Umpire's Course Popular 29 people are attending the Umpire's Course being held this weekend in Palmerston North.

The course is being taken by two "of the best"; Rob Denton a former international umpire and now a BWF Umpire Assessor and Lynne Nixey who has recently retired from international umpiring and is now embarking on a career as a referee more -->

Coaches finish Level 2 course Eleven coaches attended the second part of their Level 2 course presented by Tony Mordaunt, at the weekend. Coaches that attended were more -->

Oceania Circuit off to Christchurch First event on the Oceania Circuit was the Oceania Championships a Grand Prix event, next stop is the Crown Power Tools Canterbury International, a Futures Series event, in Christchurch, NZ followed by Altona Futures in Melbourne, Australia. more -->

Donna Haliday voice for players Donna Haliday [one in green in the photo] is one of three players to be selected to represent the athletes in the oceania region. A newly formed advisory group is made up of players who will be the voice of the players on playing issues in the Oceania region with the view to providing a process to promote open communication with and feedback from, players. more -->

Australia Dominate Oceania Championships Australia won four of the five titles at the Oceania Championships; Joe Wu winning the mens singles to stop the whitewash by Australia in what has been a disappointing event results wise for the New Zealanders. more -->

New Zealand Win Two Oceania Junior Titles New Zealand has won two Oceania Junior Championships titles; Luke Charlesworth and Mary O'Connor won the mixed doubles and Mary O'Connor and Madeleine Stapleton won the womens doubles

Pictured - the mixed doubles winners and runners-up with Alan Dennis from the Invercargill Licensing Trust more -->

Two New Zealander's Qualify for the Youth Olympic Games Asher Richardson (Canterbury) and Victoria Cheng (Auckland) have qualified for the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games by making the final of their respective singles events at the Oceania Championships. more -->

New Zealander's Step It Up Joe Wu found a new lease of life last night when he played Jeff Tho from Australia in the quarter-finals of the mens singles. Wu had been convincingly beaten by Tho in both the Thomas Cup and Oceania Team Championships earlier in the competition with the same result expected in the individual championships but it was not to be as Wu stepped it up to win the match in three tight games more -->

New Zealander Causes Upset on Day 1 North Harbour player Jessica Jonggowisastro (pictured) caused the opening upset of the Oceania badminton championships at Stadium Southland in Invercargill with a first round win over second seed Leisha Cooper (Australia) in three games.

In the junior events there were no major upsets on day one with all seeded players winning their matches more -->

Australia Turn the Tables Australia have had a huge turn around since September when they were defeated 3-0 in the Whyte Trophy series to now take out the Ocenia Team Championships, winning the Robson Shield by convincingly defeating New Zealand 5-0 more -->

Lynne Nixey Retires from International Umpiring New Zealand's top umpire Lynne Nixey is retiring from international umpiring duties as she turns her focus to refereeing.

Lynne is a BWF certificated umpire; which is the highest umpire qualification attainable. more -->

Oceania Championships The Oceania Team Championships are being played on Sunday 21st and Monday 22nd February with the individual championships - junior and senior being played Wednesday

Follow the matches on live scoring - click below for the link more -->

Thomas & Uber Cup Oceania Zone - Australia win both Australia won the Oceania zone final of the Thomas and Uber Cups being played in Invercargill. They will now represent Oceania at the World Finals in Malaysia in May more -->

Canterbury Sign New Sponsor for International Badminton Canterbury is pleased to announce Crown Power Tools as the naming rights sponsor of the 2010 Canterbury International to be played at the VR Skellerup Badminton Hall, Christchurch 2-4 April.

