Regional Development Manager - deadline 2 August ! Badminton Oceania has an employment opportunity, that of Regional Development Manager. Please find attached the position description and advertisement.

Please note that the closing date for this is Monday 2 August 2010. more -->

Fiji International The Fiji International starts on Friday 27 August and runs until Sunday 29th August. Information and entry forms are now out and available to download from this website below. more -->

NZ name Commonwealth Games team to Delhi An eight-strong badminton team has been named to represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The four men and four women from the length and breadth of New Zealand. more -->

Woman Badminton Administrator in charge at FASANOC Fiji National Olympic Committee announced Lorraine Mar as the first woman Chief Executive Officer. Lorraine Mar is suitably qualified and her past experience both as a high performance athlete in the sport of Badminton and also as a top sports administrator, including a long term as secretary for Badminton Fiji, makes her an excellent choice. more -->

Noumea International New Caledonia are hosting the Noumea International from 9-12 September 2010. Please find general information, entry forms and conditions of entry to download here. more -->

Oceania Women in Badminton' working group - take part Badminton Oceania is creating and establishing a ‘Women in Badminton’ working group. This group shall discuss issues and tasks of women in badminton on an Oceania level.

If you would like to join this group, return the completed application by 10th August. more -->

Number one after four events on the Badminton Circuit After four tournaments on the Oceania Badminton Circuit there are no clear winners yet. After the Oceania Championships, Altona International, Crown Power Tools Canterbury International and now the Yonex Australian Open we have new leaders on the ranking list and no country is dominating so far. more -->

Women in charge at Australian Grand Prix With a big push from the Badminton World Federation recently for us to acknowledge and take steps towards increasing women’s participation in the administrative side of the sport, Badminton Oceania is taking steps to increase our numbers in the region. At the recent Australian Grand Prix event, the two Referees were Women. more -->

Australia name Commonwealth Games Team to Delhi The Australian Team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games was announced at the finals of the Yonex Australian Open. Women; Leanne Choo (SA), Chia
Chi Huang (Vic), He Tian Tang (Vic), Renuga Veeran (Vic), Kate Wilson
Smith (Vic), Men: Nick Kidd (WA), Ross Smith (Vic) Jeff Tho (Vic) Raj Veeran
(Vic) and Glenn Warfe (Vic) more -->

Korea take out 3 titles at Australian Open Korea who took 3 of the 5 titles at the Yonex Australian Open yesterday in Melbourne. Japan and Vietnam won the other two titles in a full house at the Melbourne Badminton Finals. more -->

Aussie sets sights on second title In a testing hard-fought match Chia-Chi Huang showed Australian crowds why she is favoured to take out this year’s Yonex Australian Grand Prix singles title.

Article by Tristan Bohem more -->

Yonex Australian Grand Prix - Day Two Five kiwis make it into round three in the men's singles on day two of the Grand Prix event whilst seven aussies make it into the next round of the women's singles. more -->

Ian Palmer Honorary Vice President BWF passes away Badminton Oceania was saddened to learn of the passing of Ian Palmer, a former president of the then International Badminton Federation, on 4 July 2010. He was 85. He become a member of the New Zealand Badminton Federation management committee in the 70's, and later its President from 1973-1974. In 1973, he was elected to the IBF Council in Bangkok and in 1981 became a Vice President. From 1987 to 1990 lan Palmer was President of the International Badminton Federation, at that time the sole New Zealander heading a world sporting body. more -->

Two Oceania Referees on target for BWF Accreditation Badminton World Federation held on 1 - 3 July 2010 in Kuala Lumpur a workshop for referees’ candidates for BWF Accreditation, as part of the new setup for training and promotion of referees. Two referees from New Zealand, Lynne Nixey and Darryl Baty attended the workshops and were two of the ten that passed the theory exam. more -->

Badminton in Antarctica Badminton Oceania organised some Badminton down at Scott Base in Antarctica. Scott Base has been New Zealand's permanent base in Antarctica since 1959. The Base provides services and accommodation for the many research parties and groups who visit Antarctica during the summer. This year the scientists played Badminton in their spare time! more -->

