The Australian Para-Badminton International 2018 started at 9.30am local time at Leisuretime Centre in Geelong, Victoria. In the opening round, we saw the first seeds in the Mixed Doubles SL3 – SU5 classification, Toshiaki Suenaga and Akiko Sugino live up to their seeding. The Japanese pairing comfortably secured a first round win against the mixed…
DetailsFollowing two days of practice sessions, the players were treated to a traditional Australian evening to kick off the event at Leisuretime Centre in Geelong, Australia. After being welcomed by our local MC, City of Greater Geelong Mayor Bruce Harwood and President of Badminton Oceania and Badminton Australia Geraldine Brown, the players were greeted with…
DetailsThe penultimate Para-Badminton event of the year for the region continues to build excitement as the players have arrived in Geelong to acclimatise, while final preparations are being made for the official opening ceremony of the Australian Para-Badminton International 2018. The ceremony will bring together ‘all things Australian’ to welcome all players down under in…
DetailsIt was a tough day for the remaining Oceania players at the LI-NING BWF World Junior Championships, with some fierce competition and close results as the event refines down to the later rounds and quarter-finals. Australia and New Zealand each saw a mixed doubles pair progress into round two, with both pairs missing out to…
DetailsIt’s been a tough day for our players on day two of the LI-NING BWF World Junior Championships 2018 with many of the juniors from Australia and New Zealand coming up against some of the top seeds in the early rounds. Zecily Fung (currently ranked 47 in the world junior rankings) continued her impressive run…
DetailsOn day 1 of the LI-NING BWF World Junior Championships in Canada, we saw mixed success in the men’s and women’s singles events throughout the morning and Oceania’s mixed doubles pairings have been in action throughout the afternoon. Ryan Tong and Ella Smith (ranked 357/143 respectively) from New Zealand secured a second-round place with a fantastic win…
DetailsZecily Fung is the first Oceania player on court at the LI-NING BWF World Junior Championships 2018. On Monday 12 November (local time in Markham, Canada) the LI-NING BWF World Junior Championships 2018 begin as the future stars of badminton compete on the big stage. Oceania sees a number of athletes competing from both Australia…
DetailsIt was mixed emotions on day 4 as we saw both our teams, New Zealand and Australia, take to the court to compete for final overall standings between 33-40. If both teams were to win their matches against Uganda and Slovakia respectively, they would have faced each other again in the play-off for positions 33…
DetailsNew Zealand and Australia returned to the court once again on day 3 of the LI-NING BWF World Junior Championships 2018 as they compete for overall standings between 33-40. Having faced each other earlier in the day, New Zealand won the battle to play against Poland in the next round of games while Australia took…
DetailsNeighbouring countries Australia and New Zealand went head-to-head in the Play Off stages at the LI-NING BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships 2018 in Canada. The tie got off to an emphatic start with a mixed doubles match that went the full distance. The three-game thriller was eventually won by Australia with a 22-20 decider,…
DetailsFrom 11-17 February 2019, the VICTOR Oceania Championships 2019 will take place at the Melbourne Sport and Aquatic Centre, starting with the individual event (11-14 February) before the team competition takes place (15-17 February). The seedings for the team event are now available, based on the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Rankings commencing Tuesday 8…
DetailsWith a record breaking 65 countries competing at the 2018 blibli.com BWF World Junior championships the Australian and New Zealand players have finished their tournament showing a promising display for the future.
DetailsAs part of the Oceania development programme the U19’s national teams from Australia and New Zealand are in Magelang, Indonesia in preparation for the BWF blibli.com World Junior Championships. The training camp is to help them aclimatise and gain some much needed experience in a different environment.
DetailsThe LI-NING Australian Junior International is being played in Melbourne 31 August – 3 September
DetailsThe BWF Total Sudirman Cup 2017 has come to an end in the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.
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