The second Masters/Vets/Super-Vets pre-season training is on this Monday 30 January from 5 - 7pm. Come along and have a hit, and if you know of any past players that would like to come along - bring them as well!!! The cost is $10.00 per player, and any 'past players' get to play for FREE. See you all there.
Wanting to learn the basics of badminton?
Badminton North Harbour is offering two 4 week beginner courses, one for children, and one for adults.
Coaching, rackets and shuttles will be provided, along with a great opportunity to learn the basics of badminton!
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Junior Pre Season Training is just around the corner, so get in quick if you want to participate. The training begins on Friday February 10 and continues for 7 weeks. If you are already in a Badminton North Harbour squad then you are only to attend the five latter weeks which incorporates the singles ladder.
Please see the link below for full information and a registration form. Registration must be received by Badminton North Harbour no later than Friday 3 February.
We're looking to hire some new bar staff to work weekday evenings, with opportunities for extra work after school and tournaments.
Harbour Sport and Pinehurst School, Albany North Shore are hosting a huge Sport Expo February 12, 2012. This event is a non-profitable event open to the community and its sole purpose is to meet the stars, find out information regarding your chosen sport, save time and sign up the families sporting commitments for the year all in one day, promote sport and outdoor activities.
Sunday 12th February 11am-3pm at Pinehurst School, Free entry and parking.
Badminton North Harbour is happy to be involved in this event and look forward to seeing you there!
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The Badminton North Harbour Office will close for the year on Thursday 22 December and will reopen on Monday 09 January 2012. If you wish to deposit money onto your card during this time, you will have to use $2.00 coins at the machine situated in the foyer of the centre. The pro-shop will be open for some hours over the Xmas holidays, please see the hours on the shop door.
We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very merry xmas and a safe and happy new year, and we'll see you all back on the courts next year.
The new 2012 board have been named after the recent AGM held at BNH on Monday 05 December. The members remaining as per the 2 year rotational policy are Cath Cunningham, Bernie Yap and Dorothy Callister. Marilyn Thorpe and Joanne Hewitt have been re-elected for another two year term, and Paul Singleton has resigned his position to concentrate on his busy new job and new family, and we welcome Ross Barnett from Mairangi Bay onto the Board. We wish the new board well with the 2012 season.
North Harbour has two players represented in the 2012 Northern Region June Bevan badminton team that will travel to Tasmania next year. The June Bevan Trophy (team event) and the Australasian u17 Championhships is open to Australian state teams and New Zealand Regional teams. Northern Region will send one team coached by Bay of Plenty's Tom Armstrong.
The tournament is held during the Easter holidays. Congratulations to Rayna Phillips and Rebecca Goddard on being named in this team.
Smash Club will start up again in Term 1 2012, Wednesday 4.00-5.30pm 15th February
At the 2011 Badminton New Zealand Annual Awards evening on Saturday 19 November, two North Harbour members walked away with trophies.
Ian Wyborn, long serving President and recent Chairperson of Badminton North Harbour was officially recognised for his many years of dedication to Badminton North Harbour and the sport of badminton, receiving the 'Outstanding Contribution to Badminton in New Zealand' award.
Anona Pak, who the evening before had taken away North Harbour's 'Player of the Year' award was rewarded further for her oustanding achievements in 2011. She was up against many other top juniors from throughout New Zealand, but came away with the title and trophy for 'Junior Outstanding Performance of the Year'.
Our congratulations go to our two members for the wonderful work they do at Badminton North Harbour.
Last Friday Badminton North Harbour hosted it's 2011 Annual Prizegiving Function.
With over 90 in attendance, it was a great opportunity to celebrate this years achievements and successes.
Click more to see a full list of the 2011 Award Winners.
Reuters November 15, 2011, 1:21 am
MOSCOW, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Forget nuclear missiles. Russia's military arsenal will soon be bristling with badminton rackets.
Hoping to keep soldiers and recruits in fighting form without great expense, the Defence Ministry plans to buy 10,000 badminton rackets and tens of thousands of shuttlecocks next year, the newspaper Izvestia reported on Monday.
North Harbour's Development Officer has been named as coach for the Northern Region June Bevan Team 3 for the 2012 competition. This is the first time that Melissa has been nominated for a coaching role at Northern Region level, so it is a great achievement for her to secure this position.
