Pictured: Daniel Shirley and Sara Runesten-Petersen, New Zealand. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo Daniel Shirley and Sara Runesten-Petersen were the sole New Zealand representatives in the badminton event at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and ultimately one of the nation’s most successful Mixed Doubles pairs. They had already celebrated a bronze medal at the Manchester 2002…
DetailsThe draw for the TOTAL BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2020 was staged at BWF Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on Monday 3 August 2020. Indonesia and Japan will headline as top seeds for the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup respectively. As winner of the VICTOR Oceania Men’s and Women’s Teams Championships in February, Australia…
DetailsPictured: John Moody, New Zealand. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo New Zealand’s John Moody burst onto Oceania’s men’s singles scene in 2002 when he won the Fiji International. In the following years, Moody bettered his own achievements with each coming Continental Championships, starting with a bronze medal in 2004 when the event took place in Waitakere.…
DetailsText by Sport and Dev | Badminton Oceania. Photo: Badminton Oceania staff undertaking the online course: sport and the sustainable development goals Looking to sharpen your skills and knowledge within the sports industry? Earlier this year, the Badminton World Federation released various online components, courses and resources on their platform which are useful for anyone…
DetailsBWF Media Update Further to our update of 23 July, and in light of the ongoing developments surrounding the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) the Badminton World Federation (BWF) announces that the following tournaments have been cancelled, in consultation with the relevant hosts. Cancelled Tournaments: YONEX Taipei Open 2020 (01-06 September) Korea Open (08-13 September) VICTOR…
DetailsCongratulations to the following BWF Line Judges for being appointed to the 2021-2024 rotation: Ian Fernandez (AUS) Pauline Eldred (AUS) Simon Joe Yin Fee (NZL) Renee Yi Cui (NZL) Shevaun Moody (AUS) They will join existing BWF Line Judges who will continue through to 2022: Greg Busch (NZL) Ravi Nandan (AUS) Karen Arnold (AUS) Australia’s…
DetailsText adapted by InsideTheGames | Photo Credit: Samoa 2019 Pacific Games News Service – Trina Edwards Organisers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) had requested in April that a new date be found following the decision to postpone Tokyo 2020 by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pacific Mini Games…
DetailsFive-time Oceania men’s doubles champion (2015-19) and two-time mixed doubles champion (2017-18), Sawan Serasinghe, made his first Olympic Games appearance in Rio 2016. It didn’t take long for Sawan to break the internet as he made headlines around the world following his fast food feast at the end of his Olympic campaign. View this post…
DetailsPictured: Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen (Australia) at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo Today (Thursday 23 July 2020) marks the One-Year-to-Go milestone before the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, due to be held in 2021. On this day, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is bringing together everyone who embodies the values of the…
DetailsThe VICTOR Oceania Championships 2021 will return to North Harbour, New Zealand, six years after hosting the full event in 2015 and the Mixed Team competition in 2016. The annual Continental Championships have since toured around Tahiti (2016), New Caledonia (2017), New Zealand (2018), Australia (2019/20) before returning to the Harcourts Cooper & Co North…
DetailsBadminton Papua New Guinea (PNG) continues to celebrate a successful partnership with Gymnastics as part of the Pacific Sports Partnership, a programme which is funded by the Australian Government. The self-proclaimed ‘GymBad’ partnership allows the sports to join forces and share resources to make more participants active through Shuttle Time and gymnastics activities, while having…
DetailsPictured: BWF Secretary General Thomas Lund (left) and BWF President Poul-Erik Høyer hosting the 81st BWF Annual General Meeting and first virtual AGM webcast from Copenhagen. Photo credit: Lars Ronbog / FrontZoneSport via Getty Images. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) staged its 81st BWF Annual General Meeting on Saturday 18 July 2020. 75% of Badminton…
DetailsLast year, the team from Northern Marianas made history as they became the first representatives to compete in the badminton event at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games. Until then, the players had only ventured as far as Guam (200km away) to gain competitive experience. Unlike most other teams who competed in Samoa, Northern Marianas were…
DetailsText by BWF staff and Badminton Oceania. Photo credit: New Zealand Badminton Open Two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan, one of the all-time greats, announced his exit from the Chinese national team on Saturday 4 July, indicating his retirement from international badminton. The Chinese left-hander, winner of Olympic gold medals in 2008 and 2012 and five World…
DetailsThe Pacific Islands are a unique group of countries and islands. They are tucked away in the westernmost and easternmost parts of the world, with some countries crossing the international date line. Among the remoteness, the Cook Islands are one of the last countries in the world to see out the day. They are also…
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