Auckland Badminton

Auckland City — New Zealand has been beaten by Australia 4-1 in badminton’s Whyte Trophy trans-Tasman bi-annual teams competition.

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Auckland City — Trans-Tasman rivalry comes to head when New Zealand and Australia battle for badminton’s Whyte Trophy this Wednesday at the North Harbour Badminton Centre and again later in the week at the Auckland Badminton International.

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Auckland City — A couple of unseeded players have taken the SKYCITY New Zealand Badminton Open by storm,  winning through to the final and showing plenty of promise for the future.

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Auckland City — The quarterfinals of the SKYCITY New Zealand Badminton Open became a graveyard for some of the world’s best as the top seeds in both the men’s and women’s were knocked out of competition in tough contests.

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Auckland City — The top seeds at the SKYCITY New Zealand Badminton Open found things a bit tougher on day three as they tried to win through to the quarterfinals of play at the US$50,000 tournament at the North Shore Events Centre.

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Auckland City — She’s the only New Zealand player to make it through to the second round of the women’s singles and had to brave a feisty opponent to do so.

By Hannah Ellis
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Auckland City — There’s good news for badminton fans in both New Zealand and Asia with the confirmation of live coverage of the SKYCITY New Zealand Badminton Open.

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Auckland City — He may be almost a veteran in badminton men’s singles at age 27 but the top seed at the SKYCITY New Zealand Badminton Open, Simon Santoso of Indonesia proved his worth as he moved through to the second round of the singles with a straight game victory over Lin Yu Hsien from Taipei.

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Auckland City — Players lining up for the SKYCITY New Zealand Badminton Open to be held on the North Shore starting tomorrow are in good form after dominating the titles at the big Australian Open over the weekend.

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Auckland City — The New Zealand team for the badminton’s Sudirman Cup World Team Championships (world mixed teams event) to be played in Malaysia, 19-26 May has been confirmed with two players to make their national team debut.

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Auckland City — A few new names will appear on the trophies at the New Zealand National Badminton Championships after some entertaining finals at North Harbour over the weekend.

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Auckland City — Waikato appears to be the stronghold of men’s badminton in New Zealand at present with two players from the region set to clash in the singles final of the national championships held at North Harbour.

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Auckland City — The Pub Charity New Zealand National Badminton championships get underway today(Friday) as ideal preparation for many local players as they look ahead toward the world Grand Prix SKYCITY New Zealand Open next month.

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Auckland City — The SKYCITY NZ Badminton Open next month in Auckland has scored a coup, firstly with the number of players entered into the event, but also by the fact that for the first time ever in an international event in New Zealand there will be an reserve  list for two of the qualifying draws, let alone a full main draw in all singles, doubles and mixed competitions.

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Auckland City — With the completion of the New Zealand badminton National Championships there is no rest for the sport in Auckland as the the Kiwi Cup Masters International Badminton tournament gets underway this Thursday 22nd March running until the finals Sunday 25 March.

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Auckland City — Waikato player TJ Weistra has the opportunity to go one better than last year as he continues to try and fight his way to the finals of the 2012 National Badminton Championships in Auckland.

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Auckland City — The first couple of rounds of singles at the 2012 National Badminton Championships had no upsets on the court but did have the men's top seed, Southland's James Eunson pull out with a bout of the flu.

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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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Auckland City — It's a busy couple of weeks for Badminton around New Zealand with two events being held in Auckland.

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Auckland City — Players from Japan and Singapore dominated the finals of the US$15,000 Li-Ning New Zealand Badminton International at the North Shore Event Centre sharing all of the titles between them.

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Auckland City — The quarterfinals of the US$15,000 Li-Ning NZ Badminton International proved to be a graveyard for the higher ranked seeds as their lower ranked opponents showed little respect for word rankings and played above themselves.

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