The June Bevan Carnival, which is for u17 year olds, is being held in Hobart, Tasmania over the Easter period in 2012. The team event, followed by the Australasian u17 Championships is held annually at Easter and will see teams from the three New Zealand regions plus the Australian States meet in Hobart to compete for the June Bevan Trophy.
The successful coaches are:
Team 1: Tom Armstrong (BOP)
Team 2: Rob James (WTK)
Team 3: Melissa Ensoll (NH)
Congratulations to the coaches and best of luck for the tournament.
Three badminton finalists will be hoping their names will be called out at the Massey University Harbour Sports Excellence Awards 2011 in November.
Congratulations to all of the finalists. It is hoped that the awards evening will be a very successful one for badminton.
See 'more' for the finalists
Our Annual Prizegiving Function will be held at the BNH Centre on Friday 11 November from 5.30pm. We invite all Closed Championship Winners, Interclub Winners, Inter-Association Winners and our Special Awards winners to attend this function and celebrate what has been a very busy season of badminton. Full details can be found on the attached flyer, and if you have any questions, please contact Linda in the office.
The North Harbour juniors came out to play at the Lloyd Elsmore u11 & u15 open on Saturday 1 October. Out of a possible 10 titles, North Harbour players took out seven and were runner up in a further two.
In the u11 event, Edward Lau dominated the boys singles, doubles and mixed doubles. He played mixed doubles with fellow North Harbour player Catelyn Rozario and doubles with Aucklander Thomas Hillier. Catelyn also won the girls singles title undefeated.
The u15 open saw the boys singles finalists of Niccolo Tagle and Daxxon Vong battling it out again as these two continue their domination of the u15 age group. Niccolo couldn't win this time losing to Daxxon 17-21 17-21. Deborah Yin also had a battle against her girls doubles partner, Rowena Devathasan in a three game match. Deborah could not clinch the third losing 20-22 24-22 16-21.
The four finalists in the girls and boys singles then paired up to each win their doubles matches. Niccolo/Daxxon bt Phillip Ding/Ben Hillier 21-12 21-12 and Deborah/Rowena beat Caragh Alley/Vyoma Mistry 21-13 21-18. The mixed doubles pair of Niccolo/Rowena had to fight hard in the second game to secure the win against Alan Wong/Deborah Yin. The score was 21-18 27-25.
The North Harbour u13 closed championships saw a range of players taking titles throughout the day. The girls singles was tight battle with three girls having the ability to win the event. Virginia Guntur came away with the title with Alyssa Tagle runner up and Gaea Galvez close behind. The boys singles was a more one sided affair in the absense of Edward Lau, who was playing at the u11 Lloyd Elsmore tournament, with Oscar Guo winning the boys singles, beating Edwin Lie in the final.
The girls doubles was won by Gaea Galvez and Alyssa Tagle over Tamara Otene and Emma Wu. The boys pairing of Oscar Guo and Robbie Agnew were too strong for the runners up, Edwin Lie and Zhiyuan Xie.
The mixed doubles was won by Oscar Guo and Alyssa Tagle with the 'put together' pair of Brendan Wang and Tamara Otene taking the title of runners up.
The u15 North Harbour closed championships is on Sunday 2 October.
Two North Harbour juniors have won three events at the Waitakere u19 Open over the weekend. The entry was a cross section of u17 and u19 players which increased the level of play from the start.
There were some unexpected losses in the first round, with the u17 players showing their older rivals that they were there to play and had nothing to lose.
In the girls singles final, Anona Pak continued her winning season with a two game win against fellow u19 player Carmen Yuen (AK) 21-13 21-19. Anona had battled in the semi finals against Counties u17 Courtney Trillo winning by the slimmest of margins 26-24 22-20.
Anona then paired up with Waikato junior Madeleine Stapleton in the girls doubles beating Maria Masinipeni/Lilian Shih 21-17 21-18. In the mixed doubles North Harbour u17 Kerwyn Lee and Auckland's Lilian Shih were too strong for Asher Richardson/Madeleine Stapleton winning in two games 21-17 21-13. This was a very good win for a pair playing above their grade.
