Dec202024

HUMAN OF SHUTTLETIME – DANIEL AKKIDASARI, AUSTRALIA

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๐——๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—ž๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—”๐—  ๐—”๐—ž๐—ž๐—œ๐——๐—”๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ ๐’๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š Daniel was originally from India and grew up in a middle class family with an elder brother and an elder sister. His parents were in the railways. During his childhood days, it was not so common for both parents to be employed. However, his parents juggled…

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Oct92024

HUMAN OF SHUTTLE TIME – PATRICK HII – AUSTRALIA

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๐’๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐“๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š I was born in Wellington, New Zealand and then I moved to Sydney when I was about 5. Throughout my primary years, I would often enjoy cycling around my area or just adventuring into neighbouring suburbs in Western Sydney. Being an only child, I would do all this with my…

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Sep172024

Cook Islands to Tauranga For Zespri AIMS Games

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The Zespri AIMS Games is Australasiaโ€™s largest junior sporting event, held annually in Tauranga Moana. Celebrating diversity, the Games provides an opportunity for adolescents aged 10-12 years from all demographics and education contexts to compete in sporting competitions, to meet others from outside their normal peer group, and to learn and build on their social…

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Sep152024

HUMAN OF SHUTTLE TIME – MARLON BAUTISTA – NORTHERN MARIANAS ISLANDS

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๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—•๐—”๐—จ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—” ๐’๐ก๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง๐š๐ฌ I was born and raised in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. Iโ€™m the middle child of three. My sister also plays and has had the opportunity to represent NMI at a youth level. I never knew about badminton when I was young. I was more into volleyball…

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Jul32024

HUMANS OF SHUTTLETIME – JACOB PAREDES

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๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌI grew up in Washington State in the US and moved to Guam with my family when I was 6 years old.My dad played badminton when he was in college and he wanted me to try it out. We went to the badminton hall which was one of two in Guam and I started…

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Apr272024

Northern Marianas Badminton Association Shine Bright On World Stage

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At the BWF AGM in Chengdu, China Northern Marianas Badminton was announced as the winner of the 2023 BWF Member Association Participation Award; the first time this award has been won by an Oceania Member; highlighting the progress which has been by this small country in Micronesia on the back of hosting two International Challenge…

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