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Can Rémi Rossi repeat his triple gold feat?

While the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022 is officially underway, the badminton programme does not begin until Monday 20 June, starting with the Mixed Team event (20-22 June). Team Tahiti are seeking vengeance after their last Pacific Games campaign ended with a bronze medal. Despite defeating Fiji in their round-robin tie, a narrow 3-2…

Wallis and Futuna immersing themselves into the world of badminton opportunities

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…

Humans of Shuttle Time: Saintly Alesi Molotii, Tuvalu

Pictured: Saintly Alesi Molotii The Badminton World Federation’s Humans of Shuttle Time series presents the perspectives of those who work on badminton development at the grassroots level. This month, they caught up with Saintly Alesi Molotii (Shuttle Time National Coordinator of Tuvalu) to discuss her experiences with coaching, helping the community through badminton and its impact. I…

Badminton in a position of strength

Pictured: BWF President Poul-Erik Høyer and BWF Secretary General Thomas Lund The Badminton World Federation (BWF) conducted its 83rd BWF Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday evening 7 May 2022. It was a historic first hybrid AGM with 132 Member Associations attending either in person in Bangkok, Thailand or tuning in virtually. The Membership voted…

Loke Poh Wong elected as Badminton Oceania President

The 35th Annual General Meeting took place at Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre on Saturday 30 April 2022. The voting AGM was also a hybrid AGM, with a combination of personnel meeting in the same room and the majority of member association representatives and delegates joining via Zoom. There were two nominations for the Presidential…