The BWF Line Judge has worked at a number of events across the region, including the Australian Para-Badminton International Championships 2018, VICTOR Oceania Championships 2019, Samoa 2019 Pacific Games, Gold Coast 2017 Sudirman Cup and 2018 Commonwealth Games. This year, he branched out into the HSBC World Tour events, including at the the Macau Open…
DetailsCompetition 31 December 2019 Competition terms and conditions – 31 December 2019 The promoter is Badminton Oceania (NZBN number 9429043198863) whose registered office is at 3 Robert Street, Ellerslie, Auckland, 1051, New Zealand. By entering this competition, the entrant is indicating that they agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. This competition is…
DetailsTEXT BY LLOYD GREEN, BADMINTON WORLD FEDERATION On Sunday, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and the National Badminton Federation of Russia (NBFR) revealed the results of its Badminton Against Myopia Project during a presentation at the BWF World Junior Championships in Kazan, Russia. The Badminton Against Myopia Project began in 2013 with the aim of…
DetailsBadminton Oceania is deeply saddened to advise that our Life Member, former President and founder of Badminton Oceania, Heather Robson, passed away Thursday 10 October 2019; age 91. Heather was pivotal in the creation and development of Badminton Oceania, celebrating tremendous success in her own playing career, including 19 New Zealand National titles and an…
DetailsThe Oceania Tour is a new initiative for 2019 which encourages players from Oceania to compete in the region’s tournaments to earn ranking points and a shot at prize money which can be used for international training and competition. In 2019, eight tournaments were eligible to contribute towards the Oceania Tour ranking, including: VICTOR Oceania…
DetailsPictured: Georgina Bland, England / Photo credit @jbmedia_perth The Men’s and Women’s Singles draw at the Perth International 2019 opened the BWF Future Series event at Kingsway Indoor Stadium this morning. Australia’s national Champion, Jacob Schueler, managed to recover from his shaky start to survive the first round scare, while being gifted with a walkover…
DetailsMORNING SESSION New Caledonia eased through their match against Northern Marianas this morning to extend their impressive run at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games. The second seeded team are gearing up for their upcoming matches against first and third seeds, Tahiti and Fiji, over the next 24 hours. Meanwhile, Tahiti and Fiji were battling it…
DetailsPhoto Credit: Badminton Photo On Monday 10 June 2019, the Australian Governor-General announced the list of recipients for a variety of awards as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2019. The Badminton Oceania President, Geraldine Brown, was amongst the list and has been awarded with an Order of Australia Medal for her services to badminton.…
DetailsIn March, the Organisation of Sports Federations of Oceania (OSFO) had awarded the Badminton Oceania President, Geraldine Brown, with the OSFO Merit Award to acknowledge her outstanding contributions to badminton in the region. Badminton Oceania took the opportunity to present the award at the Annual General Meeting last week in Nanning, China, while the TOTAL…
DetailsOn day three of competition at the TOTAL BWF Sudirman Cup 2019, Australia faced Nepal in Group 3A. The reigning regional champions and aspiring Tokyo 2020 Olympians, Simon Leung and Gronya Somerville got Australia off to a solid start with a comfortable win over Nepal. The pair broke into the world’s top 100 this month…
DetailsPress Release: Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) and HSBC jointly launched a new outdoor game, AirBadminton, and a new outdoor shuttlecock, the AirShuttle, at a global launch ceremony outside the Tianhe Gymnasium in Guangzhou, China, on Monday 13 May 2019. AirBadminton is an ambitious new development project in partnership with HSBC, BWF’s…
DetailsWith less than two weeks to go, the teams from Australia and New Zealand are preparing for the TOTAL BWF Sudirman Cup 2019 which take place in Nanning, China from 19 – 24 May. Australia and New Zealand have been drawn in the same group – 3A – and will face each other on the…
DetailsOver the last month, the relatively new pairing of Oliver Leydon-Davis and Abhinav Manota have traveled around Europe to train and compete in BWF International Challenge and International Series events. Starting with the YONEX Polish Open, the pair went on to compete in the Finish Open 2019 where they narrowly missed out on the main…
DetailsThe champions from the VICTOR Oceania Individual Championships in the mixed and women’s doubles compete in the Singapore Open 2019 this week. Australian duo, Simon Leung and Gronya Somerville partnered up for their first ever HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500 event as a pair – as they continue to grow with more experience on…
DetailsThe Finnish Open 2019, a BWF International Challenge event, takes place in Vantaa, Finland from Thursday 4 – Sunday 7 April. Three players from the region enjoyed mixed success this week as New Zealand’s Abhinav Manota and Oliver Leydon-Davis and Australia’s Keith Mark Edison compete for a place in the main draw. New Zealand’s Oliver…
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