Following six fantastic days of action-packed badminton at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium, the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022 concluded with the individual events, gold and bronze medal matches. Tahiti’s Rémi Rossi and New Caledonia’s Marine Souviat had a huge task ahead as they featured in all three possible finals, competing against each other…
Men’s Singles The two finalists from the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games, Rémi Rossi (Tahiti) and Yohan De Geoffroy (New Caledonia) featured in each of tonight’s semifinals. Rossi eased past his fellow compatriot and doubles partner, Léo Cucuel, to secure an opportunity to defend his title tomorrow. Meanwhile, the other semifinal was a heated contest as…
Quarterfinals wrap at the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022 Home national champions, Nathan Guerrero and Janelle Panilingan, were the first on court against the top seeds from Tahiti. The first game developed as a relatively close contest as the home duo delivered an effective counter attack to keep up with the top seeds for…
The VICTOR Oceania Para Badminton Championships 2022 is coming to Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre from 29-31 July 2022. It will be the first Continental Championships for Para badminton since the 2020 tournament in Ballarat and only the third edition overall, after the inaugural tournament took place in 2018, hosted by Geelong, Australia. This year,…
Photo Credit: Michael Jornal Following yesterday’s eventful conclusion to the Mixed Team event at the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022, the Individual Events got underway today. Opening with the mixed doubles, the drama started to unfold early on as two of the top seeds were knocked out. Two pairs from Tahiti (Bernaix/Gaymann and Cucuel/Ateni)…
Gold medal match Over 100 New Caledonian and Tahitian supporters turned up for today’s highly anticipated gold medal match between the top two seeds at the Gilbert. C Ada Gymnasium. The last rivalry showdown was at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games where New Caledonia’s narrow 3-2 victory resulted in a three-way tie and a subsequent…
Pictured: Leonard Manuel, Northern Marianas. Photo Credit: Michael Jornal Morning Session The home team (Northern Marianas) celebrated their first win this morning, with an empathic 5-0 victory over the Solomon Islands. In the men’s singles, Jeffery Kalia (Solomon Islands) showed glimpses of hope to take one match for the team, but Leonard Manuel proved too…
Pictured: Leilana Likuvalu. Photo Credit: Michael Jornal You can imagine Leilana’s surprise at being selected for the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022, only six months after taking up badminton. Athleticism comes naturally to the 15-year-old player, more than half the age of her fellow compatriots which makes the team from Wallis and Futuna. Back…
Pictured: Janelle Pangilinan and Jenine Savellano, New Caledonia. Photo Credit: Michael Jornal Morning session Second seeds Tahiti opened their campaign with a convincing 5-0 victory over the home team, Northern Marianas, on day one of the Mixed Team event in Northern Marianas. Rémi Rossi and Melissa Mi You got off to a strong start in…
Solomon Islands are making their international mixed team debut at the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022. Despite three representatives playing in the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games, they are delighted to be sending a team for the first time, guided by their coach Joanne Adrian Tasa. Joanne came across the national badminton association in 2014…