Prepare to watch some world-class badminton! The fantastic reputation of the Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Badminton Open 2019 lives on, and as the first Olympic qualifying event of the year, Badminton New Zealand has announced the entry list for this year’s event, which includes the highest quality assembly of badminton players the country has…
DetailsPlayers from around the world congregated in Hamilton, New Zealand, this week for the Badminton World Federation (BWF) International Series event – the YONEX Waikato International 2019. With a handful of players celebrating back-to-back finals, following on from last week’s YONEX North Harbour International in Auckland, Vietnamese men’s singles star and the young Chinese men’s…
DetailsThe finalists have been decided at the YONEX Waikato International 2019. A thrilling evening of badminton went down in the Eastlink Badminton Centre, Hamilton, as players competed in the semi-finals at the BWF International Series event. Mixed doubles Australia’s mixed doubles champions from the recent VICTOR Oceania Individual Championships were in a repeat of last…
DetailsThroughout the morning on Saturday 30 March, the quarter-finals took place in Hamilton, Waikato as the players compete for a spot in this evening’s semi-finals. The mixed doubles were the first to compete on court, with three pairs holding the Oceania fort. New Zealand’s youngsters, Ben Perkinson and Ella Smith, showed signs of a promising…
DetailsThe quarter-finalists have been decided at the BWF International Series event taking place in Hamilton this week. The drama continued to unfold as more of the top seeds exited on day two, with only a handful of the top seeds left in the competition across all five disciplines. Following an impressive win yesterday against the…
DetailsOne week after the BWF Future Series event in Auckland, the drama continues to unfold in Hamilton at the YONEX Waikato International 2019 – a BWF International Series event. The biggest upset of the day came from last week’s champion at the YONEX North Harbour International 2019, who lost in the first round. In a…
DetailsOne more top seeded pair bowed out at the semi-finals stage, before all ten finalists were decided. Australia’s Simon Leung, Mitchell Wheller and Qin Jinjing and Vietnam’s Tien Minh Nguyen are the only players standing in China’s way to achieve a whitewash at the YONEX North Harbour 2019. Mixed Doubles At 5pm, the mixed doubles…
DetailsDay two at the YONEX North Harbour International 2019 delivered with world-class badminton, shock exits from some top seeded players and plenty of promising talent. With places in the quarter finals up for grabs, we are set for some fascinating matches on day three. One of the biggest upsets of the day came from China’s…
DetailsPlayers from around the world congregate in Auckland this week as the YONEX North Harbour International 2019 gets underway. With plenty of New Zealand and Australian interest, Auckland welcomes players from England, Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mynamar and more… The BWF Future Series opened with the men’s singles, which has attracted an entry of 63 players…
DetailsThe recent VICTOR Oceania Championships 2019 in Melbourne showcased the inspiring legacy from the Pacific Islands, with players from Tonga, the Cook Islands and Samoa who were introduced to badminton through the BWF Shuttle Time initiative which launched back in 2012. Many players in their junior teams took to the sport and went on to represent…
DetailsCompared to the other regions in the world, Oceania faces unique challenges due to the remoteness, distance between countries/continents and difficulty in accessing resources which creates several barriers to participation and challenges to our aspiring players. Many of the Pacific Islands face such challenges, which many other countries would take for granted, on a daily…
DetailsOne week after the YONEX North Harbour International takes place, many of the players will travel south of Auckland to compete in the YONEX Waikato International from Thursday 28 – Sunday 31 March 2019. The event has attracted a wide range of talented players from Oceania, Pan-America, Asia and Europe to compete in this BWF…
DetailsIt’s a busy week for the badminton world, with some of the Badminton World Federation’s top tournament taking place all over the world. This week, three Australian players are in action at the Lingshui China Masters 2019 in the province of Hainan – this is a BWF Tour Super 100 event. Opening the event, Australia’s…
DetailsYou can now relive the action from the VICTOR Oceania Badminton Championships at Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre. Footage from seven days of Junior and Open Individual and Mixed Team competition is available to watch for free. Find out which matches were on the streaming courts in the dated ‘matches’ section on the following Tournament…
DetailsThe youngsters from Australia and New Zealand delivered a nail-biting display of badminton at the final of the VICTOR Oceania Junior Mixed Team Championships 2019. Australia’s brother and sister pairing, Jack and Angela Yu, finished the week with unbeaten in the mixed doubles. After winning the Junior Individual Championships, the talented pair got Australia off…
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