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…
New Caledonia cause the biggest upset of day one after defeating fourth seeds, Fiji in the VICTOR Oceania Open Mixed Team Championships 2019. 10AM – MORNING SESSION First seeds New Zealand and second seed, Australia, walk away from day one of the competition with a 5-0 win in every tie. They opened proceedings on day…
RISING STARS FROM NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA TAKE HOME GOLD AT THE VICTOR OCEANIA JUNIOR INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019 The talented youngsters from New Zealand and Australia dominated the later stages of the draws at the VICTOR Oceania Junior Individual Championships 2019. With four out of five of today’s matches going to three ends, all of the…
AUSTRALIA DOMINATE THE DOUBLES WHILE NEW ZEALAND’S PRODIGY AND REIGNING JUNIOR CHAMPION, OSCAR GUO, CONTINUES A LEGACY IN THE OPEN MEN’S SINGLES Both the men’s and women’s singles in the VICTOR Oceania Junior Individual Championships 2019 kept the crowds on the edge of their seats for over an hour today as both ties went the distance.…
Day three of competition saw some fierce competition across the Open and Junior disciplines as the quarter finals got underway. Remi Rossi is flying the flag high for Tahiti after securing his place in the Open men’s singles semi finals. He is the only player left in any of the Open disciplines who resides outside…
It was a potentially risky visit, but it was all worth it for Daniel Fan as he travelled to Malaysia as a reserve in the qualifying rounds at the PERODUA Malaysia Masters 2019 in Kuala Lumpur and the DAIHATSU Indonesia Masters 2019 in Jakarta. For the latter, he was promoted from qualifiers, meaning he had…
Badminton Oceania welcomes Ian Bridge to the team, undertaking the role as Coaching and Development Officer on a part-time basis. Ian has been involved with badminton for a number of years after coaching in schools and clubs in the UK. More recently, he has spent the last two years acting as Australia’s Para-Badminton national coach…
Entries to the VICTOR Oceania Badminton Championships 2019 have now closed and with a high calibre of players from across the region registered to play, we’re excited for one of the biggest regional Championships to ever take place in Melbourne. 109 athletes have entered the Open Championships, while 92 players have entered the Junior events from a…