What’s Happening – March
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Humans of Shuttle Time: Violaine Dauptain, Wallis and Futuna
The Humans of Shuttle Time series from the Badminton World Federation shares the viewpoints of those who contribute to grassroots badminton development. Violaine Dauptain, shuttle time teacher from Wallis and Futuna, Badminton Oceania’s most recent member association shares her story of how she got into badminton and the influence she is having on the development…
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Badminton Oceania is recruiting – Communications and Marketing Manager (Full Time)
Badminton Oceania is one of five Continental Confederations working closely with the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to implement a wide range of development programmes and events in the Oceania Region in partnership with our 17 Member Countries. The Executive Board leads the organisation of 6 full-time and 1 part-time staff. This full-time Communications and Marketing…
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Australia win sixth consecutive VICTOR Oceania Open Mixed Team Championships 2023
Pictured: VICTOR Oceania Mixed Team Championships 2023 Podium. Photo Credit: Paul Foxall On the final day of the VICTOR Oceania Championships 2023, Australia and New Zealand were playing off for the gold medal once again. They are the only nations from Oceania to have ever competed for gold and silver since the Open Mixed Team…
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Tonga bounce back from disastrous 2022 with a victory over Northern Marianas #VOC23
Pictured: Lata ‘Isitolo and Mele Kei (Tonga). Photo Credit: Paul Foxall Tonga were last seen on the international badminton scene at the VICTOR Oceania Championships 2020 in Ballarat. Three years later, they have sent a contingent to compete in the Continental Championships once again. While they had to contend with the global COVID-19 pandemic like…
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Pacific Player Development realised, Cook Islands taste victory in Auckland
Pictured: Team Cook Islands. Photo Credit: Paul Foxall This year, a team from the Cook Islands entered the VICTOR Oceania Open Mixed Team Championships for the very first time. Their entry is testament to the collaboration between Badminton Oceania and Badminton Cook Islands over player development initiatives and coach development opportunities which helped them reach…
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VICTOR Oceania Open and Junior Individual Championships 2023 titles decided
JUNIOR INDIVIDUALS An even spread of titles among the Australian players in the VICTOR Oceania Junior Championships as they won all five of the titles on offer. Daniel Hu tried as hard as he could to stop the flow of titles to Australia particularly in the second game of his match with top seed Jie…
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VICTOR Oceania Open and Junior Individual Championships 2023 – Quarters and Semis Summary
JUNIOR INDIVIDUALS Australia has dominated the VICTOR Oceania Junior Championships, particularly in the singles where three out of four semifinalists in men’s and women’s U19 singles were from the nation. However to break things up Daniel Hu from Auckland defeated Shrey Dhand twice in one day to reach two title deciders. Hu accounted for fourth…
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VICTOR Oceania Open and Junior Individual Championships 2023 – Day Two Summary
Pictured: Lucas Julliot, New Caledonia. Photo credit: Paul Foxall JUNIOR INDIVIDUALS The drama began to unfold on day two of the VICTOR Oceania Junior Championships, as a handful of top seeded players fell in the rounds of 16. There were two upsets in the men’s singles draw as the third and eighth seeds were knocked…
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VICTOR Oceania Open and Junior Individual Championships 2023 – Day One Summary
Pictured: Janelle Pangilinan, Northern Marianas. Photo credit: Paul Foxall Junior Individuals The VICTOR Oceania Junior Individual Championships 2023 opened proceedings today at Auckland Badminton Stadium. It was a largely successful day for the players from Australia and New Zealand. The Cook Islands’ Tereapii Akavi being one of the only non-Australian/New Zealand players to progress into…
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Quotes of the weekend – International Junior competition returns to Oceania
Pictured: Junior players from Cook Islands and New Caledonia. Photo credit: Paul Foxall The junior competitions which took place over the weekend (VICTOR Oceania Junior Mixed Team Championships 2023 and Pacific U15 Invitation Team Challenge) were an important component in the development of talent across Oceania. 2019 was the last year the Junior edition of…
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Tahiti win inaugural Pacific U15 Invitation Team Challenge
Pictured: (left to right) Team New Caledonia, Tahiti and Cook Islands on the podium. Photo credit: Paul Foxall Gold medal match Cook Islands entered the final match against Tahiti with a perfect record, having won all their matches 5-0 up until today. Tahiti had only dropped one game on their route to today’s final round…
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Australia successfully defend their title; New Caledonia claim historic bronze #VOC23
Gold medal match Following 5-0 victories in every group stage match so far, Australia and New Zealand set up a gold medal match in today’s final round robin clash at the VICTOR Oceania Junior Mixed Team Championships 2023. Defending champions, Australia, were the first team to put a point on the board after an excruciatingly…
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New venue announcement: VICTOR Oceania Championships 2023 and Pacific U15 Invitation Team Challenge
On Friday 28 January 2023, Auckland was the epicenter of a severe weather event which saw major flood damage across the region. Unfortunately, the venue for the upcoming Pacific U15 Invitation Team Challenge and VICTOR Oceania Championships 2023 – Badminton North Harbour – was greatly impacted by the weather and has been closed until further…
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Badminton Oceania appoints Operations Assistant, Lachlan Greensill; Other staff changes at Badminton Oceania
Badminton Oceania welcomes Lachlan Greensill to the team as he undertakes the new role as Operations Assistant (full time). Lachlan is a recent graduate from Auckland University of Technology, majoring in Sports Management. Originally from Taranaki, he has grown up with a passion for racket sports, having spent plenty of time on a squash court…
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