Southland Badminton

Invercargill — New Zealand could manage just one title out of five in the finals of the Oceania Badminton Championships at Stadium Southland in Invercargill with their more experienced Australian counterparts showing that big time play counts for much against the Kiwis who struggle for funding and for even a national coach.

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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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Invercargill — After struggling in the teams events against their Australian rivals, New Zealand badminton players are back with a vengeance in the Oceania Championships individual tournament being held at Stadium Southland, Invercargill.

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Invercargill — North Harbour badminton player Jessica Jonggowisastro caused the initial upset of the Oceania Badminton Championships at Stadium Southland in Invercargill with a first round win over second seed, Leisha Cooper of Australia in three games.

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Invercargill — The early matches of the Oceania Championships badminton tournament at Stadium Southland, Invercargill got underway with no major upsets and some Pacific Island players enjoying success before the big seeded competitors start hitting their straps.

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Invercargill — There’s an opportunity for New Zealand badminton players to make amends when the Oceania Championships individual tournament starts on tomorrow (Wednesday) at Stadium Southland in Invercargill.

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Invercargill — The New Zealand badminton sides bid to make the Thomas and Uber Cup world badminton teams finals in Malaysia in May were stopped by a renewed and experienced presence from Australia at the qualifying tournament held at Stadium Southland in Invercargill over the weekend.

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Invercargill — New Zealand has come agonizingly close to causing a major upset in badminton’s Uber Cup women’s team qualifying tournament held at Stadium Southland in Invercargill, but was beaten 3-2 by Australia.

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Invercargill — New Zealand has started it’s campaign to reach the world finals of the Thomas and Uber Cup badminton competitions in emphatic fashion scoring 5-0 wins in their respective men’s and women’s matches at the Oceania Teams qualifying tournament this morning in Invercargill.

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Invercargill — New Zealand’s domination over Australia in badminton in the past 10 years will come under the microscope in Invercargill as a series of major international events are held in the city over the next 12 days.

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Invercargill — 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.

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Invercargill — New Zealand have won the ILT Whyte Trophy series being played at Stadium Southland, Invercargill winning the second test 4-1, following their first test win 3-2 on Saturday night.

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Invercargill — The New Zealand badminton team is looking to join the list of recent victories over Australia in the ILT Whyte Trophy test series being played at Stadium Southland, Invercargill starting Saturday.

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Invercargill —  The New Zealand Badminton team is looking to continue the trend of being one of the few sports where New Zealand dominates Australia when they play the bi-annual trans-tasman test match series for the prestigious Whyte Trophy later this year.

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