Press release: Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Badminton Open WOMEN SERVE UP DOUBLES MATCH FOR THE AGES AS DAN DEPARTS NZ OPEN SEMI-FINALS A full-house at Eventfinda Stadium was treated to a superb day of play at the Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Badminton Open on semi-final Saturday. The highest quality play came from an…
DetailsOn quarter-finals day, spectators were treated to a masterclass in badminton as two-time Olympic, five-time World Champion and defending Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Open champion Lin Dan, from China, took on the 2019 top seed and world number 7 Anthony Ginting, from Indonesia. Press release: Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Badminton Open The fact…
DetailsOn day three of competition at the Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Open 2019, players are competing for quarter-final spots at the HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 event; the first Olympic qualifying event. With an added incentive for the Oceania players, the world ranking points will help the regional athletes to collect points towards…
DetailsPlenty of Oceania’s top players were in action throughout the afternoon at the Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Open 2019. New Zealand’s Jasmin Ng and Justine Villegas are celebrating success in the women’s doubles while Australia’s Qin Jinjing when one better, having come through the qualifications to win her first round match against compatriot and…
DetailsDay one of the Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Open 2019 started with mixed success for Oceania players in the qualification stages before the main draw of the mixed doubles got underway from 2pm this afternoon. The main draw included ten pairs from Australia and New Zealand – with the reigning regional champions, Simon Leung and Gronya…
DetailsAustralia’s Pit Seng Low was one of the first players on court this morning against Croatia’s Zvonimir Durkinjak, shortly followed by other men’s singles players from Oceania, Anthony Joe, Niccolo Tagle and Peter Yan. Joe was the only player to come away with a win and progress through to the second round of qualification: Zvonimir…
DetailsThe first Olympic qualifying event is upon us in New Zealand as they players have arrived in Auckland to compete in the Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Open 2019 – a HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 event. The men’s, women’s and mixed doubles sees a strong contingent of Oceania players competing as they rush…
DetailsThe first Olympic qualifying event of the year comes to Auckland next week as the reputable Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Open returns for another year. Players will compete at the Eventfinda Stadium, with several of the world’s top players travelling to New Zealand – hungry for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games qualification. Play begins on…
DetailsPrepare to watch some world-class badminton! The fantastic reputation of the Barfoot & Thompson New Zealand Badminton Open 2019 lives on, and as the first Olympic qualifying event of the year, Badminton New Zealand has announced the entry list for this year’s event, which includes the highest quality assembly of badminton players the country has…
DetailsPlayers from around the world congregated in Hamilton, New Zealand, this week for the Badminton World Federation (BWF) International Series event – the YONEX Waikato International 2019. With a handful of players celebrating back-to-back finals, following on from last week’s YONEX North Harbour International in Auckland, Vietnamese men’s singles star and the young Chinese men’s…
DetailsThe finalists have been decided at the YONEX Waikato International 2019. A thrilling evening of badminton went down in the Eastlink Badminton Centre, Hamilton, as players competed in the semi-finals at the BWF International Series event. Mixed doubles Australia’s mixed doubles champions from the recent VICTOR Oceania Individual Championships were in a repeat of last…
DetailsThroughout the morning on Saturday 30 March, the quarter-finals took place in Hamilton, Waikato as the players compete for a spot in this evening’s semi-finals. The mixed doubles were the first to compete on court, with three pairs holding the Oceania fort. New Zealand’s youngsters, Ben Perkinson and Ella Smith, showed signs of a promising…
DetailsThe quarter-finalists have been decided at the BWF International Series event taking place in Hamilton this week. The drama continued to unfold as more of the top seeds exited on day two, with only a handful of the top seeds left in the competition across all five disciplines. Following an impressive win yesterday against the…
DetailsOne week after the BWF Future Series event in Auckland, the drama continues to unfold in Hamilton at the YONEX Waikato International 2019 – a BWF International Series event. The biggest upset of the day came from last week’s champion at the YONEX North Harbour International 2019, who lost in the first round. In a…
DetailsOne more top seeded pair bowed out at the semi-finals stage, before all ten finalists were decided. Australia’s Simon Leung, Mitchell Wheller and Qin Jinjing and Vietnam’s Tien Minh Nguyen are the only players standing in China’s way to achieve a whitewash at the YONEX North Harbour 2019. Mixed Doubles At 5pm, the mixed doubles…
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