The Crown Power Tools Canterbury International is a BWF Future Series event and is part of the 2010 Oceania Circuit. The tournament has a prize pool of NZ$3,000 more -->

Live TV Coverage of the Oceania Championships Finals The finals of the Oceania Championships being played in Invercargill will be shown live in New Zealand on CUE TV on Saturday 27 February. CUE TV is on Sky Digital 110 or Freeview 23 (not available on Freeview HD service). Coverage starts at 3pm more -->

Hawkes Bay Celebrate 75 Years The Hawkes Bay Badminton Association are celebrating their 75th Jubilee with a Masters Team Event Tournament on Saturday 20th March

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Manawatu host Umpires Course An umpires course is being held in Palmerston North 13/14 March

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Become a New Zealand Qualified Umpire - " where you get the best seat in the house more -->

New Zealand Teams Named The New Zealand Teams to contest the Thomas & Uber Cup Preliminaries -Oceania Zone and the Oceania Team Championships for the Robson Shield in Invercargill next month have been named.


New Zealand won the Oceania zone in both the Thomas & Uber Cup in 2008 and are the current holders of the Robson Shield more -->

$5000 prize-money for 2010 Oceania 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 -->

High Interest in Oceania Events Course 15 people from around the Pacific have registered for the first ever Oceania Events Course which will be held in conjunction with the Festival of Badminton in Southland 16-27 February more -->

2010 Calendar of Events The 2010 Calendar of Events has been confirmed

Click here to download a printable copy, access the on-line version with links to the events and for all event information more -->

2010 Delhi Selection Policy This attached nomination criteria applies to all athletes applying to be considered for nomination by Badminton New Zealand to the New Zealand Olympic Committee for consideration for selection in the NZ Team to compete in the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games. more -->

Team Manager Position available Badminton New Zealand is calling for applications for the position of Team Manager to manage the NZ Senior Teams who will compete in the Thomas and Uber Cup qualifying series and the Oceania Team Championships in Invercargill in February 2010.

Details of the events are as follows: more -->

2009 Award Winners Richard Skarott became the first person in the history of the Badminton New Zealand Awards to win two awards in the same year, winning the Volunteer of the Year and the Outstanding Contribution to Badminton in New Zealand. Click More for a full list of winners
Manawatu Standard article more -->

2009 Badminton New Zealand Award Nominees 50 nominations have been received for the 2009 Badminton New Zealand Awards.

Congratulations to all nominees for their contribution and achievements in 2009. The winners will be announced at the Annual Awards Dinner in Wellington on Saturday 21st November

Click "more" for a list of nominees more -->

Kiwis Overseas New Zealand has players playing in several different events this week. There is a large group playing in the Malaysia International Challenge, Michelle Chan is playing in the Scotland International and another group are playing in the China Super-Series. Click "more" for links to all of these events and follow our players more -->

Janice Cudby Wins Sport Manawatu Award Janice Cudby - President Badminton Manawatu - has won the Administrator of the Year Award at the Sport Manawatu awards

Janice has taken over as President of Badminton Manawatu this year as well as retaining role of Treasurer more -->

New Zealand Players in Hong Kong Super-Series New Zealand has five players: Joe Wu, Donna Haliday, Danielle Barry, Henry Tam and Oliver Leydon-Davis playing in the Hong Kong Super-series tournament commencing 9th November

Click for draws and results more -->

New Zealander's in action at World Junior Championships The World Junior Championships individual championships are now underway
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Click "more" for links to articles from the World Junior Championships on the NZ team more -->

Kiwi's In Europe - French Super-series this week There is a group of 5 New Zealand players; Michelle Chan, Donna Haliday, Danielle Barry, Henry Tam and Oliver Leydon-Davis, who are currently in Europe playing tournaments

The French Super-series starts Tuesday 27th October, click "more" for the link to this tournament and others the Kiwis have played in more -->

NZ finish 16th at World Junior Championships New Zealand have finished 16th at the World Junior Championships in Malaysia after losing their two play-off matches to Vietnam and France 3-0

The individual championships start on Wednesday


Click "more" for the draw, schedule and live scoring more -->

New Zealand Open - DVD Available A DVD of the finals from the New Zealand Open 2009 is now available. The coverage is 3 1/2 hours long and includes all five finals.

