BWF Honorary Life Vice President Jeffrey Robson, who had a distinguished career as a badminton administrator and player, passed away in Auckland on Monday aged 95. In his playing days, he was one of the few to have represented his country at the highest level in both badminton and tennis. He allied speed, deception and…
DetailsThis weekend, Badminton Oceania is partnering up with Counties Manukau Badminton Association and CLM Community Sport to deliver a Pasifika Festival. The fun-filled day aims to bring badminton to the forefront for Pasifika communities in Auckland and facilitate connections to the national body of their respective countries – our member associations. From 12 midday –…
DetailsA brand-new initiative for 2022, the Trans-Tasman Challenge will bring together the top under-19 players from Australia and New Zealand for a mixed team tournament, where teams will compete for the perpetual trophy. The inaugural event will take place in Australia at BadmintonWorx Yennora Stadium from 30 September – 4 October 2022, comprising of three test matches…
DetailsBWF MEDIA UPDATE The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Badminton World Federation (BWF) have published the qualification regulations for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Here’s the summary of the qualification timeline: Athlete Eligibility For singles, athletes must have participated in their relevant event at a minimum of three designated qualifying tournaments counting towards the Race…
DetailsBWF MEDIA UPDATE The 2023 and 2024 badminton seasons will start with a bang with the newly elevated Super 1000 Malaysia Open and Super 750 India Open the appointed season openers for the next two years. The 31-event new World Tour calendar, which includes the year-end BWF World Tour Finals, will see the increased number…
DetailsGronya and Wendy’s dream run at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games came to an end at the NEC Arena this evening as they missed out on the bronze medal at the hands of India’s fourth seeds, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Pullela. Wendy, who is usually a singles player, teamed up with Gronya in Birmingham and…
DetailsQuarterfinals – Saturday 6 August 2022 Australia’s and New Zealand’s remaining competitors were in quarterfinal action on Saturday 6 August, with one pair going the distance in the women’s doubles to qualify for Sunday’s semifinals. New Zealand’s eighth seeds were first up on court, against Singapore’s world number 35 and third seeds, Terry Hee and…
DetailsPictured: Lin Ying Xiang (Australia) takes on the world number 10, Lakshya Sen (India) Two more pairs from Australia are through to the quarterfinals tomorrow, bringing the total tally of Oceania representatives to five across the women’s singles and all three doubles disciplines. In one of the first games on court, Australia’s young pairing of…
DetailsPictured: Oliver Leydon-Davis and Anona Pak (New Zealand) take on Tran Pham and Angela Yu (Australia) This morning’s performance from Oceania representatives already betters the 2018 Commonwealth Games campaign, which saw two pairs into the quarterfinals across the individuals competition. Tran Pham and Jack Yu (men’s doubles), Wendy Chen (Australia) and Oliver Leydon-Davis and Anona…
DetailsMorning Session Australia started the morning with two convincing victories in the mixed doubles. After a comfortable opening game, Jack Yu and Kaitlyn Ea seemed to take their foot off the pedal as they allowed their opponents to take the second game. However, the pair learned from their mistakes and powered through the decider to…
DetailsMorning session Angela Yu enjoyed back-to-back success in the opening rounds of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games this morning, giving her even more opportunities to adapt to the supposedly difficult hall conditions. A straightforward mixed doubles game was followed by a closer contest in the women’s doubles, where she teamed up with Kaitlyn Ea who…
DetailsThe finals of the VICTOR Oceania Para Badminton Championships 2022 brought extra heat into the Melbourne winter cold today, with the first triple-crown winner in the history of the event. Moreover, each participating country, Australia (AUS), New Zealand (NZL) and Papua New Guinea (PNG) were represented on the podium this year. Jerome BUNGE was the…
DetailsAustralia’s Mixed Team campaign came to an end this evening as they fell to the defending champions and top seeds, India, in the final Group A match. Fielding one of their strongest teams possible, the Indian team denied Australia any miracle prospects, securing a third consecutive victory in Group A to cement a top place…
DetailsThe VICTOR Oceania Para Badminton Championships 2022 had the largest number of entries in the history of the event, including the entries of four Tokyo 2020 Australian Paralympians: Grant MANZONEY (AUS): competed in Wheelchair Class Badminton Caitlin DRANSFIELD (AUS): competed in Standing Class Badminton Janine WATSON (AUS): won Paralympic Bronze in Para-taekwondo Bree MELLBERG (AUS):…
DetailsWith the imminent finals day tomorrow, tension and excitement was high on Day 2 of the VICTOR Oceania Para Badminton Championships. The last of the preliminary round-robins were played throughout the day along with quarter- and semi-final matches throughout the afternoon and evening. In the group stages, there were tight matches in the Mixed Doubles…
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