Congratulations to the following BWF Line Judges for being appointed to the 2021-2024 rotation: Ian Fernandez (AUS) Pauline Eldred (AUS) Simon Joe Yin Fee (NZL) Renee Yi Cui (NZL) Shevaun Moody (AUS) They will join existing BWF Line Judges who will continue through to 2022: Greg Busch (NZL) Ravi Nandan (AUS) Karen Arnold (AUS) Australia’s…
DetailsText adapted by InsideTheGames | Photo Credit: Samoa 2019 Pacific Games News Service – Trina Edwards Organisers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) had requested in April that a new date be found following the decision to postpone Tokyo 2020 by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pacific Mini Games…
DetailsFive-time Oceania men’s doubles champion (2015-19) and two-time mixed doubles champion (2017-18), Sawan Serasinghe, made his first Olympic Games appearance in Rio 2016. It didn’t take long for Sawan to break the internet as he made headlines around the world following his fast food feast at the end of his Olympic campaign. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJExHLCjJ_2/ Reflecting…
DetailsPictured: Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen (Australia) at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo Today (Thursday 23 July 2020) marks the One-Year-to-Go milestone before the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, due to be held in 2021. On this day, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is bringing together everyone who embodies the values of the…
DetailsThe VICTOR Oceania Championships 2021 will return to North Harbour, New Zealand, six years after hosting the full event in 2015 and the Mixed Team competition in 2016. The annual Continental Championships have since toured around Tahiti (2016), New Caledonia (2017), New Zealand (2018), Australia (2019/20) before returning to the Harcourts Cooper & Co North…
DetailsBadminton Papua New Guinea (PNG) continues to celebrate a successful partnership with Gymnastics as part of the Pacific Sports Partnership, a programme which is funded by the Australian Government. The self-proclaimed ‘GymBad’ partnership allows the sports to join forces and share resources to make more participants active through Shuttle Time and gymnastics activities, while having…
DetailsPictured: BWF Secretary General Thomas Lund (left) and BWF President Poul-Erik Høyer hosting the 81st BWF Annual General Meeting and first virtual AGM webcast from Copenhagen. Photo credit: Lars Ronbog / FrontZoneSport via Getty Images. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) staged its 81st BWF Annual General Meeting on Saturday 18 July 2020. 75% of Badminton…
DetailsLast year, the team from Northern Marianas made history as they became the first representatives to compete in the badminton event at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games. Until then, the players had only ventured as far as Guam (200km away) to gain competitive experience. Unlike most other teams who competed in Samoa, Northern Marianas were…
DetailsText by BWF staff and Badminton Oceania. Photo credit: New Zealand Badminton Open Two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan, one of the all-time greats, announced his exit from the Chinese national team on Saturday 4 July, indicating his retirement from international badminton. The Chinese left-hander, winner of Olympic gold medals in 2008 and 2012 and five World…
DetailsThe Pacific Islands are a unique group of countries and islands. They are tucked away in the westernmost and easternmost parts of the world, with some countries crossing the international date line. Among the remoteness, the Cook Islands are one of the last countries in the world to see out the day. They are also…
DetailsText by Roselyn Monroyo, Northern Marianas Badminton Public School System Student Support Services Athletic Program director Nick Gross is considering adding AirBadminton to their roster of sports events for students. Launched last year by Badminton World Federation and HSBC, AirBadminton is played outdoors with modified rules and has been gaining popularity across the globe because…
DetailsOne of the smallest countries and least visited countries in the world. Tuvalu became a member of Badminton Oceania in 2006 going on to compete in the ‘South Pacific Games’ during that same year. Two years later, the federation introduced badminton to the PE curriculum and marked out a badminton court. The country is completely…
DetailsPictured: Kiribati Badminton Federation’s Shuttle Time Co-Ordinator, Tongoboo Beero. Olympic Day commemorates the day that the International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894. The annual event is a celebration of sport, health, and ‘being the best you can be’, inviting everyone around the globe to be active and celebrate the Olympic values of Excellence, Respect…
DetailsThe non-contact element of badminton became the sport’s biggest strength in 2020. As Oceania’s member countries slowly return to life after the countries announce themselves COVID19 free, or gaining greater control of the virus, small gatherings and low contact sports like badminton have been allowed to take place once again. Cook Islands Badminton Association were…
DetailsPictured: Shuttle Time participants in Kiribati. Text: BWF staff and Badminton Oceania Remember the study by Shinji Takahashi at Tohoku Gakuin University which proved how useful badminton was to boost ‘executive function’? The benefits of badminton continue to be researched, with a team from Coventry University (in England), who have recently proven the significance of…
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