visited countries in the world and a member association of Badminton Oceania since 2006, is set to take part in the Northern Marianas 2022 Pacific Mini Games this month. While they will not compete in the mixed team event, they will be represented in a Pacific Games (although…
BWF MEDIA UPDATE. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo The transition process to unfreeze the BWF World Junior Rankings towards a live, 52-week ranking on 3 January 2023 will begin on 2 August 2022 . Due to the impact of COVID-19, the BWF World Junior Rankings were frozen as of 17 March 2020. Transition Process On 2 August 2022,…
Pictured: Johanna Kou, New Caledonia (left) and Rémi Rossi, Tahiti (right). Photo credit: Samoa 2019 Pacific Games News Service 53 players from seven member association countries will be competing in the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022 Individual event, which takes place from 23-25 June 2022 at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium. While Tuvalu is…
The Cook Islands pride themselves on the ‘Kia Orana values’, representing the essence of their people and islands, encompassing everything from the welcoming and generous hospitality to the kind and friendly attributes. Aspiring residents would even have to attend a workshop on the Kia Orana Values. The recent Oceania Masters in Paradise 2022 aimed to…
BWF MEDIA UPDATE Australia will have to contend with defending champions India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Group 1 of the mixed team event of the XXII Commonwealth Games. The badminton competition at the Commonwealth Games, consisting of the mixed team event followed by the individual event, will be held in Birmingham from 29 July…
The 10-strong Australian Falcons team are bound for Birmingham, ready to be bold, brave and brilliant against the best players from across the Commonwealth. Eight players will make their Commonwealth Games debut for the Australian Falcons in Birmingham as badminton looks to a new generation for international medal success. The 10-strong team is aiming to…
Mixed Team Event podium at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games. Photo Credit: Pacific Games News Service, Trina Edwards Badminton has been part of the Pacific Games sporting programme in four editions since 2003 – Fiji (2003), New Caledonia (2011) and Samoa (2007 and 2019) – with a mixed team event and individual tournament taking place…