Oceania Shuttle Time News
The Badminton World Federation’s Humans of Shuttle Time series highlights those who are developing badminton at the grassroots level. This month, Badminton New Zealand’s Shuttle Time tutor, Graham Berry talks about growing up in the countryside, organising badminton on a glacier, and developing badminton in his community. Below is a snippet of Berry’s story, for…
Paul William Morea, Shuttle Time Tutor, Papua New Guinea Badminton Federation is February’s Humans of Shuttle Time feature. Read on to learn about Paul’s journey to be a Shuttle Time Tutor. Growing up, I always loved to play sports like volleyball, cricket and outrigger canoeing. I first saw badminton in 2017 in Port Moresby. What…
๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ Daniel was originally from India and grew up in a middle class family with an elder brother and an elder sister. His parents were in the railways. During his childhood days, it was not so common for both parents to be employed. However, his parents juggled…
SHUTTLE TIME YOUTH LEADER Coming from soccer and track and field, Genelyn found badminton somewhat by chance; through her group of friends. She now plays every day in Saipan. During the summer, she plays as much as she can with friends. “I train three days a week and play on Saturdays. I also play for…
๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ I was born in Wellington, New Zealand and then I moved to Sydney when I was about 5. Throughout my primary years, I would often enjoy cycling around my area or just adventuring into neighbouring suburbs in Western Sydney. Being an only child, I would do all this with my…
The Zespri AIMS Games is Australasiaโs largest junior sporting event, held annually in Tauranga Moana. Celebrating diversity, the Games provides an opportunity for adolescents aged 10-12 years from all demographics and education contexts to compete in sporting competitions, to meet others from outside their normal peer group, and to learn and build on their social…
๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ I was born and raised in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. Iโm the middle child of three. My sister also plays and has had the opportunity to represent NMI at a youth level. I never knew about badminton when I was young. I was more into volleyball…
There has been some moving and shaking in Papua New Guinea over the last week with Inclusive GymBad taking Shuttle Time further into the provinces. Badminton is growing in Papua New Guinea with more opportunities for people to become involved. Through an expansion of the Inclusive GymBad program, Joyce Koiari (Inclusive GymBad Monitoring & Evaluation…
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌI grew up in Washington State in the US and moved to Guam with my family when I was 6 years old.My dad played badminton when he was in college and he wanted me to try it out. We went to the badminton hall which was one of two in Guam and I started…
Read how badminton has had an influence on Lily and the road taken to become a Shuttle Time Trainer in Australia. My twin elder brother and I were born prematurely into a family of accomplished scholars and business managers who also enjoyed sports of all kinds. Mum was an elite centre player in basketball; dadโs…