In 2020, Para-Badminton will be included in the Paralympic Games for the first time. Ahead of the qualification period, which begins in 2019, over one hundred athletes from across the globe travelled to Geelong to compete in one of the last Para-Badminton tournaments of the year. Over four days of competition, the Lesiuretime Centre has…
DetailsIt’s been a tense atmosphere in the stadium as the elimination rounds of the Australian Para-Badminton International 2018 take place. With the draw narrowed right down to the semi-finals, spectators and players have witnessed fist-pumps, dives, net calls and smashes galore. Some of the biggest upsets of the day came from the women’s singles wheelchair…
DetailsThe mixed doubles SL3 – SU5 opened day three at Leisuretime Centre in Geelong, Victoria with the first seeds from Japan, Toshiaki Suenaga and Akiko Sugino, maintaining their consistency with a 21-16 21-12 win over teammates, Tetsuo Ura and Noriko Ito, to secure a place in the semi-finals later this afternoon. They will face the…
DetailsMost of the top seeded players continued to lead the charge throughout day two of the Australian Para-Badminton International. The number one seeds from Indonesia in the women’s doubles SL 3 – SU 5 competition, Leani Ratri Oktila and Khalimatus Sadiyah Sukohandoko kicked off the doubles events in emphatic style, defeating the Australian duo Anu…
DetailsAs the preliminary rounds of the competition come to an end, the morning of day two at the competition was dominated by the top seeds. Sukant Kadam is the number one seed from India in the men’s singles SL 4 classification, while compatriot leads the SL 3 classification as the top seed. Both players kicked…
DetailsDay one at the Australian Para-Badminton International 2018 has come to a close as over 100 athletes compete in the penultimate competition for the region. Photo credit: Luis Veniegra Photography New Zealand’s Corrie Keith Robinson, competing in the men’s singles SL 4 classification, showed grit and determination on court as he faced the first seed…
DetailsThe 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…
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