Picture: Justine Villegas, New Zealand. For New Zealand’s Justine Villegas, 2021 is brimming with optimism as she looks to put the woes of 2020 behind her. Villegas launched on to the badminton scene as an under-17 player, which is typically ‘late’ for a player who qualifies for the TOTAL BWF Sudirman Cup a few years…
DetailsBWF MEDIA UPDATE The Badminton World Federation (BWF) can confirm the US Open 2021 – a Super 300 tournament on the HSBC BWF World Tour – has been cancelled. The tournament was due to take place from 6-11 July 2021. BWF also confirms the YONEX Canada Open 2021 has been cancelled. The BWF Tour Super…
DetailsPictured: Trish Gubb (New Zealand) and Jiten Bhatt (Australia). Photo Credit: Badminton Photo The era of semi-professional umpires has dawned in badminton, with members of the first batch appointed by BWF officiating at the Asian Leg in January and at the recently-concluded YONEX Swiss Open 2021. The appointment of Bert Vahorenbeeck (Belgium), Diraj Gooneadry (Mauritius),…
DetailsPictured: Australia winning the VICTOR Oceania Mixed Team Championships 2019 The VICTOR Oceania Championships 2021 was originally scheduled to take place in February 2021. However, the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The winning team from the Open Mixed Team Championships would have qualified for the TOTAL BWF Sudirman Cup 2021, which rescheduled…
DetailsPictured (left to right): Janelle Pangilinan, Shirley Kim, Merlie Tolentino and Cristy Villaflor – Norther Marianas Badminton Assoication Today (Monday 8 March 2021) is International Women’s Day, with this year’s theme being #ChooseToChallenge. The movement aims to bring awareness to our individual thoughts, actions and ability to choose, challenge and call out gender bias and…
DetailsPictured (left to right): Linda Pulsan, Inclusive GymBad session, Nelly Leva Every year on March 8, the United Nations celebrates International Women’s Day. This year, the theme is #ChooseToChallenge – which aims to bring awareness to our individual thoughts, actions and ability to choose, challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all…
DetailsBadminton Oceania’s regional development officer, Kumon Tarawa, recently delivered Shuttle Time teacher training with 18 i-Kiribati students who are currently studying at The University of the South Pacific (USP), in Fiji, who were looking for ways to engage with both their student and local Kiribati communities in Fiji, before preparing to take their new skills…
DetailsPictured: The Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, badminton venue at Tokyo 2020. Text credit: BWF MEDIA UPDATE The Singapore Open (1-6 June 2021) will be the final qualifying event for the Tokyo Olympics, and the Race to Tokyo rankings list of 15 June 2021 will be used for qualification. These regulations are part of the Tokyo…
DetailsPictured: Sione Vainikolo, Tonga The Badminton World Federation’s Humans of Shuttle Time series presents the perspectives of those who work on badminton development at the grassroots level. Sione Vainikolo, Shuttle Time National Coordinator for Tonga National Badminton Association, recounts how badminton has impacted his life on and off the court. I grew up in an island called…
DetailsPhoto Credit: GymBad participants in PNG, GHD. The new phase of the Australian Government’s sport for development program, Team Up, launched in the Pacific on Monday 1 March with a week of activities leading into International Women’s Day (Monday 8 March), reflecting the program’s strong focus on gender equity. Working to transform lives through sport,…
DetailsCentre for Sport and Human Rights Media Update We live in challenging times. Times that, unfortunately, have been drastically affecting children and their capacity to practice sport. The Centre for Sport and Human Rights has just elaborated a survey to learn from children about the impact of the pandemic on their sporting activities, that we kindly…
DetailsThe Badminton World Federation (BWF) can announce changes to the HSBC BWF World Tour 2021 tournament calendar. The CELCOM AXIATA Malaysia Open 2021 (Super 750) will now occur 25-30 May. The PERODUA Malaysia Masters 2021 (Super 500) has been postponed until further notice. The Singapore Open 2021 (Super 500) has been moved to the new…
DetailsBadminton Australia have successfully filed an application to upgrade the two Grade 3 tournaments scheduled to take place in September 2021. Bendigo Badminton Association are preparing to welcome international players to their arena for the first time from 16 – 19 September 2021 at the Bendigo International 2021. Originally, the tournament was classed as a BWF…
DetailsBadminton Oceania, with the support of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) are pleased to announce Remi Rossi (Tahiti) and Dgeniva Matauli (New Caledonia) as the regional ambassadors for the ‘i am badminton’ integrity awareness campaign. Gold medallists in the men’s and women’s singles disciplines at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games, Remi and Dgeniva are familiar…
DetailsThe YONEX German Open 2021 to be staged in Mülheim an der Ruhr from 9-14 March 2021 has been cancelled. The German Badminton Association made the decision in consultation and agreement with the Badminton World Federation. The ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and complications left local organisers no choice but to cancel the tournament. The YONEX German Open…
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