Badminton has soared in popularity in the Cook Islands over the last two years. Particularly as the non-contact sport identified opportunities to capitalise on the COVID-19 lockdowns and guidelines that restricted the country’s prevalent contact sports (rugby and soccer) in early 2020. Shuttle Time (a grassroots badminton initiative) and player development remain at the core…
DetailsWallis and Futuna will become the seventeenth member of Badminton Oceania, alongside: Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia (associate member), New Zealand, Northern Marianas (associate member), Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga and Tuvalu. Like New Caledonia and Northern Marianas, Wallis and Futuna is an associate member, simply…
DetailsPictured: Justin Zuo, New Zealand, umpiring at the Singapore Open 2017. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo “I am so glad that this Paralympic Games will be my retirement appointment. It’s not only a memorable event for me, but also an honorable recognition from Badminton Oceania” Reflective and grateful words from the Oceania Certificated Umpire, Justin Zuo,…
DetailsPictured: The Sudirman Cup. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo Last night, the BWF conducted the live draw for the upcoming TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup 2021, which is being held in Vantaa (Finland), the first time the country is hosting a major BWF event. Originally, Australia qualified from Oceania for the Sudirman Cup Finals. The VICTOR Oceania…
DetailsBWF MEDIA UPDATE The Badminton World Federation can today reveal its first-ever mobile app Badminton4U will be hitting app stores soon. Offering fans a unique and ground-breaking destination to get closer to the badminton content they know and love, the exciting Badminton4U app is free to download and includes access to real-time match centre data…
DetailsPictured: Simon Leung and Gronya Somerville (Australia). Photo Credit: Badminton Photo Simon Leung made his Olympic debut a fortnight ago in the mixed doubles discipline, alongside his partner Gronya Somerville. The pair are the two-time and reigning Oceania Mixed Doubles Champions and caught the attention of fellow athletes and viral videos following their valiant efforts…
DetailsPictured (left to right): Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen, Simon Leung/Gronya Somerville, Setyana Mapasa/Gronya Somerville. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo The Australian Olympic team managed to end their campaign on a high this week as both the women’s singles and doubles players/pairs won their final group stage matches. It was a tense four days of group stage action…
DetailsAustralian Paralympic Committee Press Release Shortly after badminton was officially included on the program for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Grant Manzoney had a heart-to-heart chat with National Para-badminton coach Ian Bridge. “Ian was running the group I was playing in at the time, it was before he became national coach, but he saw I had…
DetailsPictured: Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen. Photo credit: Australian Olympic Committee The reigning and six-time Oceania women’s singles champion, Wendy Chen, is embarking on an adventure to compete in her second Olympic Games – having previously played in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The two-time Olympian will be hoping to go one better than Rio, where she…
DetailsPictured: Setyana Mapasa. Photo credit: Australian Olympic Committee In five days, Setyana Mapasa will be making her Olympic debut in Tokyo, representing Australia in the Women’s Doubles. Setyana narrowly missed out on competing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games as she was ruled ineligible by the governing body following complication with her nationality change from…
DetailsPictured: Gronya Somerville. Photo credit: Australian Olympic Committee Another Olympic debutant in Tokyo is Gronya Somerville, representing Australia in the Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles events. Gronya came close to qualification in Rio 2016 with her partner, Setyana Mapasa. However, Mapasa was ruled ineligible by the governing body following complication with her nationality change from…
DetailsAustralia’s Simon Leung will be travelling to Tokyo next week to compete in the Mixed Doubles draw at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Alongside his partner, Gronya Somerville, Simon is the two-time reigning Continental Champion in the mixed doubles. Their 2020 title came within the timeframe of their Olympic qualification campaign, backed by other results…
DetailsThe draws for the five badminton events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games were conducted at the National Badminton Centre in Milton Keynes, England, on Thursday8 July 2021. WATCH: Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games Badminton Draw Oceania is represented by four athletes from Australia, in three disciplines: Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen – Women’s Singles Gronya Somerville and Setyana…
DetailsPictured: A participant in the Inclusive GymBad program in Papua New Guinea / Pacific Sports Partnerships In the latest of Team Up’s ‘focus on’ series, they explore why and how Team Up programs work towards greater disability inclusion in the Pacific. Shuttle Time is a critical part of the Inclusive GymBad programme which takes place…
DetailsTuvalu Badminton Association’s President, Iakopo Molotii, discovered badminton in 2005 when he joined some of the islands expatriates to play badminton socially. He took a liking to the sport and quickly built up the foundations of Tuvalu Badminton, affirming their membership with Badminton Oceania in 2006, and attending the 2007 Pacific Games as both a…
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