When Carrie Wilson walked into Ballarat Badminton Stadium in February 2020 to compete in her first Continental Championships, little did she know that she would be leaving with a gold medal. The New Zealander benefitted from the Female Para Player Participation Grant to assist her competition and quickly rose to the occasion. She topped her…
BWF MEDIA UPDATE The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has confirmed that the BARFOOT & THOMPSON New Zealand Open 2022 scheduled for 22-27 November, has been cancelled. Badminton New Zealand concluded that it was no longer feasible for them to host their tournament this year due to organisational complications coming out of COVID-19. The New Zealand…
Pictured: Tiffany Ho, Australia. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo, Erika Sawauchi. Australia’s Tiffany Ho will be making her Commonwealth Games debut later this month in Birmingham. Competing in the biggest tournament of her career is a daunting, yet exciting opportunity, but she will not be alone when finding her feet as a debutant. Team Australia is…
Selina Seau made her international debut at the VICTOR Oceania Para Badminton Championships 2020, where she was Fiji’s sole representative. She will be flying the flag solo once again as she returns to the Continental Championships later this month. There was little opportunity for her to compete in between the two tournaments following the COVID-19…
Pictured: Jiten Bhatt, umpiring at the Indonesia Masters 2022. Photo Credit: Yves Lacroix – Badminton Photo Australia’s Jiten Bhatt, now a BWF Certificated Umpire, talks about his journey as a Technical Official and how he manages to enjoy the job despite its various pressures and challenges. Early association with badminton I was born in Africa and…
The VICTOR Oceania Championships 2023 will return to the Harcourts Cooper & Co North Harbour Badminton Centre from Friday 10 – Sunday 19 February 2023. North Harbour hosted the combined (Open and Junior, Individual and Mixed Team) Continental Championships eight years ago and the Mixed Team competition in 2016. The association was supposed to host…
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,…