The cost per DVD is $20 including postage more -->

Big Medal Haul For New Zealand in Sydney New Zealand players have made their presence felt at the badminton at the World Masters Games in Sydney.

New Zealand teams won several medals in the team event - see article below, and have followed this up with the following in the individual events

Pictured - the Kiwi Masters group more -->

NZ Wins 5 Golds in Team Event at World Masters Five New Zealand teams won gold in the team event at the World Masters Games being played in Sydney. Two teams won silver and four teams won bronze; a total of 11 teams were presented with medals at the badminton awards dinner last night at Olympic Park.

Tuesdays Story of the Day...... more -->

Tam & Haliday win Cyprus International Donna Haliday (Akld) and Henry Tam (Akld) New Zealands No.1 mixed pair won the Cyprus International at the weekend beating a pair ranked 53 in the world. more -->

New Zealander's at the World Masters Games in Sydney There are over 150 New Zealand badminton players in Sydney playing in the World Masters Games.

Keep up with what is happening and the results - click "more" for a continuous blog straight from Syndey more -->

Auckland win NZ Division 3 Auckland were too good for Canterbury, winning 16-0 in the final of the New Zealand Division 3 inter-association competition.

Auckland are promoted to division 2 (Slazenger Cup)for the 2010 competition giving them two teams in division 1 and one in division 2.

Click "more" to view the tie sheet from the final more -->

Triple titles for Victoria Cheng and Lilian Shih Victoria Cheng (AKL) and Lilian Shih won triple titles at the New Zealand u17 and u15 Championships respectively.

To win a triple title is something special, showing dominance in your age group across all disciplines: singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

Victoria and Lilian join Jessica Jonggowisastro who won triple titles at the u19 Championships with this honour for 2009 more -->

Masters Players Heading to Sydney Over 150 New Zealand badminton players are heading across the Tasman in the next few days to play in the World Masters Games in Sydney.

There are several organised groups travelling from New Zealand, the largest is organised by Kiwimasters Badminton,with 126 in their group more -->

Snow stops players making it to NZ Championships Four players from Hawkes Bay did not make it to the New Zealand Age Group (u17 & u15) Championships on time as their car became stuck in snow on the Napier Taupo Road on Sunday evening. Instead the players spent the night on a marae near Taupo; their vehicle, rackets and gear all left on the side of the road waiting for the snow to thaw. more -->

Auckland Win U17 & U15 NZ Inter-association 2009 Auckland showed their dominance of junior badminton as they won both age groups at the New Zealand under 17 & under 15 inter-association finals in Hamilton Pictured - the two winning Auckland teams

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New Zealand Age Group Championships in Waikato

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Click 'more' for schedules, draws and results more -->

Jessica Jonggowisastro Dominates NZ U19 Championships Jessica Jonggowisastro showed she is all class by dominating the New Zealand under 19 Championships, winning the girls singles, girls doubles and mixed doubles as well as leading the North Harbour team to victory in the team event.

Luke Charlesworth put the Charlesworth name back on the boys singles cup, 36 years after his father won the same event

Click "more" to link to the event photos more -->

Harbour take out U19 Inter-association title North Harbour defeated Auckland in the final of the New Zealand u19 inter-association final in Christchurch.

Counties Manukau finished 3rd, Canterbury 4th, Manawatu 5th and Otago 6th.

The New Zealand u19 Championship events start Tuesday more -->

Former International Players Both Have Girls Former New Zealand Representatives Lianne Shirley and Sara Runesten-Petersen have both recently had baby girls with very similar names: Sofie and Sophie

Pictured Sara with Sofie more -->

NEW ZEALAND MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS - Champions Crowned The 2009 National Champions list has a lot more names added to it after the New Zealand Masters Championships at Waitakere over the weekend. With 8 age groups, 5 disciplines per age group plus a C/D section there were plenty of titles won.

