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Australian Para Badminton Player, Duke Trench-Thiedeman, appointed to Badminton Oceania Athletes’ Commission

Member Activity, Para-Badminton, Player DevelopmentFebruary 11, 2021

Pictured: Duke Trench-Thiedeman, Australia. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo Australia’s Duke Trench-Thiedeman has expressed his excitement on becoming the Para badminton representative on the Badminton Oceania’s Athletes’ Commission, helping to shape the future of Oceania’s events and initiatives for Para badminton players. Duke has competed in all Victorian, Australian and Oceania Championships since 2016, represented Australia…

Oceania players out of quarantine following Thailand stint

General News, Player DevelopmentFebruary 10, 2021

Five of Oceania’s players competed in the Asian Leg of the HSBC BWF World Tour last month, embracing the quarantine bubble both pre- and post-tournament. This was the sacrifice Australia’s Gronya Somerville and Setyana Mapasa and New Zealand’s Abhinav Manota, Oliver Leydon-Davis and Anona Pak chose to endure upon entering Thailand and returning to their…

BWF Membership Grant ensures Fiji under-19 Development Camp success

Gender Equity, General News, Member Activity, Player DevelopmentJanuary 20, 2021

Fiji Badminton staged their third initiative from their BWF membership grant this month as a group of under-19 players benefitted from a development camp. The initiative was split between Suva (central division) and Lautoka (western division) – two key bases for regular Shuttle Time delivery in Fiji over the last few years; a popular progressive…

Important Anti-Doping notices for players, coaches and team managers

Coach Education, General News, Player DevelopmentJanuary 6, 2021

Every athlete has the right to compete in clean and fair sport. Doping is one of many threats to the integrity of sport. The decisions made by players, coaches and technical officials today will affect badminton’s future. Their actions need to protect the integrity of badminton. As of 1 January 2021, there are some important…

Melbourne-based Louisa Ma on the importance of maintaining human connection and mental health

Member Activity, Player DevelopmentNovember 10, 2020

Pictured: Louisa Ma, Australia. Photo Credit: Badminton Photo Australia’s aspiring Olympian, Louisa Ma, spent the latter half of 2019 travelling around the world, collecting qualification points for the Road to Tokyo 2020; breaking into the world’s top 100 for the first time in November 2019. However, the 25-year-old spent more than half of 2020 in…

14 Member Associations from Oceania benefit from BWF Membership Grant Programme – ‘Bringing Badminton Back’

AirBadminton, Member Activity, Player Development, Shuttle TimeNovember 9, 2020

BWF MEDIA RELEASE | BADMINTON OCEANIA In October 2019, the BWF Council approved a new Membership Grants Programme for the period 2020-2024. The BWF Membership Grant Programme provides opportunities for Member Associations to access tailored support, to assist them in developing badminton in their country. Due to COVID-19, and current restrictions on international travel and…

Oliver Leydon-Davis: Self-reflection and control crucial for mental health

General News, Member Activity, Player DevelopmentNovember 2, 2020

Photo credit: Badminton Photo New Zealand’s aspiring Olympian, Oliver Leydon-Davis was aiming for qualification at the Tokyo 2020 Games in the men’s doubles with Abhinav Manota and mixed doubles with Anona Pak. The year started out strong after winning the men’s doubles with Manota at the VICTOR Oceania Championships 2020 and climbing to his highest…

Pacific Mini Games postponed – new dates announced 17-25 June 2022

Events, Member Activity, Player DevelopmentOctober 14, 2020

Pictured: Northern Marianas players at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games CNMI2022 PACIFIC MINI GAMES PRESS RELEASE Following the hugely successful badminton event at the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games, badminton is one of six sports included in the Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games – which is part of our player development programme. Originally set to take…

Four tier one players smash it at New Zealand U17 National Championships

Player DevelopmentOctober 8, 2020

Pictured: Tier one players from Australia and New Zealand at a two-week training camp in Thailand in December 2019 Four players from tier one of Badminton Oceania’s player development programme were among the top podium places at last weekend’s New Zealand U17 National Championships 2020. Most noticeably, Chris Benzie and Ashley Tan took home two…

A thank you to all the teachers who make badminton happen

General News, Member Activity, Para-Badminton, Player Development, Shuttle TimeOctober 5, 2020

Every year on 5th October, World Teacher’s Day is celebrated across the world to highlight the unique role that adults play in children’s lives. For Badminton Oceania, there are over 2500 Shuttle Time teachers and plenty more coaches who bring badminton into the lives of thousands more across the continent. Whether it is for grass…

Cook Island juniors put through their paces with six month physical training programme

Member Activity, Player DevelopmentSeptember 30, 2020

This week, junior players from the Cook Islands would have been making history as the first team to represent their country at the Barfoot & Thompson BWF World Junior Championships 2020. The event was originally set to take place in Auckland, New Zealand, from 28 September – 11 October 2020, but the event has been…

Pacific Mini Games set to be postponed until December 2021

Events, Player DevelopmentJuly 28, 2020

Text 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…

Olympic Day Inspiration: Tongoboo Beero aiming to become Kiribati’s first BWF Level 1 Coach

General News, Member Activity, Player Development, Shuttle TimeJune 23, 2020

Pictured: Kiribati Badminton Federation’s Shuttle Time Co-Ordinator, Tongoboo Beero. Olympic Day commemorates the day that the International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894. The annual event is a celebration of sport, health, and ‘being the best you can be’, inviting everyone around the globe to be active and celebrate the Olympic values of Excellence, Respect…

Slowly but steady: Badminton creeps back onto Oceania’s scene

Member Activity, Player Development, Shuttle TimeJune 22, 2020

The non-contact element of badminton became the sport’s biggest strength in 2020. As Oceania’s member countries slowly return to life after the countries announce themselves COVID19 free, or gaining greater control of the virus, small gatherings and low contact sports like badminton have been allowed to take place once again. Cook Islands Badminton Association were…

BARFOOT & THOMPSON BWF World Junior Championships 2020 rescheduled to January 2021

Events, General News, Member Activity, Player DevelopmentMay 29, 2020

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) today announced the new dates for the BARFOOT & THOMPSON BWF World Junior Championships 2020, which were scheduled to be held in Auckland, New Zealand in September this year. The rescheduled dates for the world event are 11-24 January 2021. Only those athletes eligible for the originally scheduled championships will…