Pictured: Shaunna Li (left) and Edward Lau (right). Photo credit: Badminton Photo This month, two of New Zealand’s top singles players are heading to the European Centre of Excellence (based in Denmark) as part of our player development Tier 1 scholarship. Oceania’s 2019 Junior Champion, 2020 Open Runner Up and 2022 Open Champion, Edward Lau,…
DetailsPictured: Jiten Bhatt, umpiring at the Indonesia Masters 2022. Photo Credit: Yves Lacroix – Badminton Photo Australia’s Jiten Bhatt, now a BWF Certificated Umpire, talks about his journey as a Technical Official and how he manages to enjoy the job despite its various pressures and challenges. Early association with badminton I was born in Africa and…
DetailsThousands of people have picked up a badminton racket today as part of the inaugural World Badminton Day celebrations. A total of 199 official registered events from 60 countries were planned, giving people and communities an opportunity to experience fun and inclusive badminton for the first time. While the events ranged in size, location, and…
DetailsThe Northern Marianas 2022 Pacific Mini Games provided the perfect opportunity to kickstart new pathways for aspiring technical officials. Across the week, seven experienced technical officials travelled to the remote island to officiate (referee, umpire and line judge) and to not only perform their official duties, but assist with the upskilling and assessments of local…
DetailsPictured: Sam Paterson, Community Manager and National Shuttle Time Co Ordinator – Badminton New Zealand. The Badminton World Federation’s Humans of Shuttle Time series presents the perspectives of those who work on badminton development at the grassroots level. Sam Paterson, Badminton New Zealand’s Community Manager, talks about his journey into badminton and experiences of enhancing badminton opportunities for communities…
DetailsThe Badminton World Federation (BWF) has again shown it continues to lead the way in governance practice, ranking in the first bracket with six other International Federations (IF) in the Fourth Review of International Federation Governance (2021-2022) released by the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) this week. BWF is third overall with a…
DetailsThe VICTOR Oceania Championships 2023 will return to the Harcourts Cooper & Co North Harbour Badminton Centre from Friday 10 – Sunday 19 February 2023. North Harbour hosted the combined (Open and Junior, Individual and Mixed Team) Continental Championships eight years ago and the Mixed Team competition in 2016. The association was supposed to host…
DetailsFollowing six fantastic days of action-packed badminton at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium, the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022 concluded with the individual events, gold and bronze medal matches. Tahiti’s Rémi Rossi and New Caledonia’s Marine Souviat had a huge task ahead as they featured in all three possible finals, competing against each other…
DetailsMen’s Singles The two finalists from the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games, Rémi Rossi (Tahiti) and Yohan De Geoffroy (New Caledonia) featured in each of tonight’s semifinals. Rossi eased past his fellow compatriot and doubles partner, Léo Cucuel, to secure an opportunity to defend his title tomorrow. Meanwhile, the other semifinal was a heated contest as…
DetailsQuarterfinals wrap at the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022 Home national champions, Nathan Guerrero and Janelle Panilingan, were the first on court against the top seeds from Tahiti. The first game developed as a relatively close contest as the home duo delivered an effective counter attack to keep up with the top seeds for…
DetailsThe VICTOR Oceania Para Badminton Championships 2022 is coming to Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre from 29-31 July 2022. It will be the first Continental Championships for Para badminton since the 2020 tournament in Ballarat and only the third edition overall, after the inaugural tournament took place in 2018, hosted by Geelong, Australia. This year,…
DetailsPhoto Credit: Michael Jornal Following yesterday’s eventful conclusion to the Mixed Team event at the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022, the Individual Events got underway today. Opening with the mixed doubles, the drama started to unfold early on as two of the top seeds were knocked out. Two pairs from Tahiti (Bernaix/Gaymann and Cucuel/Ateni)…
DetailsGold medal match Over 100 New Caledonian and Tahitian supporters turned up for today’s highly anticipated gold medal match between the top two seeds at the Gilbert. C Ada Gymnasium. The last rivalry showdown was at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games where New Caledonia’s narrow 3-2 victory resulted in a three-way tie and a subsequent…
DetailsPictured: Leonard Manuel, Northern Marianas. Photo Credit: Michael Jornal Morning Session The home team (Northern Marianas) celebrated their first win this morning, with an empathic 5-0 victory over the Solomon Islands. In the men’s singles, Jeffery Kalia (Solomon Islands) showed glimpses of hope to take one match for the team, but Leonard Manuel proved too…
DetailsPictured: Leilana Likuvalu. Photo Credit: Michael Jornal You can imagine Leilana’s surprise at being selected for the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022, only six months after taking up badminton. Athleticism comes naturally to the 15-year-old player, more than half the age of her fellow compatriots which makes the team from Wallis and Futuna. Back…
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