See below for winners and runners-up, click the link for full results more -->

The Denton's Have Their Medals Back Click to read the story from the NZ Herald about the Denton's Medals more -->

Joe Wu Crowned with Triple National Titles Joe Wu had one of his best days in badminton at the finals of the New Zealand Championships as he won three national titles: mens singles, mens doubles and mixed doubles. In this era it is uncommon for one player to dominate all three events at a national championships as players tend to specialise in one or two events only more -->

The Script Was Perfect It was a perfect script, three players making their NZ debut, two of them locals, all winning their matches, New Zealand winning the tie 3-2 and the series 3-0 more -->

Southland's Heroes Make NZ Debut Anna Rankin and James Eunson will make their debut for New Zealand in front of a home crowd in the third Whyte Trophy test at Stadium Southland in Invercargill. New Zealand already have the Whyte Trophy in the bag for the 7th consecutive time and are looking for a clean sweep of this series more -->

NZ WIN THE WHYTE TROPHY FOR THE 7th CONSECUTIVE TIME New Zealand have won the ILT Whyte Trophy series being played at Stadium Southland, Invercargill after winning the second test 4-1, following their first test win 3-2. This win gives NZ the Whyte Trophy win for 7 consecutive series, how many New Zealand sports can boast such a record against Australia? more -->

There Is Always a First Time For Everything Rachel Hindley, in the twilight of her career is playing her first international mixed doubles match for New Zealand in the second tie of the Whyte Trophy series at Stadium in Invercargill. Rachel is being partnered by another seasoned campaigner and well known mixed doubles specialist Daniel Shirley more -->

New Zealand Go One Up in Whyte Trophy Series New Zealand have won the first Whyte Trophy test match 3-2 against Australia at Stadium Southland in Invercargill.

The result of the tie came down to the last match of the night, the mens doubles - Henry Tam and Daniely Shirley dominating the Australians to win the match and the tie.

Pictured: Daniel Shirley in action in the mens doubles more -->

Hillcrest High and Westlake Boys Win National Titles Hillcrest High won the girls section and Westlake Boys the boys section of the NZ Police National Secondary Schools finals in Wellington.

Hillcrest High is in Hamilton, Westlake Boys High is on the North Shore. Westlake Girls and Massey High were the respective runners-up. more -->

Whyte Trophy Team first to wear new Silver Fern A newly designed sliver fern by two Auckland Badminton members; Angela Wei and Claudia Lo will feature on the playing shirts of the New Zealand Whyte Trophy Team when they play Australia starting Saturday at Stadium Southland in Invercargill.

Follow each match with live scoring, click "more" for the link more -->

WAITAKERE and SOUTHLAND WIN Waitakere defeated Waikato and Southland defeated Canterbury in the respective finals of the Wisden and Slazenger Cups played at Auckland

Waitakere had their drummers and Waikato had their cow-bells with both teams having a large contingent of supporters - what a final

Pictured - the winning Waitakere team with their "drummers more -->

Wisden and Slazenger Cup 2009 New Zealand's premier team competition starts this week - Tuesday 18th August, in Auckland

Who will be the 2009 Champions?

Pictured - Auckland winners Wisden Cup 2008 more -->

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VALUABLE VOLUNTEERS THANK YOU to over 130 people who so willingly gave their time to contribute to the success of the 2009 New Zealand Open.

Your contribution is so much appreciated, without such a great bunch of volunteeers our event would not be the great event that it is. more -->

Taranaki Badminton Association 75th Jubilee The TBA will be celebrating their 75th Jubilee with a get together of past and present players. Celebrations will take place on the Saturday 31 October culminating by a dinner, presentations and the 2009 Badminton Awards. more -->

New Zealand Open Competition Winners - 1990 shuttles in the car Sponsors Toyota and Lexus ran two competitions in conjunction with the NZ Open.
The first one was pre-event with people texting the word "Toyota" and going into a draw to win hospitality tickets to the finals night. the second one was during the event, guess the number of shuttles in the Lexus Convertible in the foyer of the North Shore Events Centre more -->

TJ Weistra Starts New Coaching Business TJ Weistra, former New Zealand National Coach, has started up a new business called Mobile Coach.

