Players from around the world congregate in Auckland this week as the YONEX North Harbour International 2019 gets underway. With plenty of New Zealand and Australian interest, Auckland welcomes players from England, Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mynamar and more… The BWF Future Series opened with the men’s singles, which has attracted an entry of 63 players…
The recent VICTOR Oceania Championships 2019 in Melbourne showcased the inspiring legacy from the Pacific Islands, with players from Tonga, the Cook Islands and Samoa who were introduced to badminton through the BWF Shuttle Time initiative which launched back in 2012. Many players in their junior teams took to the sport and went on to represent…
Compared to the other regions in the world, Oceania faces unique challenges due to the remoteness, distance between countries/continents and difficulty in accessing resources which creates several barriers to participation and challenges to our aspiring players. Many of the Pacific Islands face such challenges, which many other countries would take for granted, on a daily…
One week after the YONEX North Harbour International takes place, many of the players will travel south of Auckland to compete in the YONEX Waikato International from Thursday 28 – Sunday 31 March 2019. The event has attracted a wide range of talented players from Oceania, Pan-America, Asia and Europe to compete in this BWF…
It’s a busy week for the badminton world, with some of the Badminton World Federation’s top tournament taking place all over the world. This week, three Australian players are in action at the Lingshui China Masters 2019 in the province of Hainan – this is a BWF Tour Super 100 event. Opening the event, Australia’s…
You can now relive the action from the VICTOR Oceania Badminton Championships at Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre. Footage from seven days of Junior and Open Individual and Mixed Team competition is available to watch for free. Find out which matches were on the streaming courts in the dated ‘matches’ section on the following Tournament…
The youngsters from Australia and New Zealand delivered a nail-biting display of badminton at the final of the VICTOR Oceania Junior Mixed Team Championships 2019. Australia’s brother and sister pairing, Jack and Angela Yu, finished the week with unbeaten in the mixed doubles. After winning the Junior Individual Championships, the talented pair got Australia off…
The penultimate day of competition took place in Melbourne today, with only one day left at the VICTOR Oceania Badminton Championships 2019. The juniors finished their group games in the morning session before the semi finals took place this evening. Check out the highlights from day two of competition. 10AM – MORNING SESSION Debut Junior…
As opposed to the junior event, the VICTOR Oceania Open Mixed Team Championships 2019 has been played in a round robin format, allowing all seven of the teams who entered to play against each other. Day two saw the fourth, fifth and sixth ties take place ahead of the final day on Sunday 17 February.…
New Caledonia continue to celebrate as the Open team defeat the fourth seeds from Fiji minutes after their Junior team. 10AM – MORNING SESSION Third seeds from Tahiti survived a scare on the morning of day one at the VICTOR Oceania Open Mixed Team Championships 2019. Guam’s Sarah Cai bought the score back level in…