Fiji’s Sristi Nadan: Competing to inspire the next generation

The VICTOR Oceania Championships 2022 will feature 97 players from four member associations: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and Tahiti. The global COVID-19 pandemic has certainly created barriers for players to travel, meaning the draw is heavily dominated by Australian and New Zealand players. However, Sristi Nadan and Jared Chung will be representing Fiji with pride…

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Australia’s Women’s Team named for the TotalEnergies BWF Uber Cup Finals 2022

In February 2022, the VICTOR Oceania Men’s and Women’s Team Championships were meant to take place in North Harbour, New Zealand, alongside the Open Individual Championships, Junior Individual and Mixed Team tournament. While the (Open) Individual tournament was able to be postponed and has moved to Melbourne (Australia) between 28 April – 1 May, the team competitions were…

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Ryan Tong on preparations for Oceania Championships ‘Gameplan is everything’

Pictured: Ryan Tong (New Zealand). Photo credit: Badminton Photo The recent Thomas Cup Finals team announcement by Badminton New Zealand confirmed the selection of Ryan Tong – one of the reigning Oceania Junior Men’s Doubles Champion. Tong was victorious during the VICTOR Oceania Junior Championships 2019 alongside Jack Wang. The pair overcame Australia’s Ricky Tang…

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2019 Junior Champion, Kaitlyn Ea, partners with Gronya to fight for the Open women’s doubles title

Pictured: Kaitlyn Ea, Australia. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo For the upcoming VICTOR Oceania Championships 2022, Badminton Oceania reached out to Badminton Australia’s reigning Women’s Doubles Junior Champion, Kaitlyn Ea, who won the 2019 junior title with Angela Yu. Can she break into the Open era with a tournament win right off the bat, in her…

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Focusing on ‘new perspectives’ as Wendy Chen aims for seventh Oceania title

Pictured: Wendy Chen (Australia). Photo credit: Badminton Photo With the pandemic-related restrictions starting to ease across the Oceanic region, Badminton Oceania caught up with Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen (reigning six-time Women’s Singles Oceania champion and two-time Australian Olympian) to find out on her recent happenings and preparation for upcoming events. Could she extend her history-breaking record…

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Update on BWF World rankings

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) can confirm it will initiate a transition towards a live 52-week BWF World Ranking commencing 2 August 2022. A complete live 52-week ranking will be published on 3 January 2023. For each week of the newly published ranking starting 2 August 2022, four weeks of historical World Ranking points will…

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Oceania Umpires prepare to ‘Get Back In The Chair’ in online workship

Since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the tournament calendar, the ability to attend tournaments has been limited for Oceania’s players and Technical Officials alike. Many programmes and initiatives have adopted a digital footprint over the last two years – the multiple projects delivered by Badminton Oceania are no exception. Badminton Oceania’s Technical Official Committee (BOTOC), supported…

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