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NZ Junior International Photos

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Auckland International Photos

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Young Indonesian's Dominate Auckland International There were no Kiwi winners on the finals day of the US$5,000 Auckland Badminton International as some unheralded Indonesians dominated four out of the five finals.

Although not Indonesia's top players the mainly teenage competitors from the badminton crazy nation won everything bar the mixed doubles title, which had two Australian combinations playing off for the trophy. more -->

Joe Wu through to Mens Singles Final It took Joe Wu 64 minutes of long rallies, fight and determination to defeat Indonesia's Arief Gifar Ramadhan in the semi-final of the mens singles in front of a very encouraging and vocal crowd at the Auckland Badminton Stadium. more -->

Charlesworth Dominates Junior International Waitakere 17-year-old Luke Charlesworth is the toast of badminton as he won all three titles on offer at the NZ Junior Badminton International at Gillies Ave in Auckland. more -->

Kiwi Mens Doubles Pair Finish Session on a High Note It was a case of keeping the best to last with the New Zealand Men's Doubles pair of Henry Tam and Joe Wu defeating Raj Veeran and Glenn Warfe (Australia) in a nail biting three game match, keeping the crowd entertained until the end of the session more -->

Luke Charlesworth in three finals at NZ Junior International Waitakere's Luke Charlesworth is in three finals at the inaugural New Zealand Junior International being played at Auckland Badminton.

Semi-finals was a hard session for Luke, being pushed to the limit in his singles match against Canterbury's Asher Richardson, winning 22-20 in the third game more -->

Early Exit for Top Kiwi Mixed Pair New Zealand's top mixed doubles pair and top seeds at the Auckland International; Henry Tam and Donna Haliday have made an early exit losing their first round match to the Indonesian pairing of Diit Indiarto and Yayu Rahayu in a close three game match which had the home crowd on the edge of their seats more -->

NZ Junior International through to semi-finals The New Zealand Junior International is through to semi-finals stage in all events with Brock Matheson, Luke Charlesworth, Victoria Cheng and Anona Pak through in all three events more -->

Auckland International - day 1 The first round of the mens and womens singles and the mixed doubles were played in a very chilly Auckland Badminton Hall Wednesday night

It was not a good night for Australian James Paybody, ranked 303 he was beaten in the first round by young Asher Richardson (16) from Canterbury. more -->

Auckland and NZ Junior International Draws released

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International Badminton on Court New Zealand is in for a feast of international badminton over the next 6 weeks. This week is the Auckland International and the New Zealand Junior International tournaments, both being played at Gillies Ave.
Next month sees the return of the New Zealand Open to the North Shore Events Centre

Read on for a preview of the Auckland International more -->