Pictured: Catelyn Rozario, New Zealand. Photo credit: Badminton Photo The BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships closed the Group stages on day three as the juniors began to fight for final playoff positions. Australia opened the morning with their last Group E match against Armenia. The regional junior Mixed Doubles champions, Jack and Angela Yu…
Pictured: Jack Yu and Kaitlyn Ea, Australia. Photo credit: Badminton Photo On day two of the BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships, New Zealand completed their group stage matches, while Australia continue to work their way through Group E. Chinese Taipei were quick to set the tone as they opened with a 21-15 21-4 win…
Pictured: Team New Zealand performing the Haka. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo The BWF World Junior Championships got underway yesterday, with 32 Mixed Team ties taking place on day one in Kazan, Russia. In the Mixed Team event, New Zealand and Australia are the only teams representing from Oceania. New Zealand had a tough opening game,…
Window of opportunity for Louisa Ma to take the Oceania Tour title The Oceania Tour was a new concept for 2019, encouraging the region’s players to compete in local tournaments. The World Ranking points accrued in these eligible events are totalled to find an overall winner in each discipline, with the winners will receive prize…
With one week to go until the annual Anchor AIMS Games takes place in Tauranga, New Zealand, players from Tonga are looking excited to put their training to the test as the badminton competition gets underway. Eight players from four schools in Tonga will be competing in next week’s competition, including: Boys ‘Ofa Uhi Latu…
Australian men’s singles specialist., Anthony Joe, is currently training with other international athletes in Denmark at the European Centre of Excellence. As part of the Badminton Oceania Player Development programme, the aspiring shuttler is attending the intensive training camp for the first time. The first camp consists of four weeks throughout July and August, before…
Tahitian teenager Louis Beaubois made headlines again last week after seizing the bronze medal in the Men’s Singles at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games. His podium finish comes two years after he soaked up the media attention at the TOTAL BWF Sudirman Cup 2017 in the Gold Coast where he was the youngest competitor (15…
Team Tonga are thriving in the Pacific badminton scene as their national federation grows stronger and their coaches become more competent. The Pacific Sports Partnership (PSP) also plays a significant role in Tonga’s development, helping to turn the BWF Shuttle Time initiative into a reality for many youngsters across the country, while supporting talented players…
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…