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Prepare to watch some world-class badminton! The fantastic reputation of the Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Badminton Open 2019 lives on, and as the first Olympic qualifying event of the year, Badminton New Zealand has announced the entry list for this year’s event, which includes the highest quality assembly of badminton players the country has…
The Sudirman Cup is the world mixed team badminton championship that takes place every two years. This year, the bi-annual Championships will be held in Nanning, China from 19-26 May. New Zealand, who finished runners-up in this year’s VICTOR Oceania Mixed Team Championships, have announced their team of eight players who will represent the country at…
On day one of the YONEX Polish Open 2019, two of New Zealand’s players were competing for a place in the main draw. Abhinav Manota competed in the men’s singles and men’s doubles alongside his partner, Oliver Leydon-Davis. Abhinav started with his men’s singles campaign against India’s Kiran George. George got off to a head…
The Sudirman Cup is the world mixed team badminton championship that takes place every two years. This year, the bi-annual Championships will be held in Nanning, China from 19-26 May. Australia, who won the VICTOR Oceania Mixed Team Championships for the fourth consecutive year last month, have announced their team of nine players who will…
The men’s singles champion from the VICTOR Oceania Championships 2018, Abhinav Manota, and one half of the partnership which took the mixed doubles title in 2013 at the same event, Oliver Leydon-Davis, have paired up in pursuit of a men’s doubles spot at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. As the Olympic-qualifying period approaches, players are…
Players from around the world congregated in Auckland this week for the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Future Series event – the YONEX North Harbour International 2019. A large number of talented Chinese juniors were amongst the entry list, with several of the top junior players from various Chinese provinces getting their first taste for the…
The semi-finalists have been decided at the YONEX North Harbour International 2019 as a morning of world-class badminton saw more top seed upsets and domination from the Chinese players competing in the quarter-finals. The mixed doubles opened proceedings, with the first seeds and reigning mixed doubles champions at the VICTOR Oceania Individual Championships, Gronya Somerville…
YONEX North Harbour International 2019 attracts a mix of familiar faces and fresh talent to the badminton circuit. From Thursday 21 – Sunday 24 March 2019, players who are representing countries as far as England will compete in the BWF Future Series event at Badminton North Harbour in Auckland. With a huge entry in the…
Reigning champions and first seeds, Australia, arrived with every intention of taking home a fifth consecutive gold medal this year. Both teams are also competing for the Whyte Trophy – an exclusive test macth between the two nations that has been combined with the VICTOR Oceania Mixed Team Championships this year. Australia stormed through 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.…