Ed Tredrea, a long time badminton player, recently celebrated his 94th birthday with his badminton club. The day was full of celebration for a man who still gets around the court in a spritely manner. He was treated to a wonderful cake and lots of best wishes.
The annual Lloyd Elsmore u13 & u17 Open were held last weekend with North Harbour juniors represented in each of the 10 finals.
u13:
Boys Singles: Edward Lau (NH) beat Oscar Guo (NH) 21-12 21-17
Girls Singles: Gaea Galvez (NH) beat Alyssa Tagle (NH) 21-13 21-8
Boys Doubles: Edward Lau/Dacmen Vong (Ak) beat Oscar Guo/Owen Wang (AK) 21-15 21-13
Girls Doubles: Gaea Galvez/Alyssa Tagle beat Virginia Guntur (NH(/Christine Zhang (WTK) 21-15 18-21 21-16
Mixed Doubles: Dacmen Vong/Christine Zhang beat Oscar Guo/Alyssa Tagle 22-20 20-22 11-21
u17:
Boys Singles: Dylan Soedjasa (NH) beat Tony Liu (AK) 21-18 21-11
Girls Singles: Lilian Shih (AK) beat Rayna Phillips (NH) 19-21 21-15 21-19
Boys Doubles: Kerwyn Lee (NH)/Dylan Soedjasa beat Matthew Chan/Tony Liu (AK) 21-16 21-18
Girls Doubles: Jasmin Ng (AK)/Lilian Shih beat Rayna Phillips/Georgia Jefferso (WKO) 17-21 21-17 21-18
Mixed Doubles: Kerwyn Lee/Lilian Shih beat Tony Liu/Jasmin Ng 16-21 21-10 21-8
The Lloyd Elsmore u11 and u15 Open is on Saturday 1 October where Edward Lau from North Harbour will attempt to win some more titles in his true age section.
Congratulations to all the North Harbour players who participated in this tournament which will the final one for the year for some. The Waitakere u19 Open is being held this weekend on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 September.
The North Harbour u13 I team have made their wins two from two, winning the Northern Region Local Derby u15 Section 3 for the last two years.
The team coached by Oliver Thorpe and manager by Harvey Rozario had their last ties yeaterday in Whangarei. The Northland team, back in the competition after a few years took one match off North Harbour with the final score 15-1. Earlier in the day, North Harbour beat Auckland 11-5. During the season the team have won 84 matches and have only conceeded 12.
The trip to Northland was completed with an afternoon team put on by the hosts, a great treat for the travelling teams. North Harbours team manager expressed his delight in such a great team of junior players, parents and supporters. Maybe a third title will come North Harbour's way in 2012.
Full results for all local derby sections can be found by clicking the link below
North Harbour's Dylan Soedjasa battled it out against friend and doubles partner, Kerwyn Lee to win the North Island u17 boys singles title.
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Badminton New Zealand are hosting a Level 1 Referee's Training Course at Auckland Badminton on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 November. If you are interested in becoming a Referee, and learning about all the rules etc, please see the attached information and enrol for this course.
The annual Aimes Games were held in Tauranga last week which sees Intermediate age pupils compete in 15 different sports from Badminton to Waterpolo.
The North Harbour region was represented by Murrays Bay Intermediate School who took two boys and two girls to the event. Elijah Briones (North Harbour u15 I team) came runner up to Dacmen Vong, an Auckland u15 representative, while Anthony Chan (NH u15 II) was knocked out in the semi finals.
Elijah paired up with Anthony Chan in the boys doubles to win the title, beating the number 1 qualifiers, Josh Beattie and Matthew Graham from Berkley Normal Middle School 21-7 21-15.
Past representative Virginia Guntur was too strong for her oponents, not allowing them double figures in the matches leading up to the final. Her oppostion in the final was Hawkes Bay junior, Niamh Alley who was not competitive in the 21-12 21-8 win for Virginia.
Virginia then paired up with NH u13 I representative Emma Wu in the girls doubles winning their round robin box without dropping a game. None of their opposition made it past 10 points.
