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In March, the Organisation of Sports Federations of Oceania (OSFO) had awarded the Badminton Oceania President, Geraldine Brown, with the OSFO Merit Award to acknowledge her outstanding contributions to badminton in the region. Badminton Oceania took the opportunity to present the award at the Annual General Meeting last week in Nanning, China, while the TOTAL…
On day three of competition at the TOTAL BWF Sudirman Cup 2019, Australia faced Nepal in Group 3A. The reigning regional champions and aspiring Tokyo 2020 Olympians, Simon Leung and Gronya Somerville got Australia off to a solid start with a comfortable win over Nepal. The pair broke into the world’s top 100 this month…
Press Release: Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) and HSBC jointly launched a new outdoor game, AirBadminton, and a new outdoor shuttlecock, the AirShuttle, at a global launch ceremony outside the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China, on Monday 13 May 2019. AirBadminton is an ambitious new development project in partnership with HSBC, BWF’s…
With less than two weeks to go, the teams from Australia and New Zealand are preparing for the TOTAL BWF Sudirman Cup 2019 which take place in Nanning, China from 19 – 24 May. Australia and New Zealand have been drawn in the same group – 3A – and will face each other on the…
Over the last month, the relatively new pairing of Oliver Leydon-Davis and Abhinav Manota have traveled around Europe to train and compete in BWF International Challenge and International Series events. Starting with the YONEX Polish Open, the pair went on to compete in the Finish Open 2019 where they narrowly missed out on the main…
The champions from the VICTOR Oceania Individual Championships in the mixed and women’s doubles compete in the Singapore Open 2019 this week. Australian duo, Simon Leung and Gronya Somerville partnered up for their first ever HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500 event as a pair – as they continue to grow with more experience on…
The Finnish Open 2019, a BWF International Challenge event, takes place in Vantaa, Finland from Thursday 4 – Sunday 7 April. Three players from the region enjoyed mixed success this week as New Zealand’s Abhinav Manota and Oliver Leydon-Davis and Australia’s Keith Mark Edison compete for a place in the main draw. New Zealand’s Oliver…
As the badminton calendar heats up, several players from across the region are travelling around the world to compete. This week, New Zealand’s Sally Fu and Australia’s Daniel Fan are competing in the Osaka International Challenge 2019. Supported by the Badminton Oceania Player Development scholarship, New Zealand shuttler Sally Fu used her funding to gain…
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…