It’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,…
DetailsBadminton Oceania welcomes Tom Leonard to the team, undertaking the role as Communications and Events Manager. Tom joins the team from the UK, with a background in sports studies, marketing and mass participation events – having also written for Badminton Europe’s website and magazine in 2018. This is the second time Tom has returned to…
DetailsAustralia is one of two teams from Oceania competing in the LI-NING BWF World Junior Championships in Markham, Canada. The team comprises of 8 players; check out their profiles as published by Badminton Australia.
DetailsNew Zealand is one of two teams from Oceania competing in the LI-NING BWF World Junior Championships in Markham, Canada. The team comprises of 8 players and 2 coaches: check out their profiles as published by Badminton New Zealand.
DetailsThe role of this part-time position is to primarily to support the Coaching and Development Manager in their key areas – Player Development, Coach Education and Para-Badminton development through both administration and delivery. Applications close Wednesday 21 November 2018 A position description is attached below Send applications to julie@badmintonoceania.org JOB DESCRIPTION
DetailsThe Badminton World Federation have released the latest training manual for Level One Umpires. This is available for download on the BWF Education site https://education.bwfbadminton.com/ and a copy is available below Also available are supporting videos through you tube – click for the link to this https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA7ZcagI0frC91ErP6sogYIwO-L_8-36O
DetailsBadminton Oceania are pleased to announce, in partnership with Badminton Australia the first ever BWF sanctioned para-badminton events to be held in the Oceania region: the Australia Para-Badminton International followed by the VICTOR Oceania Para-badminton Championships, both being played in Geelong, Victoria 20-27 November 2018 For full information on both events CLICK HERE Supported by: Greater City…
DetailsBadminton Oceania is seeking a Communications and Events Manager; a full-time position to work from head-office in Auckland, New Zealand This is a newly created position and offers the successful candidate a lot of scope to grow and develop these areas A job description is attached below Applications close 13 July Enquiries to: office@oceaniabadminton.org
DetailsNynette Sass from Samoa was awarded the POWA (President of Oceania Women’s Award) at the Oceania Annual General Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand in May 2018. Pictured – Nynette receiving the award from Badminton Oceania President – Geraldine Brown who is also the Chair of the BWF Women in Badminton Commission. Nynette has been very instrumental…
DetailsThe Badminton Oceania Executive Board for the next two years was confirmed at the Annual General Meeting in May, Bangkok, Thailand Geraldine Brown (AUS) and Nigel Skelt (NZ) were both re-elected unopposed respectively as President Deputy President Board Members elected were: Glenn Cox (NZL) – 4 years Loke Poh Wong (AUS) – 4 years Leody…
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