Badminton becomes Apple App for Iphones An independent game development studio, announced that Super Badminton 2010 is now available for the iPhone and iPod touch on the Apple App Store more -->

Tony Mordaunt leaving Badminton Oceania After 2 and a half years with Badminton Oceania, Tony the Regional Development Manager is seeking new professional challenges in taking a job with Sport North Harbour. more -->

Men's field strong for Australian Grand Prix The entry list has been released for the 2010 Yonex Australia Open Grand Prix. The men's singles field looks to be the strongest, with Vietnam's Nguyen Tien Minh lining up as top seed, but with last year's runner-up and India Open champion Alamsyah Yunus of Indonesia and from 2008 New Zealand Open winner Lee Tsuen Seng of Malaysia. more -->

Tahiti International 2010 Tahiti Badminton are offering free accommodation to the first 10 players from New Zealand, Australia, Fiji or New Caledonia who enter the Tahiti International 2010 more -->

Guam National Badminton Federation connects with Saipan group Guam makes contact with Saipan more -->

Beach Badminton reaches Hollywood Actress, Kate Hudson (daughter of Goldie Hawn) chills out with a game of beach badminton on the set of new movie Something Borrowed in New York today

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1284762/Kate-Hudson-plays-badminton-John-Krasinski.html?ito=feeds-newsxml#ixzz0qDZHviRm more -->

Fiji Badminton eyes six Pacific Games medals FIJI Badminton is eyeing gold medals in next year's Pacific Games in New Caledonia.

Gabriella Wong (Secretary) said they were confident of winning the medals after defeating the host and favourites at the Oceania Championships in Invercargill recently. more -->

Geraldine Brown inspired by Women's Conference Badminton Oceania's Deputy President, Geraldine Brown also the President of Badminton Australia recently attended the International Women in Sport Conference. more -->

Badminton Recovery and Injury Maintenance To get the best out of your training and performance you need to have great recovery tools and protocols. Knowing what to do at the right time can speed your recovery after training and in between matches during competitions. 2010 Oceania Championships Massage Therapist, Zane Harris has some suggestions to consider
• Warm-up and Cool-downs
• Stretching to loosen muscles and Flexibility training
• Icing more -->

Badminton Officially Worlds Fastest Today at the Yonex All England Ben Yoneyama, President of Yonex, announced to the world's media that the 421km per hour speed achieved by Malaysian Tan Boon Heong has been officially entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest smash in history. more -->

Four Players qualify for Youth Olympic Games Two boys and two girls have qualified for the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore later this year from the Oceania Continental qualification criteria. The four players however will have to wait until their National Olympic Committees confirm their entry. New Zealand players are Asher Richardson and Victoria Cheng. Australia's are Tara Pilven and Boris Ma. more -->

Players gain a voice in Oceania Three players were voted onto the Oceania Players Advisory Committee at the weekend.

Andra Whiteside – Fiji

Donna Halliday – NZ

Glenn Warfe – Australia more -->

Prize money up for grabs for 2010 Circuit winners Prize money up to $5000 in total will be up for grabs for players in the Oceania region playing in any of the circuit events during 2010 season. Overall winners of the mens singles, womens singles, womens doubles, mens doubles and mixed doubles will receive either $1000 (singles players) or $500 (doubles players). more -->

Health Benefits of Badminton Uncovered For elite players, badminton is a complex sport that requires a unique combination of speed, agility, flexibility, endurance, and strength. Running around a badminton court can be a great full-body workout for anyone, and playing it regularly offers several long-term health benefits. more -->

Myth Badminton a 'wrist game' "It's a myth that the power of a badminton shot comes from the wrist," says England head coach Ian Wright. "Strong legs propel you into the air, a strong core translates that strength into the upper body, and strong upper and forearms finish the shot. Training should focus firstly on leg strength with weights or plyometric exercises [such as jumping], then core strength and then the upper body." more -->

World's Fastest Racquet Sport Badminton has the statistics to prove it's the fastest racquet sport in the world, why don't we sing loudly and proudly about this fact? Football now claim the 'world game' we should stake our claim more loudly than we do. more -->