It was great event for Murrays Bay Intermediate School and North Harbour badminton and we congratulate the players on their success
Pictured are the boys singles place getters from left to right:
Anthony Chan - 3rd
Dacmen Vong - 1st
Elijah Briones - 2nd
The 2011 Pre-Xmas Summer League Competition will begin the week of 25 October. Get your teams together - work colleagues, friends, neighbours etc and enter into this exciting and enjoyable event. Please see the form attached below for full information, and if you have any questions, please contact Linda - Ph: 410-6941 or linda@badmintonnh.co.nz
North Harbour Junior Alan Wong had a successful weekend at the Counties Manakau u15 Open, winning the boys doubles with North Harbour partner Niccolo Tagle and the mixed doubles with Deborah Yin, also from North Harbour.
Deborah Yin also won the girls doubles with Auckland partner Rowena Devathasan but could not hold Rowena off in the girls singles, losing 21-19 21-16 in the final.
North Harbour’s Niccolo Tagle dominated the Pop N Good Popcorn Waikato u15 Open last weekend, winning all three events. North Harbour players turned out on mass to this event and featured in each of the 14 finals.
Niccolo won the boys singles over fellow North Harbour player and doubles partner Alan Wong. These two players have a great battle each time they play each other and the challenge is always intense. Niccolo and Alan then paired up to win the boys doubles over Auckland’s Philip Ding and Ben Hillier. Alan was then on the wrong end of another Niccolo victory when they played the mixed doubles. Niccolo and Auckland player Rowena Devathasan won the mixed doubles over Alan and fellow North Harbour player Deborah Yin.
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The Wisden Cup was held high by Waikato 1 after a long battle with Auckland on the final day of play in Division 1. Waikato needed to win outright to be able to be named winners of the Wisden Cup. There was a three way battle for second place with Auckland, Waitakere and Southland all having the same amount of matches won, so a countback had to done to determine the places which are as follows:
Final Placings:
Canterbury will move into division 2 for 2012
In Division 2, Wellington North had a hurdle to overcome in the name of Bay of Plenty who seemed to want to make their opponents work hard to secure their division win. In the end Wellington North were undefeated and will move up to Division 1 in 2012. The teams finished in the following order:
Wellinton North
Auckland II
North Harbour II
Bay of Plenty
Waikato II
Otago
Otago move down into division three with the winner of the NZ Division final between Waitakere II and Nelson moving up into division 2 for 2012
It was very fitting that at the presentation of the Slazenger Cup, hosted by North Harbour, that the Selwyn Shirley Memorial trophy was presented for the first time.
Selwyn passed away earlier this year after a short illness. Selwyn was a Life Member of Badminton North Harbour and had been the Manager of the Slazenger Cup team for over 20 years. The trophy is awarded annually to a member of the North Harbour Slazenger Cup team according to a set of criteria set by North Harbour.
The first winner of the trophy is Melissa Ensoll - pictured, presented by Ian Wyborn - President of North Harbour
Wisden & Slazenger Cup - see it live at Badminton North Harbour
Tuesday 2 - Saturday 6 August
Badminton North Harbour are pleased to be hosting the Auckland City New Zealand Divsion 1 & 2 Competition from Tuesday 2 - Saturday 6 August. Six teams in each division from around New Zealand will contest the titile of number one association in Division 1 (Wisden Cup) and Division 2 (Slazenger Cup). North Harbour have a team in both divisions so come along and support your home association.
Come in from the cold and enjoy some fantastic badminton, great food, hot coffee and a whole lot of team support.
See 'more' for an event schedule
Following the u15/u17 Inter Assocation team finals, the New Zealand Age Group Championships began. With 42 players from North Harbour competing the expectation was high to bring home some National titles.
In the u15 section, Niccolo Tagle and Alan Wong won the boys doubles. Alan then paired up with fellow North Harbour team mate Deborah Yin to win the mixed doubles. Jaclyn Chen had a great battle with Aucklands Rowena Devathasan but was victorious in the girls singles.
The u17 players were not to be outdone by their younger Harbour players. Dylan Soedjasa beat Aaron Chu from Australia to claim the boys singles title. Kerwyn Lee and Auckland partner Lilian Shih then dispatched Dylan and his Auckland partner Angie Leung to win the mixed doubles. After having Indonesian junior Leonila Josephine play in our u17 team as a replacement for an injured player, her win in the u17 girls singles was the icing on the cake for our North Harbour players. Maybe we could claim 6 title after all.
