Pictured: Johanna Kou, New Caledonia (left). Photo Credit: Badminton Photo, Luis Veniegra. This year, badminton will feature at the Pacific Mini Games for the first time in the Northern Marianas 2022 edition (rescheduled from its original date in 2021). Two-time mixed team champions, New Caledonia, will enter the tournament as top seeds based on the…
DetailsTuvalu, one of the smallest and least visited countries in the world and a member association of Badminton Oceania since 2006, is set to take part in the Northern Marianas 2022 Pacific Mini Games this month. While they will not compete in the mixed team event, they will be represented in a Pacific Games (although…
DetailsBWF MEDIA UPDATE. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo The transition process to unfreeze the BWF World Junior Rankings towards a live, 52-week ranking on 3 January 2023 will begin on 2 August 2022 . Due to the impact of COVID-19, the BWF World Junior Rankings were frozen as of 17 March 2020. Transition Process On 2 August 2022,…
DetailsPictured: Johanna Kou, New Caledonia (left) and Rémi Rossi, Tahiti (right). Photo credit: Samoa 2019 Pacific Games News Service 53 players from seven member association countries will be competing in the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022 Individual event, which takes place from 23-25 June 2022 at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium. While Tuvalu is…
DetailsThe Cook Islands pride themselves on the ‘Kia Orana values’, representing the essence of their people and islands, encompassing everything from the welcoming and generous hospitality to the kind and friendly attributes. Aspiring residents would even have to attend a workshop on the Kia Orana Values. The recent Oceania Masters in Paradise 2022 aimed to…
DetailsBWF MEDIA UPDATE Australia will have to contend with defending champions India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Group 1 of the mixed team event of the XXII Commonwealth Games. The badminton competition at the Commonwealth Games, consisting of the mixed team event followed by the individual event, will be held in Birmingham from 29 July…
DetailsThe 10-strong Australian Falcons team are bound for Birmingham, ready to be bold, brave and brilliant against the best players from across the Commonwealth. Eight players will make their Commonwealth Games debut for the Australian Falcons in Birmingham as badminton looks to a new generation for international medal success. The 10-strong team is aiming to…
DetailsThe Badminton World Federation’s Humans of Shuttle Time series presents the perspectives of those who work on badminton development at the grassroots level. This month, they caught up with Hebrew Tom (Shuttle Time National Coordinator of Cook Islands) to discuss how badminton helped him to find new a new meaning in life, alongside his experiences with coaching,…
DetailsMixed Team Event podium at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games. Photo Credit: Pacific Games News Service, Trina Edwards Badminton has been part of the Pacific Games sporting programme in four editions since 2003 – Fiji (2003), New Caledonia (2011) and Samoa (2007 and 2019) – with a mixed team event and individual tournament taking place…
DetailsPictured: Bree Malberg, Australia. Bree Mellberg refused to accept the life her doctors outlined for her after an accident in 2013 put her in a wheelchair. “A mediocre life is not for me,” said the 32-year-old recipient of the BWF Female Participation Grant 2022, which supports a new athlete’s participation needs, including classification. An active child,…
DetailsThirty-two finalists have been announced for the prestigious 2022 SP Sports Awards (SPSA) – celebrating the finest achievements in the sports sector in Papua New Guinea – a ceremony which has taken place annually since 1992. There are 11 award categories ranging from Male Athlete and Female Athlete of the Year to Sports Administrator of…
DetailsPictured: Oliver Leydon-Davis and Anona Pak (New Zealand) competing at the VICTOR Oceania Championships 2022 (finishing as runners up) Badminton athletes Oliver Leydon-Davis and Anona Pak have been named to the New Zealand Team for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The duo are New Zealand’s number one mixed doubles pairing, having been competing together domestically…
DetailsBetween September and December 2021, the Kiribati Badminton Federation (KBF) made good use of the BWF Membership Grant to expand the reach of the sport. Its team of dedicated volunteers delivered these Shuttle Time and AirBadminton activities successfully: Three Shuttle Time Teacher Courses saw 48 primary and secondary school teachers educated. Shuttle Time Youth Leadership workshop saw 20 students/youths trained. Nineteen schools were engaged…
DetailsText Credit: LNC. Pictured: Ronan Hô-Yagues, Credit: Niolas Petit The Caledonian won the local ABC Dumbéa tournament over the weekend, sweeping all three gold medals across men’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles. The perfect course for Ronan is all the more remarkable as the New Caledonian badminton player claims to have tackled it in very…
DetailsPictured: Richard, Shirley and Lorelle Olsen (far left) take part in Shuttle Time in Fiji Every year, the United Nation celebrates International Day of Families on May 15 – a tradition since 1989. The day provides an opportunity to promote awareness of issues relating to families and to increase the knowledge of the social, economic and…
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