Mobile Coach is about providing tailored support to athletes, sporting codes and sporting organisations in New Zealand in a wide range of areas. Support ranges from hands on coaching to consultancy at grassroots level all the way through to High Performance. more -->

Stars Shine in Finals of New Zealand Open The finals of the U$50,000 New Zealand Badminton Open world grand prix tournament proved to be a real mixed of seedings taking away the titles. more -->

NEW ZEALAND OPEN - keep up to date with Live Scoring The New Zealand Open is now under way, keep up to date with what is happening by clicking onto "Live Score. Click onto "New Zealand Open" on the righ for full information

Click for live scoring, draws, results and the schedule more -->

Follow the NZ Players in Australia New Zealand has a large group of players in Australia playing in the Yonex Australian Junior International and the Yonex Australian Open

Click "more" for the links to both tournaments, view the Yonex Australian Open on "live Scoring more -->

Australia Win Series 3-0 Australia were too good for New Zealand, dominating the annual Pac Pacific under 19 team series winning all three matches and the series 3-0

The team will now play the Australian Junior International and the Yonex Australian Open tournaments before returning home for the New Zealand Open next week.
See "more" for full results more -->

New Zealand wins 4 of 5 titles at Noumea International New Zealand won four of the five titles at the Noumea International played over the weekend. New Zealand can also lay claim to the fifth title as it was won by Deyanira Angula who is playing for Mexico but resides in and plays for Waikato.

Pictured - Joe Wu, winner of the Mens Singles more -->

Icy Conditions delay the start of the South Island Championships The start of day three of the South Island under 17 & 15 Championships in Dunedin was delayed by an hour as teams were unable to get to the Angus Badminton Hall due to the icy conditions on the roads. With the temperature at 4 degrees in the hall it has been a cold start to the day for the youngsters more -->

Auckland and North Harbour dominate North Island Championships Auckland won and North Harbour were second in both the under 15 and under 17 inter-association competitions played at Palmerston North

In the individual championships all titles were won by Auckland and North Harbour players more -->

North Island u17 & u15 Championships - Keep up to date with what's happening Click for the latest draws, results and news from Palmerston North more -->

North Island u17 & u15 Inter-association Draws Click "more" for the North Island u17 & u15 Inter-association draws, 4 - 7 July in Palmerston North

Results will be available through these links as they happen more -->

Young Players Packing Their Bags Over 500 youngsters are packing their bags in preparation for the North and South Island u17 & u15 Championships being played over the July school holidays.

The North Island Championships are being played in Palmerston North 5-10 July, the South Island Championships in Dunedin 11-16 July more -->

World Masters Games Badminton is one of 28 sports in the World Masters Games, the world's largest multi-sport event, being held in Sydney from 10-18 October. To register or for more information, go to www.2009worldmasters.com
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AIMES GAMES The AIMES Games are for year 7 & 8 students. They are being played in Tauranga 7-11 September
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2010 Event Hosts Badminton New Zealand is calling for applications to host 2010 events.

For more information click here more -->

Wellington to host 2011 June Bevan Carnival Badminton New Zealand has awarded Wellington Badminton the hosting rights of the 2011 June Bevan Carnival following a bid process.

The event will be played at the Wellington Renouf Tennis Centre more -->

2010 Youth Olympic Games - Singapore The BWF has announced details about the first Summer Youth Olympic Games to be held in Singapore 14-16 August 2010. This is a major multi sport event for youth between the ages of 14 – 18 years old. more -->