Following 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…
DetailsThis is a newly created full time position reporting to the High Performance & Program Manager, and will be located in Melbourne. The participation Officer will be the key contact for: BWF Shuttle Time Programme Sporting Schools Programme Membership & Participation Liaison The role will suit candidates experienced in Sport Development, program administration, or similar…
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…
DetailsNeighbouring countries Australia and New Zealand went head-to-head in the Play Off stages at the LI-NING BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships 2018 in Canada. The tie got off to an emphatic start with a mixed doubles match that went the full distance. The three-game thriller was eventually won by Australia with a 22-20 decider,…
DetailsBadminton Oceania welcomes Tom Leonard to the team, undertaking the role as Communications and Events Manager. Tom joins the team from the UK, with a background in sports studies, marketing and mass participation events – having also written for Badminton Europe’s website and magazine in 2018. This is the second time Tom has returned to…
DetailsAustralia is one of two teams from Oceania competing in the LI-NING BWF World Junior Championships in Markham, Canada. The team comprises of 8 players; check out their profiles as published by Badminton Australia.
DetailsNew Zealand is one of two teams from Oceania competing in the LI-NING BWF World Junior Championships in Markham, Canada. The team comprises of 8 players and 2 coaches: check out their profiles as published by Badminton New Zealand.
DetailsThe role of this part-time position is to primarily to support the Coaching and Development Manager in their key areas – Player Development, Coach Education and Para-Badminton development through both administration and delivery. Applications close Wednesday 21 November 2018 A position description is attached below Send applications to julie@badmintonoceania.org JOB DESCRIPTION
DetailsThe Badminton World Federation have released the latest training manual for Level One Umpires. This is available for download on the BWF Education site https://education.bwfbadminton.com/ and a copy is available below Also available are supporting videos through you tube – click for the link to this https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA7ZcagI0frC91ErP6sogYIwO-L_8-36O
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