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Badminton New Zealand is the national body responsible for the promotion and development of badminton in New Zealand. Established in 1927 and a founder member of the International Badminton Federation which was established in 1934.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The 2012 New Zealand badminton national championships start tomorrow (Friday) in Auckland with one player determined to show that age is no barrier to winning.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — Tournament favourites Southland and Waikato have started the Wisden Cup inter-provincial badminton competition held at North Harbour in the best possible way with wins in one of the strongest displays of provincial badminton rivalry in years featuring numerous former world stars plus some of the best current locals and those from years past.
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New Zealand players made four of the five available finals at the Altona Badmitnon International in Melbourne but couldn’t come away with any titles, however they can still be pleased with their efforts considering their inexperience at real international level.
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New Zealand has lost badminton’s trans-Tasman supremacy title, the Whyte Trophy for the first time since 1995 after tasting defeat at the hands of Australia 4-1 in Melbourne last night.
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The New Zealand Badminton Whyte Trophy team has been confirmed for the bi-annual clash with Australia.
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DUNEDIN — Top seeded team, Auckland won the national under19 badminton teams event being held in Dunedin by the narrowest of margins over defending champions North Harbour.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The Northern Region New Zealand No1 team has re-affirmed its supremacy in trans-Tasman badminton winning the June Bevan Trophy under17 teams competition in emphatic style with a 13 matches to three victory over the Victorian Rebels, indoors at the Renouf Tennis Centre in Wellington.
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HAMILTON — New Zealand’s loss is Americas gain as the winner of the men’s singles title at the North Island Badminton Championships, Bjorn Seguin who has been domiciled in the Waikato over the past few years and had been trying to qualify to play for New Zealand in badminton but nothing had come of it and he now plays under the USA flag.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — New Zealand’s top badminton singles players provided a couple of early highlights on day one of the strong US$15,000 New Zealand Badminton International at the North Shore Events Centre.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — Reputations counted for little as the qualifying was completed for the US$15,000 New Zealand Badminton International.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — The international player depth at the US$15,000 Li-Ning New Zealand Badminton International next week means the finalist at the recent national championships and the nation’s top junior player cannot make the main singles draw at New Zealand’s big international badminton event.
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New Zealand players won two out of the five titles available at the Oceania Junior (U19) Badminton Championships in Suva, Fiji dominating the doubles draws but failing in the singles to make any final.
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New Zealand players have missed out on the singles finals at the Oceania Junior (U19) Badminton Championships in Suva, Fiji.
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The New Zealand under-19 badminton team has won the Oceania Junior Championships in Suva, Fiji.
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The two New Zealand sides cruised through their opening round matches of the team championships at the Oceania Junior Badminton Championships in Suva, Fiji.
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Denmark-based Aucklander Michelle Chan this week won the women's title at the Estonia Badminton Open in Estonia's capital Tallinn.
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The New Zealand under 19 badminton team has continued its good form with a win over the New Zealand Associations team at the Lion Foundation Pan Pacific Series at the North Harbour Badminton Centre late Wednesday night.
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New Zealand has named two junior (under 19) teams (New Zealand and New Zealand Associations) to complete in the Lion Foundation Pan Pacific Series against Australia and the Singapore Sports School to be played at North Harbour 15 – 17 June.
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New Zealand Junior representative Luke Charlesworth (Wtk) won his first senior mens singles title on Sunday by winning the North Island Championships, defeating Auckland’s Ashraf Dhoray in the final.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Results from the North Island Badminton Championships being played in Wellington.
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MANUKAU CITY — Bjorn Seguin (Waikato) made it two wins in a row by backing up his win at the North Harbour Open last weekend by defeating team mate Michael Fowke in the final of the Counties Manukau Open on Saturday.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — Experienced players captured much of the lime-light at the North Harbour Open tournament played over the weekend with Kerrin Harrison (47) and Tjitte Weistra (35) both former international players, showing the younger generation that knowledge of the game and good tactics are all important when it comes to winning.
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The Northern Region girls doubles pair of Maria Masinipeni and Lilian Shih won the only New Zealand title of the five on offer at the Australasian under-17 badminton championships in Perth, Western Australia to prevent a whitewash of titles by local players.
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The reign of the Northern New Zealand 1 team has come to an end after eight successive years of winning the Australasian U17 badminton teams competition for the June Bevan Trophy played in Perth, Western Australia.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Southland’s James Eunson won his first international badminton title with a victory in the men’s singles at the Crown Power Tools Canterbury International in Christchurch on Sunday as Kiwi players took away three out of the five titles on offer.
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CANTERBURY — The Cantebury Badminton International gets underway on Friday with plenty of questions to be answered.
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INVERCARGILL — It was a real trans-Tasman battle in the finals of the Oceania Junior championships at Stadium Southland in Invercargill as New Zealand won two out of the five titles and came close in the singles contests, with both the men’s and the women’s finals going to three games.
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INVERCARGILL — The juniors took centre stage in the early parts of the penultimate day of the Oceania badminton tournament at Stadium Southland in Invercargill today and the local players proved they have plenty of talent.
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