Two u15 and two u17 teams are representing North Harbour at the u15/u17 Championships. This seven day event consists of a team event for the first four days with the Age Group Championships following. This year sees teams from the South Island traveling North to participate in this open entry event. At this time of the year, this event is usually the North Island Championships, however due to the Rugby World Cup later in the year, the Nationals have had to be brought forward. This is a very exciting change to the year as teams from each end of the country get to play against a whole new group of juniors.
Click here to view the u15 team draws
The Badminton North Harbour Closed Championships will be held the week of 08 August to 11 August at the Bartercard BNH Centre. The draw has now been done and is available by going to the BNH Competitions page, and Closed Champs.
Badminton North Harbour hosted the North Harbour Primary School Team Event on Wednesday 6 July with 13 teams entered into two sections.
Section 1 was for the competitive teams who showed they had great skills for their age. Section 2 was for novice players who have just begun to play badminton. There were 8 teams in this section and everyone had a full day of play and a lot of fun.
Milford School was too strong for the third year in a row, taking out the winners trophy. In section 2 Birkenhead 2 were successful in being crowned the winners of this section. Final places were:
Section 1:
Milford School 1
Birkenhead Primary 1
Kristin School 1
Pinehill School
Westminster
Section 2:
Birkenhead Primary 2
Target Rd School 1
Milford Primary 2
Target Road School 2
Long Bay 1
Kristin School 2
Long Bay Primary 2
Milford Primary 3
Thank you to all of the players, teachers and parents for making this day a very enjoyable one.
North Harbour masters players represented their association last weekend at the Auckland Masters Championships hosted by Auckland badminton.
Cath Cunningham and Kelly Ruff won the Open Womens Doubles while fellow North Harbour players Paul Thomson and Bryan Roberts took out the Open Mens Doubles title. Congratulations to these four players for a job well done.
Northland Badminton were hosts of the Northland u15 Open on Sunday 2 July. North Harbour players, Niccolo Tagle, Alan Wong, Deborah Yin and Jaclyn Chen traveled North to bring home the titles..
Niccolo Tagle completed a hat trick by winning the boys singles, boys doubles with North Harbour partner Alan Wong and mixed doubles with Jaclyn Chen. Alan was also runner up in the boys singles. Deborah Yin and Jaclyn Chen were runners up in the girls doubles behind Auckland pair Diana Areneta and Rowena Devathasan.
There were two junior open tournaments in the greater Auckland area over the weekend: Waitakere u17 open and the North Harbour u13 open. The North Harbour juniors did well in both, showing the future of badminton on the North Shore is positive.
At the Waitakere u17 open, Dylan Soedjasa and Kerwyn Lee, North Harbour's number 1 and 2 u17 players, continued their oncourt battle in the boys singles. On this occasion Kerwyn was the victor beating Dylan in a close three game match 15-21 21-16 21-17. Ching Kang Tey and Ben Lie (NH) had each reached the semi finals against Kerwyn and Dylan but could not take it to the next level of a place in the finals. Having the top four players in the singles from North Harbour bodes well for the upcoming New Zealand u17 Inter-association finals in Palmerston North.
Junior Fundraising Wristbands are now available from the Office
Wristbands are available in Black or White and Adult (20cm) or Child (18cm) sizes
Only $2.00 to support our Junior players!
Anona Pak (NH) won triple titles at the finals of the New Zealand Under 19 National Championships in Dunedin; winning the mixed doubles with Maika Phillips (NH) and the girls doubles with Madeleine Stapleton (Waikato).
Asher Richardson (Can) won the boys singles with Samuel Ho and Riga Oud (Akl) winning the boys doubles, with Maika Phillips and TeAokura Ormsby VanSelm runners up.
Roland Jeffery Physiotherapy is proud to be sponsoring Badminton North Harbour. Rosita Wong will be at the Centre on Mondays and Thursdays from 7.15pm. There is no appointment necessary, and treatment is free for ACC injuries. Rosita looks forward to seeing you there.
Badminton North Harbour have enabled online booking to card holders. Please refer to the Court Bookings page for the link or the icon on the right hand side of this page.
